2023 New Album Ratings

Hello all! I've been mostly listening older music recently, but I thought I would make a post with my ratings of albums released this year so far.

1. Fever Ray - Radical Romantics || Darkwave, Art Pop, Post-Industrial || dark, political || 9.5/10 || Sweden

2. Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World || Post-Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia || dense, pessimistic || 9/10 || USA

3. Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall || Art Rock, Progressive Pop || uplifting, progressive || 8.5/10 || UK

4. Tropical Fuck Storm - Submersive Behavior || Punk Blues, Experimental Rock || quirky, raw || 8/10 || Australia

5. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You || Alt-Pop, Art Pop, Downtempo || lush, romantic || 8/10 || USA

6. Algiers - Shook || Industrial Hip Hop, Post-Punk || eclectic, dark || 5.5/10 || USA

7. Skrillex - Quest for Fire || Dance Music, Dubstep || tedious, annoying || 4/10 || USA

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Top 50 Albums of 2023

Best of 2022 The final product of my exploration of a diverse range of albums released this year. Remember that placements are only my opinion. Format is: #. Artist - Album || Genres || descriptors || Country || Rating Honorable mentions: Gazelle Twin - Black Dog, Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex, Great Falls - Objects Without Pain, Dorian Electra - Fanfare, Sigur Rós - ÁTTA, Protomartyr - Formal Growth in the Desert, Mac Quayle - Mr. Robot Vol. 8, Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!, 파란노을 [Parannoul] - After the Magic 50. Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags || Speed Metal, Black Metal || death, dark || UK || 7.5/10 49. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres || Deep House, Latin House || hypnotic, mellow || Peru || 7.5/10 48. Algiers - Shook || Post-Industrial, Post-Punk, Political Hip Hop ||...

2024 Album Ratings (2)

Other Installments: One || Three All of my album ratings for albums released this year (so far). This is the second installment. We've had a decent year so far. The top 10 on this list don't touch last year's, but it's early days yet. New additions to the list are are indicated. 1. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She || Darkwave, Post-Industrial, Trip Hop || 10/10 2. Allie X - Girl With No Face || Synthpop, Darkwave, Electronic || 9.5/10 (NEW) 3. The Smile - Wall of Eyes || Art Rock, Post-Rock, Krautrock || 9/10 4. Ally St. Ives - Dryleaze Marching Band || Post-Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Experimental || 9/10 5. Kim Gordon - The Collective || Industrial Hip Hop, Trap, Experimental Rock, No Wave || 8/10 (NEW) 6. Sonic Youth - Walls Have Ears || Noise Rock, No Wave, Archival ...

Nimzo's Top 500 Albums of All Time (2023 Edition; Part 1/2)

*Phew...* this was a hard list to put together! I decided to break this into two parts, as I wanted a longer list than I posted last year but need it to be manageable (doin' school at the same time). This was meticulously put together and thought out. To some it may seem counter-intuitive to rank music, but over time I've developed systems to compare and rate albums based on enjoyment and the impact they've had on me. Nevertheless, this sort of extensive list is very hard to do. In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed the process of making it. A couple of little factoids about this half of the list: Percentage of male vocalists - 50%; female vocalists - 27.2%; male + female vocalists - 12.4%; instrumental - 10%; non-binary - 0.4%. Top sub-genres - Alternative Rock, Post-Punk, Indie Rock, Trip Hop, Art Pop, Industrial. Oldest album on the list - Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1957). The format: #. Artist - Album || genres || Release Year...

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