Thanks for tuning into my annual “best music” list. I decided to cut it down to 25 entries this time from my usual 50, as I didn’t spend enough time with any of the albums I might have listed to feel confident ranking them. A lot of good music was released this year and thereContinue reading “albums of the year, 2022 edition”
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The Polaris Project – June 21-24, 2022
The Fool by SATE Suffice it to say, this album sates my thirst for an ominous garage rock album with weird noisy interludes. At least, I sure hope that suffices to say because I can’t think of anything else. Highlight: “0: Loofeht.” 3.25 stars out of 5. TAO by Shad Shad’s got “good bars,” asContinue reading “The Polaris Project – June 21-24, 2022”
The Polaris Project – June 20, 2022
Stock Exchange by Haviah Mighty There’s those drums again! Someone oughta send a memo around so that rappers stop using the type of drum machine sounds I don’t like. Everything in the world should be catered to me! Mighty’s flow is catchy, even if it’s undermined by trap beats that I personally find irritating, soContinue reading “The Polaris Project – June 20, 2022”
The Polaris Project – June 18-19, 2022
one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden by ada lea Now I’ve gotta respect an album whose title is in all lowercase and consists of a long non-sequitur. “One hand on the steering wheel? OK, sure, I get that, but what’s the other hand doing? ‘Sewing a garden?’ Huh? What?” HopeContinue reading “The Polaris Project – June 18-19, 2022”
The Polaris Project – June 14-15, 2022
I’m back! Back to write about all 40 Polaris Music Prize long-list nominees and announce my ten favourites at the end, that is. Maybe if I keep doing this they’ll invite me to be part of the voting committee. Anyway, let’s get to it. Prospect by AHI Pleasant, if boring, acoustic folk deliver with soft,Continue reading “The Polaris Project – June 14-15, 2022”
The Mags 10 More
Hey, remember “The Mags 10?” That collection of ten albums I like? Welcome to “The Mags 10 More,” a collection of ten more albums I like. Enjoy. The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) by Ornette Coleman Ornette Coleman is widely considered the father of free jazz, with this album serving as the genre’s openingContinue reading “The Mags 10 More”
my top 50 albums of 2021.
happy new year’s eve. we’ve finally reached the end of the dreadful year known as 2021. 2022 will not be any better, but whatever. all years, to date, have been bad. to exist is to suffer. anyway, what if i talked about music for a little bit on here? would that be allowed? here areContinue reading “my top 50 albums of 2021.”
The Mags 10
Ten essential albums that define my musical taste I could not be so pompous as to refer to the following ten albums as “the best.” Music is inherently subjective, and I am one human out of seven-plus billion currently living on this wretched orb. My opinions on the subject are no more or less valuableContinue reading “The Mags 10”
The Polaris Project – June 25-27, 2021
Took another few days off because the thought of having to come up with more words to describe a bunch of albums I listened to one time in the middle of a workday felt daunting. Sometimes I just run out of words! But then I remember that I can just put whatever in here, secureContinue reading “The Polaris Project – June 25-27, 2021”
The Polaris Project – June 22, 2021
Easy Morning by Elliot Maginot More like Elliot Maginot Line, because this album was a tactical disaster!! Just kidding. Going to break out the ol’ stand-by of “it was fine.” The religious nature of the lyrics didn’t really resonate with me as a godless heathen atheist & the orchestral pop melodies never strayed from well-troddenContinue reading “The Polaris Project – June 22, 2021”
ruminations of a sad oaf. 