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Every year we review more albums than we can count, here is a list of every album we have given an 8/10 or higher. If you are looking for something to listen to, these albums will be more than worth your time.

REVIEW: Kurt Rosenwinkel - Kurt Rosenwinkel Plays Piano

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Jan 23, 2022

REVIEW: Kurt Rosenwinkel - Kurt Rosenwinkel Plays Piano

Favorite Track: "Music" Least Favorite Track: "Whispers of Love" On January 1st, 1963, one of the most important jazz records of all...

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Jan 2, 2022

REVIEW: Lake Street Dive - Obviously

Favorite Track: "Know That I Know" Least Favorite Track: "Anymore" Born out of the New England Conservatory of Music in 2004, four...

REVIEW: Silk Sonic - An Evening With Silk Sonic

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Dec 1, 2021

REVIEW: Silk Sonic - An Evening With Silk Sonic

Favorite Track: "Skate" Least Favorite Track: "Silk Sonic Intro" On March 28, 2017, one of the highest grossing concert tours in the...

Ian Parish

Nov 6, 2021

REVIEW: JPEGMAFIA - LP!

Favorite Track: “SICK, NERVOUS, AND BROKE!” Least Favorite Track: "NICE!" With production equipment and online resources to learn how...

REVIEW: Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Nov 4, 2021

REVIEW: Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

Favorite Track: "Happier Than Ever" Least Favorite Track: "NDA" The path to stardom is not always as glorious as the music industry...

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Oct 16, 2021

REVIEW: Charlotte Day Wilson - ALPHA

Favorite Track: "Take Care of You (feat. Syd)" Least Favorite Track: "Wish It Was Easy" Canada: the land of maple syrup, overly kind...

REVIEW: Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi - Garden Of Expression

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Sep 27, 2021

REVIEW: Joe Lovano, Marilyn Crispell, Carmen Castaldi - Garden Of Expression

Favorite Track: "West of the Moon" Least Favorite Track: "Zen Like" The world of jazz music still has some of its most prominent and...

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Jul 24, 2021

REVIEW: Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant

9.3/10 Favorite Track: "All The Words We Don’t Say" Least Favorite Track: "Hush Rattle" It’s always a thrill to hear a band with...

REVIEW: Tyler, The Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST

Ian Parish

Jun 28, 2021

REVIEW: Tyler, The Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST

8.2/10 Favorite Track: "JUGGERNAUT" Least Favorite Track: "RUNITUP" Anyone who listens to music critically in any way would be...

Ian Parish

Jun 5, 2021

REVIEW: black midi - Cavalcade

9.7/10 Favorite Track: "Slow" Least Favorite Track: "Ascending Forth" The plight of most modern up-and-coming bands is a rocky one,...

REVIEW: Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey - Uneasy

Vincenzo Pellegrino

May 21, 2021

REVIEW: Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey - Uneasy

8/10 Favorite Track: "Configurations" Least Favorite Track: "Entrustment" The trio has long been one of the most idolized collectives...

Ian Parish

May 11, 2021

REVIEW: Squid - Bright Green Field

9.4/10 Favorite Track: "Peel St." Least Favorite Track: "Resolution Square" The UK has been a cultural breeding ground for some of...

REVIEW: BROCKHAMPTON - ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE

Dante Pellegrino

Apr 22, 2021

REVIEW: BROCKHAMPTON - ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE

8.3/10 Favorite Track: “BANKROLL (feat. A$AP Rocky & A$AP Ferg)" Least Favorite Track: “OLD NEWS (feat. Baird)” Few hip hop acts of the...

Ian Parish

Mar 29, 2021

REVIEW: Xiu Xiu - OH NO

8.2/10 Favorite Track: "Rumpus Room (feat. Liars)" Least Favorite Track: "Knock Out (feat. Alice Bag)" Few artists have been as...

REVIEW: Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth

Ian Parish

Mar 19, 2021

REVIEW: Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth

8.7/10 Favorite Track: "Smiling with No Teeth" Least Favorite Track: "A Song About Fishing" Often times a genre will be entirely...

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Mar 2, 2021

REVIEW: Tash Sultana - Terra Firma

8.3/10 Favorite Track: Greed Least Favorite Track: Coma With a brief look into music history, we see many examples of incredible...

