the day has come, the day i finally make a decent review to my favorite album of all time, good kid m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar. This album means a lot to me for a lot of reasons, how should i start? well lets tell the history of how i discovered this thing was my favorite piece of music of all time...
When i created my profile on this site i did it with three intentions in mind, 1: Expanding my musical taste, discover new things, and stop with the problem that feeling... i thought i had ... read more
Far from his best output but still...
not a bad tease of what to expect from the forthcoming sophomore album "Terrified" but i definitely feel like this could've been a lot more refined, specially considering how short it is (14 minutes, its okay for an ep i guess?...) also, the mixing is just ok, some songs benefit from it, while others don't, i'd rather get "Braces" or "Easter Pink" quality or if he is really committed to the lo-fi, bassy sound, ... read more
Best debut ever.
No band has ever had a sound so established since its start, excluding miserable lie, they've never even tried to replicate that one lol
My favorite songs on this album, "Pretty Girls Make Graves" "What Difference Does It Make" "Still Ill" are usually tracks infected with rhythm, danceability at its finest, its what The Smiths does best (along with sounding so fucking ethereal), not only rhythm, those tracks describe piece by piece what i ... read more
The title was one word away from becoming Nietzche.
Morrissey was one lyric away from becoming Shakespeare.
Marr was one note away from becoming Hendrix. Without a single solo.
Songwriting at it's best, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out shatters my soul every single time, it brings me to tears, it's so fucking gut-wrenching. however not every single thing is depressing to the bones, there's actual comical moments, Frankly Mr Shankly is straight up satire, plus it sounds ... read more
It should be illegal to play this good any instrument, on god.
Listen to this, you won't believe it, every single member comes out as the best player of all time, the drummer on the title track, the bassist on Elevation, the guitarrist on every song.
And the singer, well... yeah, nah, he's a modern day poet
Jazz disguised as Punk, this shit is not even real man.