Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
For this new song highlight series (a rebrand of my previous recap series), we run through some of my favourite songs from projects I covered in January 2026.
Zach Bryan - With Heaven On Top - Album Review (alternative country / Americana)
Best: ‘DeAnn’s Denim’, ‘Say Why’, ‘Bad News’, ‘South and Pine’, ‘Cannonball’, ‘If They Come Lookin’, ‘Plastic Cigarette’, ‘You Can Still Come Home’, ‘With Heaven On Top’
Worst: ‘Rivers and Creeks’
Dry Cleaning – Secret Love – Album Review (post-punk)
Best: ‘My Soul / Half Pint’, ‘Blood’, ‘Evil Evil Idiot’, ‘Rocks’
Worst: ‘I Need You’
A$AP Rocky - Don’t Be Dumb - Album Review (hip-hop / trap)
Best: ‘ROBBERY’ ft. Doechii, ‘STOLE YA FLOW’, ‘SWAT TEAM’, ‘PLAYA’
Worst: ‘PUNK ROCKY’, ‘AIR FORCE (BLACK DEMARCO)’
Courtney Marie Andrews - Valentine - Album Review (chamber folk / soft rock)
Best: ‘Cons and Clowns’, ‘Everyone Wants To Feel Like You Do’, ‘Hangman’, ‘Magic Touch’, ‘Best Friend’
Worst: ‘Outsider’
Roc Marciano - 656 - Album Review (hip-hop)
Best: ‘Trick Bag’, ‘Childish Things’, ‘Prince & Apollonia’, ‘Rain Dance’ ft. ERROL HOLDEN, ‘Tracey Morgan Vomit’, ‘Trapeze’ ft. ERROL HOLDEN, ‘Easy Bake Oven’, ‘Melo’
Worst: ‘Yves St. Moron’
Poppy - Empty Hands - Album Review (alternative metal / metalcore)
Best: ‘Time Will Tell’, ‘Unravel’, ‘If We're Following The Light’, ‘Empty Hands’
Worst: ‘Eat The Hate’
By Storm - My Ghosts Go Ghost - Album Review (experimental hip-hop)
Best: ‘Grapefruit’, ‘GGG’, ‘In My Town’, ‘Double Trio 2’
Worst: ‘Best Interest’ ft. billy woods
Emily Scott Robinson - Appalachia - Album Review (country folk / singer-songwriter)
Best: ‘Hymn For The Unholy’, ‘Sea of Ghosts’, ‘Cast Iron Heart’ ft. John Paul White, ‘Time Traveler’, ‘Dirtbag Saloon’, ‘Bless It All’, ‘The Time For Flowers’, ‘The Fairest View’ ft. Lizzy Ross
Worst: ‘The Water Is Wide’
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Spectrum Pulse is a music review / commentary channel, like colleagues Anthony Fantano of TheNeedleDrop, ARTV, Dead End Hip Hop, Rocked, Deep Cuts, Crash Thompson, Shawn Cee, Mic The Snare, and plenty others, known for discussions of music, movies, art and culture.
Spectrum Pulse, music, review, 2026, album, album review, react, reaction, Trailing Edge, Zach Bryan, Dry Cleaning, A$AP Rocky, Courtney Marie Andrews, Roc Marciano, Poppy, By Storm, Emily Scott Robinson, With Heaven On Top, Secret Love, Don't Be Dumb, Valentine, 656, Empty Hands, My Ghosts Go Ghost, Appalachia,
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For this new song highlight series (a rebrand of my previous recap series), we run through some of my favourite songs from projects I covered in January 2026.
Zach Bryan - With Heaven On Top - Album Review (alternative country / Americana)
Best: ‘DeAnn’s Denim’, ‘Say Why’, ‘Bad News’, ‘South and Pine’, ‘Cannonball’, ‘If They Come Lookin’, ‘Plastic Cigarette’, ‘You Can Still Come Home’, ‘With Heaven On Top’
Worst: ‘Rivers and Creeks’
Dry Cleaning – Secret Love – Album Review (post-punk)
Best: ‘My Soul / Half Pint’, ‘Blood’, ‘Evil Evil Idiot’, ‘Rocks’
Worst: ‘I Need You’
A$AP Rocky - Don’t Be Dumb - Album Review (hip-hop / trap)
Best: ‘ROBBERY’ ft. Doechii, ‘STOLE YA FLOW’, ‘SWAT TEAM’, ‘PLAYA’
Worst: ‘PUNK ROCKY’, ‘AIR FORCE (BLACK DEMARCO)’
Courtney Marie Andrews - Valentine - Album Review (chamber folk / soft rock)
Best: ‘Cons and Clowns’, ‘Everyone Wants To Feel Like You Do’, ‘Hangman’, ‘Magic Touch’, ‘Best Friend’
Worst: ‘Outsider’
Roc Marciano - 656 - Album Review (hip-hop)
Best: ‘Trick Bag’, ‘Childish Things’, ‘Prince & Apollonia’, ‘Rain Dance’ ft. ERROL HOLDEN, ‘Tracey Morgan Vomit’, ‘Trapeze’ ft. ERROL HOLDEN, ‘Easy Bake Oven’, ‘Melo’
Worst: ‘Yves St. Moron’
Poppy - Empty Hands - Album Review (alternative metal / metalcore)
Best: ‘Time Will Tell’, ‘Unravel’, ‘If We're Following The Light’, ‘Empty Hands’
Worst: ‘Eat The Hate’
By Storm - My Ghosts Go Ghost - Album Review (experimental hip-hop)
Best: ‘Grapefruit’, ‘GGG’, ‘In My Town’, ‘Double Trio 2’
Worst: ‘Best Interest’ ft. billy woods
Emily Scott Robinson - Appalachia - Album Review (country folk / singer-songwriter)
Best: ‘Hymn For The Unholy’, ‘Sea of Ghosts’, ‘Cast Iron Heart’ ft. John Paul White, ‘Time Traveler’, ‘Dirtbag Saloon’, ‘Bless It All’, ‘The Time For Flowers’, ‘The Fairest View’ ft. Lizzy Ross
Worst: ‘The Water Is Wide’
Join my Patreon experiment: patreon.com/SpectrumPlse
Spectrum Pulse Social Media or to Support This Channel: https://linktr.ee/spectrumpulse
If you want to read the review in text, or check out any additional reviews I've done so far, go to spectrum-pulse.ca for more. Otherwise, be sure to like and subscribe for more!
Thanks for watching Spectrum Pulse!
--
Spectrum Pulse is a music review / commentary channel, like colleagues Anthony Fantano of TheNeedleDrop, ARTV, Dead End Hip Hop, Rocked, Deep Cuts, Crash Thompson, Shawn Cee, Mic The Snare, and plenty others, known for discussions of music, movies, art and culture.
Spectrum Pulse, music, review, 2026, album, album review, react, reaction, Trailing Edge, Zach Bryan, Dry Cleaning, A$AP Rocky, Courtney Marie Andrews, Roc Marciano, Poppy, By Storm, Emily Scott Robinson, With Heaven On Top, Secret Love, Don't Be Dumb, Valentine, 656, Empty Hands, My Ghosts Go Ghost, Appalachia,
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#SpectrumPulse #zachbryan #asaprocky
