[50-41] [40-31] [30-21] [Top 20] 20 Viet Cong Viet Cong Controversial name aside, Canadian post-punk band Viet Cong’s self-titled album is the thing to listen to if you want motivation. With fierce, psychadelic instrumentals, the album deals in a ferocity which screams “listen to me”. Reminiscent of Joy Division, the opening song ‘Newspaper […]
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Exeposé Music Albums of the Year | 30-21
[50-41] [40-31] [30-21] [Top 20] 30 El Vy Return to the Moon The indie-rock scene was abuzz with excitement when EL VY (pronounced “like the plural of Elvis”) announced the release of their debut album, Return To The Moon, earlier this year. The band, formed out of a creative collaboration project between The National’s Matt Berninger […]
Exeposé Music Albums of the Year | 40-31
[50-41] [40-31] [30-21] [Top 20] 40 Benjamin Clementine At Least For Now This year’s Mercury Prize Winner is an opus of soul-wrenching vocals, chamber hall piano, and artisan lyrics. Exuberant, raw and intense, Clementine’s songs tell of a life woven from tragedy into eleven triumphalist passages, accompanied by piano arpeggios. Years of hardship are condensed into a […]
Exeposé Music Albums of the Year | 50-41
[50-41] [40-31] [30-21] [Top 20] 50 Earl Sweatshirt I Don’t Like Shit I Don’t Go Outside Earl Sweatshirt is my favourite rapper that I don’t like listening to. As he’s sunk deeper into depression since the release of his mixtape EARL, his music has become like looking at a black sun; unsettling and impossible to […]