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New Week New Music

by Brandon Eric and Ben

Each week the three hosts review two albums released in 2022. All three keep a ranked list of the albums they listen to, and at the end of the year, these lists will be revealed. Older episodes cover albums reviewed and ranked starting in 2020. Twitter: https://twitter.com/weekmusicWebsite: https://newweeknewmusic.com/

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Episodes

  1. Album Review: Black Thought and The El Michaels Affair - Glorious Game

    Today we review our 37th album for the year.

  2. Album Review: Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Maps

    Today we review our 36th album for the year, "Maps" by Billy Woods and Kenny Segal.

  3. Album Review: Jack Harlow - Jackman

    JACKMAN JACKMAN JACKMAN JACKMAN JACKMAN This is our 35th review for our 2023 album ranking series.

  4. Album Review: Emily King - Special Occasion

    For our 2023 100 album reviews, the 34th album is "Special Occasion" by Emily King.

  5. Album Review: Smoulder - Violent Creed of Vengeance

    Today we review the 33rd album for our 2023 100 album rankings, "Violent Creed of Vengeance" by Smoulder.

  6. Album Review: Portrayal of Guilt - Devil Music

    Today we review our 32nd album for our 2023 100 album rankings, "Devil Music" by Portrayal of Guilt.

  7. Album Review: Fire! Orchestra: Echoes

    This week we review our 31st album for our 2023 rankings, "Echoes" by Fire! Orchestra.

  8. Album Review: HMLTD - The Worm

    Today we review HMLTD's "The Worm." This is the 30th album for our 2023 100 album rankings.

  9. Album Review: Metallica - 27 Seasons, and Overkill - Scorched

    Today we review our 28th and 29th albums for the year, and its all thrash metal with Metallica's "27 Seasons" and Overkill's "Scorched"

  10. Album Review: Surgeon - Crash Recoil

    Today we review our 27th album for our 2023 100 album rankings, "Crash Recoil" by Surgeon.

  11. Album Review: Tim Hecker - No Highs

    Today we review our 26th album for 2023, "No Highs" by Tim Hecker.

  12. Album Review: Lankum - False Lankum

    Rounding out the first quarter of the year with our 25th review, we have "False Lankum" by Lankum.

  13. Album Review: Kelela - Raven

    Our 24th album for the 2023 100 album rankings is "Raven" by Kelela.

  14. Album Review: Liturgy - 93696

    Today we review our 23rd album for the year, "93696" by Liturgy.

  15. Album Review: JPEGmafia & Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes

    Today we review our 22nd album for the year, "Scaring the Hoes" by JPEGmafia and Danny Brown.

  16. Album Review: Periphery - Periphery V: Djent is not a Genre

    Today we review the 21st album for our 2023 100 album ranking, "Periphery V: Djent is not a Genre" by Periphery.

  17. Album Review: 100 gecs - 10000 gecs

    For our 20th album of 2023, we review 100 gecs' new release "10000 gecs."

  18. Album Review: Slowthai - Ugly

    Today we review our 19th album for the year, "Ugly" by Slowthai.

  19. Album Review: Macklemore - Ben

    For the 18th album in our 2023 100 album rankings, we review Macklemore's "Ben."

  20. Album Review: Algiers - Shook

    Today we re-visit Algiers for our 17th album of 2023, "Shook."

  21. Album Review: Gorillaz - Cracker Island

    Today we review our 16th album for the 2023 album rankings, "Cracker Island" by Gorillaz.

  22. Album Review: Paramore - This Is Why

    Today we review our 15th album for the year, "This is Why" by Paramore.

  23. Album Review: Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

    Today we review our 14th album for our 2023 rankings, "Desire, I Want To Turn Into You" by Caroline Polachek.

  24. Album Review: Rebecca Black - Let Her Burn

    This week we review the new Rebecca Black album "Let Her Burn." This is our 13th album for 2023.

  25. Album Review: Skrillex - "Quest for Fire" and "Don't Get Too Close"

    Today we review two new albums from Skrillex "Quest for Fire" and "Don't Get Too Close" for our 11th and 12th albums of the year.

  26. Album Review: Sam Smith - Gloria

    We're 1/10 of the way through our 100 albums for 2023! Today we do our 10th album of the year, "Gloria" by Sam Smith, and discuss the year so far.

  27. Album Review: Angel Electronics - Ultra Paradise

    Today we review our 9th album for the year, "Ultra Paradise" by Angel Electronics.

