Andrew Robertson
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I'll be 100% honest here, Self Esteem, I don't need to hear songs that sincerely use the word "empowered".
January 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I'll be 100% honest here, Self Esteem, I don't need to hear songs that sincerely use the word "empowered".
It's really alarming to me to realize how much the mid-00s Timbaland sound on "Sports Car" reads like a throwback now.
January 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
It's really alarming to me to realize how much the mid-00s Timbaland sound on "Sports Car" reads like a throwback now.
Pretty sure they were trying to do the whole "No politics, please!" respectability shit after getting called out for fence-sitting about Palestine. Mostly I remember people referring to them as Sleaford Dads.
January 14, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Pretty sure they were trying to do the whole "No politics, please!" respectability shit after getting called out for fence-sitting about Palestine. Mostly I remember people referring to them as Sleaford Dads.
PBC is my nom. I said when I posted it for Challenge Week that it was my favourite dream pop song this decade and it still is. I find the production so smooth and satisfying. I can't quite explain why I like it so much more than similar songs, but I do.
January 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
PBC is my nom. I said when I posted it for Challenge Week that it was my favourite dream pop song this decade and it still is. I find the production so smooth and satisfying. I can't quite explain why I like it so much more than similar songs, but I do.
I preferred the Kaarija track when it was Jenna Maroney's summer dance jam.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tTV...
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Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock: Balls
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January 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I preferred the Kaarija track when it was Jenna Maroney's summer dance jam.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tTV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tTV...
This Lorde song absolutely crushes me.
January 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
This Lorde song absolutely crushes me.
"How can I take investment advice from a man with an artwork made on Canva?" is such a strong, quick, specific insult, I have to vote for it.
January 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
"How can I take investment advice from a man with an artwork made on Canva?" is such a strong, quick, specific insult, I have to vote for it.
Wednesday remains the champion of "Everything I've read about this band makes me think I should like them, so why don't I?"
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Wednesday remains the champion of "Everything I've read about this band makes me think I should like them, so why don't I?"
The last ten albums I meant to get to in 2025 are going to have to wait, because it's time to switch to a different listening project for 2026. The best things from this project to me were:
1. The Isley Brothers
2. Saint Etienne
3. The Posies
4. Brian Eno
5. Hum
1. The Isley Brothers
2. Saint Etienne
3. The Posies
4. Brian Eno
5. Hum
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
The last ten albums I meant to get to in 2025 are going to have to wait, because it's time to switch to a different listening project for 2026. The best things from this project to me were:
1. The Isley Brothers
2. Saint Etienne
3. The Posies
4. Brian Eno
5. Hum
1. The Isley Brothers
2. Saint Etienne
3. The Posies
4. Brian Eno
5. Hum
(51/51) Saul Williams- The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!
This starts out as one of most exciting albums I've heard all year, but it seems to slow down as it goes, and I can't tell if that's the album itself, or just me.
This starts out as one of most exciting albums I've heard all year, but it seems to slow down as it goes, and I can't tell if that's the album itself, or just me.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 AM
(51/51) Saul Williams- The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!
This starts out as one of most exciting albums I've heard all year, but it seems to slow down as it goes, and I can't tell if that's the album itself, or just me.
This starts out as one of most exciting albums I've heard all year, but it seems to slow down as it goes, and I can't tell if that's the album itself, or just me.
(50/51) Meat Puppets- Meat Puppets II
Not quite what I expected, though I guess I did forget the "punk" part of the "cowpunk" label. It's good! But the two songs I already knew ("Plateau" and "Lake Of Fire") are the weirdest, eeriest and best things on here.
Not quite what I expected, though I guess I did forget the "punk" part of the "cowpunk" label. It's good! But the two songs I already knew ("Plateau" and "Lake Of Fire") are the weirdest, eeriest and best things on here.
January 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
(50/51) Meat Puppets- Meat Puppets II
Not quite what I expected, though I guess I did forget the "punk" part of the "cowpunk" label. It's good! But the two songs I already knew ("Plateau" and "Lake Of Fire") are the weirdest, eeriest and best things on here.
Not quite what I expected, though I guess I did forget the "punk" part of the "cowpunk" label. It's good! But the two songs I already knew ("Plateau" and "Lake Of Fire") are the weirdest, eeriest and best things on here.
(49/51) Lilys- In The Presence Of Nothing
It's really interesting to me how many American shoegaze bands (these guys, Swirlies, Mercury Rev, loveliescrushing) tend towards the drone/psych end of the genre. Of that group, this is my favourite album.
It's really interesting to me how many American shoegaze bands (these guys, Swirlies, Mercury Rev, loveliescrushing) tend towards the drone/psych end of the genre. Of that group, this is my favourite album.
