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SOS

By R.J. | Published: December 30, 2022

Band: SZA Album: SOSBest song: “Ghost in the Machine” is the best song of 2022. Worst song: “F2F” does not appeal to me A few weeks ago, Ben Gibbard projects Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service announced a joint upcoming tour in which both bands would play their 2003 seminal albums – Transatlanticism […]

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Call Down the Sun

By R.J. | Published: December 30, 2022

Band: Konvent Album: Call Down the SunBest song: “Harena,” “Fatamorgana” and “Grains” are amazing. Worst song: “Never Rest” is the weakest song on the album. What a year. The nature of the calendar is such that all these things are a little artificial; resolutions and such can be done at any time. As a Jewish […]

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Midnights

By R.J. | Published: December 29, 2022

Band: Taylor Swift Album: MidnightsBest song: The first three songs are all terrific. I like “Question…?” and “Bejeweled” a lot, too.Worst song: “Vigilante Shit” is extremely not my shit. I’ve written on this site twice about Taylor Swift, once in an overwhelmingly condescending tone and once avoiding her for most of the post. So, let […]

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At Action Park

By R.J. | Published: December 27, 2022

Band: ShellacAlbum: At Action ParkBest song: “The Admiral” is one of my favorite Shellac songsWorst song: Nah. Of the people I’ve admired most in music, Steve Albini is definitely near the top. He is not without pretense, of course, but he has been a deeply thoughtful guy and has been part of some of the […]

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Cool It Down

By R.J. | Published: December 14, 2022

Band: Yeah Yeah YeahsAlbum: Cool It DownBest song: “Wolf” and “Spitting Off the Edge of the World”Worst song: “Mars.” I do not have kids. I’ve gone over this fact in this space before (and if you know me personally, you’ve probably heard me joke about it and some of the hijinks around it that touch […]

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Mariner

By R.J. | Published: December 13, 2022

Band:Cult of Luna and Julie ChristmasAlbum:MarinerBest song: “Cygnus” is a perfect, epic song.Worst song:”Approaching Transition” is the weakest song, but it’s very good (sorry, I almost only write about records I like). What’s beyond the next mountain? What lies among the stars? Why go beyond the horizon? Is exploration an inherent part of humanity’s makeup? […]

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War Moans

By R.J. | Published: December 12, 2022

Band:Mutoid ManAlbum:War MoansBest song:“Melt You Mind” and “Wreck and Survive”Worst song:the song itself is good, but the lyrics to “Date with the Devil” are kinda dumb. Genre is a tough thing to tackle and it is a deeply ~inside~ experience as you get into it more. The dumb copout “I listen to all types of […]

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Myopia

By R.J. | Published: December 11, 2022

Band: Mizmor & ThouAlbum:MyopiaBest song:“Subordinate” is one of the best songs of 2022. Worst song:I like “Manifold Lens” some, but it’s the weakest on the record. I probably listen to too many overt Christians’ music. I’m a fairly observant secular American Jew (which is to say: I do more than the average Jew and a […]

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CALIGULA

By R.J. | Published: December 11, 2022

Band: Lingua IgnotaAlbum:CALIGULABest song:“DO YOU DOUBT ME TRAITOR”Worst song:I guess “FUCKING DEATHDEALER” is the weakest, but it is very good A lot of albums have come out in the 11 months since I last wrote in this space, including plenty that I’ve loved. Am I going to write about a new album? No, I am […]

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Anhedonia

By R.J. | Published: December 31, 2021

Band: Chelsea Wolfe and Emma Ruth RundleAlbum:AnhedoniaBest song:It’s one song. Worst song:N/A Childhood memories are weird things. I’ve noted a lot that my earliest memories are of Chicago Stadium, at ‘Hawks games. If I’m being honest, they’re more vignettes and sense memories. The smell of stale beer and piss in the bathrooms or the deafening […]

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