My Album Catalogue

Click on a table header to sort by that category. Keep in mind I'm not a music critic by any means, I just like talking about things I enjoy. Because that's the case the vast majority of my ratings/reviews here are going to be positive.

Art	Album	Artist	Year	Rating	Thoughts	Owned on
	Tidal	Fiona Apple	1996	8.5/10	An astounding debut album from one of the greatest artists of all time IMO. It's unbelievable to me that she released such a classic at only 18 years old, already having mastered songwriting with a level of depth and maturity that most don't reach at all within their lifetimes. Favorite Tracks: Shadowboxer, Slow Like Honey, The Child Is Gone	Digital
	When The Pawn...	Fiona Apple	1999	10/10	One of my favorites of all time for sure. Every song on this album hits so incredibly hard one way or another. Fiona's songwriting, vocals, and piano playing are all flawless as always, and Jon Brion's theatrical production elevates it to a legendary album that I constantly find myself coming back to. Favorite Tracks: All of them	Vinyl
	Extraordinary Machine	Fiona Apple	2005	8/10	A very solid and extraordinarily fun album. Not much to say about it. The individual tracks are all awesome on their own, but looking at the album as a whole it feels a little bit lacking in comparison with her previous album, hence the docking of a couple points. Favorite Tracks: Extraordinary Machine, Get Him Back, Better Version of Me, Tymps, Oh Well, Not About Love, Waltz (Better Than Fine)	Digital
	The Idler Wheel...	Fiona Apple	2012	9/10	This album marks a shift in Fiona's discography from bold heavy-hitting theatrics to more stripped-back and percussive tracks with a much larger focus on songwriting. The lack of theatrical production does nothing to impact the intensity conveyed by the album (although I do miss the fun of it somewhat!)--her songwriting and vocal performances have evolved to the point that she simply doesn't need it anymore. Favorite Tracks: Every Single Night, Daredevil, Jonathan, Left Alone, Anything We Want, Hot Knife, Largo	Vinyl
	Fetch The Bolt Cutters	Fiona Apple	2020	9/10	A wonderfully experimental album that builds off the direction Fiona went in with The Idler Wheel. Many of the songs on this album don't feature piano at all, unlike her previous albums, but rather focus on unconventional percussion and vocals. It took a bit to get used to, but it really grew on me and I'd consider it one of Fiona's best. Favorite Tracks: I Want You To Love Me, Shameika, Relay, Rack of His, Newspaper, Ladies, Cosmonauts, On I Go	Digital
	Masterpiece	Big Thief	2016	7.5/10	A strong debut indie rock album. Adrianne's beautiful songwriting and knack for catchy melodies make Masterpiece a great listen. "Vegas" is boring to me, and "Interstate" & "Parallels" feel a bit underdeveloped, but otherwise it's a very enjoyable album. Favorite Tracks: Masterpiece, Real Love, Paul, Humans, Randy	Vinyl
	Capacity	Big Thief	2017	7.5/10	A very good follow-up to their debut. The instrumentals are much less heavy on this one, with more ethereal vocals set over smooth guitar tones and relaxed percussion. I still find a few tracks like "Coma" and "Black Diamonds" a little underdeveloped, but it's overall a very pretty-sounding album that clicks together with Adrianne's songwriting nicely. Favorite Tracks: Shark Smile, Watering, Great White Shark, Objects, Haley	Digital
	U.F.O.F.	Big Thief	2019	8/10	A beautifully produced indie folk album with light vocals and celestial guitar instrumentation. Adrianne's songwriting takes a more abstract direction, with beautiful and oftentimes harrowingly evocative imagery. The track "Jenni" is somewhat repetitive and doesn't fit very well on the album, but everything else about it is magical. Favorite Tracks: UFOF, Cattails, Open Desert, Orange, Century, Magic Dealer	Digital
	Two Hands	Big Thief	2019	8/10	A more grounded and acoustic sister album to UFOF. I was initially put off by the sort-of unconventional vocals and production of "The Toy", "Those Girls", and "Cut My Hair", but I grew to enjoy it. The album as a whole is a very nice listen. Favorite Tracks: Forgotten Eyes, Two Hands, Shoulders, Not, Replaced	Digital
	Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You	Big Thief	2022	10/10	My favorite folk album ever. Big Thief draws influences from country, bluegrass, Americana, and even trip-hop, trap, shoegaze, and psychadelic music throughout this sprawling 20-track album alongside some of the most beautifully human songwriting I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Adrianne's airy and playful vocals carry you through the tracklist so entrancingly. It's silly, heartbreaking, ethereal, intimate, strange, and filled to the brim with pure joy. Favorite Tracks: Time Escaping, Spud Infinity, Certainty, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Sparrow, Blurred View, Red Moon, No Reason, Simulation Swarm, Love Love Love, Blue Lightning	Vinyl
	Hours Were the Birds	Adrianne Lenker	2014	7/10		Digital
	a-sides and besides	Adrianne Lenker	2014	7/10		Digital
	abysskiss	Adrianne Lenker	2018	6/10	i'm conflicted about this one. adrianne's songwriting is nice, but the album as a whole feels more like a very-polished collection of demos than a set of complete songs. i might have to give it a few more tries. favorite tracks: cradle, symbol, blue and red horses	Digital
	songs	Adrianne Lenker	2020	9.5/10	mwah mwah mwah beautiful. i don't really know what to say about this album other than that it feels both completely otherworldly/angelic and incredibly intimate/familiar. the lyrics and instrumentation are so evocative in a way i can't put into words. favorite tracks: two reverse, ingydar, anything, forwards beckon rebound, heavy focus, dragon eyes	Vinyl
	i won't let go of your hand	Adrianne Lenker	2024	7.5/10	a beautiful set of voice-memo demos. this album is only available thru purchase on Bandcamp, and the proceeds go to the PCRF so I really encourage buying it. favorite tracks: the music, fangs lungs ankles, i won't let go of your hand, someone to	Digital
	Bright Future	Adrianne Lenker	2024	9/10	Adrianne is a legendary songwriter and lyricist, and this album makes that abundantly clear. While her previous studio album songs was much more atmospheric and abstract, Bright Future is direct and soul-baring in its lyrics. I personally prefer the previous album's style, but Bright Future is still a wonderful set of songs. Favorite Tracks: Sadness as a Gift, Fool, Free Treasure (the most beautiful love song I've ever heard), Evol, Already Lost, Donut Seam, Once a Bunch	Vinyl
	the first glass beach album	glass beach	2019	7.5/10	a bit inconsistent at times, but very ambitious and fun. if jeff rosenstock was a gay indietronica artist basically favorite tracks: classic j dies and goes to hell part 1, bedroom community, bone skull, glass beach, yoshi's island, orchids	Vinyl
	plastic death	glass beach	2024	8.5/10		Digital
	LUSH	Mitski	2012	7/10		Digital
	Retired from Sad, New Career in Business	Mitski	2013	7/10		Digital
	Bury Me At Makeout Creek	Mitski	2014	8.5/10		Digital
	Puberty 2	Mitski	2016	8/10		Digital
	Be The Cowboy	Mitski	2018	8/10		Vinyl
	Laurel Hell	Mitski	2022	7/10		Vinyl
	The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We	Mitski	2023	8.5/10		Vinyl
	Diamond Jubilee	Cindy Lee	2024	8.5/10		Digital
	Everything Is A Lot	Will Wood And The Tapeworms	2015	7.5/10	Will is genuinely an incredible lyricist and piano player and I think that shines through the most in this album, with it's generally-more-stripped-back approach in comparison with his others. In my opinion Will doesn't do theatricality as well as other comparable artists (BCNR, Fiona Apple, Tom Waits, etc) because he leans too much into a pop direction with his songwriting. His more mellow singer-songwriter piano driven tracks here are so beautifully done, and I wish that was the direction he took moving out of his debut. Some of the theatrical ones are still very fun though. Favorite Tracks: 6up 5oh Cop-Out; Skeleton Appreciation Day; Aikido (Neurotic / Erotic); White Knuckle Jerk; Red Moon; Lysergide Daydream; Jimmy Mushrooms' Last Drink	Vinyl
	SELF-iSH	Will Wood And The Tapeworms	2016	6.5/10		Digital
	The Normal Album	Will Wood	2020	7/10		Vinyl
