September 2011

Recommended:

The Atlas Moth - An Ache for the Distance: A-
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost: A-
Mark McGuire - Get Lost: A-
Mastodon - The Hunter: A-
Thrice - Major/Minor: A-
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy: A-


Other Stuff:

Anthrax - Worship Music: B+
Blink-182 - Neighborhoods: B+
A.A. Bondy - Believers: B+
Mikal Cronin - Mikal Cronin: B+
The Drums - Portamento: B+
Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams: B+
Roman Flügel - Fatty Folders: B+
Lydia Loveless - Indestructible Machine: B+
Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know: B+
Megafaun - Megafaun: B+
The Rapture - In the Grace of Your Love: B+
Wilco - The Whole Love: B+
Wild Flag - Wild Flag: B+
Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage: B+
Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation: B+
Apparat - The Devil's Walk: B
Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot III: B
Das Racist - Relax: B
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events: B
Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning: B
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story: B-
Nick Lowe - The Old Magic: B-
SuperHeavy - SuperHeavy: C+

Missed Stuff:

January 2011:
Curren$y - Return to the Winner's Circle: C+

March 2011:
Graveyard - Hisingen Blues: B+

July 2011:
Prurient - Bermuda Drain: B

May 2011:
The Men - Leave Home: B+

August 2011:
Pistol Annies - Pistol Annies: B+
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV: B
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You: B
Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse: B
Male Bonding - Endless Now: B-
The Nightwatchman - World Wide Rebel Songs: B-
Sun Araw - Ancient Romans: B-
YOB - Atma: C+

September 2011

August 2011

Recommended:

Danny Brown - XXX: A
Balam Acab - Wander / Wonder: A-
Richard Buckner - Our Blood: A-
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lenses Alien: A-
Trivium - In Waves: A-


Other Stuff:

Curren$y - Verde Terrace: B+
Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us: B+
Julia Holter - Trajedy: B+
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks - Mirror Traffic: B+
Pistol Annies - Pistol Annies: B+
Tinariwen - Tassili: B+
The War on Drugs - Silent Ambient: B+
The Weeknd - Thursday: B
Jay-Z & Kanye West (The Throne) - Watch the Throne: B+
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV: B
Moonface - Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped: B
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You: B
Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse: B
Male Bonding - Endless Now: B-
The Nightwatchman - World Wide Rebel Songs: B-
Sun Araw - Ancient Romans: B-
YOB - Atma: C+
Fountains of Wayne - Sky Full of Holes: C
Gucci Mane & Wacka Flocka Flame - Ferrari Boyz: D

Missed Stuff:

October 2010:
Belle and Sebastian - Write About Love: B+
Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner: B+
Warpaint - The Fool: B+

February 2011:
Deaf Center - Owl Splinters: B

May 2011:
Mexicans with Guns - Ceremony: B+

June 2011:
Dolly Parton - Better Day: B+
Lil B - I'm Gay (I'm Happy): B+

July 2011:
Zomby - Dedication: B

August 2011

July 2011

Recommended:

The Cool Kids - When Fish Ride Bicycles: A-
Brian Eno - Drums Between the Bells: A-
Little Dragon - Ritual Union: A-

Other Stuff:

Gucci Mane - Writing on the Wall 2: B+
Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer: B+
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80: B+
Lil Wayne - Sorry 4 the Wait: B+
Ashton Shepherd - Where Country Grows: B
Pure X - Pleasure: B
They Might Be Giants - Join Us: B
Washed Out - Within and Without: B
Yes - Fly From Here: B
Zomby - Dedication: B
Serengeti - Family and Friends: C+

Missed Stuff:

March 2010:
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift: A-
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift: B

January 2011:
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers - Teenage and Torture: A-
Vampillia - Alchemic Heart: B+
Iceage - New Brigade: B

April 2011:
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 - From Africa with Fury: Rise: B+

May 2011:
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres: A

June 2011:
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra: A-
When Saints Go Machine - Konkylie: A-
Army Navy - The Last Place: B+
Biosphere - N-Plants: B+
Random Axe - Random Axe: B+
SBTRKT - SBTRKT: B+
Symphony X - Iconoclast: B+
Curren$y - Weekend at Burnie's: B
Handsom Furs - Sound Kaptial: B-

July 2011

June 2011

Recommended:

Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones: A+
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum: The Complete Collection: A-
Def Leppard - Mirror Ball: Live & More: A-
Fucked Up - David Comes to Life: A-
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver: A-
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up: A-
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra: A-
When Saints Go Machine - Konkylie: A-
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain: A-

