Once the term “cultural Marxism” is uttered, you know the following statement is utter made up bullshit.

Soulja Boy - The Influence - 1/5
iamjakehill - Life in General - 1/5
Hope Tala - Hope Handwritten - 3.5/5
Yazz Ahmed - A Paradise in the Hold - 3.5/5
bambi - Trap or Die - 2.5/5

Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart - 4.5/5
Marie Davidson - City of Clowns - 3.5/5
Lady Gaga - Mayhem - 4.5/5? 5/5? I don’t know
Antony Szmierek - Service Station at the End of the Universe - 4/5

acloudyskye - This Won't Be the Last Time - 5/5
Low Roar - House in the Woods - 3.5/5
Saya Gray - Saya - 3/5
Heartworms - Glutton for Punishment - 5/5
Fridayy - Some Days I’m Good, Some Days I’m Not - 4/5
Widemouth Howie & Flylodev - DAYZ BEFORE HOWIE - 0/5
Oruam - Liberdade - 1/5

Ichiko Aoba - Luminescent Creatures - 3.5/5
Paris Texas - They Left Me with a Gun - 3.5/5
bdrmm - Microtonic - 4/5
Maruja - Tír na nÓg - 5/5 ("Ceathair' is a full on religious experience, good heavens)
Yung Bleu - What Makes Us Human - 1.5/5
Baby Lasagna - DMNS & Mosquitoes - 1/5

The Lathums - Matter Does Not Define - 4/5
LISA - Alter Ego - 3/5
Miya Folick - Erotica Veronica - 4.5/5
Panda Bear - Sinister Grift - 2.5/5
serpentwithfeet - Grip Sequel - 2.5/5
Shygirl - Club Shy Room 2 - 2.5/5
Venamoris - To Cross or to Burn - 3.5/5

Miami Horror - We Always Had Tomorrow - 3.5/5
Emile Mosseri - Tryin to Be Born - 2.5/5
Darkside - Nothing - 2.5/5
Doves - Constellations for the Lonely - 4.5/5
Eric Bass Presents - I Had a Name - 0.5/5
Everything Is Recorded - Richard Russell Is Temporary - 3.5/5

Mae Martin - I’m a TV - 4.5/5
Rebecca Black - Salvation - 4/5
Andy Bell - pinball wanderer - 3.5/5
Architects - The Sky, the Earth & All Between - 3.5/5
Avantasia - Here Be Dragons - 3.5/5
Banks - Off With Her Head - 3/5
Kuban - Fugazi - 2/5
Big Hit - Free Big Hit - 1.5/5
Michi - Dirty Talk - 2.5/5

...Last year there was a total of 180, so we're on pace to smash that this year. Seems like I picked a good time to broaden my horizons.

G-Dragon - Übermensch - 1.5/5
Boldy James & Chuck Strangers - Token of Appreciation - 4/5

Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On
Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking
John Glacier - Like a Ribbon
Saint Motel - Saint Motel & the Symphony in the Sky
Patterson Hood - Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

Matt Berry - Heard Noises
Teddy Swims - I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2)
Mogwai - The Bad Fire
Ghais Guevara - Goyard Ibn Sai
Bonnie “Prince” Billy - The Purple Bird
Maribou State - Hallucinating Love
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
Squid - Cowards
Kelela - In the Blue Light

Winona Fighter - My Apologies to the Chef
The Murder Capital - Blindness
Nao - Jupiter
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Honeysuckle
Youth Lagoon - Rarely Do I Dream

4/5
Jeshi - Airbag Woke Me Up
Rose City Band - Sol y sombra
Wardruna - Birna

4.5/5
The Great Old Ones - Kadath
FKA Twigs - EUSEXUA
L.S. Dunes - Violet
Ludovico Einaudi - The Summer Portraits
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
Bartees Strange - Horror
Brother Ali & Ant - Satisfied Soul
venturing - Ghostholding

4/5
“Drylongso”
“Nationtime”
“A Time for Burning”
“September 5”
“Summer of Sam”
“He Got Game”
“Say Amen, Somebody”
“Bridget Jones's Diary”
“David Byrne’s American Utopia”
“Crooklyn”

Other favorites:
4.5/5
“Ghostlight”
“Nothing But a Man”
“Malcolm X”
“Inside Man”
“Red Rooms”
“Blood Simple”
“Stardust”
“Chi-Raq”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Sing Sing”

Sam Fender - People Watching - 5/5
Silverstein - Antibloom - 3.5/5
Tate McRae - So Close to What - 3.5/5
Youth Lagoon - Rarely Do I Dream - 4.5/5

Mike Posner - The Beginning - 2/5
SAINt JHN - Festival Season - 2/5
Nardo Wick - Wick - 1.5/5
ONE OK ROCK - Detox - 2.5/5
Patterson Hood - Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams - 4/5
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Honeysuckle - 4.5/5

Apologies to the Chef - 4.5/5
The Wombats - Oh! The Ocean - 3/5
Basia Bulat - Basia's Palace - 3/5
Baths - Gut - 3.5/5
Killswitch Engage - This Consequence - 3/5
The Murder Capital - Blindness - 4.5/5
Nao - Jupiter - 4.5/5
IDER - Late to the World - 3/5