June 2012

Recommended:

iamamiwhoami - kin: A+
Rush - Clockwork Angels: A
Änglagård - Viljans öga: A-
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do: A-
Joey Bada$$ - 1999: A-
Hot Chip - In Our Heads: A-
Japandroids - Celebration Rock: A-
Lorn - Ask the Dust: A-
The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now: A-
Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man in the Universe: A-

Other Stuff:

Be'lakor - Of Breath and Bone: B+
Circus Maximus - Nine: B+
Curren$y - The Stoned Immaculate: B+
Gojira - L'enfant sauvage: B+
Ihsahn - Eremita: B+
R. Kelly - Write Me Back: B+
KonKoma - KonKoma: B+
Metric - Synthethica: B+
The Mynabirds - GENERALS: B+
Oh No - Ohnomite: B+
Smallpeople - Salty Days: B+
Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania: B+
Smoke DZA - Rugby Thompson: B+
Spectrum Road - Spectrum Road: B+
Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse: B+
Big K.R.I.T. - Live from the Underground: B
DIIV - Oshin: B
Alejandro Escovedo - Big Station: B
Polysick - Digital Native: B
Sonny and the Sunsets - Longtime Companion: B
Spaceghostpurrp - Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of Spaceghostpurrp: B
DJ Rashad - TEKLIFE Vol. 1: Welcome to the Chi: B-
Liars - WIXIW: B-
Lil B - Green Flame: B-
Serengeti - C.A.R.: B-
Patti Smith - Banga: B-
Taragana Pyjarama - Tipped Bowls: B-
Waka Flocka Flame - Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family: B-
Joe Walsh - Analog Man: C+
The Offspring - Days Go By: F

Missed Stuff:

February 2012:
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Visiting This World: B+
Ital - Hive Mind: B-

March 2012:
Fort Romeau - Kingdoms: A-
The Shins - Port of Morrow: B+
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball: B-

April 2012:
Ian Anderson - Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?: A-
Jack White - Blunderbuss: A-
Shackleton - Music for the Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs: B
Train - California 37: B
Diamond Rugs - Diamond Rugs: B-

May 2012:
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music: A
Beach House - Bloom: A-
The Walkmen - Heaven: A-
Best Coast - The Only Place: B+
Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Orchestra - Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Orchestra: B+
Laurel Halo - Quarantine: B+
Marduk - Serpent Sermon: B+
Marissa Nadler - The Sister: B+
Public Image Ltd. - This Is PiL: B+
Ramona Falls - Prophet: B+
Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns: B+
Regina Spektor - What We Saw from the Cheap Seats: B+
Grass Widow - Internal Logic: B
King Tuff - King Tuff: B
Slash - Apocalyptic Love: B
Aldebaran - Embracing the Lightless Depths: B-
Soulsavers - The Light the Dead See: C+

June 2012

May 2012

Recommended:

Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music: A
White Lung - Sorry: A
Beach House - Bloom: A-
David Daniell & Douglas McCombs - Versions: A-
Dawnbringer - Into the Lair of the Sun God: A-
Hilary Hahn & Hauschka - Silfra: A-
Lone - Galaxy Garden: A-
Mount Eerie - Clear Moon: A-
PS I Love You - Death Dreams: A-
The Walkmen - Heaven: A-


Other Stuff:

