Category: Year-End Lists
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The 50 Best Albums of 2024
A cultural shift toward truly independent and alternative sounds alongside perfect pop moments and late-career highlights with the 50 Best Albums of 2024.
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The Best Experimental Albums of 2023
The sound of art in a state of flux evolution from all corners of the music universe, from cosmic jazz to experimental electronic and beguiling rock, with the Best Experimental Albums of 2023.
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The Best Dream-Pop & Shoegaze Albums of 2023
Seminal returns, modern artists getting their laurels, and newer shapes in the static and clouds being invented by its future with the Best Dream-Pop and Shoegaze Albums of 2023.
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+Artist Favorites 2023: Shamir
The prolific indie polymath shares his highly esoteric and eccentric favorite music from 2023.
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The Best Industrial, Noise Rock & Post-Punk Albums of 2023
Angles reconstructed, industrial and noise rock in collision, and noisemaking beyond definition that made being sucked into the universe’s vacuum at least a thrill ride with the Best Industrial, Noise Rock & Post-Punk Albums of 2023.
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The Best Hardcore & Metal Scene Albums of 2023
Celebrating the breakthroughs and the continued fetes of the scene’s continued evolution with the Best Hardcore and Metal Scene Albums of 2023.
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The Best EPs of 2023
New artist buzz, creative crossroads and transitional standouts, as well as building off momentum with the Best EPs of 2023.
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+Artist Favorites 2023: Full Blown Meltdown
The punk songwriter and modern day DIY scene MVP of the year shares his favorite music of 2023.
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The 50 Best Albums of 2023
In a year in music that felt like a lot, there was no shortage of great new sounds across the alternative spectrums of rock, pop, rap, and its experimental edges with the 50 Best Albums of 2023.
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+Artist Favorites 2023: Hannah Rainey of Shady Bug
Hannah Rainey, frontwoman of the bent shape experimental rockers Shady Bug, shares her favorite music of 2023.