listening to Pitchfork's Best New Albums
(and rating them, ongoing)
Boards of Canada's Inferno (2026)
★★★★☆ Aldous Harding's Train on the Island (2026)
★★★☆☆ Ana Roxanne's Poem 1 (2026)
★★★☆☆ Starker's LIVING TYPE DANGEROUS Vol. 1 (2026)
★★★★☆ My New Band Believe's My New Band Believe (2026)
★★★☆☆ Wendy Eisenberg's Wendy Eisenberg (2026)
★★★★☆ Slayyyter's WORST GIRL IN AMERICA (2026)
★★★☆☆ Neurosis' An Undying Love for a Burning World (2026)
★★★★☆ underscores' U (2026)
★★★★☆ Grace Ives' Girlfriend (2026)
★★★☆☆ Sideshow's TIGRAY FUNK (2026)
★★☆☆☆ Zel's Still Right Here (2026)
★★★☆☆ Twisted Teens's Blame the Clown (2026)
★★★☆☆ Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon's As of Now (2026)
★★★★☆ Ratboys' Singin’ to an Empty Chair (2026)
★★★★☆ Mandy, Indiana's URGH (2026)
★☆☆☆☆ xaviersobased's Xavier (2026)
★★★★☆ Otto Benson's Peanut (2026)
★★★☆☆ Daniel Lopatin's Marty Supreme (2025)
★★☆☆☆ KP Skywalka's I Tried to Tell You (2025)
★★★☆☆ Oneohtrix Point Never's Tranquilizer (2025)
★★★☆☆ WNC WhopBezzy / 70th Street Carlos's Out the Blue (2025)
★★★★★ Rosalía's LUX (2025)
★★★☆☆ Carrier's Rhythm Immortal (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Sudan Archives's The BPM (2025)
★★★☆☆ feeo's Goodness (2025)
★★★☆☆ Rochelle Jordan's Through the Wall (2025)
★★★★☆ Geese's Getting Killed (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Ø's Sysivalo (2025)
★★★☆☆ Joanne Robertson's Blurrr (2025)
★★★☆☆ Wednesday's Bleeds (2025)
★★★★☆ Algernon Cadwallader's Trying Not to Have a Thought (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Lucrecia Dalt's A Danger to Ourselves (2025)
★★★☆☆ Greg Freeman's Burnover (2025)
★★★★☆ Terre Thaemlitz/DJ Sprinkles' RA.1000 (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Earl Sweatshirt's Live Laugh Love (2025)
★★★☆☆ Nourished by Time's The Passionate Ones (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Water From Your Eyes' It’s a Beautiful Place (2025)
★★★★★ Dijon's Baby (2025)
★★★☆☆ No Joy's Bugland (2025)
★★★☆☆ Amaarae's Black Star (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band's New Threats From the Soul (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Che's REST IN BASS (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Alex G's Headlights (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Open Mike Eagle's Neighborhood Gods Unlimited (2025)
★★★☆☆ Nick León's A Tropical Entropy (2025)
★★★★☆ Annahstasia's Tether (2025)
★★★★☆ Hayden Pedigo's I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away (2025)
★★☆☆☆ caroline's caroline 2 (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Smerz's Big city life (2025)
★★★☆☆ billy woods's GOLLIWOG (2025)
★★★☆☆ Djrum's Under Tangled Silence (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Maria Somerville's Luster (2025)