Ab-Soul - Control System: B+
Best Coast - The Only Place: B+
Chicha Libre - Canibalismo: B+
Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Orchestra - Kelan Philip Cohran & The Hypnotic Brass Orchestra: B+
El-P: Cancer 4 Cure: B+
Father John Misty - Fear Fun: B+
Laurel Halo - Quarantine: B+
Heavy Blanket - Heavy Blanket: B+
Marduk - Serpent Sermon: B+
Marissa Nadler - The Sister: B+
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I: B+
Norah Jones - ...Little Broken Hearts: B+
Iamsu - Kilt: B+
KTL - V: B+
OFF! - OFF!: B+
phon.o - Black Boulder: B+
Public Image Ltd. - This Is PiL: B+
Ramona Fall - Prophet: B+
Royal Thunder - CVI: B+
Scissor Sisters - Magic Hour: B+
Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns: B+
Ursprung - Ursprung: B+
Regina Spektor - What We Saw From the Cheap Seats: B+
Nick Waterhouse - Time's All Gone: B+
Grass Widow - Internal Logic: B
Adam Lambert - Trespassing: B
Light Asylum - Light Asylum: B
King Tuff - King Tuff: B
Slash - Apocalyptic Love: B
Turing Machine - What Is the Meaning of What: B
Aldebaran - Embracing the Lightless Depths: B-
B.o.B. - Strange Clouds: B-
Horseback - Half Blood: B-
Garbage - Not Your Kind of People: B-
Gucci Mane - I'm Up: B-
Lower Dens - Nootropics: B-
John Mayer - Born and Raised: B-
Pennywise - All or Nothing: B-
Soulsavers - The Light the Dead See: C+
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Here: D

Missed Stuff:

April 2011:
Death Grips - Exmilitary: A-

February 2012:
Ariel Pink & R. Stevie Moore - Ku Klux Glam: B+
Voices From the Lake - Voices From the Lake: B+

March 2012:
Chromatics - Kill for Love: B+
Every Time I Die - Ex Lives: B+

April 2012:
Screaming Females - Ugly: A-
Evans the Death - Evans the Death: B+
In Mourning - The Weight of Oceans: B+ Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distance: B+
Rufus Wainwright - Out of the Game: B+
Santigold - Master of My Make-Believe: B+
Ty Segall & White Fence - Hair: B+
Allo Darlin' - Europe: B
Brendan Benson - What Kind of World: B

May 2012

April 2012

Recommended:

Ian Anderson - Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?: A-
Death Grips - The Money Store: A-
High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis: A-
Huoratron - Cryptocracy: A-
Moonface - With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery: A-
Orbital - Wonky: A-
Screaming Females - Ugly: A-
Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light: A-
Torche - Harmonicraft: A-
Jack White - Blunderbuss: A-
Zammuto - Zammuto: A-

Other Stuff:

Amadou & Mariam - Folila: B+
Anhedonist - Netherwards: B+
Evans the Death - Evans the Death: B+
In Mourning - The Weight of Oceans: B+
Dr. John - Locked Down: B+
Kool A.D. - 51: B+
Killing Joke - MMXII: B+
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost in the New Real: B+
Lushlife - Plateau Vision: B+
Maps & Atlases - Beware and Be Grateful: B+
Santigold - Master of My Make Believe: B+
Lotus Plaza - Spooky Action at a Distnace: B+
Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream: B+
Ty Segall & White Fence: Hair: B+
SWV - I Missed Us: B+
Traxman - Da Mind of Traxman: B+
Loudon Wainwright - Older Than My Old Man Now: B+
Rufus Wainwright - Out of the Game: B+
Allo Darlin' - Europe: B
Brendan Benson - What Kind of World: B
Bleeding Knees Club - Nothing to Do: B
Conan - Monnos: B
Shackleton - Music for the Quite Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs: B
Train - California 37: B
Accept - Stalingrad: B-
Actress - R.I.P.: B-
Inga Copeland and Dean Blunt - Black Is Beautiful: B-
Diamond Rugs - Diamond Rugs: B-
White Suns - Sinews: B-
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: C+
Future - Pluto: F

Missed Stuff:

September 2010:
Crippled Black Phoenix - I, Vigilante: B+

November 2011:
Action Bronson & Statik Selektah - Well Done: A-

February 2012:
Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando: A
Black Country Communion - Live Over Europe: B+
Wire - The Black Session: Paris, 10 May 2011: B+

March 2012:
Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve: B+
Willis Earl Beal - Acousmatic Sorcery: B+
Daughn Gibson - All Hell: B+
B.B. King - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011: B+

La Sera - Sees the Light: B+
Lil B - #1 Bitch: B+
Spawn of Possession - Incurso: B+
Iron Maiden - En vivo!: B

The Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Sea: B

Rocket Juice & The Moon - Rocket Juice & The Moon: B

April 2012

March 2012

Recommended:

Action Bronson - Blue Chips: A-
Fort Romeau - Kingdoms: A-
THEESatisfaction - awE naturalE: A-

Other Stuff:

Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve: B+
Willis Earl Beal - Acousmatic Sorcery: B+

Big K.R.I.T. - 4Eva N a Day: B+

Ceremony - Zoo: B+
Chromatics - Kill for Love: B+
The Decemberists - We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11): B+
E-40 - The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3: B+
Every Time I Die - Ex Lives: B+
Daughn Gibson - All Hell: B+

Julia Holter - Ekstasis: B+
B.B. King - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011: B+
La Sera - Sees the Light: B+
Lil B - #1 Bitch: B+
Lil B - God's Father: B+
The Men - Open Your Heart: B+
Mouse on Mars - Parastrophics: B+
The Shins - Port of Morrow: B+

Sigh - In Somniphobia: B+
Spawn of Possession - Incurso: B+

Tanlines - Mixed Emotions: B+
Choir of Young Believers - Rhine Gold: B
E-40 - The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1: B
Gazpacho - March of Ghosts: B
Iron Maiden - En vivo!: B
The Magnetic Fields - Love at the Bottom of the Sea: B
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - Rot Got, Domestic: B
Miike Snow - Happy to You: B
Overkill - Electric Age: B
Prurient - Oxidation: B
Rocket Juice & The Moon - Rocket Juice & The Moon: B
Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Jazz Mind: B

Todd Snider - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables: B

Zeus - Busting Visions: B
E-40 - The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2: B-
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball: B-

Spoek Mathambo - Father Creeper: B-
Mark Stewart - The Politics of Beauty: B-

White Rabbits - Milk Famous: B-

Meshuggah - Koloss: C
Mi Ami - Decade: C

Missed Stuff:

February 2010:

MellowHype - YelloWhite: B

March 2010:

Das Racist - Shut Up, Dude: A-

June 2010:

Coma Cinema - Stoned Alone: B+

September 2010:

White Denim - Last Day of Summer: B+

October 2010:

Hauschka - Foreign Landscapes: A-

January 2012:

Bang on a Can - Big Beautiful Dark and Scary: D

February 2012:

Mgla - With Hearts Toward None: A-
Christian Mistress - Possession: B+

Cursive - I Am Gemini: B+
Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel: B+

Scuba - Personality: B+
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror: B+

Otis Taylor - Otis Taylor's Contraband: B+
Beneath the Massacre - Incongruous: B

Xiu Xiu - Always: B-

March 2012

February 2012

Recommended:

Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando: A
Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction: A
Stam1na - Nocebo: A
Air - Le voyage dans la lune: A-
Fine Before You Came - Ormai: A-
Mgla - With Hearts Toward None: A-
Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It: A-
Polica - Give You the Ghost: A-

Other Stuff:

Oren Ambarchi, Jim O'Rourke & Keiji Haino - Imikuzushi: B+
Black Country Communion - Live Over Europe: B+
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Visiting This World: B+
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden: B+
Cursive - I Am Gemini: B+
Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel: B+
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II: B+
Sharon van Etten - Tramp: B+
Howlin Wind - The Russian Wilds: B+
Lambchop - Mr. M: B+
Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral: B+
Napalm Death - Utilitarian: B+
Ariel Pink & R. Stevie Moore - Ku Klux Glam: B+
Orange Goblin - A Eulogy for the Damned: B+
Scuba - Personality: B+
Swallow the Sun - Emerald Forest and the Blackbird: B+
John Talabot - fIN: B+
Otis Taylor - Otis Taylor's Contraband: B+
Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth: B+
Voices From the Lake - Voices From the Lake: B+
Wire - The Black Session: Paris, 10 May 2011: B+
Beneath the Massacre - Incongruous: B
Field Music - Plumb: B
Grimes - Visions: B
Frankie Rose - Interstellar: B
School of Seven Bells - Ghostory: B
Tindersticks - The Something Rain: B
Windy & Carl - We Will Always Be: B
Gucci Mane - Trap Back: B-
Ital - Hive Mind: B-
Revenge - Scum.Collapse.Eradication: B-
Tennis - Young & Old: B-
Xandria - Neverworld's End: B-
Xiu Xiu - Always: B-
Chiddy Bang - Breakfast: C+
Dierks Bentley - Home: C+

