The 5 That Matter

Every Friday, the five best new albums.

No committees. No algorithms. No cultural landfill.

For people with standards.

Top 5 Music

Dari Bay-Surprise Wish

Beth Orton-The Ground Above

Exploring Birdsong-Every House We Know

Sincere Engineer-Probable Claws

Bike Routes-Prairie

More about what the hell is going on.

Top 5 Today is a public service I created, after years of extremely rigorous private research and being right a lot, I came to accept that my taste is simply better than most people’s and keeping it to myself would be selfish. Every Friday I pull the five best albums released. So you do not have to wander around accidentally loving garbage from the endless landfill of culture.

This is not democracy, and it is not comprehensive. It is a tasteful, highly subjective, occasionally arrogant act of curation by someone with the rare gift of knowing what deserves your attention before you waste it on something embarrassing.