★★★☆☆ Barker's Stochastic Drift (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Los Thuthanaka's Los Thuthanaka (2025)
★★★☆☆ DJ Koze's Music Can Hear Us (2025)
★★★★☆ aya's hexed! (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Jefre Cantu-Ledesma's Gift Songs (2025)
★★★☆☆ YHWH Nailgun's 45 Pounds (2025)
★★★☆☆ Saba/No ID's From the Private Collection of Saba and No ID (2025)
★★★★☆ Sharp Pins' Radio DDR (2025)
★★★☆☆ Ichiko Aoba's Luminescent Creatures (2025)
★★★★☆ Panda Bear's Sinister Grift (2025)
★★★★☆ OsamaSon's Jump Out (2025)
★★★☆☆ MIKE's Showbiz! (2025)
★★☆☆☆ Kathryn Mohr's Waiting Room (2025)
★★★☆☆ FKA twigs's EUSEXUA (2025)
★★★☆☆ Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (2025)
★★★☆☆ Cameron Winter's Heavy Metal (2025)
★★☆☆☆ SZA's SOS Deluxe: Lana (2025)
★★★☆☆ Djrum's Meaning’s Edge EP (2024)
★★★☆☆ Jeff Parker's The Way Out of Easy (2024)
★★★★★ Father John Misty's Mahashmashana (2024)
★★☆☆☆ Nicolás Jaar's Piedras 1 & 2 (2024)
★★☆☆☆ Lisha G & Trini Viv's Groovy Steppin Sh*t (2024)
★★★☆☆ Mount Eerie's Night Palace (2024)
★★★☆☆ Laura Marling's Patterns in Repeat (2024)
★★★☆☆ Blood Incantation's Absolute Elsewhere (2024)
★★★★★ Being Dead's EELS (2024)
★★★★☆ Nilüfer Yanya's My Method Actor (2024)
★★★☆☆ Nala Sinephro's Endlessness (2024)
★★★☆☆ MJ Lenderman's Manning Fireworks (2024)
★★★☆☆ Body Meat's Starchris (2024)
★★☆☆☆ J.U.S / Squadda B's 3rd Shift (2024)
★★☆☆☆ DORIS' Ultimate Love Songs Collection (2024)
★★★★☆ Los Campesinos!'s All Hell (2024)
★★☆☆☆ Johnny Blue Skies / Sturgill Simpson's Passage du Desir (2024)
★★★☆☆ Mabe Fratti's Sentir que no sabes (2024)
★★★★☆ Sumac's The Healer (2024)
★★☆☆☆ Verraco's Breathe... Godspeed EP (2024)
★★☆☆☆ Charli XCX's BRAT (2024)
★★★☆☆ Arooj Aftab's Night Reign (2024)
★★☆☆☆ Yaya Bey's Ten Fold (2024)
★★★☆☆ Chief Keef's Almighty So 2 (2024)
★★★☆☆ Mdou Moctar's Funeral for Justice (2024)
★★★☆☆ Jessica Pratt's Here in the Pitch (2024)
★★★☆☆ Bladee's Cold Visions (2024)
★★★★☆ Hovvdy's Hovvdy (2024)
★★☆☆☆ Still House Plants's If I don’t make it, I love u (2024)
★★★☆☆ Cindy Lee's Diamond Jubilee (2024)
★★★☆☆ Vampire Weekend's Only God Was Above Us (2024)
★★★☆☆ Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter (2024)
★★★☆☆ 1010Benja's Ten Total (2024)
★★★☆☆ Empress Of's For Your Consideration (2024)
★☆☆☆☆ Waxahatchee's Tigers Blood (2024)
★★★★☆ Adrianne Lenker's Bright Future (2024)
★★★☆☆ Kim Gordon's The Collective (2024)
★★★☆☆ Hannah Frances' Keeper of the Shepherd (2024)
★★★★☆ Schoolboy Q's Blue Lips (2024)
★☆☆☆☆ Kali Malone's All Life Long (2024)
★★★☆☆ Mannequin Pussy's I Got Heaven (2024)
★★★★☆ Hurray for the Riff Raff's The Past Is Still Alive (2024)
★★★☆☆ Brittany Howard's What Now (2024)
★★★☆☆ Helado Negro's Phasor(2024)
★★★★☆ The Smile's Wall of Eyes (2024)
★★☆☆☆ Xaviersobased's Keep It Goin (2024)
★★★☆☆ Kali Uchis' Orquídeas (2024)
★★☆☆☆ André 3000's New Blue Sun (2023)
