Various - 1977-The Year That Punk Broke: So many gems.

TSOL - TSOL: Better than the LP.

TSOL - Dance With Me: A case of judging a band by its fans hurts me again.

Soul Glo - The NIgga In Me Is Me: Clear progression forward.

Soul Glo - Untitled: Loud, chaotic, emotional.

Sophie - Oil Of Every Pearl's Uninsides Nonstep Remix Album: Better than anticipate, but just makes me want to listen to the album.

Regional Justice Center - Institution: Heavy.

Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains: Hard not to listen through the prism of what happened.

Pure Prairie League - Bustin' Out: Amei is the star, but the rest really hangs in there.

Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape: Big step up.

Oso Oso - Real Stories of True People Who Kind of Look Like Monsters: Strong Brand New vibe.

Northern Towns - Good as Gold: I miss OMDB.

Lingua Ignota - Caligula: More brooding than brash.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats' Nest: Heavy Gizzard is good Gizzard.

Ill Repute - What Happens Next: Not as good as the demo or debut, but at 15 minutes it is hard to argue with.

Ill Repute - Land Of No Toilets: Shorter, faster, louder.

Ill Repute - Demo: 1982?!

Haram - Drescher: A little safe given the pedigree.

Glass Beach - The First Glass Beach Album: A lot to unpack here.

Ghastly City Sleep - Moondrifts: Interesting footnote to my City of Caterpillar deep dive.