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02.06.24
Atari's Blind Spots
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01.02.24
New Year Starter Pack
08.08.23
Atari's nostalgic weekend haul
02.04.22
help Atari get in shape
01.29.22
Atari’s 2021: last fm edition
01.09.22
Atari's Nostalgic Hip-Hop Binge
05.15.21
Atari's Dream Pop/Shoegaze Starter Pack
04.20.21
Atari's 2021 in scrobbles: Q1
03.06.21
Catching up on old albums
01.22.21
Atari's 2020: last fm edition
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08.07.20
August death metal binge
03.17.20
Quest for 10,000 ratings
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03.11.20
Atari's First 2020 List (Digs)
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12.31.19
Atari's Electronic Starter Pack
12.22.19
Atari's Decade: FINAL Draft
12.17.19
Atari's 2019: Final 100
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12.11.19
Atari's 2019: The Leftovers
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11.04.19
2019 Punk + Emo Jams
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2018 Jams: A Running List
with some standout tracks
1
Sangre de Muerdago
Noite
dark folk / 4.5
2
Haley Heynderickx
I Need to Start a Garden
indie folk / 4.3 (Oom Sha La La, Show You a Body)
3
Amanda Shires
To the Sunset
alt country/pop — 4
4
MxPx
MxPx
nostalgic 90s-esque pop-punk — 4 (Let’s Ride)
5
Gia Margaret
There's Always Glimmer
indie folk/lo-fi — 3.8 (In Normal Ways)
6
Mary Lattimore
Hundreds of Days
ambient/instrumental harp — 4.1
7
Spanish Love Songs
Schmaltz
cathartic punk/emo — 4.8 (Bellyache)
8
Winterfylleth
The Hallowing of Heirdom
dark folk — 4.5 (title track)
9
Jennifer Castle
Angels of Death
folk/country — 4
10
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
While We're At It
ska — 3.7 (yeah this fucking rules. What's with these oldschool bands dropping little hidden gems this year)
11
Lori McKenna
The Tree
country/singer-songwriter — 3.5
12
Mom Jeans.
Puppy Love
emo — 3.4 (Closing Track)
13
Elder Brother
Stay Inside
alt rock/emo — 3.9
14
Courtney Barnett
Tell Me How You Really Feel
indie rock/pop — 3.8
15
Panopticon
The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness
black metal/folk/Americana — 4.2 (Snow Burdened Branches)
16
Steep Canyon Rangers
Out in the Open
bluegrass/country — 3.8
17
Lucy Dacus
Historian
indie folk — 3.3
18
Brandi Carlile
By the Way, I Forgive You
country/singer-songwriter — 3.8
19
Sojourner
The Shadowed Road
epic metal/doom/black — 3.7
20
Judicator
The Last Emperor
power metal — 3.5
21
Hop Along
Bark Your Head Off, Dog
indie rock/folk — 4
22
Laura Veirs
The Lookout
Irish singer-songwriter — 3.7
23
Night Flowers
Wild Notion
dream pop — 3.9
24
Wayfarer
World's Blood
black metal/ ambient — 3.3
25
soccer mommy
Clean
indie folk/dream pop — 4 (Scorpio Rising)
26
Caitlin Canty
Motel Bouquet
americana/singer-songwriter — 4 (Motel)
27
Jenny Hval
The Long Sleep
art pop — 4
28
Allelic
Reverberations
black metal/experimental — 4
29
Neko Case
Hell-On
singer-songwriter — 3.2
30
Kacey Musgraves
Golden Hour
country pop — 3.7 (Mother)
31
Aisha Burns
Argonauta
Indie folk — 3.7
32
Frank Turner
Be More Kind
folk/singer-songwriter — 3.4
33
Brigid Mae Power
The Two Worlds
Irish songwriter/drone — 4
34
Alela Diane
Cusp
More songwriter — 3.7 ( Ether and Wood)
35
Johanna Warren
Gemini II
ambient/songwriter/dark folk — 4.1 (Hopelessness Has Done Nothing for Me)
36
Rota Fortunae
Solstice
neofolk — 4
37
Judas Priest
Firepower
Classic heavy metal — 3.7
38
Gulfer
Dog Bless
emo / 3.5
39
Liza Anne
Fine But Dying
rock/songwriter — 3.3
40
Ulvesang
The Hunt
dark folk / 3.2
41
Courtney Marie Andrews
May Your Kindness Remain
country / 3.5 ( Kindness of Strangers)
42
Frankie Cosmos
Vessel
Indie folk/pop — 3
43
Rosehall
The First Requisite Is Life
Sputcore / 4
44
Grouper
Grid of Points
ambient + piano / 3.5
45
Rachael Sage
Myopia
art pop / 3.5
46
The Front Bottoms
Ann
emo / 3.7
47
Juliana Daugherty
Light
Indie folk / 3.8
48
Trophy Eyes
The American Dream
alt rock/emo — 2.7
49
Trash Boat
Crown Shyness
pop punk/hardcore — 3.5
50
Wild Pink
Yolk in the Fur
indie folk — 4 ( Burger Hill)
51
Mikaela Davis
Delivery
harp/indie folk + pop — 3.7
52
Amy Shark
Love Monster
mainstream pop — 3.3
53
The Ophelias (USA, OH)
Almost
indie pop — 3.4
54
The Innocence Mission
Sun on the Square
indie folk/mood music — 3.5
55
Sun June
Years
indie folk / 3.5
56
Alkaline Trio
Is This Thing Cursed?
