Infant Island - Beneath: A lot of potential.

Household Gods - Palace Intrigue: Slint if they had written pop songs.

Higher Power - 27 Miles Underwater: Major Jane's Addiction vibes.

Hatebreed - Weight of the False Self: Not a lot of nuance, but not sure I would want it any other way.

Faucet - Bitter Insane Melting: Perfect title.

Eminem - Music to be Murdered To, Side B: Good enough.

Bob Dylan - 1970: Another treasure trove.

Dirty Projectors - 5EPs: Very enjoyable.

Crazy Eddie - Eddie Goes To Night School: Nine minutes of punk rock bliss.

Carpool - Erotic Nightmare Summer: Good foundation, but lacks an indentity.

Call Me Malcolm - Me, Myself, and Something Else: Bad Religion with horns.

Peter Brotzmann Octet - Machine Gun: Soundtrack to an insurrection.

Boneflower - Armour: A kitchen sink of heavy music that mostly succeeds.

R.W. Beaver - Case of the Blues: By the book blues.

Bauhaus - In The Flat Field: So much post-punkiness, but feels directionless.

awakebutstillinbed - stay who you are: stay awake.

Avalanches - We Will Always Love You: It is very long.

Billie Joe Armstrong - No Fun Mondays: Pretty fun in its breeziness.

100 gecs - 1000 gecs and the Tree of Clues: I do not think I lived with the original album enough to appreciate the differences.