| 2014 |
| Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2 | 4.0 |
| any leaks yet? I'm having high hopes for this album just like the last one |
| Ought Once More With Feeling | 3.5 |
| xSPONGEXCOREx Don't Mess With TexXxas | 5.0 |
| Foxygen ...And Star Power | 2.0 |
| Weezer Everything Will Be Alright in the End | 4.0 |
| Sparky Humanimation | 2.5 |
| Caribou Our Love | 3.5 |
| Posture and The Grizzly Christians and Freemasons Will Kill Me | 2.5 |
| Tove Lo Queen of the Clouds | 3.0 |
| The Voidz Tyranny | 4.0 |
| It was all building up with experimentation. So many recent Strokes records differ from the usual garage rock formula, and as time went on, Julian Casablancas, kept on getting weirder and weirder with his songwriting and techniques - taking 80's synth and pop rock to uncomfortable lengths for many beginning Strokes fans. Come 2014, Casablancas finally let loose with everything to make a record he was happy with and to keep changing from his debut solo album, Phrazes for the young. Tyranny is a wild mix of psychedelic trickery and lo-fi punk all blended into a spiral of emotions and the usual "don't try too hard" attitude. Casablancas' gives his voice more breathing room for new tricks and continues to challenge himself and his audience with a thickly dense record that will definitely turn off some, but whether it's in the 10+ track, "Human Sadness", or the dark chaotic wall of sound that is, "Take me in your Army", there's plenty of replay value as well as lyrical and emotional evaluation to be found in the fun and dark, Tyranny. |
| King Tuff Black Moon Spell | 3.5 |
| Catfish and the Bottlemen The Balcony | 3.0 |
| Interpol El Pintor | 4.0 |
| Death From Above 1979 The Physical World | 4.0 |
| Banks Goddess | 3.0 |
| xSPONGEXCOREx How Tough Are Yah? | 5.0 |
| Royal Blood Royal Blood | 4.0 |
| Ty Segall Manipulator | 3.0 |
| The Wytches Annabel Dream Reader | 4.0 |
| Broods Evergreen | 3.0 |
| Watsky All You Can Do | 2.5 |
| Portugal. The Man Remix | 3.0 |
| Mick Jenkins The Water[s] | 3.5 |
| Rise Against The Black Market | 2.0 |
| La Roux Trouble In Paradise | 3.5 |
| Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun | 3.0 |
| Linkin Park The Hunting Party | 3.5 |
| Mac DeMarco Salad Days Demos | 3.5 |
| Jack White Lazaretto | 3.0 |
| Open Mike Eagle Dark Comedy | 4.0 |
| Glass Animals Zaba | 4.0 |
| White Reaper White Reaper | 4.0 |
| Very quick, very fun, fuzzy, garage rock with some poppy hooks. Hope to hear an lp from these guys soon, sounds promising. |
| The Orwells Disgraceland | 3.5 |
| second track has such a Jim Morrison type vocal style. Decently fun and surprisingly edgy indie record. |
| 1000MODS Vultures | 3.5 |
| Coldplay Ghost Stories | 3.5 |
| Michael Jackson Xscape | 3.5 |
| The Black Keys Turn Blue | 4.5 |
| Closure in Moscow Pink Lemonade | 4.0 |
| BADBADNOTGOOD III | 3.5 |
| Ought More Than Any Other Day | 4.0 |
| Trophy Scars Holy Vacants | 4.0 |
| Future Honest | 1.5 |
| Drake Bell Ready Steady Go! | 2.5 |
| going to try and get a review in for this shortly. Pretty fun pop rock with an artificial vintage tone spread throughout the entire production and image. An improvement, but it feels forced, from Drake Bell. |
| Iggy Azalea The New Classic | 2.0 |
| Mac DeMarco Salad Days | 4.0 |
| Chevelle La Gárgola | 4.0 |
| Animals As Leaders The Joy of Motion | 4.0 |
| The Bunny The Bear Food Chain | 3.0 |
| Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker) Built on Glass | 3.5 |
| Royal Blood Out of the Black | 4.0 |
| St. Paul and The Broken Bones Half The City | 2.5 |
| Crosses Crosses | 3.5 |
| Temples Sun Structures | 3.5 |
| Broken Bells After The Disco | 4.0 |
| Broods Broods | 2.5 |
| Have a Nice Life The Unnatural World | 3.0 |
| Warpaint Warpaint | 2.5 |
