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The Alvvays’ self-titled is, to be very honest, not that imaginative or creative of a record, or at least doesn’t feel like it 10 years later, considering that the core sound behind it is as typical as a mid 2010’s indie record could sound like. Still, although I can say this, I also can’t deny that in this debut album, Alvvays manage to craft a great indie record by taking the best aspects of the scene of that era and create a cozy, catchy and sweet project. Molly ... read more

The album cover for Comus’ debut made me believe that I was going to listen to some extremely dark and moody folk songs from the early 70’s, as if almost falling in horror territory. For my surprise, however, First Utterance is instead one of the most diverse, chaotic, experimental and imaginative records I have ever heard, and perhaps one of the greatest discoveries so far in my album listening journey. The fact that I can give you a ton of adjectives to describe this, such as ... read more

After me not enjoying my first introduction to Yo La Tengo with This Stupid World, I decided to give the band a second shot impressing me by listening to one of their most acclaimed records, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, and, although I certainly believe it’s a mildly more enjoyable introduction to their sound than the 2023 record, this still didn’t impress me enough to make me appreciate fully their music. One aspect that I noticed that might’ve contributed for ... read more

Out of everything I heard in Dylan’s catalog, Blood On The Tracks is easily his most beautiful and intimate body of work to date. If you have heard some works of his spread through out the 60’s and 70’s, Blood On The Tracks brings nothing new to the singer-songwriter’s arsenal. However, what it does provides, unlike the previous records of his that I heard, is a thematic sound in the tracklist, that being this somber, reflective and acoustic feeling the album provides, ... read more