My CD collection is coming together nicely. I’m sitting at 30 CDs and counting. It started with my favorite albums (at the time), but I’m expanding little by little. Eventually I’d like to stop renting my music and listening to my own collection. 🎶
Music
Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay 🎵
Saturday, July 19, 2025 • 1 min read
Been obsessed with this album. It has been in my MusicBox for a while, and I regret not checking out sooner because Magdalena Bay’s show in my city was two weeks ago. Missed my chance, but maybe another time. Transitions everywhere, album has consistency and variety, and this [redacted] sings like an angel. Ever since listening to Trip by Jhené Aiko for the first time last summer, I’ve been looking for an equally ethereal experience.
Virgin by Lorde 🎵
Friday, June 27, 2025 • 2 min read
Every song on this album is a bop. I really love the minimal production which is not something that many albums get right. In my opinion, it was a wise decision not to hype the album up to be something it isn’t, at least as far as I could tell. It can be whatever you make it out to be: a summer album, a party album, something akin to brat’s more introspective parts, etc.
Forever Howlong by Black Country, New Road 🎵
Saturday, April 19, 2025 • 4 min read
Everyone around me knows that I’ve obsessed with Forever Howlong since its release on April 4 a few weeks ago. I’ve been listening to Black Country, New Roads comeback nonstop ever since and even bought its CD (my ultimate gesture of showing love to the craft, I guess). It starts out really strong and manages to maintain that strength all throughout the album through crescendos, instrumental breaks, and lyrical breakdowns that culminate the best rock music I’ve heard in a while; some of it folk-ish, vaguely Western tracks like Two Horses and Mary, while most of it is clearly post-rock.
EUSEXUA by FKA twigs 🎵
Saturday, January 25, 2025 • 2 min read
I don’t know what’s with so many of my favorite artists turning into aliens in recent times, but I’m down as long as that music is serving. Eusexua, the title track, is what lured me into FKA twigs to begin with. I had given her a listen before, but her sound was so weird to me that I felt the songs fell short of satisfying my eardrums. I think that with Eusexua she has managed to balance her super artsy vocals with engaging beats that could bring her into the mainstream.
Perverts by Ethel Cain 🎵
Monday, January 13, 2025 • 4 min read
I’m not really the type to write, speak, or think coherently when I get excited. This is especially so when I get overstimulated by music which is the case with this album. I guess it’s another side effect of my ADHD. That means that I’m probably not the best at making music reviews, but it’s not like that’s gonna stop me from covering one of my favorite artists when they drop another banger.