Underground Listmaker

"'Tis midnight's holy hour, and silence now  Is brooding like a gentle spirit o'er  The still and pulseless world. Hark! on the winds  The bell's deep tones are swelling,—'tis the knell  Of the departed year." George D. Prentice Another year of music. I'm coming close to the end of my college experience, but there's still work to be done...despite, and necessarily because of, this, music has been a refuge and a balm for me. Though it might seem that the rolling of the boulder up the hill is pointless, at least there are things that make it bearable. Below are my 100 top played artists of the year. The format is: #.  Artist    ||  Genres  ||  Top 3 Most Played Songs. As always, this list is important to me to record my musical taste's development and my listening habits, but I also hope that anyone reading can get some good recommendations from it. Be sure to search for your favorite genres! Cheers. Happy Holidays.

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  ||...

A brief recap of my listening habits for November 2023.  Top played genres: art pop, indie rock, alternative rock. Top played decade: 2000s. Format is: # . Artist - Album   ||  Genres  ||  Release year  ||   Country 1. Kate Bush - The Dreaming  ||  Art Rock, Art Pop  ||  1982  ||  UK 2. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One  ||  Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Shoegaze  ||  1997  ||  USA  3. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible  ||  Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Post-Punk  ||  1994  ||  UK 4. Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - Saved!  ||  Dark Gospel, Southern Gospel, Hymns, Singer/Songwriter  ||  2023  ||  USA 5. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism  ||  Indie Rock, Midwest Emo  ||  2003  ||  USA 6. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love  ||  Progressive Pop, Art Pop  ||...

Including albums from 2023 that I've listened to since I did part 1.  Click here for the previous installment . 1. Lankum - False Lankum  ||   Irish Folk Music, Avant-Folk, Drone   ||   funereal, somber   ||  10/10   || Ireland 2. Model/Actriz - Dogsbody  ||  Noise Rock, No Wave, Dance-Punk  ||  dark, dissonant  ||  9/10  ||  USA 3. Gingerbee - Our Skies Smile  ||  Emo Pop, Screamo, Bitpop  ||  warm, uplifting  ||  9/10  ||  USA 4. Dispirited Spirits - The Redshift Blues  ||  Art Rock, Midwest Emo, Space Rock  ||  epic, technical  ||  8.5/10  ||  Portugal 5. Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall  ||  Chamber Pop, Progressive Pop, Art Rock  ||  sentimental, anxious  ||  8.5/10  ||  UK 6. slowthai - UGLY  ||  UK Hip Hop, Post-Punk  ||  ...

My top played songs of the year so far. Fun facts:  - The average age of these tracks (by release year) is about 21 years. - The top genres on this list are subgenres of rock, pop, and electronic: particularly, indie / alt rock, art pop, and trip hop. - 56% of the vocalists are male, 26% are female, 10% are instrumental, 4% are non-binary, and 4% feature female and male vocalists. - I'm limiting this to one song per artist, to keep it interesting. The format of this list is: #. Artist Name - Song Title   ||  Genre(s)  ||  Release Year  ||  Gender of Vocalist  ||  2 descriptors  ||   Country 50. Portishead - Western Eyes  ||  Trip Hop, Acid Jazz  ||  1997  ||  F  ||  dark, mysterious  ||  UK 49. Parliament - Placebo Syndrome  ||  P-Funk  ||  1977  ||  M  ||  playful, futuristic  ||  USA 48. Nina Simone - Sinnerman  ||...

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  ||  Indus...