★★☆☆☆ Hotline TNT's Cartwheel (2023)
★★★☆☆ Titanic's Vidrio (2023)
★☆☆☆☆ Ragana's Desolation’s Flower (2023)
★★★☆☆ Sofia Kourtesis' Madres (2023)
★★★★☆ L’Rain's I Killed Your Dog (2023)
★★☆☆☆ Pangaea's Changing Channels
★★★☆☆ Sufjan Stevens' Javelin (2023)
★☆☆☆☆ yeule's softscars (2023)
★★★★☆ Tomb Mold's The Enduring Spirit (2023)
★★★☆☆ jaimie branch's Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (2023)
★★★☆☆ Noname's Sundial (2023)
★★☆☆☆ Julie Byrne's The Greater Wings (2023)
★★★☆☆ ANOHNI and the Johnsons' My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross (2023)
★★★★☆ Joanna Sternberg's I've Got Me (2023)
★★★☆☆ Blue Lake's Sun Arc (2023)
★★★☆☆ Feeble Little Horse's Girl With Fish (2023)
★★★★★ Youth Lagoon's Heaven Is a Junkyard (2023)
★★☆☆☆ Amaarae's Fountain Baby (2023)
★★☆☆☆ Water From Your Eyes' Everyone’s Crushed (2023)
★★★☆☆ Mandy, Indiana's i’ve seen a way (2023)
★★★★☆ billy woods & Kenny Segal's Maps (2023)
★★★★☆ Nourished by Time's Erotic Probiotic 2 (2023)
★★★★☆ Jessie Ware's That! Feels Good! (2023)
★★★☆☆ Kara Jackson's Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? (2023)
★★★☆☆ Yaeji's With a Hammer (2023)
★★☆☆☆ Wednesday's Rat Saw God (2023)
★★★☆☆ Boygenius' The Record (2023)
★★★☆☆ Arooj Aftab / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily's Love in Exile (2023)
★★★☆☆ Lana Del Rey's Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (2023)
★★★★☆ Yves Tumor's Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) (2023)
★★★☆☆ 100 gecs's 10,000 gecs (2023)
★★★☆☆ Lonnie Holley's Oh Me Oh My (2023)
★★★☆☆ Fever Ray's Radical Romantics (2023)
★★★☆☆ Kali Uchis' Red Moon in Venus (2023)
★★★★☆ Model/Actriz's Dogsbody (2023)
★★★☆☆ Liv.e's Girl in the Half Pearl (2023)
★★★☆☆ Caroline Polachek's Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (2023)
★★★☆☆ Kelela's Raven (2023)
★★☆☆☆ Yo La Tengo's This Stupid World (2023)
★★★☆☆ 파란노을 (Parannoul)'s After the Magic (2023)
★★★★☆ SZA's SOS (2022)
★★★★☆ AP Rocky's LongLiveAAP Rocky's LIVELOVEAy's Pilot Talk (2010)
★★★☆☆ Best Coast's Crazy For You (2010)
★★★☆☆ The-Dream's Love King (2010)
★★★☆☆ Big Boi's Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (2010)
★★★☆☆ Wavves' King of the Beach (2010)
★☆☆☆☆ CEO's White Magic (2010)
★★☆☆☆ Julian Lynch's Mare (2010)
★★★☆☆ Emeralds' Does It Look Like I'm Here? (2010)
★★★★☆ Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti's Before Today (2010)
★★★☆☆ Wild Nothing's Gemini (2010)
★★★★☆ Robyn's Body Talk Pt. 1 (2010)
★★★☆☆ Tame Impala's Innerspeaker (2010)
★★★☆☆ James Blake's CMYK (2010)
★★★☆☆ Janelle Monáe's The ArchAndroid (2010)
★★★☆☆ LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening (2010)
★★★★★ Sleigh Bells' Treats (2010)
★★★☆☆ Male Bonding's Nothing Hurts (2010)
★★★☆☆ The National's High Violet (2010)
★★★☆☆ Flying Lotus' Cosmogramma (2010)