Other Stuff:

Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See: B+
Army Navy - The Last Place: B+
Battles - Gloss Drop: B+
Biosphere - N-Plants: B+
Black Country Communion - 2: B+
Cults - Cults: B+
Ford & Lopatin - Channel Pressure: B+
Sondre Lerche - Sondre Lerche: B+
Lil B - I'm Gay (I'm Happy): B+
Marissa Nadler - Marissa Nadler: B+
Dolly Parton - Better Day: B+
Random Axe - Random Axe: B+
SBTRKT - SBTRKT: B+
Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread: B+
Symphony X - Iconoclast: B+
Devin Townsend - Deconstruction: B+
Devin Townsend - Ghost: B+
Curren$y - Weekend at Burnie's: B
John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves: B
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator: B
Woods - Sun & Shade: B
Julianna Barwick & Ikue Mori - FRKWYS Vol. 6: B-
Beyonce - 4: B-
Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital: B-
JEFF the Brotherhood - We Are the Champions: B-
No Surrender - Medicine Babies: B-
Pitbull - Planet Pit: C

Missed Stuff:

September 2010:
Superchunk - Majesty Shredding: A-
Neil Young - Le Noise: A-
Aloe Blacc - Good Things: B+
Free Moral Angents - Control This: B+
Margot and the Nuclear So-So's - Buzzard: B+
Swans - My Father Will Gui de Me Up a Rope in the Sky: B+
Bilal - Airtight's Revenge: B
Jimmy Eat World - Invented: B
Pete Yorn - Pete Yorn: B

October 2010:
The Orb & David Gilmour - Metallic Spheres: A
Antony and The Johnsons - Swanlights: B+
The Fresh & Onlys - Play It Strange: B+
Ryan Bingham - Junky Star: B
PS I Love You - Meet Me at the Muster Station: B
Wacka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli: B-

March 2011:
Action Bronson - Dr. Lector: A-
Buddy Miller - The Majestic Silver Strings: B+
Josh T Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen: B+
The Vaccines - What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?: B+

April 2011:
EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints: B+
Little Scream - The Golden Record: B+

May 2011:
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome: A-
Killer Mike - Pl3dge: A-
Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles: B+

Frank Fairfield - Out on the Open West: B+

Felice Brothers - Celebration, Florida: B+
Tyler, the Creator - Goblin: B+
Týr - The Lay of Thrym: B+
Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs: B+
Mark E - Stone Breaker: B-
Hell - Human Remains: B
Sloan - The Double Cross: B
Wild Beasts - Smother: B

June 2011

May 2011

Recommended:

Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact: A
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres: A

Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two: A-

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome: A-

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues: A-
Killer Mike - Pl3dge: A-

Other Stuff:

Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles: B+
Dead Rider - The Raw Dents: B+
Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys: B+
Frank Fairfield - Out on the Open West: B+
Felice Brothers - Celebration, Florida: B+
Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone: B+
The Men - Open Your Heart: B+
Mexicans with Guns - Ceremony: B+
Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts: B+
My Morning Jacket - Circuital: B+
Okkervil River - I Am Very Far: B+
Poly Styrene - Generation Indigo: B+
Thee Oh Sees - Castlemania: B+
Tyler, the Creator - Goblin: B+
Týr - The Lay of Thrym: B+
Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs: B+
White Denim - D: B+
The Antlers - Burst Apart: B
Boris - Attention Please: B
Boris - Heavy Rocks: B
Friendly Fires - Pala: B
Hell - Human Remains: B
Liturgy - Aesthethica: B
Sloan - The Double Cross: B
Wild Beasts - Smother: B
Mark E - Stone Breaker: B-
Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams: B-
Lady Gaga - Born This Way: C+
Brad Paisley - This Is Country Music: C+

Missed Stuff:

June 2010:
Alejandro Escovedo - Street Songs of Love: B+
Perfume Genius - Learning: B+
Scissor Sisters - Night Work: B+
Hot Hot Heat - Future Breeds: B
Eminem - Recovery: F

September 2010:
James LaBrie - Static Impulse: A-
John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!: A-
Tamaryn - The Waves: A-
Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone: B+
The Thermals - Personal Life: B+
Women - Public Strain: B+
Serj Tankien - Imperfect Harmonies: C

January 2011:
Faust - Something Dirty: B

February 2011:
Malachai - Return to the Ugly Side: B

March 2011:
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift: A
Coma Cinema - Blue Suicide: B+
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift: B+
Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody Murder: B-

