I think this is the part where I’m supposed to write a thought provoking introduction to make you guys really feel where I am at and why these specific albums meant so much to me. Suffice to say, it’s just been a crappy year for everyone, and that music makes…

Here we go for year 7: HONORABLE MENTIONS Clams Casino — Moon Trip Radio Two Cents: Clams returns with an album that recaptures his early 2010s sound — deep instrumentals with distorted vocals and swirling synths. …

Part 6 of the great migration HONORABLE MENTIONS Glenn Jones — The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works for 6 & 12 String Guitar In the 1990s, Glenn Jones was the front man of Cul De Sac, one of the “First Wave” Post-Rock bands — think Talk Talk, Slint, and…

Part 5 of the migration from Facebook. HONORABLE MENTIONS White Reaper — The World’s Greatest American Band White Reaper gets a little bit away from their punk roots and more towards some good ol’ Rock and Roll in this one. The World’s Best American Band is just a fun record to listen…

Part 4 of Facebook migration HONORABLE MENTIONS The Nativist — Various Options Various Options is a really awesome mix of Jungle and Footwork. It’s been really cool to see different artists push the genre of Footwork to new limits and different directions — see Jlin’s Dark Energy from last year. …

Part 3 of the Facebook migration Honorable Mentions Dawes — All Your Favorite Bands Dawes brings another solid album to the table with good songwriting and the best guitar work by Taylor so far. Unfortunately, the lyricism suffers from cheesy aphorisms which is what kept it out of the top 50. Built…

Part 2 of the Facebook migration 50. Logic — Under Pressure Under Pressure has some great ideas under its surface — federal housing, addiction, family vs. fame — but at times its emcee fails to deliver. Logic is entertaining for sure, but sometimes lacks the storytelling ability to fully bring…

Part 1 of the migration from the good ol’ Facebook. 50. Death Grips — Government Plates