Prediction: 4/5. This is going to be their best album in a long time
57
Olivia Chaney
Shelter
singer-songwriter —3.8
58
Trampled By Turtles
Life Is Good On The Open Road
Country/Bluegrass — 4
59
Tomberlin
At Weddings
indie folk/soul searching — 4 (I’m Not Scared)
60
Petal
Magic Gone
Indie songwriter — 3.7
61
Mayday Parade
Sunnyland
pop-punk — 3.7
62
Natalie Prass
The Future and the Past
indie pop — 3.5
63
Maribou State
Kingdoms In Colour
downtempo --- 3.8
64
Shannen Moser
I'll Sing
folk/indie rock --- 4.6
65
Yves Tumor
Safe in the Hands of Love
experimental rock/ambient --- 4
66
Muncie Girls
Fixed Ideals
indie rock/punk --- 3.5
67
Iron And Wine
Weed Garden
indie folk --- 3.8
68
Swingin' Utters
Peace and Love
fun punk rock --- 4
69
Gabriel Kahane
Book of Travelers
singer-songwriter --- 4
70
Devon Welsh
Dream Songs
folk/singer-songwriter --- 4
71
Dawn Landes
Meet Me at the River
country --- 3.3
72
The Beths
Future Me Hates Me
indie rock --- 3.8
73
Shakey Graves
Can't Wake Up
indie folk/americana --- 3.5
74
Owane
yeah whatever
jazz fusion --- 3.5
75
Elise Davis
Cactus
country pop --- 4.2
76
Un
Sentiment
doom metal/death/sludge ---- 4
77
Outer Heaven
Realms Of Eternal Decay
death metal --- 4
78
Scorched (USA-DE)
Ecliptic Butchery
death metal --- 4
79
Varathron
Patriarchs of Evil
black metal ---- 3.5
Show/Add Comments (15)
Atari
08.11.18
have some more albums to add later and some standout tracks as well. for now, Netflix is calling my name :]
neekafat
08.11.18
Love this and you but how is 14 country :/
Atari
08.11.18
good catch. I prolly shouldn’t have wasted time with the damn genre tags and just included the standout tracks instead lol
Minushuman24
08.11.18
21 is my aoty so far, so sooo good.
Only at 30 albums this year so far
Veldin
08.11.18
ill check out some of these. cool list
Sniff
08.11.18
gonna check 35
Atari
08.11.18
hope you enjoy my man. the ambient tag might be a stretch but it’s pretty atmospheric :]
Cheers Minus and hope u find something u dig, Veldin
luci
08.11.18
nice picks, you know what i dig ;p was searching for olivia chaney but i see you're still adding stuff
Atari
08.12.18
Cheers yo. Oops, how’d I forget Shelter!? will edit in later with some others
You might dig that Wild Pink btw. Check the opening track
luci
08.12.18
bookmarked. seems polarizing since i only see 4+ or "this is boring"
Atari
08.12.18
it was getting pretty decent hype and reception until Doof and Boney came along lol. To me, it’s basically like that S. Carey album for this year but better
luci
09.09.18
tomberlin is on here twice... it's that good though ;)
neekafat
09.09.18
List needs more bumps so bump
bgillesp
09.10.18
Check Rainbow Kitten Surprise. That's not a joke it's my 3rd fav of 2018 so far
Atari
09.10.18
"tomberlin is on her twice"
lol oops. I just added 63-74 and I forgot it was already on here :]
@bgillisep, hmmmm if you say so haha
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