Sam Coomes - Bugger Me: Great beginning but quickly looses steam.

clipping - Splendor & Misery: Space rap opera needs more than one, or two, listens.

AJJ - The Bible 2: Earnest folk-punk that is something above the rest.

Against Me! - Shape Shift With Me: New Wave:White Crosses :: TGDB:SSWM

Wreck and Reference - Indifferent Rivers Romance End: Cool concept, but wears thin quickly.

Hank Wood and the Hammerheads - Stay Home!!: Great punk songs to be heard live.

Various - Hamilton Broadway Cast Recording: Great execution, but hard to keep focus for 2+ hours.

Tragically Hip - Man Machine Poem: Disappointed they broke up, but excited to dig into the back catalog.

Thank You, Scientist - Stranger Heads Prevail: A bit superfluous in places, but they should tour with Kamasi Washington.

Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog: Interesting pedigree but I could not get into it.

Chaim Tennenbaum - Chaim Tannenbaum: Sounds like something out of the '50s.

Son House - Heroes Of The Blues: Blues, to me, is always in the shadow or Robert Johnson, but this is still worth a listen.

Skipjack - A Soundtrack To A Eulogy: Boring, formulaic pop-punk.

Shai Hulud - Just Can't Hate Enough: Always breaking the rule that the singer defines the band.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Blind Worms, Pious Swine: 12 albums released this year. Can someone make a best of?

Pkew Pkew Pkew - Pkew Pkew Pkef: If fratcore is not a thing already, they just invented it.

Of Montreal - Innocence Reaches: Always worth a listen.

100 Demons - In The Eyes of the Lord: Recommended to me as a fan of early Hatebreed. Did not disappoint.

NOFX - The Decline: Pretty much all I need.

The Lippies - The Lippies: Excellent, relentless modern punk.

Jellyfish - Spilt Milk Given the reverence, I think I need more time with it.

The I.L.Y.s - Scum With Boundaries: Interesting, pop-oriented turn.

Hella - The Devil Isn't Red: Moments of greatness, just not enough of them.

Faintest Idea - Increasing The Minimum Rage: Nope, too much ska for one album.

Explorer's Club - Together: Do you miss 60s pop? Then this is for you.

Evans the Death - Vanilla: I found the vocals to be distracting.

Dinosaur Jr - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not: A lot better than expected.

Cold World - Dedicated to Babies Who Came Feet First: It works.

Cold World - Ice Grillz: There is no way this should work.

Cables and Arms - Framing Defeat: Easy to lose in the sea of similar, and sometimes better, bands.

Brand New - 3 Demos, Reworked: More please.

Beyond The Wizards Sleeve: Soft Bounce: Weird amalgamation of electronic psychedelia.

Anohni - Hoplessness: What an apt title.

YG - Still Brazy: Offering little-to-nothing to the genre.

NOFX - Coaster: Alright, fine, I now like NOFX. Took them long enough.

NOFX - Wolves in Wolves' Clothing: Not bad, really growing on me.

NOFX - Never Trust A Hippy: You're Wrong is my favorite song of theirs, even if I do not agree with all of it.

Venerea - Last Call For Adderall: The best pop-punk album of the year.

Urban Waste - Urban Waste: Excellent hardcore from the beginning.

Ray Rocket - Do You Wanna Go To Tijuana: Drums and Vampire Weekend are big influences.

PUP - The Dream Is Over: A punk(er) Hold Steady.

The Professionals - I Didn't See It Coming: Early-80s punk that is more Clash than Pistols.

Kate Pierson - Guiters and Microphones: Such a great, fun, pop/punk/rock record.

NOFX - War On Errorism: Love the message behind it.

NOFX - Pump Up The Valuum: I have no doubt that their live show would be the best medium for their music.

NOFX - Heavy Petting Zoo: Starting to run together.

NOFX - Punk In Drublic: This is the album I could see listening to the most.

NOFX - White Trash, Two Heebs, And A Bean: And we are back to being difficult to take seriously.

