Despite me feeling as though this score and this movie in general feel a bit more overly sentimental than I'd like to admit, there are some truly evocative pieces on here. It's rare to capture a very indie and melancholic sound while also being an ambient record, but I guess getting Arcade Fire to do it was the best choice for what they were going for, and although sometimes I wonder if they try to cover up the lack of substance by being overly dramatic (similarly to Arcade Fire's normal ... read more

A personal, impressive and strongly biting mix of R'n'B and Pop that stands the test of time even 7 years later. One rarely doubts Beyoncé, but this is most likely her most solid collection of tracks so far. Oftentimes filled with rich production, catchy lyrics and powerful vocals, Lemonade continues to impress from track to track even if there are significant highlights that stand out from a few of the lesser tracks. Easily one of the best albums that the mainstream had to offer last ... read more

Not necessarily the most engaging listen I've ever had with a Jazz record, but the 9 tracks on here encapsulate a very captivating and compelling mood that continues to be evocative despite the rather unexciting nature of the pieces. Nevertheless, I did really like the tone of the entire project and each piece compliments that given tone to the point where it feels very cohesive and relatively thought out. My first experience with Evans and certainly not the last.

For some reason, this score has been with me throughout the years, and my love for it just grows and grows with each listen. Not only is Schnabel's At Eternity's Gate one of my favorite films of the past decade, but it frustrates me that Tatiana Lisovskaya has not released or composed anything else, because this is just absolutely sublime and superb. It's minimalist, mostly a mere piano that tries to encompass beauty through an impressionistic lens, similarly to Van Gogh's approach to art, and ... read more

I do not know why, but this score is just absolutely amazing to me, even without the movie. I like the movie a lot, but for some reason, the thing that stuck with me the most was the score. Reznor and Ross going into a very old school and traditional style of score, ironically enough, felt extremely fresh to me when I heard it, and it manages to capture something particular during a period of time without ceasing to feel modern, and that's wonderful!

I have not played the Silent Hill games yet, so the associations that I will have with the tracks once I play through them is probably going to change, but as it is right now, I still really like this soundtrack as a compilation of mostly very dark ambient pieces with a very specific tone to them. I would be lying to you if I told you that the more beat-oriented songs on here were all that appealing to me, this OST thrives when it dwells in the deepest, darkest corners of horror soundscapes and ... read more

I'm always simultaneously impressed and underwhelmed by Basinski, it's weird. On one hand, I really like his atmosphere and signature sound, it always puts me in a mental place that few other ambient artists can do, but at the same time, I swear he can bore me out of my mind with his long pieces that rarely even change in a noticeable way at all sometimes. As a modern release from a piece he made decades ago, I don't mind it and thought that the soundscape he paints here is very rich in its ... read more

A short, sweet and very pleasurable experience with Charlie Parker. I haven't really had much experience with his work, so it'll probably only go up from here, but as it is now, it is a very smooth collection of neat pieces that are light on the ears without ever demanding much from the listener, and that's totally okay.

Not particularly a massive standout in his discography, but this is a really solid collection of pieces. It may lack a bit of depth in terms of composition and texture that you're able to receive from some of his greatest albums, but as a vague compilation of tracks whose intention was to be film music, it works really well, especially as more of a background listen rather than a more engaging piece of ambient music (which isn't to say that it's bad, I value both equally).

I didn't include Sorcerer in my initial Miles Davis binge that I had about a year ago, it appeared to be an inessential and not particularly special album within his discography, and I honestly don't regret doing that; now, with that being said, I also don't regret having gone back to listen to this anyways, as it is a very solid collection of tracks.

There is the unquestionable proficiency within the technical instrumentation here, the quintet delivers on all fronts throughout these 40 ... read more

Releasing a live album at this point in time of the bands trajectory was an excellent choice, and it's great that the end result is still a really great project on its own. On Live at Bush Hall, Isaac's absence is felt, it definitely feels as though a piece of the puzzle is missing, but they've found a piece that fits in just right to make up for it. The new vocalists add a lot a lot of new style and substance into the group's writing, and there is still a lot of emotion to get out of these ... read more

Infinity Frequencies' Exit Simulation is a haunting embrace of its own little, obscure world, fundamentally shifting and changing through its short but effective pieces. It could be a little longer and the tracks that are more somber and ambient-oriented are much better than the other ones, but as it is, it works as a little detour into a very distinct vision.

It took me a while to really get along with this album. The first few songs I heard from it a couple of years ago felt just very bare, empty and unsatisfying for what I believed was a lack of progression. At some point, I found Dummy in my local record store and thought that I might as well give it another shot so I bought it on vinyl and once again, though I liked it much more, it felt a little underwhelming for what people praise it to be. It's only really now, over the past couple of days, ... read more

The pieces on Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again are humble beginnings for Tim Hecker, but quite a solid collection of compositions regardless of that. I'm not too fond of the earlier works on this album, it definitely gets better as it goes along, but the airy, occasionally beautiful and oftentimes haunting moments of tranquility turn many partially aimless ideas into quite wondrous experiences. There's definitely work to be done for the very indistinct and loose writing behind some of the tracks ... read more

The Redshift Blues is Dispirited Spirits' second project after the extremely solid Fragments of a Dying Star, and as I'd hoped, the music on here is an improvement upon the debut LP. From the first single that was released, it was immediately clear that it'd go into a more experimental and unique direction than the relatively conventional Indie Space-Rock that we heard prior on the first release, and the rest of the track list definitely delivers on that. Even less songs, even longer track ... read more

I've always admired David Bowie from a far, but I never really truly gave his music the chance that it deserved. Well, now, after listening to what many consider his most defining work, I can say that I get why people adore him so much, but at the same time, I'm not necessarily head-over-heels for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

Five Years opens in a very monotone way but slowly builds up to an explosive climax that makes it a stunning opener, and to be fair, a ... read more

Einstürzende Neubauten's music has something so raw, pathetic, visceral and primal to it that it almost compares to the disturbing harshness of the No-Wave scene. So many moments on ½ Mensch are absolutely brutal, harrowing, intense and sometimes even a little bit beautiful, so many sounds on here stand out in my mind as memorable and impressive examples of what Industrial music is capable of, my only issue being that it never really comes together in the best way possible.

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Soundtracks For The Blind is something that almost exceeds what your perception of music is.

Though there is a story, a progression and at parts even relatively traditional instrumentation, it always borders on an absurd edge that keeps it from ever becoming clear to you. Its samples ground it to a horrifically visceral and real level, but somehow it always feels like it's beyond your comprehension, as though it is something abnormal, something obscure enough to be surreal. These songs make ... read more

Some people consider New Order to be even better than Joy Division, and although I really liked this album, this is not an album that convinced me of that opinion. While Power, Corruption & Lies is a solid collection of tracks that doesn't overstay its welcome, I do think there are much better and much worse tracks on here. Age of Consent, The Village, Your silent Face and Leave Me Alone are easily on par with some of the best tracks the band made with Ian Curtis, but everything in between ... read more

This is the lowest rated Alicks album of all time, and even me, as an absolute fan of Alex's work, has to acknowledge that this is far away from his greatest achievements in terms of quality. Continuing on his career-trajectory of experimenting, switching lanes and alienating his audience, On My Own offers Alicks' artistic expression in ways we've never heard before, half the time mildly succeeding at their goals, and continuously failing on different occasions. That being said, this is not a ... read more