	"In case I make it,"	Will Wood	2022	7/10	I've always loved Will's more mellow songs, and this album has some of his best. But there are a few too many tracks that feel like filler (BFB's, You Liked This) or just self-indulgently ironic/insincere (Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll; The Main Character (as much as I like the song)) to rank it as high as EIAL. Favorite Tracks: Tomcat Disposables; Euthanasia; Falling Up; That's Enough, Let's Get You Home; Um, It's Kind Of A Lot; Against The Kitchen Floor	Vinyl
	For the first time	Black Country, New Road	2021	9/10	An endlessly inventive and unique post-punk album. Isaac Wood's vocal delivery is sooo fucking good, and the instrumentals create such a tense atmosphere at times that the releases hit harder than probably anything from any other album I've ever heard before. At its high points this album has some of my favorite songs of all time. I'd love to give it a higher score, but I find "Instrumental" a tiny bit repetitive and "Track X" relatively bland, and with only 6 tracks on the album that makes up a decent fraction of its runtime. Favorite Tracks: Sunglasses, Opus	Digital
	Ants From Up There	Black Country, New Road	2022	9/10		Digital
	Live At Bush Hall	Black Country, New Road	2023	8/10		Vinyl
	OK Computer	Radiohead	1997	10/10	What hasn't already been said about this album? If you've never listened to it before do that. Probably everyone should. Favorite Tracks: Airbag, Paranoid Android, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Let Down, Electioneering, No Surprises	Vinyl
	In Rainbows	Radiohead	2007	9/10		Digital
	Magnolia Electric Co.	Songs: Ohia	2003	9.5/10	An almost-perfect country album. Jason Molina's voice is so expressive and unique and it matches the really solid feel to the instrumentals. It feels so heavy yet restrained in a way that perfectly reflects Molina's hard-hitting wistful lyricism. Everything from the production to the writing feels decades ahead of its time. I do find Peoria Lunch Box Blues a little unnecessary in the context of the rest of the album, but I still enjoy it. Favorite Tracks: Farewell Transmission, I've Been Riding With the Ghost, Just Be Simple, The Old Black Hen, John Henry Split My Heart, Hold On Magnolia, Whip-Poor-Will	Vinyl
	In the Aeroplane Over the Sea	Neutral Milk Hotel	1998	9/10	I have nothing to say about this album that hasn't already been said before by countless people. My only complaint is with the song "Oh Comely", which in my opinion really overstays its welcome and, especially for a track with such a lyrical focus, has pretty gross-sounding lyrics that kind of take me out of it (I don't wanna hear about anyone's ovaries "milking"). Without it the album would be a 10 for me. Favorite Tracks: The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. 1-3; In the Aeroplane Over the Sea; Two Headed Boy; Holland, 1945; Communist Daughter; Ghost; [untitled]; Two Headed Boy Pt. Two	Vinyl
	Twice Around the Sun	Ugly	2024	7.5/10	I'm amazed this band isn't more popular than they are. I understand why maybe some of their more proggy experimental stuff may not get much mainstream appeal, but "Sha" off this album is one of the best pop songs I've heard in my life. I don't really know what to say about this album other than that it's a super captivating experience that I really recommend. I only give it a 7.5 because I just personally dislike the closing track "I'm Happy You're Here" and it takes up almost a fourth of the runtime. Every other track on this thing is soooo good. Favorite Tracks: The Wheel, Sha, Icy Windy Sky, Shepherd's Carol	Vinyl
	Helplessness Blues	Fleet Foxes	2011	9/10		Vinyl
	Hotel La Rut	Joanna Wang	2024	7.5/10		Digital
	Blue	Joni Mitchell	1975	8.5/10		Digital
	Hejira	Joni Mitchell	1976	9/10		Digital
	Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)	Car Seat Headrest	2018	9/10		Digital
	Grace	Jeff Buckley	1994	--/10		Digital
	Spiderland	Slint	1991	--/10		--
	A Love Supreme	John Coltrane	1965	10/10		Digital
	A Moon Shaped Pool	Radiohead	2016	9/10	Beautiful ambient pop, and a great direction for the band for what is probably the last Radiohead album. Thom's vocal delivery is a little uncharacteristically bland at some points on the record, but there isn't much on this album that isn't perfect. Favorite Tracks: Burn the Witch, Daydreaming, Decks Dark, Desert Island Disk, Glass Eyes, The Numbers, Present Tense	Digital
	Slanted & Enchanted	Pavement	1992	--/10		Digital