April 2011:
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Here We Rest: A-
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass: A-
An Horse - Walls: B+
Katy B - On a Mission: B+
Grouper - A I A: B+
Hauschka - Salon des Amateurs: B+
Julian Lynch - Terra: B+
Cass McCombs - Wit's End: B+
DJ Quik - The Book of David: B-
Ponytail - Do Whatever You Want All the Time!: B+
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand: B+
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What: B+
tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l: B+
Bill Callahan - Apocalypse: B
Snowman - ∆bsence: B
Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting: B

May 2011

April 2011

Recommended:

Blut aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s): A-
Death Grips - Exmiliatry: A-
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light: A-
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Here We Rest: A-
The Kills - Blood Pressures: A-
Low - C'mon: A-
Prefuse 73 - The Only She Chapters: A-
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass: A-

Other Stuff:

An Horse - Walls: B+
Katy B - On a Mission: B+
Panda Bear - Tomboy: B+
Dennis Coffey - Dennis Coffey: B+
Alela Diane - Alela Diane & The Wild Divine: B+
EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints: B+
Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care: B+
Grouper - A I A: B+

Hauschka - Salon des Amateurs: B+
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 - From Africa with Fury: Rise: B+
Little Scream - The Golden Record: B+
Julian Lynch - Terra: B+
Cass McCombs - Wit's End: B+

Ponytail - Do Whatever You Want All the Time!: B+
Primordial - Redemption at the Puritan's Hand: B+


Robbie Robertson - How to Become Clairvoyant: B+
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What: B+
Thursday - No Devoluciòn: B+
Times New Viking - Dancer Equired!: B+
tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l: B+
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light: B+
Bill Callahan - Apocalypse: B
Snowman - ∆bsence: B
Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting: B
DJ Quik - The Book of David: B-
Sonny and the Sunsets - Hit After Hit: B-

Missed Stuff:

February 2011:
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges: B+

March 2011:
Cunninlynguists - Oneirology: A+
The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck: A-
The Weeknd - House of Balloons: A-
Big K.R.I.T. - Returnof4Eva: B+
Green Day - Awesome as Fuck: B+
Peter, Bjorn and John - Gimme Some: B+
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving: B+
Blood Ceremony - Living with the Ancients: B
Dirty Beaches - Badlands: B
Phideaux - Snowtorch: B-

April 2011

March 2011

Recommended:

Cunninlynguists - Oneirology: A+
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift: A
Action Bronson - Dr. Lector: A-
Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium: A-
Mastodon - Live at the Aragon: A-
The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck: A-
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo: A-
The Weeknd - House of Balloons: A-


Other Stuff:

Big K.R.I.T. - Returnof4Eva: B+
Coma Cinema - Blue Suicide: B+
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift: B+
Egyptrixx - Bible Eyes: B+
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers: B+
Graveyard - Hisingen Blues: B+
Green Day - Awesome as Fuck: B+
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes: B+
Buddy Miller - The Majestic Silver Strings: B+
Josh T Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen: B+
Peter, Bjorn and John - Gimme Some: B+
The Vaccines - What Did You Expect from the Vaccines: B+
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving: B+
Wye Oak - Civilian: B+
Travis Barker - Give the Drummer Some: B
Blood Ceremony - Living with the Ancients: B
Dirty Beaches - Badlands: B
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!: B
New York Dolls - Dancing Backwards in High Heels: B
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong: B
The Strokes - Angles: B
Phideaux - Snowtorch: B-
Rise Against - Endgame: B-
Sum 41 -  Screaming Bloody Murder: B-
Soundgarden - Live on I-5: B-
Gucci Mane - The Return of Mr. Zone 6: C+
R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now: C+
Britney Spears - Femme Fatale: D

Missed Stuff:

January 2011:
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar: A-
Charles Bradley - No Time for Dreaming: B+
Sidi Tourè - Sahel Folk: B+
Amplifier - The Octopus: B-
Magic Pie - The Suffering Joy: C

February 2011:
Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place: A
Bob Marley - Live Forever: The Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh PA, September 23, 1980: A
Moonsorrow - varjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa: A
Deerhunter - iTunes Live from Soho: A-
The Psychic Paramount - II: A-
Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding: B+
Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories): B+
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972: B+
The Low Anthem - Smart Flesh: B+
The Skull Defekts - Peer Amid: B+
Jònsi - Live at the Wiltern: B

March 2011

February 2011

Recommended:

Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place: A
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake: A
Bob Marley - Live Forever: The Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh PA, September 23, 1980: A
Moonsorrow - varjoina kuljemme kuolleiden maassa: A
The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps: A
James Blake - James Blake: A-
Cult of Youth - Cult of Youth: A-
Deerhunter - iTunes Live from Soho: A-
Delicate Steve - Wondervisions: A-
The Psychic Paramount - II: A-
Radiohead - The King of Limbs: A-
Yuck - Yuck: A-

Other Stuff:


Akron/Family - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT: B+
Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding: B+
Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories): B+
Cut Copy - Zonoscope: B
The Dears - Degeneration Street: B+
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light: B+
The Low Anthem - Smart Flesh: B+
Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows: B+
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972: B+
Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise: B+
The Skull Defekts - Peer Amid: B+
Stateless - Matilda: B+
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges: B+
Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines: B+
Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine: B+
Deaf Center - Owl Splinters: B
Jònsi - Live at the Wiltern: B
David Lowery - The Palace Guards: B
Malachai - Return to the Ugly Side: B
Bayside - Killing Time: B-
East River Pipe - We Live in Rented Rooms: B-
La Sera - La Sera: B-
Thomas Giles - Pulse: C+

Missed Stuff:

June 2010:
The Goo Goo Dolls - Something for the Rest of Us: C

January 2011:
Over the Rhine - The Long Surrender: A
The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts: A-
Motorhead - The Wörld Is Yours: A-
MyGrain - MyGrain: B+
Sic Alps - Napa Asylum: B+
Wire - Red Barked Tree: B+   
Pearl Jam - Live on Ten Legs: B
Minks - By the Hedge: B-

February 2011

January 2011

Recommended:

Over the Rhine - The Long Surrender: A
Action Bronson - Bon Appetit.....Bitch!!!!!: A-
Destroyer - Kaputt: A-
G-Side - The One...Cohesive: A-
The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts: A-
The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar: A-
Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show No. 11 - Low Budget Hi Fi Music: A-
Motorhead - The Wörld Is Yours: A-
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers - Teenage and Torture: A-
Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde: A-

Other Stuff:

Adele - 21: B+
Charles Bradley - No Time for Dreaming: B+
Braids - Native Speaker: B+
Cold War Kids - Mine Is Yours: B+
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead: B+
Geotic - Mend: B+
Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean: B+
Lil B - Angels Exodus: B+
MyGrain - MyGrain: B+
Sic Alps - Napa Asylum: B+
Tennis - Cape Dory: B+
Schoolboy Q - Setbacks: B+
Sidi Tourè - Sahel Folk: B+
Vampillia - Alchemic Heart: B+
Wire - Red Barked Tree: B+
Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings: B
Faust - Something Dirty: B
Iceage - New Brigade: B
Wanda Jackson - The Party Ain't Over: B
Pearl Jam - Live on Ten Legs: B
Social Distortion - Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes: B
Amplifier - The Octopus: B-
Lia Ices - Grown Unknown: B-
Minks - By the Hedge: B-
Curren$y - Return to the Winner's Circle: C+
Magic Pie - The Suffering Joy: C
Mitochondrion - Parasignosis: C
Ulcerate - Destroyers of Us All: C

Missed Stuff:

January 2010:
Eels - End Times: B

May 2010:
The Divine Comedy - Bang Goes the Knighthood: A-
Roc Marciano - Marcberg: B+
Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots: B
Rangda - False Flag: B-
Wild Nothing - Gemini: C+

June 2010:
Nachtmystium - Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2: A-
Sia - We Are Born: B+
Against Me! - White Crosses: B

October 2010:
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz: B+

January 2011

December 2010

Recommended:

The Damned Things - Ironiclast: A-

Other Stuff:

Ghostface Killah - Apollo Kids: B+
Gorillaz  - The Fall: B+
Yeasayer - Live at Ancienne Belgique: B+

Missed Stuff:

June 2010:
Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 1: A
ceo - White Magic: A-
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today: A-
òlafur Arnalds - ...And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness: B+

September 2010:
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini: A-
Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song: A-
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest: B+
No Age - Everything in Between: B+

October 2010:
How to Dress Well - Love Remains: B+
Kno - Death Is Silent: B
Taylor Swift - Speak Now: B-

November 2010:
Atlas Sound - Bedroom Databank Vol. 1: A-
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit: B+
Cee-Lo - The Lady Killer: B+
Girl Talk - All Day: B+
Ne-Yo - Libra Scale: B
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik: 0-60: B-

December 2010