Several artists across genres released albums this week, which wrapped up a quality month of music for September. With Lana Del Rey’s fourth studio album and Mac Miller releasing his third studio album with the usual strange tunes, fans are sure to be pleased. Also, with September coming to an end, this calls for the Throwback Thursday album of the month featuring Nirvana.  

‘Honeymoon’ by

Lana Del Rey

Released: Sept. 18

Genre: Indie/alternative

Queen of the indie-alternative genre, Lana Del Rey released her fourth studio album that comes with a different sound. Most of the album features her slow, sultry voice and haunting instrumentals, which are heard on the title-track “Honeymoon.” This album perfectly showcases Del Rey’s broad vocal range within each song, like “Art Deco.” Her vocals remain elegant and fragile on “God Knows I’ve Tried,” and become strong and fierce on “High By the Beach.” Del Rey released yet another album that shows off her beautiful vocals and creative stylistics.

Download: “Art Deco”

‘GO:OD AM’ by

Mac Miller

Released: Sept. 18

Genre: Rap

“I put the hero in heroin,” Mac Miller raps on the song “100 Grandkids.” This verse alludes to the greater context of Miller’s latest album and his constant struggle with addiction (although his addiction was not to heroin but other drugs). After changing producers to Warner Bros. Inc., many fans were worried his sound would change to the cookie-cutter music that tends to be released by the company. While most of the songs are fun, “Ascension” misses the mark and may be the most boring, basic rap song out there. With such a dud, though, Miller stays true to his crazy, weird raps and verses that his fans enjoy on the rest of the album (“In the Bag”). Miller’s album is also sprinkled with features like, “Cut the Check,” which features Chief Keef, another current rap star.

Download: “In the Bag”

‘Nevermind’ by Nirvana

Released: Sept. 24, 1991

Genre: Alternative

Happy TBT to Nirvana with their 1991 album “Nevermind.” With the ridiculously overplayed hits “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “Come As You Are,” Nirvana fans love this album. Many people have romanticized and idolized the death of Kurt Cobain, but that does not mean the music should be ruined for everyone else. The band released some of the greatest classic alternative music out there, which has shaped many alternative bands today. Without songs such as “Lithium” and “In Bloom,” “Nevermind” would not be one of the greatest grunge albums to date. Although the band ended in tragedy, without their presence in the alt-rock world, the music we listen to today would not be the same.

Download: “In Bloom”