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I am surprised that even with new albums this year from Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and Dua Lipa, I still like Ariana Grande’s new album the best.

Ah, diss tracks. The great refuge of artists who have run out of things to write about. When the muse abandons you, when you have nothing original to offer, just say something bad about somebody else! The soap opera is good for some record sales.

I have a little bit more to listen to (like Rosali), but so far for the first part of the year, using the end of year scoring system, I’d go with: Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine - 15 pts Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us - 10 pts Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter - 5 pts With an honorable...

@Rip_City boygenius - the record - 20 points Tkay Maizda - Sweet Justice - 20 points Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions - 20 points billy wood - Maps - 10 points Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS - 10 points Kelela - Raven - 10 points 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs- 10 points if I had my druthers, I’d...

Late 90s me would be stoked for the Sublime pick. Now I'd much rather have a The Sundays album.

The thing that is interesting/sad/whatever about Sublime is that the frontman Bradley Nowell died of a heroin overdose two months before the release of the s/t. So there was a little bit of young tragedy what-if baked into the marketing for that album, combined with heavy rotation on MTV and...

I agree with you about this year. I was very excited about a lot of albums from artists I’ve really liked in the past, but their releases felt very same-y. My reaction to a lot this year was … meh. The only album I have in my Tier One this year is Beyonce. Which is kinda funny for me because in...

@Rip_City Beyonce - RENAISSANCE (20) Kendra Morris - Nine Lives (15) Angel Olsen - Big Time (15) Blackpink - Born Pink (15) Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (15) Rina Sawayama - Hold the Girl (10) Alvvays - Blue Rev (10)

Coltrane's Live in Seattle was recorded in '65 and released in '71. And the man played sax.

The Low End Theory was on my list to pick up this year as one of my 1990s selections. I had a hard time locating a good copy that wasn't super duper expensive, so I waited. The Aaliyah/Tribe combination is therefore something I'll dip into a sub for. I don't know what I'll do for May (Justice is...