January 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
(49/51) Lilys- In The Presence Of Nothing
It's really interesting to me how many American shoegaze bands (these guys, Swirlies, Mercury Rev, loveliescrushing) tend towards the drone/psych end of the genre. Of that group, this is my favourite album.
It's really interesting to me how many American shoegaze bands (these guys, Swirlies, Mercury Rev, loveliescrushing) tend towards the drone/psych end of the genre. Of that group, this is my favourite album.
(48/61) Bob Dylan- Blood On The Tracks
My honest initial reaction is "is that it?" re: the acclaim this one has. I quite like some of the more unhinged tracks ("Idiot Wind", "Shelter From The Storm"), but in terms of mid-70s desolation, I much prefer Neil Young's albums.
My honest initial reaction is "is that it?" re: the acclaim this one has. I quite like some of the more unhinged tracks ("Idiot Wind", "Shelter From The Storm"), but in terms of mid-70s desolation, I much prefer Neil Young's albums.
January 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
(48/61) Bob Dylan- Blood On The Tracks
My honest initial reaction is "is that it?" re: the acclaim this one has. I quite like some of the more unhinged tracks ("Idiot Wind", "Shelter From The Storm"), but in terms of mid-70s desolation, I much prefer Neil Young's albums.
My honest initial reaction is "is that it?" re: the acclaim this one has. I quite like some of the more unhinged tracks ("Idiot Wind", "Shelter From The Storm"), but in terms of mid-70s desolation, I much prefer Neil Young's albums.
The tagline from A on the image of B, maybe?
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The tagline from A on the image of B, maybe?
The moment on the Lucretia Delt song where David Sylvain's voice dropped in really woke me up, though. I wasn't looking at the track title/artist, so I really wasn't expecting to hear him.
January 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The moment on the Lucretia Delt song where David Sylvain's voice dropped in really woke me up, though. I wasn't looking at the track title/artist, so I really wasn't expecting to hear him.
I was pretty disappointed in the Heartworms LP, honestly, I loved the EP that came out in 2023 and I was hyped for the full-length. NBT is my album of the year, and while "9 2 5" isn't my favourite thing on it, I do love it.
January 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I was pretty disappointed in the Heartworms LP, honestly, I loved the EP that came out in 2023 and I was hyped for the full-length. NBT is my album of the year, and while "9 2 5" isn't my favourite thing on it, I do love it.
Quite liked the Sacred Paws and Electric Rime tracks, but Corpus Delecti had those classic Goth vibes that always seem to perk my ears up in these polls.
January 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Quite liked the Sacred Paws and Electric Rime tracks, but Corpus Delecti had those classic Goth vibes that always seem to perk my ears up in these polls.
I had the exact same reaction to the WFYE album, though this was one of the tracks I kept.
I don't want to be this guy, but THIS is what all the hype is about re: Geese? I don't hear it.
I don't want to be this guy, but THIS is what all the hype is about re: Geese? I don't hear it.
January 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I had the exact same reaction to the WFYE album, though this was one of the tracks I kept.
I don't want to be this guy, but THIS is what all the hype is about re: Geese? I don't hear it.
I don't want to be this guy, but THIS is what all the hype is about re: Geese? I don't hear it.
The opening would have been so much cooler if they hadn't subtitled the fight with the brother and the father.
January 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The opening would have been so much cooler if they hadn't subtitled the fight with the brother and the father.
I understand what Lily Allen is going for, pairing the (obnoxiously) blunt lyrics against the dreamy backing, but it just doesn't land for me at all. Given that chorus, I would have expected her to also have some fun on the verses, but they're not giving me anything.
January 8, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I understand what Lily Allen is going for, pairing the (obnoxiously) blunt lyrics against the dreamy backing, but it just doesn't land for me at all. Given that chorus, I would have expected her to also have some fun on the verses, but they're not giving me anything.
It's a high bar to clear, but so far DJ Danz is the most 90s song in the entire poll.
January 8, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It's a high bar to clear, but so far DJ Danz is the most 90s song in the entire poll.
I liked the Chloe Qisha track until the chorus came up.
January 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I liked the Chloe Qisha track until the chorus came up.
Half the reason I love Nourished By Time so much is because he sounds exactly like what I wanted Blood Orange to do after Freetown Sound.
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Half the reason I love Nourished By Time so much is because he sounds exactly like what I wanted Blood Orange to do after Freetown Sound.
Three artists I love (and TLDP), but none of them are giving us their best work here. Going with Sharon here.
January 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Three artists I love (and TLDP), but none of them are giving us their best work here. Going with Sharon here.
I wasn't expecting the dramatic disco strings on "Born Again".
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I wasn't expecting the dramatic disco strings on "Born Again".