Missed Stuff:

September 2010:
Glasser - Ring: B+
Halford - Made of Metal: B-

October 2010:
The Greenhornes - ****: B+
MellowHype - BlackenedWhite: B+


November 2010:
Atlas Sound - Basement Databank Vol. 3: A
Atlas Sound - Basement Databank Vol. 2: A-
Atlas Sound - Basement Databank Vol. 4: A-
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: A-

December 2010:
The Damned Things - Ironiclast: A-
Ghostface Killah - Apollo Kids: B+
Yeasayer - Live at Ancienne Belgique: B+

January 2011:
Pepe Deluxè - Queen of the Wave: B+
Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester: B+
Imperial Teen - Feel the Sound: B
Loma Prieta - I.V.: B
Ani Difranco - Which Side Are You On?: B-

February 2012

January 2012

Recommended:

Crippled Black Phoenix - (Mankind) The Crafty Ape: A
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas: A-
Taranis - Kingdom: A-

Other Stuff:

Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme: B+
Chairlift - Something: B+
Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory: B+
Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur: B+
Matt Elliott - The Broken Man: B+
First Aid Kit - Lion's Roar: B+
Gonjasufi - MU.ZZ.LE: B+
Heems - Nehru Jackets: B+
Hospitality - Hospitality: B+
Lamb of God - Resolution: B+
The Maccabees - Given to the Wild: B+
Pepe Deluxè - Queen of the Wave: B+
Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions: B+
Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester: B+
Al-Namrood - Kitab Al-Awthan: B
Anneke van Giersbergen - Everything Is Changing: B
Imperial Teen - Feel the Sound: B
Loma Prieta - I.V.: B
Not an Airplane - It Could Just Be This Place: B
Ani Difranco - Which Side Are You On? B-
Primal Fear - Unbreakable: B-
Rick Ross - Rich Forever: C+
Kayo Dot - Gamma Knife: C
Bang on a Can - Big Beautiful Dark and Scary: D

Missed Stuff:

January 2011:
G-Side - The One...Cohesive: A-

February 2011:
David Lowery - The Palace Guards: B

April 2011:
Dennis Coffey - Dennis Coffey: B+
Sonny and Sunsets - Hit After Hit: B-

May 2011:
Dead Rider - The Raw Dents: B+

June 2011:
No Surrender - Medicine Babies: B-

September 2011:
Lydia Loveless - Indestructible Machine: B+

October 2011:
The Twilight Singers - Live in New York: A
Wussy - Strawberry: B+
A Classic Education - Call It Blazing: B
Baraka Som Sistema - Komba: B-

November 2011:
G-Side - iSLAND: A-
Chris Cornell - Songbook: B+
Teebs - Collections 01: B+
Slash - Made in Stoke 24/7/11: B-
Taylor Swift - Speak Now World Tour - Live: B-

December 2011:
Guided By Voices - Let's Go Eat the Factory: B+
Shakira - Live from Paris: C+

January 2012

December 2011

The Black Keys - El Camino: B+
Guided By Voices - Let's Go Eat the Factory: B+
The Roots - undun: B+
Anthony Hamilton - Back to Love: B
The Weeknd - Echoes of Silence: B
Shakira - Live from Paris: C+
Gucci Mane & V-Nasty - BAYTL: F

Missed Stuff:

January 2011:
Adele - 21: B+

March 2011:
Soundgarden - Live on I-5: B-

May 2011:
Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone: B+

June 2011:
Def Leppard - Mirror Ball: Live & More: A-

July 2011:
Ashton Shepherd - Where Country Grows: B

October 2011:
Summer Camp - Welcome to Condale: B+
Yamantaka / / Sonic Titan - YT / / ST: B+
Merle Haggard - Working in Tennessee: B-

