Julia Holter - Ekstasis

 Nic Newby likes this.  This is a great dark atmosphere album.  It combines some of the best elements of Enya, Enigma, and the X-Files (end of track 4).  I could listen to Julia sing the word "follow" forever.

Angel Haze - Reservation

 Nic Newby likes this.  This album has all of the things I like in a rap/hip-hop album: a girl singer. I like it. There are elements of Missy Elliot, M.I.A., and Eminem, with a hint of Colt 45 (the beverage, not the song).

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

 Nic Newby likes this.  A very laid-back, sultry and sexy (read: dirty) r&B (?) album.  It would be a great album to hear while sitting at your private table at a dark club you might as well own, sipping on Hennessy.

Angel Olsen - Half Way Home

 Nic Newby likes this.  This album was great.  It's got the sound of an angsty singer-songwriter album, and with the lyrics and vibe of a sophomore or later album--complex but not cheezy.  I'll listen again.  And again.  And again.

Andy Stott - Luxury Problems

 Nic Newby likes this.  This album has the right mix of atmosphere, eeriness, and melancholy.  An excellent album to accompany a lonely, cold, dark evening at home alone.

Laurel Halo - Quarantine

It's got creepy parts, intense parts, and trippy parts, all at the same time as having melancholy parts and happy parts. Unfortunately it was a little too "experimental" for my current mood.  If you know what I mean.

Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself/Hands of Glory

 Nic Newby likes this.  Andrew Bird at his finest, as usual.  I find myself trying to figure out whether to be happy or sad during pretty much every song.

John Talabot - ƒIN

 Nic Newby likes this.  The album started with an eerie yet Knight Ridery vibe.  The vocals and melody are all haunting while still maintaining an underlying drive that makes you want to dance in the dark with someone you don't know that well but want to get to know a lot better.