REVIEW: Black Country, New Road - For the first time

Ian Parish

Feb 10, 2021

REVIEW: Black Country, New Road - For the first time

9.6/10 Favorite Track: "Science Fair" Least Favorite Track: "Track X" Imagine you are a 20-something, an aspiring musician, a nervous...

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Feb 8, 2021

REVIEWS: Shai Maestro - Human

9.1/10 Favorite Track: Human Least Favorite Track: Time Shai Maestro is one of the most innovative, expressive, and well-rounded jazz...

Ian Parish

Feb 2, 2021

REVIEW: Weezer - OK Human

8.3/10 Favorite Track: "Grapes of Wrath" Least Favorite Track: "Mirror Image' As far as musical quality and critical acclaim goes,...

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Jan 12, 2021

REVIEW: Mac Ayres - Magic 8ball

9.5/10 Favorite Track: Where U Goin' Tonight? Least Favorite Track: Brand New Mac Ayres is known for a couple things: his illustrious...

REVIEW: Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder, Kamasi Washington - Dinner Party

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Dec 31, 2020

REVIEW: Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder, Kamasi Washington - Dinner Party

8.5/10 Favorite Track: Freeze Tag (feat. Phoelix) Least Favorite Track: LUV U Collaboration albums are often some of the most...

REVIEW: Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (REDUX)

Ian Parish

Dec 31, 2020

REVIEW: Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (REDUX)

10/10 Favorite Track: "Graceland Too" Least Favorite Track: "DVD Menu" (Disclaimer: AboveTheBridge has already reviewed this album...

REVIEW: Avenade - Vice Versa in Such Things

Ian Parish

Dec 27, 2020

REVIEW: Avenade - Vice Versa in Such Things

8.8/10 Favorite Track: "Closure" Least Favorite Track: "Xayah" The underground music scene in any given genre is painfully hard to...

REVIEW: Mike Posner - Operation: Wake Up

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Dec 26, 2020

REVIEW: Mike Posner - Operation: Wake Up

8/10 Favorite Track: "Weaponry" Least Favorite Track: "Tracy Calls Noelle (Mike’s Ex)" Detroit singer-songwriter Mike Posner has...

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Dec 20, 2020

REVIEW: Braxton Cook - Fire Sign

9.5/10 Favorite Track: All That I Want Least Favorite Track: Virgo The first time I heard saxophonist Braxton Cook was on Christian...

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Dec 15, 2020

REVIEW: Brent Faiyaz - Fuck The World

8.7/10 Favorite Track: Rehab (Winter in Paris) Least Favorite Track: Skyline I’ll never forget when I first heard Christopher Brent...

Ian Parish

Dec 13, 2020

REVIEW: Taylor Swift - evermore

8.5/10 Favorite Track: "no body, no crime (feat. HAIM)" Least Favorite Track: "gold rush" Despite being one of the biggest stars of...

REVIEW: Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter

Ian Parish

Dec 3, 2020

REVIEW: Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter

8.6/10 Favorite Track: "Song for our Daughter" Least Favorite: "Fortune" If there is one thing Folk Singer-Songwriter Laura Marling...

Ian Parish

Nov 30, 2020

REVIEW: Tennis - Swimmer

8.4/10 Favorite Track: "Need Your Love" Least Favorite Track: "Matrimony II" On the third track of Indie-Pop duo Tennis’ 5th studio...

REVIEW: Lil Darkie - THIS DOES NOT EXIST

Ian Parish

Nov 25, 2020

REVIEW: Lil Darkie - THIS DOES NOT EXIST

9.3/10 Favorite Track: "THE PAINT WALKING" Least Favorite Track: "COMPOSITION III IN RED, WHITE, AND BLACK" As the age of the internet...

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Nov 24, 2020

REVIEW: Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 3

9.2/10 Favorite Track: Time Alone With You (feat. Daniel Caesar) Least Favorite Track: Light It Up On Me If there is one artist that all...

REVIEW: Billie Eilish - "Therefore I Am"

Ian Parish

Nov 19, 2020

REVIEW: Billie Eilish - "Therefore I Am"

8.5/10 Billie Eilish is arguably the biggest and most artistically interesting pop star of the past five years. Billie’s hushed but...

REVIEW: Peach Pit - You and Your Friends

Vincenzo Pellegrino

Nov 11, 2020

REVIEW: Peach Pit - You and Your Friends

8.4/10 Favorite Track: Shampoo Bottles Least Favorite Track: Camilla,I'm at Home As far as indie rock/pop bands go, few can compete with...

