Q1 Update
Total 2022 releases (albums/EPs/mixtapes) listened to as of June 30th: 141
Been slower with listening this year compared to the previous years this decade. A bit of a mixed bag on everything I've tried, and more forgettable landfill than usual at the conclusion of the first quarter. Couldn't get to the usual 5x5 from past years into the Q1 cutoff and settled for the 4x5 instead. January was a huge reason for this...only two albums from my chart were released in the first month of the year. I've pretty much eschewed EPs from my listening log unless they are priority items (there haven't been any thus far).
Hoping for a stronger art pop showing next quarter. A few I really enjoyed, but not many. On the bright side, I found a new art pop love; Kate NV!
I'm saving releases from Friday, March 24 for Q2 consideration as I am still running through them. A few I deem good enough to be on next quarter's chart already.
Entries are alphabetized by band name/artist last name.
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100 gecs - 10000 gecs [hyperpop, ska punk, nu metal]
John Bence - Archangels [dark ambient, choral]
James Brandon Lewis - Eye of I [spiritual jazz, free jazz]
Chasms - Glimpse of Heaven [ambient pop, ethereal, ambient dub]
The C.I.A. - Surgery Channel [synth punk]
deathcrash - Less [slowcore, emo, post-hardcore]
En Attendant Ana - Principia [indie pop, jangle pop]
Full of Hell & Primitive Man - Suffocating Hallucination [doom metal, sludge metal, dark ambient]
Mette Henriette - Drifting [avant-garde jazz, post-minimalism]
Kate NV - WOW [art pop, indietronica, progressive electronic]
Kelela - Raven [alternative R&B, electronic, UK bass]
Khotin - Release Spirit [ambient techno, ambient, downtempo]
Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti - Music For a Cosmic Garden [new age, ambient, field recordings]
Model/Actriz - Dogsbody [dance-punk, noise rock, post-industrial]
Paramore - This is Why [dance-punk, new wave, post-punk]
Parannoul - After the Magic [shoegaze, post-rock, noise pop]
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You [art pop, alt-pop]
RAYE - My 21st Century Blues [contemporary R&B, UK hip-hop, alt-pop]
Spektral Quartet & Julia Holter & Alex Temple - Behind the Wall [baroque pop, modern classical]
Ulthar - Anthronomicon [death metal]
Playlist with one standout song from each album above:
Ugh.2022? June 30th?
Update:
Tier 1:
Danny Brown & JPEG MAFIA: Scaring the Hoes (experimental rap)
Q1 Update
Total 2023 releases (albums/EPs/mixtapes) listened to as of March 31: 141
Been slower with listening this year compared to the previous years this decade. A bit of a mixed bag on everything I've tried, and more forgettable landfill than usual at the conclusion of the first quarter. Couldn't get to the usual 5x5 from past years into the Q1 cutoff and settled for the 4x5 instead. January was a huge reason for this...only two albums from my chart were released in the first month of the year. I've pretty much eschewed EPs from my listening log unless they are priority items (there haven't been any thus far).
Hoping for a stronger art pop showing next quarter. A few I really enjoyed, but not many. On the bright side, I found a new art pop love; Kate NV!
I'm saving releases from Friday, March 24 for Q2 consideration as I am still running through them. A few I deem good enough to be on next quarter's chart already.
Entries are alphabetized by band name/artist last name.
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100 gecs - 10000 gecs [hyperpop, ska punk, nu metal]
John Bence - Archangels [dark ambient, choral]
James Brandon Lewis - Eye of I [spiritual jazz, free jazz]
Chasms - Glimpse of Heaven [ambient pop, ethereal, ambient dub]
The C.I.A. - Surgery Channel [synth punk]
deathcrash - Less [slowcore, emo, post-hardcore]
En Attendant Ana - Principia [indie pop, jangle pop]
Full of Hell & Primitive Man - Suffocating Hallucination [doom metal, sludge metal, dark ambient]
Mette Henriette - Drifting [avant-garde jazz, post-minimalism]
Kate NV - WOW [art pop, indietronica, progressive electronic]
Kelela - Raven [alternative R&B, electronic, UK bass]
Khotin - Release Spirit [ambient techno, ambient, downtempo]
Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti - Music For a Cosmic Garden [new age, ambient, field recordings]
Model/Actriz - Dogsbody [dance-punk, noise rock, post-industrial]
Paramore - This is Why [dance-punk, new wave, post-punk]
Parannoul - After the Magic [shoegaze, post-rock, noise pop]
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You [art pop, alt-pop]
RAYE - My 21st Century Blues [contemporary R&B, UK hip-hop, alt-pop]
Spektral Quartet & Julia Holter & Alex Temple - Behind the Wallpaper [baroque pop, modern classical]
Ulthar - Anthronomicon [death metal]
Playlist with one standout song from each album above:
EDIT: Fixed date as @musicjunkiegreg pointed out below.
Neo-Soul, Experimental Hip-Hop, genre blendingYoung Fathers: Heavy Heavy (you tell me)
Experimental: yes. Hip-Hop: not so much..Neo-Soul, Experimental Hip-Hop, genre blending
Not this one so much but Cocoa Sugar and Dead yesExperimental: yes. Hip-Hop: not so much..
Well, @DownIsTheNewUp was specifically referring to Heavy Heavy . Nevertheless, it's a solid album and one of the standouts so far in 2023Not this one so much but Cocoa Sugar and Dead yes
My favourite LPs and EPs of the month!
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My updated favourite releases from MarchIt would appear I forgot about March 31st
Updates in bold
- Tennis - Pollen
- Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
- Jedu Heart - Derealised
- The Muder Capital - Gigi's Recovery
- Narrow Head - Moments of Clarity
- Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers
- White Reaper - Asking For A Ride
- Trillion - So Soon Now
- Parannoul - After the Magic
- Steady Holiday - Newfound Oxygen
- Shame - Food For Worms
- Italia 90 - Living Human Treasure
- M83 - Fantasy
- Andy Shauf - Norm
- The Men - New York City
- Fucked Up - One Day
Updates in bold
Best of 2023:
- boygenius - the record
- Tennis - Pollen
- Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
- Jedu Heart - Derealised
- The Muder Capital - Gigi's Recovery
- Narrow Head - Moments of Clarity
- Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers
- Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting
- White Reaper - Asking For A Ride
- Trillion - So Soon Now
- Parannoul - After the Magic
- Steady Holiday - Newfound Oxygen
- Shame - Food For Worms
- Italia 90 - Living Human Treasure
- M83 - Fantasy
- Andy Shauf - Norm
- The Men - New York City
- Fucked Up - One Day
Needs more listens before ranking:
- The New Pornographers
- Black Country, New Road
Anticipated albums from:
- Angel Olsen (EP)
- Beach Fossils
- Beach House (EP)
- Bodywash
- Daughter
- Eluvium
- Jenny Lewis
- Jess Williamson
- Protomartyr
- The National
- The Tallest Man on Earth
- Tim Hecker
- Sigur Ros
- Squid
- Swans
- Wednesday
- Wild Nothing
- Youth Lagoon