Music

(last updated Nov 30 2020)

Some albums that I resonate with and recommend.

Rock

Car Seat Headrest* - these albums defined my college experience
- Teens of Denial
- Teens of Style
- Twin Fantasy
Japanese Breakfast*
- Psychopomp
- BUMPER - pop songs 2020
- Soft Sounds from Another Planet
(Sandy) Alex G*
- Rocket
- Beach Music
The Magnetic Fields - When I played this in the library, the librarians were brought back to their years in college
- 69 Love Songs
Camp Cope
- Camp Cope
The Microphones
- The Glow, Pt. 2 - Such raw sounds, the first time I heard this it blew my mind. A great album to drive home after a show to
- Microphones in 2020
The Beths*
- Future Me Hates Me
Broken Social Scene* - they’re from canada
- You Forgot It In People
- Broken Social Scene
Yo La Tengo
- I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
- Summer Sun
Brand New
- The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
- Science Fiction
Black Midi*
- Schlagenheim
The Velvet Underground
- The Velvet Underground & Nico
Lou Reed
- Transformer

Jay Som
- Anak Ko
- Turn Into
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard* - They produce so many albums
- Nonagon Infinity
- K.G.
Crumb
- Locket
- Crumb
Melody’s Echo Chamber
- Melody’s Echo Chamber
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Multi-Love
Tame Impala
- Lonerism
- Currents
Khruangbin
- Mordechai

Big Thief
- Capacity
- Masterpiece
- U.F.O.F.
Daughter
- Not to Disappear
- His Young Heart
Sufjan Stevens
- The Ascension
- Carrie & Lowell
Belle & Sebastian
- If You’re Feeling Sinister
- Tigermilk
Elliott Smith
- Either/Or
- XO
Mount Eerie
- A Crow Looked at Me
- Now Only
The Mountain Goats* - perfect songs about imperfect people. I cried both times I saw them
- The Sunset Tree
- Goths
Daniel Johnston
- Hi How Are You - Weird, unfinished, a nervous breakdown

Florist - Super quiet and intimate. For a quite night of introspection
- Holdly
- The Birds Outside Sang
- Emily Alone
- If Blue Could Be Happiness
Soccer Mommy
- Clean
Snail Mail
- Lush

Explosions in the Sky
- The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Luciferian Towers
- Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Mogwai
- The Hawk Is Howling
- Happy Songs For Happy People

Parquet Courts
- Human Performance
- Wide Awake!
Jeff Rosenstock
- WORRY.
- POST-
- Thanks, Sorry! - Amazing live album
Hobo Johnson
- The Fall of Hobo Johnson
Diet Cig* - Really bouncy and fun
- Swear I’m Good At This
Gogol Bordello* - Didn’t know them before I went to the show, and it was amazing. (Eugene Hütz was crowd surfing on a drum)
- Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike
The Front Bottoms* - Super produced but in a good way
- Talon Of The Hawk
- The Front Bottoms
Pup* - There was so much energy pent up waiting for the first beat, the pit immediately erupted into a nonstop mosh.
Mannequin Pussy*
- Patience
Priests*
- Nothing Feels Natural

Ryan Hemsworth
- Guilt Trips - IDK why but this album captivates me
- Alone For The First Time
Blanck Mass - loud and harsh
- Animated Violence Mild
- Dumb Flesh
Massive Attack
- Mezzanine - Amazing album just dripping with sex
Actress* - disappointed with his live show, but his album R.I.P. stands up
- R.I.P.
Burial
- Untrue
Skee Mask
- Compro
Max Cooper
- One Hundred Billion Sparks - incredible music videos, watch here
TOKiMONSTA
- Creature Dreams
Mathemagic
- Mathemagic
Futurecop!
- Fairy Tales
Boom Bip
- Seed to Sun
Nicolas Jaar
- Sirens
Phantogram
- Three
The Avalanches*
- Wildflower
Monikino Kino
- Prázdniny
Thievery Corporation
- The Richest Man In Babylon
100 gecs - these people are wild
- 1000 gecs - also check out the remix album

Botany
- Lava Diviner (Truestory)
Matmos
- Ultimate Care II - Made only on a washing machine
- Plastic Anniversary
Xiu Xiu*
- FORGET
- Always

Emily A. Sprague - Lead singer of Florist
- Water Memory
- Mount Vision
Stars of the Lid
- The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
- And Their Refinement of the Decline
Hiroshi Yoshimura
- Music For Nine Post Cards
Huerco S.
- For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
William Basinski
- The Disintegration Loops IV
- A Shadow in Time

R.A.P. Ferreira (Milo)
- A Toothpaste Suburb
- Who Told You to Think??!!?!?!?!
- So The Flies Don’t Come
Open Mike Eagle
- Anime, Trauma and Divorce
Die Antwoord - Also see their movie Chappie
- Ten$ion
- Donker Mag

Dorian Electra - such an icon
- Flamboyant
- My Agenda
TV Girl* - My first show during college.
- French Exit
Janelle Monáe
- Dirty Computer - Watch the video album, it has incredible costumes and choreography.
The xx
- Coexist
Julia Holter
- Have You in My Wilderness
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Synthy and old, very lovely.
- Time
- Discovery
Stereolab - french electronic pop
- Emperor Tomato Ketchup
- Dots And Loops
Ida Maria
- KATLA
MIDI LIDI* - My favorite Czech band. They’re a little whacky, and very fun.
- Operace Kindigo
- Give Masterpiece A Chance!
Sidney Gish
- No Dogs Allowed
The Bird and the Bee
- Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
Superorganism - so overproduced yet fun
- Superorganism
Sylvan Esso
- Sylvan Esso
Sleigh Bells
- Treats
Air*
- Moon Safari
Hundredth
- Somewhere Nowhere

Part Time
- Late Night
Porches.
- Pool
- Slow Dance in the Cosmos
Grouper - “her older ambient stuff was better” – a friend
- Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill