Eric Rates Albums

@ewarsaba's dumping ground for hot takes about music. It's like Pitchfork but without decimals or discussions about shooting stars.

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The best albums of 2023, as determined by a wannabe hipster approaching middle-age and his spreadsheets 🧵

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@Blochead4real ØXN features some of the same folks and is even better imo. https://t.co/9ix8Wndsb4

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#1: @OXNMUSIC - CYRM

10/10. The album that answers the age-old question of "What would late-era Low sound like if they were Irish and into traditional folks songs?". An AOTY that came out of nowhere for me.

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@faangstweet420 It might be! I adjust ratings throughout the year. This one could definitely get a bump.

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Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She

8/10. A strong 8 at that.

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David Nance & Mowed Sound - David Nance & Mowed Sound

6/10.

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Little Simz - Drop 7

7/10. How old do you have to be before you have to drop the "Little" in your stage name?

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Split System - Vol. 2

7/10. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater-core.

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Aureole - Alunarian Bellmaster

7/10. Distortion.

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Guitar - Casting Spells on Turtlehead

5/10. Fine.

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Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign - Vultures 1

4/10. I don't know how to rate Kanye at this point as it's like rating a car crash.

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Brittany Howard - What Now

9/10. She rules.

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Kali Malone - All Life Long

8/10. Party music.

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Usher - Coming Home

4/10. I can't believe Pitchfork have this an 8.

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Kirin J Callinan - If I Could Sing

4/10. Not for me.

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Mean Mistreater - Razor Wire

5/10. OK.

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meth. - Shame

8/10. I've never tried actual meth so I might have to in order to give it a proper rating.

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Enterprise Earth - Death: An Anthology

6/10.

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Liquid Mike - Paul Bunyan's Slingshot

7/10. Solid.

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Ronnie Stone - Ride Again

4/10. Meh.

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Coma Regalia - Aul Taemacea

6/10.

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J Mascis - What Do We Do Now

5/10. Dinosaur Jr. is one of those "I should like them more than I do" bands.