| '24 mar 30: | Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro as much as it barely teeters on greatness, and reveals so sparsely as it dredges along, those slight curtain pulls & central stories—in part due to their touchy, coarse retellings—are really quite pretty |
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| '24 feb 1: | Dariacore 3... At least I think that's what it's called? – leroy more hardcore and riddim inspired, and outwardly abrasive comparatively, even if it feels a bit backed into a corner; it's still playfully tongue-in-cheek and well-executed, with great opening & closing cuts |
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| '24 jan 31: | Dariacore 2: enter here, hell to the left – leroy overly indulgent and playful, a party described well in the tracklist as musical ytp's; neither of those statements are negative, it being simply a very solid sequel with more mainstream sample appeal |
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| '24 jan 29: | Dariacore – leroy a terminally online, gen z dream of a project, with an undeniably unique charm in its carelessly free sample recontextualizations of sophie, vanessa carlton, etc.; its frenzy is so much, in an amazing way |
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| '24 jan 24: | Frailty – Jane Remover reinvents everything that made her first album intriguing, and crafts out of her environment a noisy, eclectic melancholy all her own; it is without a lacking moment in an artfully complex adventure |
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| 2023 dec 9: | 1000 gecs and the Tree of Clues – 100 gecs despite some remixes reaching greater highs than their originals—the first three, dorian electra's remix, the brutal fishcenter closer—its intense disjointedness and (for gecs) enormous length weighs the rest down |
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| '23 dec 4: | Charli – Charli XCX the first five tracks and a blend afterwards make for electropop hits unlike anything else, a series of futuristic sensations; after many listens there may be weak spots, but they fly by in a creatively searing way |
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| '23 nov 30: | 10,000 gecs – 100 gecs separated more in genre and in time compared to their first, and both more cohesive and dense for it; an alt rock & hyperpop rager that amalgamates 2000's rock themes into an energetic and engrossing 27 minutes |
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| '23 nov 30: | 1000 gecs – 100 gecs already a polarizing classic, laura les and dylan brady's debut album of 23 minutes is as rebellious as it is disjointed; even if there are low points, its avant-garde and playfully hedonistic atmosphere is undeniable |
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| '23 nov 10: | Piñata – Freddie Gibbs & Madlib a gangster movie set as an album; madlib's distinct, fuzzy beat sorcery pairs unnervingly well with an hour of freddie gibbs's amazingly distinct voice and cadence, along with a host of equally stellar guests |
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| '23 nov 7: | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) even if at times the story elements felt a bit scattershot, providing only slight deeper meaning to a wonderfully eccentric backdrop of beautifully done characters, it incorporates all of it together in a really good package |
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| '23 oct 23: | Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata there's a few moments to like, some weird and analogous spots about nonconformity, but it feels weightless & at times wholly ineffectual |
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