★★★☆☆ Broken Social Scene's Forgiveness Rock Record (2010)
★★★★☆ Crystal Castles's Crystal Castles (2010)
★★★☆☆ The Radio Dept.'s Clinging to a Scheme (2010)
★★★☆☆ Delorean's Subiza (2010)
★★★☆☆ Caribou's Swim (2010)
★★★★☆ The Tallest Man on Earth's The Wild Hunt (2010)
★★★☆☆ The Morning Benders' Big Echo (2010)
★★☆☆☆ Fang Island's Fang Island (2010)
★★☆☆☆ Titus Andronicus' The Monitor (2010)
★★★★☆ Gorillaz' Plastic Beach (2010)
★★☆☆☆ Liars' Sisterworld (2010)
★★★☆☆ Gonjasufi's A Sufi and a Killer (2010)
★★★☆☆ Joanna Newsom's Have One on Me (2010)
★★★☆☆ Pantha du Prince's Black Noise (2010)
★★★★☆ Local Natives' Gorilla Manor (2010)
★★★☆☆ Gil Scott-Heron's I'm New Here (2010)
★★★☆☆ Hot Chip's One Life Stand (2010)
★★★☆☆ Charlotte Gainsbourg's IRM (2009)
★★★★☆ Beach House's Teen Dream (2010)
★★★☆☆ Four Tet's There Is Love in You (2010)
★★★☆☆ Surfer Blood's Astro Coast (2010)
★★★☆☆ Owen Pallett's Heartland (2010)
★★★☆☆ Vampire Weekend's Contra (2010)
★★★☆☆ Animal Collective's Fall Be Kind (2009)
★★★☆☆ Real Estate's Real Estate (2009)
★★★☆☆ Bear in Heaven's Beast Rest Forth Mouth (2009)
★★★★☆ 5: Five Years of Hyperdub (2009)
★★☆☆☆ Fuck Buttons' Tarot Sport (2009)
★★☆☆☆ Atlas Sound's Logos (2009)
★★☆☆☆ The Mountain Goats' The Life of the World to Come (2009)
★★★☆☆ Neon Indian's Psychic Chasms (2009)
★★★☆☆ The Flaming Lips' Embryonic (2009)
★★★☆☆ The Very Best's Warm Heart of Africa (2009)
★★★☆☆ Memory Tapes' Seek Magic (2009)
★★★☆☆ Girls' Album (2009)
★★★☆☆ Volcano Choir's Unmap (2009)
★★☆☆☆ Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II (2009)
★★★☆☆ Wild Beasts' Two Dancers (2009)
★★★☆☆ The xx's xx (2009)
★★★☆☆ YACHT's See Mystery Lights (2009)
★★☆☆☆ The Antlers' Hospice (2009)
★★☆☆☆ Delorean's Ayrton Senna (2009)
★☆☆☆☆ JJ's jj n° 2 (2009)
★★★☆☆ Cass McCombs' Catacombs (2009)
★★★☆☆ Bibio's Ambivalence Avenue (2009)
★★☆☆☆ Sunset Rubdown's Dragonslayer (2009)
★★☆☆☆ Dinosaur Jr.'s Farm (2009)
★★★☆☆ Mos Def's The Ecstatic (2009)
★★★★☆ Dirty Projectors' Bitte Orca (2009)
★★★☆☆ Sunn O)))'s Monoliths & Dimensions (2009)
★★★☆☆ Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)
★★★★★ Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest (2009)
★★☆☆☆ Isis' Wavering Radiant (2009)
★★★☆☆ St. Vincent's Actor (2009)
★★★☆☆ Japandroids' Post-Nothing (2009)
★★★☆☆ Woods' Songs of Shame (2009)
★★☆☆☆ Camera Obscura's My Maudlin Career (2009)
★★★☆☆ Bill Callahan's Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle (2009)
★★★★☆ Bat for Lashes' Two Suns (2009)
★★★☆☆ Fever Ray's Fever Ray (2009)
★★★☆☆ Dan Deacon's Bromst (2009)
★★★☆☆ Cymbals Eat Guitars' Why There Are Mountains (2009)
★★★☆☆ Wavves' Wavvves (2009)
★★★★☆ Various Artists' Dark Was the Night (2009)
★★★☆☆ The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (2009)
★★★★☆ Antony and the Johnsons' The Crying Light (2009)
