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Note: this is an old review that I wrote 2 years ago. I would write it differently now but wanted to put it on this blog. Darkly beautiful and twisted In my opinion Tom Waits’ greatest album. He mixes the dark with the beautiful with the twisted elegantly weaving stories together as a third person…

The year is now in full swing and there have been amazing artists from mainstream and underground artists. As the year goes on my list just keeps expanding. After much consideration here are my top 16 albums from March. 16. Kool Keith is one the strangest and most singular figures in rap. With too many…

2023 is already hotting up with a slew of amazing albums releasing in February. I had to trouble cutting the list down but here are the top 12 best albums of February 2023. 12. The latest album from singer-songwriter Andy Shauf continues on his soft rock sound with delicate and soothing arrangements calling back to…

While the start of this year may not have the big name releases like last year it has had some very good albums to start the year of music off right. Here are the my top 10 albums from the first month of the year. 10. John Cale has had a long career in music.…

Big dissapointment from Stormzy’s third album. I was excited for the album considering his song Mel Made Me Do It which is defintely my favourite Stormzy song. It’s an 8 minute show of his rapping ability full of quotables and a music video with a plethora of entertaining appearances. The album takes a steep depature…

The latest album by one of the biggest in the rapidly emerging and developing Afrobeats scene. His last album and its hit single Essence helped to bringing Afrobeats into the view of the greater public. He follows this album up with a another solid collection of groovy and moody songs. This album also has a…

Drake’s 3rd album in a just over a year and probably his best since Nothing Was The Same. 21 Savage really brings the best out of Drake with him rapping alot more than he has on his more recent projects. The biggest problem with this album is that it doesn’t really feel like a collab…

Honourable mentions: Deluxe albums Freddie Gibbs released the deluxe version of $oul $old $eparately. He added five tracks that had already been released as singles. While it doesn’t add anything new its nice seeing these tracks on an album and their all good additions to the album. Baby Keem also released a deluxe version for…

5. An interesting album for Taylor Swift getting announced less than two months before it was released with no singles for the album. It’s completely produced by Jack Antonoff both to this albums benefit and detriment. Taylor drops the folky feeling to give way to Jack Antonoff’s very 80 insipired production. While it gives a…

This week was filled with amazing albums so I had to add an extra spot 6. The debut album from ont he most interesting genre-bending artists out right now. Combining R&B, Hip-Hop, Club music this debut album from Shygirl stays interesting and everchanging throughout the tracklist. This isn’t as in your face and and out…