Top 20 Albums of 2022 (10-01)
10. Frog Eyes: The Bees Appearing four years after Violet Psalms, the full-length album Canadian indie rock band Frog Eyes initially proclaimed to be…
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Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
Thirty seconds into Kendrick Lamar’s new double album, he says, “One-thousand eight-hundred and fifty-five days, I’ve been goin’ through somethin’.” The significance of this…
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Various Artists: Black Panther The Album: Music from and Inspired By
The TDE logo on the back of an album is a reminder that this was overseen by some of hip hops giants and that…
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Top 20 Albums of 2017 (20-11)
20. Sheer Mag: Need to Feel Your Love Need to Feel Your Love is Sheer Mag’s debut album, but the Philly fivesome fronted by…
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Top 50 Tracks of 2017 (50-41)
50. The Knocks featuring Absofacto “Trouble” Released in January, The Knocks‘ “Trouble” was on every dance playlist I made for the year. From Absofacto‘s…
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Kendrick Lamar: DAMN.
While some may think that a music journalist’s job is easiest when you get a stellar album to review that isn’t always the case….
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Kendrick Lamar “HUMBLE.”
“Sit down. Be HUMBLE.” were the lyrics that rang around the world when Kendrick Lamar dropped the audio and eye-popping visuals for his new…
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Kendrick Lamar is widely considered to be one of the best rappers in the game right now, if not the absolute best, and with…
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10. Negative Scanner: Negative Scanner Like a devastating tornado in the middle of the night, Chicago’s Negative Scanner delivered their excellent self-titled full length…
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10. Soko ft. Ariel Pink “Lovetrap” You’d be hard-pressed to find a better female/male indie pop duet in 2015 than French chanteuse Soko’s “Lovetrap”….
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