World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Illusory Walls: Those last 2 tracks!

Supine - No Altar for the Company Man: Heavy without being overdone, screamy without feeling fake, familiar without sounding generic

Sleigh Bells - Texis: I was hoping for a more gecsian influence, but very listenable

Sinere Engineer - Bless My Psyche: A little too under the radar

Plunger - The Station Is Not Received (3 Disc): Classic almost-forgotten emo

One Step Closer - This Place You Know: Touching a ton of different influences to make it their own

Musgraves, Kacey - star-crossed: there is light setting up gracias a la vida is the kind of chaos I needed

Low - HEY WHAT: Peaceful and relaxing

L'il Dicky - Hump Days: Finding his way

Elton John - The World of Regimental Sgt. Zippo: Fascinating archive

Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix: I wish I knew which avenue had recommended this so I could be more skeptical in the future

Illuminati Hotties - Let Me Do One More: From highly hyped to memory holed

Laura Jane Grace - At War with the Silverfish: Love the variety on this quick hit EP

Bob Dylan - Springtime in New York, Bootleg Series, Vol. 16 (5 Disc): The vaults continue to be gold mines

Dare - Against All Odds: This is my kind of hardcore

Coldplay - Music of the Spheres: No Viva, but no Ghost Stories

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out: Textbook

Brain - I'm Brain: Great little complement

Beatles - Let It Be (Super Deluxe) (5 Disc): The Beatles.

Andrew WK - God Is Partying: Less of a party, but perhaps more interesting