Ya Ho Wha 13 - Penetration- An Aquarian Symphony: Fascinating in context

Various - Maccabees/Call It In the Air: Call It really steals the show

Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: I am not lost

St Vincent - Daddy's Home: Certainly serviceable

Space Cadet - Lion On a Leash: Post punk and shoegaze replace street punk for these ex-Explosion vets to very satisfying results

Slow Fire Pistol - Rabbit Town Blues: Calming

SAULT - NINE: A softer side emerges

Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR: Calling it a rock record seems less than ideal

Question Mark and the Mysterians - 96 Tears: What an amazing song, but the others are no slouches

Oingo Boingo - Only a Lad: Passionate, quirky, engaging

Ogbert the Nerd - I Don't Hate You: I love this

Offspring - Smash: Songs are a little too similar to each other, but a lot better than I anticipated

New Rising Sons - Demo to Demolition: Would have liked to see where they went

Natl Park Srvc - The Dance: Enigmatically compelling and Broken Social Scene-esque

Mountain Goats - Dark in Here: Not scared, but I think I like my goats a little brighter

Militarie Gun - My Life is Over/All Roads Lead to the Gun: Oddly interesting

ME REX - Megabear: The concept elevates an already good album

Los Lobos - Kiko: Pretty standard

Liars - The Apple Drop: Not sure I will listen again, but I enjoyed it

Kitty Craft - Beats and Breaks From the Flower Patch: Hypnotic and beautiful

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000: Their dreamiest album

Kaonashi - Dear Lemon House, You Ruined Me- Senior Year: There is something off but I cannot place it

Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee: I see why it resonated, but I need more time

Islands - Islomania: Nostalgia is real, but I cannot remember anything about their debut yet I keep checking out the new albums

Hold Steady - Open Door Policy: Pretty standard outing for them

Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Cryptomnesia: An almost Mars Volta album that delivers

Garbage - No Gods No Masters: Exceptional album that should receive a ton of attention

Fucked Up - Year of the Horse: Calling it one song is a bit of a stretch, but an excellent suite of songs

Fly Pan Am - Frontera: Challenging music for the background

Flight Mode - TX, '98: Stealing from the best emo albums

Fiddlehead - Between the Richness: This is my current album of the year. Lived up to the hype

Fair to Midland - Arrows & Anchors: Struggling to not compare to Mars Volta in a good way

Duke Deuce - Duke Nuken: Big, bold, and brash just like its namesake

Def Leppard - Hysteria: This is way better than I would have ever anticipated

Clean - Anthology: Fun little indie rock with a very solid collection of songs

Call It In The Air - Just A Morning Thought: What an absolute gem of an emo album

C4 - Chaos Streaks: Straight out of the '80s

black midi - Calvacade: Going to fascinating to see live

Backxwash - I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES: Sounds angry and I like it

88 Fingers Louie - Behind Bars: Unapologetically punk

7 Seconds - The Crew: Perfect