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On this date in 1971, Janis Joplin - 'Pearl' was released.

📈 #84 for 1971, #3768 overall

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January 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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🎶 This week's front page reviews on rateyourmusic.com

Stella Donnelly
Juana Molina
Todos Mis Amigos Están Tristes
AngelMaker
@davidbowiereal.bsky.social
@spookeyruben.bsky.social
Jameszoo / Het Metropole Orkest / Jules Buckley
Approaching Mountains
January 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Top 5 releases users are listening to on RYM:

1. @davidbowiereal.bsky.social- '★ [Blackstar]'
2. heavensouls x stickerbush - 'Darklight'
3. @geeseband.bsky.social - 'Getting Killed'
4. Dry Cleaning - 'Secret Love'
5. Oneohtrix Point Never - 'Tranquilizer'

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January 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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On this date in 2016, @davidbowiereal.bsky.social - '★ [Blackstar]' was released.

📈 #3 for 2016, #58 overall

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January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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This week's featured list:

digital future library

"favorites of library music, utopian virtual, instrumental synthpop, progressive electronic, digital fusion, sequencer & tracker, etc"

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(BARCHboi - 'Platinum Experience Suite 2003 Edition,' @bizcasual.bsky.social)
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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The charts have been updated.

Ellende - 'Zerfall' debuts at #2 in the top albums of 2026.

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January 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #1

@geeseband.bsky.social - 'Getting Killed'

"One continuous rolling ball of energy, one that constantly spins and accumulates size, rumbles angrily, and flattens all that cross it...real entertainment." - RYM user cockroachdeathnote

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January 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #2

Deafheaven - 'Lonely People With Power'

"The powerful chord changes, the sweeping dynamic shifts...their most sonically-rounded record, probably their heaviest and quite possibly their best." - RYM user jonathanrimmer

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January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #3

Clipse - 'Let God Sort Em Out'

"Despite the 16-year break, there’s no sense of stagnation…some of its tracks may even earn their place in music history as classics and points of reference." - RYM user bartek151122

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January 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #4

McKinley Dixon - 'Magic, Alive!'

"The concept of this record got my curiosity immediately...One of the defining rap albums of the decade" - RYM user majorgit

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January 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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🎶 This week's front page reviews on rateyourmusic.com

⭐️ Best of 2025 ⭐

@geeseband.bsky.social
Deafheaven
Clipse
McKinley Dixon
billy woods
Swans
Huremic
Candelabro
Oneohtrix Point Never️
December 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #5

billy woods - 'Golliwog'

"a serious contender for the greatest hip-hop artist alive...Even when the subject is heavy, his pen can’t help but carve a devilish grin." - RYM user spectreview

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December 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #6

Swans - 'Birthing'

"The drone sections are long, ethereal, but massive in their sound...There are crescendos, but with the way the drone builds up, it's more like anticipation of a Big Bang." - RYM user Petabik

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December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #7

Huremic - 'Seeking Darkness'

"A stark departure from the emo-esque indie noise that Parannoul is known for...embraces excess and grandiosity, utilizing noise as a force rather than an aesthetic...an astounding masterpiece"

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December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #8

Candelabro - 'Deseo, carne y voluntad'

"...represents the beautiful and melancholic feeling of being Chilean...above all, honest, which I have been able to feel both in the Chilean independent scene" - RYM user toto9090

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December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #9

Oneohtrix Point Never - 'Tranquilizer'

"I’m pretty sure it’ll even nuzzle your hand should you reach out to touch it. This album is alive." - RYM user Tetrachrome

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December 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #10

Ninajirachi - 'I Love My Computer'

"...touches on each and every feeling one could feel as a result of growing up on the internet" - RYM user spmg

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December 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #11

Anna von Hausswolff - 'Iconoclasts'

"... dives head first into more of an ambient-adjacent, jazzy art rock...still pretty dark and haunting, [but] the production really makes everything sound so free, gleeful and almost angelic"

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December 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #12

The Necks - 'Disquiet'

"...it should not be possible for three hours of extended post-minimalism pieces to contain this many wow moments, but it does. You just gotta hear it to believe it." - RYM user NeelsAbel

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December 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #13

Rosalía - 'Lux'

"one of the greatest talents of Rosalía is finding inspiration in unexpected ways and bending those sounds or ideas to her own vision" - RYM user Isuckatchess

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December 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #14

Jane Remover - 'Revengeseekerz'

"...a dish best served raw with immediate effect...Jane Remover's speedrun of the future of popular music is somehow perfectly comprehensive." - RYM user duncanreviews

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December 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #15

Ethel Cain - 'Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You'

"the stripped-back, slowcore direction allows for the lyrics to shine more...an emotionally potent tale of doomed love" - RYM user L_Manual

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December 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #16

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - 'Alfredo 2'

"Does a wonderful job at carrying the legacy of the original...despite structural similarities, Alfredo 2 is a different flavor from the duo's first full-length excursion together."

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December 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #17

Natalia Lafourcade - 'Cancionera'

"...another gorgeous love letter to Mexican folk, and this time she’s decided to challenge herself by recording the entire thing in one take onto a single analogue take" - RYM user Wasabi02

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December 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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RYM Top Albums of 2025 - #18

Ichiko Aoba - 'Luminescent Creatures'

"The strongest depictions of love, passion, purity, and joy that can be found in the medium of music." - RYM user Meinanutshell

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December 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM