Category: Year End List

Previously,The Best 20 Albums of 2022: My Picks #20-16The Best 20 Albums of 2022: My Picks #15-11The Best 20 Albums of 2022: My Picks #10-6 5.Sudan Archives, ‘Natural Brown Prom Queen’ They don’t know that I’m smartKnew it right from the startSpreadin’ all those lies that you brought outThrowin’ dirt on my nameWe don’t play…

Previously,The Best 20 Albums of 2022: My Picks #20-16The Best 20 Albums of 2022: My Picks #15-11 10.Weyes Blood, ‘And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow’ Weyes Blood’s And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglowis the second installment in a trilogy that began with 2019’s Titanic Rising (one of my all-time favorite albums). The concept of And…

Previously,The Best 20 Albums of 2022: My Picks #20-16 15.Fontaines D.C., ‘Skinty Fia’ Fontaines D.C.’s third studio album, Skinty Fia, is a record that transcends the Irish post-punk quintet’s previous works, providing an introspective exploration of identity and dislocation amidst themes of cultural nostalgia and diaspora. The title Skinty Fia is a reference to an old Irish…

Previously,The Best 20 Albums of 2020: My PicksThe Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks 20. Ethel Cain, ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ A life full of whiskey but I always deliverJesus, if You’re listening, let me handle my liquorAnd Jesus, if You’re thereWhy do I feel alone in this room with You? In the balmy depths of…

Previously,The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #20-16The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #15-11The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #10-6 5. The Weather Station, ‘Ignorance’ Is it alright if I don’t wanna sing tonight?I know you’re tired of seeing tears in my eyesBut everywhere we go there is an outsideOver…

Previously,The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #20-16The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #15-11 10. Lucy Dacus, ‘Home Video’ Sedentary secrets like peach pits in your gutLocked away like jam jars in the cellar of your heartWaiting to be tasted and ultimately wastedYou were gonna win me over from the start Lucy…

Previously,The Best 20 Albums of 2021: My Picks #20-16 15. Turnstile, ‘GLOW ON’ Turnstile’s third studio album, GLOW ON, defies easy categorization: it glides across multiple genres, echoing the anthems of alternative rock, the rhythm of R&B, and the atmospheric tones of shoegaze, all while maintaining a visceral hardcore spirit. The album does more than…

Previously, The Best 20 Albums of 2020: My Picks 20. Clairo, ‘Sling’ Why do I tell you how I feelWhen you’re just looking down the blouse?It’s something I wouldn’t say out loudIf touch could make them hear, then touch me now Sling diverges from Clairo’s debut album Immunity, embracing a more intimate, folk-influenced sound. Produced by the…

Previously, The Best 20 Albums of 2020: My Picks #20-16The Best 20 Albums of 2020: My Picks #15-11The Best 20 Albums of 2020: My Picks #10-6 5. Dua Lipa, ‘Future Nostalgia’ Dua Lipa’s sophomore album, Future Nostalgia, is a dazzling, neon-lit homage to the past while firmly planting its stiletto heels in the present. At…

Previously, The Best 20 Albums of 2020: My Picks #20-16The Best 20 Albums of 2020: My Picks #15-11 10. Perfume Genius, ‘Set My Heart On Fire Immediately’ It’s enough not to lie just enough to find a traceIt’s enough in the mirror I can almost find your face Set My Heart On Fire Immediately refines…