November 2011:
Shining - Live Blackjazz: A
Miranda Lambert - Four the Record: A-
Rush - Time Machine: Live in Cleveland: A-
Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler / The Dream: A-
Vektor - Outer Isolation: A-
Esoteric - Paragon of Dissonance: B+
Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite: Les Folies: B+
Lupe Fiasco - Friend of the People: C+
Kidz in the Hall - Occasion: C+
Yes - In the Present: Live from Lyon: C+

December 2011

November 2011

Recommended:

Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow: A+
Shining - Live Blackjazz: A
Action Bronson & Statik Selektah - Well Done: A-

G-Side - iSLAND: A-


Steve Hauschildt - Tragedy & Geometry: A-
Miranda Lambert - Four the Record: A-

Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness: A-
Rush - Time Machine: Live in Cleveland: A-
Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler / The Dream: A-
Vektor - Outer Isolation: A-

Other Stuff:

Atlas Sound - Parallax: B+
Chris Cornell - Songbook: B+
Esoteric - Paragon of Dissonance: B+
Cass McCombs - Humor Risk: B+
Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite: Les Folies: B+
Meshell Ndegeocello - Weather: B+
Teebs - Collections 01: B+
Drake - Take Care: B
Sepalcure - Sepalcure: B
Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg: B
Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification: B-
Korallreven - An Album by Korallreven: B-
Megadeth - Th1rt3en: B-
Rihanna - Talk That Talk: B-

Slash - Made in Stoke 24/7/11: B-

Taylor Swift - Speak Now World Tour - Live: B-

Lupe Fiasco - Friend of the People: C+
Kidz in the Hall - Occasion: C+
Yelawolf - Radioactive: C+
Yes - In the Present: Live from Lyon: C+
Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu: D

Nickelback - Here and Now: F

Missed Stuff:

June 2011:
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum: The Complete Collection: A-

September 2011:
Roman Flügel - Fatty Folders: B+

October 2011:
A$AP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP: A-
Noel Gallagher - Noel Gallagher's Flying Bird: B+

АукцЫон - Юла: B+

Freddie Gibbs - Cold Day in Hell: B+

November 2011

October 2011

Recommended:

La Dispute - Wildlife: A+
The Twilight Singers - Live in New York: A
Tom Waits - Bad As Me: A
A$AP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP: A-
DRC Music - Kinshasa One Two: A-
Insomnium - One for Sorrow: A-
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming: A-

Other Stuff:

АукцЫон - Юла: B+
Bjork - Biophilia: B+
Crooked Fingers - Breaks in the Armor: B+
Deer Tick - Divine Providence: B+
The Field - Looping State of Mind: B+
Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials: B+
Noel Gallagher - Noel Gallagher's Flying Birds: B+
Freddie Gibbs - Cold Day in Hell: B+
Mayer Hawthorne - How Do You Do: B+
Icebird - The Abandoned Lullaby: B+
My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind: B+
Rustie - Glass Swords: B+
Summer Camp - Welcome to Condale: B+
We Were Promised Jetpacks - In the Pit of the Stomach: B+
Wussy - Strawberry: B+
Yamantaka / / Sonic Titan - YT / / ST: B+
A Class Education - Call It Blazing: B
High Places - Original Colors: B
Real Estate - Days: B
Zola Jesus - Conatus: B
Baraka Som Sistema - Komba: B-
Merle Haggard - Working in Tennessee: B-
Freestyle Fellowship - Promise: C

Missed Stuff:

June 2011:
Tadeschi Trucks Band - Revelator: B

August 2011:
Julia Holter - Tragedy: B+

September 2011:
The Atlas Moth - An Ache for the Distance: A-
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost: A-
Mikal Cronin - Mikal Cronin: B+
Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning: B
J. Cole - Cole World: The Sideline Story: B-
Nick Lowe - The Old Magic: B-

October 2011

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