Year-End Top 5
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![Top Five Folk/Traditional Albums that Kick Up New Dust: Adia Victoria – A Southern Gothic](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/396-Ed-Top-5-Adia-Victoria-1024x1024.jpeg)
Top Five Folk/Traditional Albums that Kick Up New Dust: Adia...
Adia Victoria = R.L. Burnside + Erykah Badu + Terrence Trent D’arby … read more
![Top Five Powerhouse Femme Indie-Alt Albums of 2021: Indigo De Souza – Any Shape You Take](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/396-Ed-Top-5-Indigo-de-Souza-1024x1024.jpeg)
Top Five Powerhouse Femme Indie-Alt Albums of 2021: Indigo De...
Indigo de Souza = Lala Lala + girl in red x WILLOW … read more
![Top 5 Pop Albums That Elevated The Genre in 2021: Luke Hemmings – When Facing The Things We Turn Away From](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/396-Ed-Top-5-Luke-Hemmings.jpeg)
Top 5 Pop Albums That Elevated The Genre in 2021:...
Luke Hemmings = The Vamps x Troye Sivan … read more
![Editor’s Picks: 10 Post-Punk Albums from the 2010s that You’ll Love into 2020](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Molina-Corpus-EP.jpg)
Editor’s Picks: 10 Post-Punk Albums from the 2010s that You’ll...
Alexander Ortega felt it necessary to talk about 10 of his favorite post-punk albums that he’s encountered—by and large—through SLUG Magazine this decade. … read more
10 Experimental Albums That Made 2017 Slightly More Bearable
I don’t need to explain to you why 2017 was a frustrating year to live through. I can, however, hope to lighten the load a little with these albums. … read more
![’15 Top 5 Albums](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Top-5-Header.jpeg)
’15 Top 5 Albums
Now that we’ve got you all gathered around the glowing hearth of the Internet—all snuggled up in your studded leather jackets, flanel shirts and anoraks—it’s time to share a list of our favorite releases from the year. … read more
![Top 5 Indie Pop Albums To Pin To Your Anorak](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Top-5-Indie-Pop.jpeg)
Top 5 Indie Pop Albums To Pin To Your Anorak
We get it—it’s not just a winter jacket, it’s a suit of armor for your shy sensibilities and tender emotional life. This list of pure, perfect indie pop albums from 2015 would make for perfect badges to decorate it with. … read more
![Top 5 Darkwave Albums that We’re Pretty Sure were Written by Robots](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Top-5-Darkwave.jpeg)
Top 5 Darkwave Albums that We’re Pretty Sure were Written...
In the year 2015, we’re still a long way away from creating autonomous, AI-driven androids to take over all of our menial labor, and even further away from an inevitable uprising led by an army of robotic Arnold Schwarzeneggers. Luckily, we have our own little taste of the future in the form of these five awesome darkwave albums from this year. … read more
![Top 5 Paisley-Crushing Psych Albums](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Top-5-Psych.jpeg)
Top 5 Paisley-Crushing Psych Albums
We get it—you like Dead Meadow, bro, but there’s a lot of psych out there that breaks this mold—psych to bang your head to and to do a spooky dance to. Here are five psych albums that keep the genre interesting. … read more
![Top 5 Synthpop Albums For Joyriding In A Stolen UFO](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Top-5-Synthpop.jpeg)
Top 5 Synthpop Albums For Joyriding In A Stolen UFO
So you’ve figured out how to jump the mysterious metallic UFO that crash-landed in your backyard, but you’re not sure you wanna listen to whatever alien version of Justin Bieber that’s blaring from the radio on your joyride to the intergalactic space-mall. Let this list of 2015’s most innovative and alien synthpop albums soundtrack your hyperdrive. … read more