Blues: 12 Bit Blues (2012) / Kid Koala Canadian scratchmaster Kid Koala astonishes audiences with this collection of beautifully broken...

Alternative Rock: Siamese Dream (1993) / Smashing Pumpkins Slack rockers with a vision. Angst-wracked vocals try to make sense of the...

Hip-Hop/Rap: Things Fall Apart (1999) / The Roots “Hey! Ya! I know those guys… they’re Jimmy Fallon’s band right?” “…” “… right?” “…...

Hip-Hop/Rap: Ready To Die (1994) / Notorious B.I.G. After listening to this album… yeah. I might as well be. FAV TRACK: JUICY By: Lucas...

Grunge: Nevermind (1991) / Nirvana Nevermind never meant to change the world, but ended up doing it anyways. Mirroring a dissatisfaction...

Funk Rock: One Nation Under a Groove (1978) / Funkadelic Do you hereby pledge groovallegiance to the Parliament Funkadelic? One Nation...

Folk Rock: Tapestry (1971) / Carole King While aesthetically surfacing as light and airy, Tapestry is an intense recorded that still...

Funk Rock: Maggot Brain (1978) / Funkadelic According to legend, while under the influence of LSD, the band began a recording session...

Folk Rock: Music From the Big Pink (1968) / The Band That strange pink house in New York city did something special to The Band. No one...

Fokl Rock: Forever Changes (1967) / Love Making only a minor dent in the charts, Love’s Forever Changes is a hallmark album of the 60’s...

Folk Rock: Brushfire Fairytales (2011) / Jack Johnson Although Jack Johnson is well known, his debut LP is often forgotten about....

Folk Punk: Violent Femmes (1983) / Violent Femmes What happens when you give punk rockers acoustic guitars? This. With their debut...

Experimental Rock: The Soft Bulletin (1999) / The Flaming Lips Propelling rock music to new heights, The Soft Bulletin is the most...

Electronica: In Colour (2015) / Jamie xx Jamie xx has established himself as an innovative and forward-thinking beatmaker with a...

Electronica: Immunity (2013) / Jon Hopkins Immunity is a texturally extraordinary record. The synthesizer and percussion timbres are as...

East Coast Rap/Golden Age: Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993) / The Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang’s power comes from their strength in...

Drum N’ Bass: Ultravisitor (2004) / Squarepusher “Had the storm not been so violent, had its winds not scored your skin, and had its...

Drum N’ Bass: Roni Size/Reprazent (1997) / New Forms This record carved a mainstream niche for drum n’ bass music like no other record...

Downtempo: Rounds (2003) / Four Tet Four Tet’s obsession with the impossible rhythms of free-form jazz drummers inspires a pulsating...

Dance: This Is Happening (2010) / LCD Soundsystem A grandiose trip through dance and rock fusion. LCD Soundsystem’s trademark sound and...