REVIEW: I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - RAZZMATAZZ

Ian Parish

Nov 5, 2020

REVIEW: I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - RAZZMATAZZ

8.5/10 Favorite Track: "Leave Me Alone" Least Favorite Track: "Kiss Goodnight" The word “Razzmatazz” (a synonym for “Razzle-dazzle”),...

REVIEW: clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned

Ian Parish

Nov 1, 2020

REVIEW: clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned

9.7/10 Favorite Track: "Something Underneath" Least Favorite Track: N/A The experimental hip-hop trio clipping., composed of rapper...

REVIEW: Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez

Ian Parish

Oct 25, 2020

REVIEW: Gorillaz - Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez

8.2/10 Favorite Track: "The Valley of the Pagans (feat. Beck) Least Favorite Track: "Friday 13th (feat. Octavian)" I have never loved...

REVIEW: 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode II

Ian Parish

Oct 15, 2020

REVIEW: 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode II

8.3/10 Favorite Song: "Rich N***a Shit" Least Favorite Track: "No Opp Left Behind" “Are things better or worse the second time...

REVIEW: Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

Ian Parish

Sep 30, 2020

REVIEW: Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

8.2/10 Favorite Track: "Fluxing the Muscle Least Favorite Track: "White Kross" Despite growing up listening to artists like Ozzy...

REVIEW: 1 800 Pain - BEST HOUSE ON A BAD BLOCK

Ian Parish

Sep 24, 2020

REVIEW: 1 800 Pain - BEST HOUSE ON A BAD BLOCK

10/10 Favorite Song: "Crack" Least Fav Song: N/A As someone who has been deeply enamored with the dark and macabre for years now, the...

REVIEW: Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Ian Parish

Sep 10, 2020

REVIEW: Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters

9/10 Favorite Track: "Rack Of His" Least Favorite Track: "For Her" I couldn’t truly be talking about Fiona Apple’s 5th studio effort,...

Ian Parish

Sep 4, 2020

REVIEW: Rina Sawayama - Sawayama

9.6/10 Favorite Track: "Love Me 4 Me" Least Favorite Track: "Snakeskin" 2020 has been a landmark year in almost every sense of the word....

Nick Altkin

Aug 28, 2020

REVIEW: Taylor Swift - folklore

8.6/10 Favorite Track: "exile (feat. Bon Iver)" Least Favorite Track: "mirrorball" At some point, most musicians stray away from...

REVIEW: Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was.

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Aug 26, 2020

REVIEW: Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was.

8.4/10 Favorite Track: "Mariana Trench" Least Favorite Track: "Hot Car in The Sun" The legendary front man of Omaha’s prized indie...

REVIEW: Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas

Ian Parish

Aug 4, 2020

REVIEW: Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas

9.5/10 Favorite Track: "Sour Flower" Least Favorite Track: "Green Papaya" I have always been incredibly fascinated by the human...

Ian Parish

Jul 21, 2020

REVIEW: Crack Cloud - Pain Olympics

9/10 Favorite Track: "Ouster Stew" Least Favorite Track: "Somethings Gotta Give" In 2018, vocalist/percussionist Zach Choy and...

Ian Parish

Jul 17, 2020

REVIEW: Remo Drive - "Star Worship"

8/10 Indie-punk outfit Remo Drive is back with their new single, “Star Worship”, and this new track shows a lot of growth from their last...

REVIEW: Xiu Xiu - Girl With A Fruit Basket

niftynolandog

Jul 17, 2020

REVIEW: Xiu Xiu - Girl With A Fruit Basket

9.2/10 Favorite Track: "Mary Turner Mary Turner" Least Favorite Track: "Anargi ve Moo" I’m nowhere near tough stuff, but not much...

niftynolandog

Jul 17, 2020

REVIEW: Gorillaz - "Aries"

9.3/10 It really sucks that the MLB is most likely not happening this year, I’d love to see how far Gorillaz would go batting 1.000. So...

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Jul 17, 2020

REVIEW: Tyler, The Creator - IGOR

9.5/10 Favorite Track: "Earfquake" Least Favorite Track: "I Don't, Love You Anymore" On his sixth studio album and most critically...

REVIEW: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats Nest

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Jul 17, 2020

REVIEW: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats Nest

8/10 Favorite Track: "Mars for the Rich" Least Favorite Track: "Organ Farmer" Change has become a defining part of the identity of...