  28. Album Review: Dealers Of God - Dealer's Choice

    Today we review our 8th album for the year, "Dealer's Choice" by Dealers Of God.

  29. Album Review: Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here

    Today we review our 7th album for the year, "Let's Start Here" by Lil Yachty.

  30. Album Review: Ahab - The Coral Tombs

    Today we review our 6th album for the year, "The Coral Tombs" by Ahab.

  31. Album Review: Parannoul - After the Magic

    Today we review our 5th album for the year, "After the Magic" by Parannoul.

  32. Album Review: Tujiko Noriko - Crépuscule I & II

    For our fourth album of 2023 we review Tujiko Noriko's "Crépuscule I & II."

  33. Album Review: Cicada - 棲居在溪源之上 (Seeking the Sources of Streams)

    For our third album of 2023 we review Cicada's "棲居在溪源之上 (Seeking the Sources of Streams)"

  34. Album Review: Oedipus Apartment Complex - The Blissful Sounds of Miracula

    For the second album of 2023, we review Oedipus Apartment Complex's "The Blissful Sounds of Miracula."

  35. Album Review: Esoctrilium - Funeral

    In the first episode of our 2023 rankings, we review Esoctrilium's "Funeral."

  36. 2022 Finale: Superlatives

    In this episode, we finish looking back at 2022 by giving out some superlatives to last year’s albums.

  37. Bonus: Black MIDI Concert

    In this episode, Ben and Eric discuss a recent Black MIDI concert they attended.

  38. Bonus: 27 Albums Ranked

    Better late than never! In this episode we rank 27 albums which we picked in bonus episodes which aired from May 6th - 20th in 2022. Listen in to hear us argue over these albums, and revisit the May episodes if you’d like the background on why these albums were picked.

  39. 2022 Finale: Top and Bottom Songs of 2022

    This week we look back at new music in 2022 and pick our top 10 and bottom 5 songs of the year.

  40. 2022 Finale: Top 10 Albums of 2022

    This episode we reveal our top 10 albums of 2022 and discuss them.

  41. 2022 Finale: Part 1

    In this episode we look at our 2022 album rankings as a whole, and reveal our bottom 10 albums of 2022. Next episode we’ll review the top 10.

  42. Review: "Solidaritine" and "Subatomic"

    This week we close out 2022 with albums #99 and #100 for the year. Brandon's picks are "Solidaritine" by Gogol Bordello and "Subatomic" by FNKPMPN.

  43. Review: "10" and "Peace Fly God"

    This week we do our yearly Ben-driven Westside Gunn special with "10" and "Peace Fly God."

  44. Review: "Cave in the Wind" and "Philharmonia Fantastique - The Making of the Orchestra"

    This week we review Klein's "Cave in the Wind" and Mason Bates with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with "Philharmonia Fantastique - The Making of the Orchestra."

  45. Review: 8 albums this time oh god we are so behind this year

    This week, we finally get caught up and review 8 albums at once. We're doing: Five Finger Death Punch: AfterLife 3 Days Grace: Explosions Scarcity: Aveilut The Gerogerigegege: >(decrescendo) the Final Chapter Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder: Get on Board Valyrie: MyWayThat ItsComingTo Befor <3 :)...

  46. Review: "Damnbow" and "αριθμόσ τέσσερα"

    This week we review CRRDR's "Damnbow" and Culprate's "αριθμόσ τέσσερα."

  47. Review: "Unalive" and "Mannequin"

    This week we review Mori Calliope's "Unalive" and Deco*27's "Mannequin."

  48. Review: "I Didn't Mean to Haunt You" and "And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow"

    This week we review Quadeca's "I Didn't Mean to Haunt You" and Weyes Blood's "And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow."

  49. Review: "His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering" and "King's Disease III"

    This week we review Backxwash's "His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering" and Nas's "King's Disease III."

  50. Review: "Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam" and "The Forever Story"

    This week we review "Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam" from The Comet is Coming, and JID's "The Forever Story."

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Each week the three hosts review two albums released in 2022. All three keep a ranked list of the albums they listen to, and at the end of the year, these lists will be revealed. Older episodes cover albums reviewed and ranked starting in 2020. Twitter: https://twitter.com/weekmusicWebsite: https://newweeknewmusic.com/

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Brandon Eric and Ben

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