Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)
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Opeth's unique brand of progressive death metal mixed with gothic folk/rock hit its apex here. Some of the best songwriting and performances across the entire metal landscape.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (2009)
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Slightly noisy, punk-inspired twee pop. Super warm and melodic and sweet.

Pat the Bunny - The Volatile Utopian Real Estate Market (2014)
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Pat Schneeweis has been making drug-fueled anarchist folk-punk under a bunch of different names since he was a teenager. A lot of it is pretty awful, some of it is brilliant, and it's all near to my heart. His post-rehab songs about sobriety are incredibly uplifting but his post-rehab songs about the futility and naivety of anarchism are bittersweet at best. Still, there's an overarching positivity in his later music that consistently shines through. This is a big compilation of some of his later songs.

Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage d'Hiver (1999)
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Relentlessy cold and evil atmospheric black metal. So black metal at times it's not even recognizable as black metal. Probably my favorite album in the entire metal universe.

Rosalía - Los Ángeles (2017)
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Raw, intense, gothic flamenco. The wandering guitar tones and enormous vocals on here are just perfect.

Ryo Fukui - Scenery (1976)
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Energetic and lively hard-bop piano jazz.

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto (1978)
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Jaunty, bubbly synthpop/electronic with some inexplicably savage guitar solos. Sounds like the coolest video game music for the coolest video game that never existed.

Shannen Moser - You Shouldn't Be Doing That (2015)
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There are a million low-fi gen-z bedroom pop tapes that all have pretty much the same sounds and aesthetics. But there's got to be one that's better than all the rest right? I think it's this one.

Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (1999)
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Otherworldy amalgamation of modern classical, post rock, ambient, and dream pop. Sigur Rós is an all-time original and this is my favorite of theirs.

Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
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I think Sleater-Kinney is the most underrated rock band of the '90s and 2000s. Incredible songs and performances all through this thing. Janet Weiss is also one of my favorite drummers ever. She's got that messy, swampy, Ringo Starr style but way heavier.

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