★★★★☆ Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
★★★☆☆ The Very Best's Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit are the Very Best (2008)
★★★★☆ Deerhunter's Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. (2008)
★★★☆☆ DJ /rupture's Uproot (2008)
★★★☆☆ Fucked Up's The Chemistry of Common Life (2008)
★★★★☆ Mount Eerie With Julie Doiron and Fred Squire's Lost Wisdom (2008)
★★★☆☆ Marnie Stern's This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That (2008)
★★★☆☆ Department of Eagles' In Ear Park (2008)
★★☆☆☆ Vivian Girls' Vivian Girls (2008)
★★☆☆☆ TV on the Radio's Dear Science (2008)
★★★☆☆ Flying Lotus' Los Angeles (2008)
★★★☆☆ Lindstrøm's Where You Go I Go Too (2008)
★★★★☆ The Walkmen's You & Me (2008)
★★☆☆☆ The Bug' London Zoo (2008)
★★★☆☆ Harvey Milk's Life...The Best Game in Town (2008)
★★★☆☆ Air France's No Way Down (2008)
★★★★☆ Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III (2008)
★★☆☆☆ Crystal Antlers's EP (2008)
★★★★★ Fleet Foxes' Fleet Foxes (2008)
★★★☆☆ Spiritualized's Songs in A&E (2008)
★★★☆☆ Bonnie “Prince” Billy's Lie Down in the Light (2008)
★★☆☆☆ No Age's Nouns (2008)
★★★★☆ Portishead's Third (2008)
★★★☆☆ Titus Andronicus' The Airing of Grievances (2008)
★★★☆☆ M83's Saturdays=Youth (2008)
★★★☆☆ Cut Copy's In Ghost Colours (2008)
★★★☆☆ The Dodos' Visiter (2008)
★★★☆☆ Fuck Buttons' Street Horrrsing (2008)
★★☆☆☆ Hercules and Love Affair's Hercules and Love Affair (2008)
★★☆☆☆ The Ruby Suns' Sea Lion (2008)
★★★★★ Fleet Foxes' Sun Giant (2008)
★★★☆☆ Beach House's Devotion (2008)
★★★☆☆ El Guincho's Alegranza! (2007)
★★★☆☆ Atlas Sound's Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (2008)
★★☆☆☆ High Places' 03/07 – 09/07 (2008)
★★★★★ Vampire Weekend's Vampire Weekend (2008)
★★★☆☆ Times New Viking's Rip It Off (2008)
★★★☆☆ Daft Punk's Alive 2007 (2007)
★★★☆☆ Burial's Untrue (2007)
★★★☆☆ Jay-Z's American Gangster (2007)
★★★☆☆ Grizzly Bear's Friend EP (2007)
★★★☆☆ The Tough Alliance's A New Chance (2007)
★★★★★ Radiohead's In Rainbows (2007)
★★★☆☆ Chromatics's Night Drive (2007)
★★★☆☆ Black Kids' Wizard of Ahhhs EP (2007)
★★★☆☆ Sunset Rubdown's Random Spirit Lover (2007)
★★★★☆ Iron & Wine's The Shepherd's Dog (2007)
★★★☆☆ Les Savy Fav's Let's Stay Friends (2007)
★★★☆☆ Kanye West's Graduation (2007)
★★★☆☆ Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam (2007)
★★★★☆ Black Lips' Good Bad Not Evil (2007)
★★★☆☆ Jens Lekman's Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
★★★☆☆ A Place to Bury Strangers' A Place to Bury Strangers (2007)
★★★☆☆ Liars' Liars (2007)
★★★☆☆ Caribou's Andorra (2007)
★★★☆☆ M.I.A.'s Kala (2007)
★★★☆☆ Okkervil River's The Stage Names (2007)
★★★☆☆ Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
★★★☆☆ Various Artist's After Dark (2007)
★★★★★ Blitzen Trapper's Wild Mountain Nation (2007)
★★★★☆ Justice's † (2007)
★★★☆☆ The National's Boxer (2007)
★★★☆☆ Battles' Mirrored (2007)
★★★★☆ Dan Deacon's Spiderman of the Rings (2007)
★★★☆☆ The Clientele's God Save the Clientele (2007)
★★★★★ Feist's The Reminder (2007)
★★★☆☆ Joanna Newsom's Joanna Newsom & the Ys Street Band (2007)
★★★☆☆ Prodigy's Return of the Mac (2007)
★★☆☆☆ Deerhunter's Fluorescent Grey (2007)
★★★☆☆ The Twilight Sad's Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters (2007)
★★★★☆ The Field's From Here We Go Sublime (2007)
★★★☆☆ Panda Bear's Person Pitch (2007)
★★★★☆ LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver (2007)
★★☆☆☆ Patrick Wolf's The Magic Position (2007)
★★★★★ Arcade Fire's Neon Bible (2007)
★★★☆☆ Deerhunter's Cryptograms (2007)
★★☆☆☆ Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
★★★☆☆ Deerhoof's Friend Opportunity (2007)
★★★☆☆ Menomena's Friend and Foe (2007)
★★☆☆☆ Sally Shapiro's Disco Romance (2006)
★★☆☆☆ Clipse's Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
★★★☆☆ Joanna Newsom's Ys (2006)
★★★☆☆ Lindstrøm's It's a Feedelity Affair (2006)
★★★☆☆ Peter Bjorn and John's Writer's Block (2006)
★★★☆☆ Tim Hecker's Harmony in Ultraviolet (2006)
★★☆☆☆ Califone's Roots and Crowns (2006)
★★★★☆ The Decemberists' The Crane Wife (2006)
★★★★☆ The Hold Steady's Boys and Girls in America (2006)
★★★★★ Mastodon's Blood Mountain (2006)
★★★★☆ Fujiya & Miyagi's Transparent Things (2006)
★★★☆☆ Yo La Tengo's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)
★★★★★ Grizzly Bear's Yellow House (2006)
★★★★★ The Thermals' The Body, The Blood, The Machine (2006)
★★★☆☆ Junior Boys' So This Is Goodbye (2006)
★★★☆☆ I'm From Barcelona's Let Me Introduce My Friends (2006)
★★★☆☆ The Pipettes' We Are the Pipettes (2006)
★★★★☆ Girl Talk's Night Ripper (2006)
★★★★☆ TV on the Radio's Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
★★★☆☆ Matthew Herbert's Scale (2006)
★★★☆☆ Danielson Famile's Ships (2006)
★★★☆☆ Scott Walker's The Drift (2006)
★★★☆☆ Sunset Rubdown's Shut Up I Am Dreaming (2006)
★★☆☆☆ Islands' Return to the Sea (2006)
★★★★☆ Ghostface Killah's Fishscale (2006)
★★★★★ Band of Horses' Everything All the Time (2006)
★★★☆☆ Tapes 'n Tapes' The Loon (2006)
★★★☆☆ Liars' Drum's Not Dead (2006)
★★☆☆☆ Destroyer's Destroyer's Rubies (2006)
★★★★☆ The Knife's Silent Shout (2006)
★★★☆☆ Belle and Sebastian' The Life Pursuit (2006)
★★★☆☆ Boris' Pink (2006)
★★★☆☆ Sunn O)))'s Black One (2006)
★★★★★ Love Is All's Nine Times That Same Song (2006)
★★★☆☆ Jens Lekman's Oh You're So Silent Jens (2005)
★★★☆☆ Vashti Bunyan's Lookaftering (2005)
★★★☆☆ Animal Collective's Feels (2005)
★★★☆☆ The Clientele's Strange Geometry (2005)
★★★☆☆ Deerhoof's The Runners Four (2005)
★★★☆☆ Broken Social Scene's Broken Social Scene (2005)
★★★★★ Wolf Parade's Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
★★★★★ Devendra Banhart's Cripple Crow (2005)
