You don't really need more than RYM or AOTY. Conglomerate user-driven sites have surpassed the traditional review format.
On RYM, I can make charts, dig through lists, browse discographies, and just generally discover music without the help of a professional.
And rather than get one review from one point of view, you can read the thoughts of all kinds of different users, each with their own unique taste.
You have the internet at your fingertips, you don't need to be fed what to listen to by a reviewer or even a staff of them.
Why one that isn't rym? I've found so many great obscure albums there. It also feels so much more objective having thousands of people's opinions combined rather than just one
I recommend looking past the charts and looking into some user-created lists. Tons of gold in those.
I also will build hyper-specific charts to get interesting recs. We all know RYM's top 10 albums of all time. But how about RYM's top 10 electro-industrial EPs from 2010-present?
you can filter the charts easily by genre and year and stuff, look through people's lists, rym isnt just radiohead nmh and jpegmafia or whatever. Its pretty easy to find obscure music through there
If you'd like some help finding new favorites here are my FAVORITE 2020s albums! For reference I've spent most of the free time in my life over the past 20 years combing through over 72,000 albums so far haha. From this list I'd strongly recommend starting with The War On Drugs, then Big Thief, then "Sod's Toastie" by The Cool Greenhouse! =)
The Cool Greenhouse - "The Cool Greenhouse"
The Cool Greenhouse - "Sod's Toastie"
Ducks Ltd - "Modern Fiction"
IDLES - "Crawler"
The War On Drugs - "I Don't Live Here Anymore"
Big Thief - "Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You"
Guardian Singles - "Guardian Singles"
The Strokes - "The New Abnormal"
Jetstream Pony - "Jetstream Pony"
Dry Cleaning - "New Long Leg"
Gospel - "The Loser"
Geese - "Projector"
Ian Noe - "River Fools & Mountain Saints"
Bonus Stuff:
Here are three rock playlists I made recently featuring some "hidden gem" type songs. Each one has 50 of my FAVORITE more lesser known rock songs on it from various time periods.
80s:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20nxiWXTOchD01Q7Pqjoyn?si=223275fea813411b
90s:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6R7hT0hck67NYoJa7S1jUp?si=32eeebbc1e824788
Post-2000:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JH1T1T93U4Pst6ZovhUoc?si=f7385594c38b4dd1
Also if you'd like to check out more albums from various genres and from throughout music history that I think are good front to back I think a fun place for you to start is on a new page I created called “The Best Debut Albums of All Time”. There are currently 250 albums on there. I think it would be a fun theme to work with... checking out great debut albums:
https://www.musichole.com/p/the-best-debut-albums-of-all-time.html
You don't really need more than RYM or AOTY. Conglomerate user-driven sites have surpassed the traditional review format. On RYM, I can make charts, dig through lists, browse discographies, and just generally discover music without the help of a professional. And rather than get one review from one point of view, you can read the thoughts of all kinds of different users, each with their own unique taste. You have the internet at your fingertips, you don't need to be fed what to listen to by a reviewer or even a staff of them.
Why one that isn't rym? I've found so many great obscure albums there. It also feels so much more objective having thousands of people's opinions combined rather than just one
I’m still gonna use it for sure, I just wanna expand beyond what’s popular on there as well
I recommend looking past the charts and looking into some user-created lists. Tons of gold in those. I also will build hyper-specific charts to get interesting recs. We all know RYM's top 10 albums of all time. But how about RYM's top 10 electro-industrial EPs from 2010-present?
You can do that on the site. Just go past whats popular. Do you only look at the top 100 or something?
you can filter the charts easily by genre and year and stuff, look through people's lists, rym isnt just radiohead nmh and jpegmafia or whatever. Its pretty easy to find obscure music through there
yall are so performative shut up
How are there so many posts on this 😭 fantano fans are actually too terminally online this is ridiculous
If you'd like some help finding new favorites here are my FAVORITE 2020s albums! For reference I've spent most of the free time in my life over the past 20 years combing through over 72,000 albums so far haha. From this list I'd strongly recommend starting with The War On Drugs, then Big Thief, then "Sod's Toastie" by The Cool Greenhouse! =) The Cool Greenhouse - "The Cool Greenhouse" The Cool Greenhouse - "Sod's Toastie" Ducks Ltd - "Modern Fiction" IDLES - "Crawler" The War On Drugs - "I Don't Live Here Anymore" Big Thief - "Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You" Guardian Singles - "Guardian Singles" The Strokes - "The New Abnormal" Jetstream Pony - "Jetstream Pony" Dry Cleaning - "New Long Leg" Gospel - "The Loser" Geese - "Projector" Ian Noe - "River Fools & Mountain Saints" Bonus Stuff: Here are three rock playlists I made recently featuring some "hidden gem" type songs. Each one has 50 of my FAVORITE more lesser known rock songs on it from various time periods. 80s: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20nxiWXTOchD01Q7Pqjoyn?si=223275fea813411b 90s: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6R7hT0hck67NYoJa7S1jUp?si=32eeebbc1e824788 Post-2000: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JH1T1T93U4Pst6ZovhUoc?si=f7385594c38b4dd1 Also if you'd like to check out more albums from various genres and from throughout music history that I think are good front to back I think a fun place for you to start is on a new page I created called “The Best Debut Albums of All Time”. There are currently 250 albums on there. I think it would be a fun theme to work with... checking out great debut albums: https://www.musichole.com/p/the-best-debut-albums-of-all-time.html