Cafe Tacuba - Cuatro Caminos

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DJ Shadow - Live! In Tune and On Time: 10 (A+)

To me, this is clearly the best thing he's ever released. A masterpiece. Who would have thought, a live DJ set?

Pablo Moses - Tension

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The Mekons and Robbie Fulks - Jura: 7.5 (high B+)

Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion

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Young Thug - Barter 6: 7 (B+)

Update (November 2025): Upped from neutral after several more listens. Vinyl-only.

Tricky - Skilled Mechanics

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Laurie Anderson - Heart of a Dog: neutral

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Justin Hines [a/k/a Hinds] and the Dominoes - Jezebel: 7.5 (high B+)

OOP and ridiculously over-priced. The great Tony Chin on rhythm guitar.

Rail Band/Ambassadeurs/National Badema - Les Nuits de Bamako: Annees 70-78 [Syllart, 1997]: 7 (B+)

This is on the Muzikifan list of Top 20 African Compilations. Outstanding track: "Walignouma Lombaliya" (aka "Wale Numa Lombaliya") #multiartistcomp

Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor: 10 (A+)

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love: 7 (B+)

 

Yes I'm damning this with faint praise, as I would with all of their albums other than Call the Doctor. Corin Tucker really needs to take her vocals down a few notches, among other things, and adding a melody every so often wouldn't be too much of a compromise, would it?

The Bats - Daddy's Highway - 9.5 (high A)

Miguel - Wildheart

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