★★★☆☆ Serena-Maneesh's Serena Maneesh (2006)
★★★★☆ Kanye West's Late Registration (2005)
★★★☆☆ The New Pornographers' Twin Cinema (2005)
★★★★★ Sufjan Stevens' Illinois (2005)
★★☆☆☆ Wilderness' Wilderness (2005)
★★★★★ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2005)
★★★☆☆ Isolée's We Are Monster (2005)
★★★☆☆ Art Brut's Bang Bang Rock & Roll (2005)
★★★☆☆ Common's Be (2005)
★★★★☆ Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks' Face the Truth (2005)
★★☆☆☆ Sleater-Kinney's The Woods (2005)
★★★☆☆ The Hold Steady's Separation Sunday (2005)
★★☆☆☆ Architecture in Helsinki's In Case We Die (2005)
★★★★☆ Vitalic's OK Cowboy (2005)
★☆☆☆☆ The Boy Least Likely To's The Best Party Ever (2005)
★★★★★ Caribou's The Milk of Human Kindness (2005)
★★☆☆☆ Edan's Beauty and the Beat (2005)
★★★★☆ The Decemberists' Picaresque (2005)
★★★☆☆ M.I.A.'s Arular (2005)
★★★☆☆ Shining's In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster (2005)
★★★★★ Bloc Party's Silent Alarm (2005)
★★★☆☆ Various Artists' Run the Road (2005)
★★★★★ Antony and the Johnsons' I Am a Bird Now (2005)
★★☆☆☆ Six Organs of Admittance's School of the Flower (2005)
★★★★☆ LCD Soundsystem's LCD Soundsystem (2005)
★★★★☆ Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney' Superwolf (2005)
★★★★☆ M83's Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005)
★★☆☆☆ Black Mountain's Black Mountain (2005)
★★★☆☆ The Fiery Furnaces' EP (2005)
★★★☆☆ Excepter's KA (2004)
★★★☆☆ Jóhann Jóhannsson's Virðulegu forsetar (2004)
★★★☆☆ Diplo / M.I.A.'s Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1 (2004)
★★★★★ Annie's Anniemal (2004)
★★★★☆ DFA Compilation #2 (2004)
★★★★☆ Death From Above 1979's You're a Woman, I'm a Machine (2004)
★★★★★ The Go! Team's Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004)
★★★☆☆ Panda Bear's Young Prayer (2004)
★★★★☆ Brian Wilson's Smile (2004)
★★★★☆ Interpol's Antics (2004)
★★★★★ Dungen's Ta Det Lugnt (2004)
★★☆☆☆ The Foreign Exchange's Connected (2004)
★★★★★ Arcade Fire's Funeral (2004)
★★★★☆ Castanets' Cathedral (2004)
★★★☆☆ Björk' Medulla (2004)
★★★★☆ The Futureheads' The Futureheads (2004)
★★★☆☆ Comets On Fire's Blue Cathedral (2004)
★★★☆☆ The Fiery Furnaces' Blueberry Boat (2004)
★★★★★ Max Richter's The Blue Notebooks (2004)
★★★☆☆ The Plastic Constellations' Mazatlan (2004)
★★★☆☆ Junior Boys' Last Exit (2004)
★★★★☆ A.C. Newman's The Slow Wonder (2004)
★★★☆☆ Sonic Youth's Sonic Nurse (2004)
★★★☆☆ Morrissey's You Are the Quarry (2004)
★★★★☆ The Streets's A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004)
★★★★☆ Mirah's C'mon Miracle (2004)
★★★☆☆ Erlend Øye's DJ Kicks (2004)
★★★★☆ Animal Collective's Sung Tongs (2004)
★★★★☆ Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose (2004)
★★★☆☆ Les Savy Fav's Inches
★★★☆☆ Jason Forrest's The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash (2004)
★★★★☆ William Basinski's The Disintegration Loops I-IV (2004)
★★★★★ Iron & Wine's Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
★★★☆☆ Madvillain's Madvillainy (2004)
★★★★★ Devendra Banhart's Rejoicing in the Hands (2004)
★★★★★ Sufjan Stevens' Seven Swans (2004)
★★★☆☆ Franz Ferdinand's Franz Ferdinand (2004)
★★★☆☆ CeeLo Green's Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul Machine (2004)
★★★★☆ Kanye West's The College Dropout (2004)
★★★★☆ Xiu Xiu's Fabulous Muscles (2004)
★★★☆☆ The Walkmen's Bows and Arrows (2004)
★★★★★ Air's Talkie Walkie (2004)
★★★☆☆ Philip Jeck's 7 (2004)
★★★☆☆ Mu's Afro Finger and Gel (2003)
★★★☆☆ JAY-Z's The Black Album (2003)
★★★☆☆ The Unicorns' Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (2003)
★★★☆☆ Ellen Allien's Berlinette (2003)
★★★★☆ Menomena's I Am the Fun Blame Monster (2003)
★★★☆☆ Basement Jaxx's Kish Kash (2003)
★★★★★ The Shins' Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
★★☆☆☆ Non-Prophets' Hope (2003)
★★★★☆ The Books' The Lemon of Pink (2003)
★★☆☆☆ Cyann & Ben's Spring (2003)
★★★★★ The Wrens' The Meadowlands (2003)
★★★☆☆ Need New Body's UFO (2003)
★★★☆☆ The Deadly Snakes' Ode to Joy (2003)
★★★☆☆ My Morning Jacket's It Still Moves (2003)
★★★★☆ Viktor Vaughn's Vaudeville Villain (2003)
★★☆☆☆ The Rapture's Echoes (2003)
★★★☆☆ The Decemberists' Her Majesty The Decemberists (2003)
★★★☆☆ Polysics' Neu (2003)
★★★★★ Sufjan Stevens' Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State (2003)
★★★★☆ TV on the Radio's Young Liars (2003)
★★★☆☆ Dizzee Rascal's Boy in Da Corner (2003)
★★☆☆☆ WHY?'s Oaklandazulasylum (2003)
★★★★★ Clearlake's Cedars (2003)
★★★★☆ Grandaddy's Sumday (2003)
★★☆☆☆ Single Frame's Wetheads Come Running (2003)
★★☆☆☆ Fog's Ether Teeth (2003)
★★★★☆ M83's Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003)
★★★☆☆ Prefuse 73's One Word Extinguisher (2003)
★★☆☆☆ Four Tet's Rounds (2003)
★★☆☆☆ Panthers' Let's Get Serious (2003)
★★★☆☆ Sunburned Hand of the Man's Headdress (2003)
★★☆☆☆ The Exploding Hearts' Guitar Romantic (2003)
★★★☆☆ Manitoba's Up in Flames (2003)
★★★★★ Deerhoof's Apple O’ (2003)
★★★☆☆ The Decemberists' Castaways and Cutouts (2003)
★★★☆☆ Songs: Ohia's Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)
★★★☆☆ Jóhann Jóhannsson's Englabörn (2002)
★★★★☆ Lightning Bolt's Wonderful Rainbow (2003)
★★★☆☆ Majesticons' Beauty Party (2003)
★★★☆☆ Supersilent's 6 (2003)
★★☆☆☆ Giddy Motors' Make It Pop (2002)
★★★☆☆ Ted Leo and the Pharmacists' Hearts of Oak (2003)
★★★☆☆ The Soft Pink Truth's Do You Party? (2003)
★★★★☆ Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It in People (2002)
★★★★☆ The Angels of Light's Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home (2003)
★★★☆☆ The Microphones' Mount Eerie (2003)
★★★☆☆ Out Hud's S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. (2002)