NOFX - The Longest Line: Starting to warm up.

NOFX - Maximum Rocknroll: This is something I could get behind.

NOFX - Ribbed: Too many sub-genres of punk to really sink my teeth into.

NOFX - S&M Airlines: Not exactly revelatory, but the closing cover ruins the whole experience.

Marilyn Manson - Pale Emperor: Solid, but hard to differentiate.

Marilyn Manson - Born Villain: One of the better albums in their catalog.

Marilyn Manson - High End of Low: Certainly an improvement.

NoFX - Liberal Animation: I mistakenly assumed they were a joke band all this time.

Marilyn Manson - Eat Me, Drink Me: Starting to lose me.

Marilyn Manson - The Golden Age of Grotesque: Easily my favorite so far.

Nice As Fuck - Nice As Fuck: The drums are hypnotic like '80s rap.

Nerf Herder - Rockingham:

Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood: Has its ups and downs.

Maren Morris - Hero: For fans of Kacey Musgraves.

Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost: A grown-up Front Bottoms.

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals: More restrained, almost subdued in comparison.

Mitski - Puberty 2: Outstanding album of pop/rock/alt-R&B.

Martha - Blisters in The Pit Of My Heart: My favorite summer album of the year.

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar: The Beautiful People barely scratches the surface of this great album.

Marilyn Manson - Portrait Of An American Family: Good enough to keep digging.

Late! - Pocketwatch: Culturally fascinating, objectively skippable.

Julie Ruin - Hit Reset: I would listen to almost anything with Katleen's vocals on it.

Invisible - Patience: Once touted as a TVOTR sound alike, but this is far from it.

Ink & Dagger - The Fine Art Of Original Sin: Late '90s hardcore was such a weird time.

Hotelier - Goodness: Not as good as Home, but still good enough.

G.L.O.S.S. - Trans Day Of Revenge: Very much looking forward to what is next.

Brian Fallon - Painkillers: The difference between this and Gaslight is slim.

The Falcon - Gather Up The Chaps: Feels disjointed.

Bob Dylan - Fallen Angels: No familiarity with the originals makes for a wonderful listen.

Dirty Nil - Higher Power: Such tension in the vocals make it compelling.

Direct Hit - Wasted Mind: Above average pop-punk.

Dikembe - Hail Something: Gritty post-punk.

Converge - You Fail Me Redux: Either I forgot how good the album was, or this mix is really that much better.

Camp Cope - Camp Cope: Indie rock with punk influences married to earnestness.

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book: Still do not get the fascination.

Big Thief - Masterpiece: Chameleonic pop-punk.

Belvedere - Revenge Of The Fifth: Good, but not great, modern pop-punk.

Avalanches - Wildflower: Time to go back a revisit the debut, because this was really great.

The Apostles - Punk Obituary: Punk in the '80s was such a fascinating thing and this is a centerpiece.

Anderson .Paak - Malibu: Not really my thing, but damn if it is not tempting to go down the road.

Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere: Songs meant for the stag fall flat on disc.

The Avalanches - Wildflower: Awesome follow-up that will make me revisit their beloved debut.

$eth - A Rehearsal For The Great Uprising: A huge, progressive, leap forward. Post-punk/metal/rock all in one.

$eth - The First Snack/Akorex B: More of the same.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway: Feels completely uninspired.

Car Seat Headrest - Teens In Denial: No denying an album of the year contender. Great Titus Andronicus tour partner.

Bob Dylan - The 1985 Rehearsal Tape: I think there is one really good disc here.

Blood Orange - Freetown Sound: Not really my style, but a first step to becoming a convert.

Blink-182 - California: My first Blink album, and I liked it.

$eth - Acoustic Rage: Name dropped as an influence by Laura Jane Grace, justifiably.

Bob Dylan - After The Empire: A compelling case that even when down, Dylan is still better than most.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity: I could listen to this on repeat, as intended.