8.8
can't live with, can't live without, jocular, beware, poison, wrong track
Standouts:
"You Know I'm No Good"
"Tears Dry on Their Own"
"Rehab"
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Saturday, July 23, 2016
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
8.7
concession, unconscious, tongue-in-cheek, slow and steady, beautifully engineered blaring
Standouts:
"Dance Yrself Clean"
"I Can Change"
"Drunk Girls"
Friday, July 22, 2016
The National - Boxer
8.6
friend, years ago, wordsmith, falling night, like in a dream
Standouts:
"Fake Empire"
"Apartment Story"
"Gospel"
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Beyonce - Lemonade
8.5
inner hood, trial, Southern roots, as one, thirst
Standouts:
"Sorry"
"Pray You Catch Me"
"6 Inch"
Monday, July 18, 2016
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
8.1
big-headed, balling, loyalty, Latin, street-raised
Standouts:
"Girls, Girls, Girls"
"Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
"Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)"
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Grimes - Visions
8.2
software, mystical, instinctive, metaphysical, esoteric
Standouts:
"Genesis"
"Vowels = Space and Time"
"Oblivion"
Friday, July 15, 2016
Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
9.0
light in her eyes, in the sky, into the night, grateful, imaginary
Standouts:
"Majorette"
"The Traveller"
"Elegy to the Void"
Monday, July 11, 2016
D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
8.8
backtrack, grasping, salvation, uprise, real
Standouts:
"Sugah Daddy"
"The Charade"
"Really Love"
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Elliott Smith - Roman Candle
8.2
unspectacular, frustrated, misfit, drive off, burst of light
Standouts:
"Last Call"
"No Name #1"
"Drive All Over Town"
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
9.9
concern, worry, turbulent times, faith, love
Standouts:
"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
"Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)"
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Bjork - Vespertine
8.8
up here, secret, crystalline, harmony, chimerical
Standouts:
"Aurora"
"Undo"
"Unison"
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