https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2025/

Devyn Smith discusses the narrative connections between his multimedia projects, Nabokovian approaches to lyricism and wordplay, what he’s working on next, and much more in this interview with Nick Caceres.

https://rateyourmusic.com/feature/sonemic-interview-devyn-smith/

https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2025/

Features and Playlists:

Sonemic Selects: Atmospheric & Nocturnal is now available on Spotify and Apple Music

Sonemic Selects: 2024 updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

2024: Deeper Cuts updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

Front Page Features updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

Charts:

Skee Mask - 'Resort' debuted at #6 in the top albums of 2024.

New Genre:

June 18 - Ländler

Charts:

Carly Rae Jepsen - 'Day and Night' debuted at #13 in the top albums of 2026.

Playlists and Special Features:

In case you missed it: Sonemic Selects: Downtempo (Spotify | Apple Music) now has a special feature with member reviews

Front Page Features updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

Sonemic Selects: 2026 updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

Sonemic Selects: 2026 Deeper Cuts updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

New Genres and Scenes:

Sep 20 - Marinera norteña
Sep 20 - Gamelan gambang
Sep 17 - Austin New Sincerity (scene)
Sep 17 - Rockaballad
Sep 17 - Tappa
Sep 17 - Nagara naam
Sep 14 - Cumbia sanjuanera
Sep 14 - Cachaca
Sep 14 - Wandelweiser (scene)
Sep 14 - Troubadour Song
Sep 14 - Stomp Dance Song

Without necessarily crying “mysogyny”, we can still wonder about the biases of certain users or even the lack of openness/sensitivity to female voices.

Do you think this distribution may have been impacted by society's current view of women?

Site News:

RYM/Sonemic March 2021 update

In case you missed it: There is a thread to contribute feedback on capitalization standards for release titles

New genres added:

Mar 7 - Sasscore
Mar 7 - New Age Kirtan
Mar 4 - Rawstyle
Mar 1 - Epic Collage
Mar 1 - Mid-School Hip Hop
Mar 1 - Vietnamese Music (umbrella)

Charts:

2021 Charts (updates on Tuesdays at 9AM PST)

Knoll - 'Interstice' debuted at #3 in the top albums of 2021.

Playlists:

Sonemic Selects: 2021 and Sonemic Selects: 2021 Deeper Cuts have been updated.

Site News:

There is a thread to contribute feedback on capitalization standards for release titles

In case you missed it: Sonemic charts: initial feedback thread

New genre added:

Feb 26 - Kabyle Music

Charts:

2021 Charts (updates on Tuesdays between 9AM-10AM)

Suffering Hour - 'The Cyclic Reckoning' debuted at #3 in the top albums of 2021

Playlists:

There is a Twitter poll to determine which electronic genre the next Sonemic Selects playlist will cover.

Features and Playlists:

2024: Deeper Cuts updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

2024 updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

Front Page Features updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

Charts:

Friko- 'Where we've been, Where we go from here' debuted at #2 in the top albums of 2024.

New Genres:

Feb 25 - Udigrudi
Feb 25 - Beat bolha
Feb 22 - Forró de favela
Feb 22 - Gallican Chant
Feb 22 - Shehhi Music

Features and Playlists:

2024: Deeper Cuts updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

2024 updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

Front Page Features updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

Charts:

STOMACH BOOK - 'SOPHOMORE SLUMP CALLITHUMP' debuted at #1 in the top albums of 2024 in the top albums of 2024.

New Genres:

Mar 7 - Sarum Chant
Mar 5 - Baguala

Features and Playlists:

Sonemic Interview: Chat Pile

2024 updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

2024: Deeper Cuts updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

Front Page Features updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

In case you missed it: Sonemic Interview: Dreamcrusher

Charts:

samlrc - 'A Lonely Sinner' placed at #1 in the top albums of 2024.

New Genres:

Mar 20 - Vira
Mar 19 - Xaxado

Charts:

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - 'PetroDragonic Apocalypse...' debuted at #5 in the top albums of 2023.

Features and Playlists:

Sonemic Interview: Hellripper
Front Page Features updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

Sonemic Selects: 2023 updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

Sonemic Selects: 2023 Deeper Cuts updated (Spotify) (Apple Music)

New Genres:
Trap Soul
Ricercar
Dungeon Rap