NOFX - Punk Rock Cliché
50

Catchy, but also structurally boring

Brutus - Unison Life
88

Easily their best record yet

83

Other than Job For A Cowboy, some Thy Art Is Murder, and a little bit of Whitechapel's early work, I've never really been too into deathcore. And while I personally felt their last EP was wildly overrated (other than Ramos' menacing vocals), this album has become a new favorite for me. The vocals are disgusting in the best way possible and really elevate the quality of the record, which otherwise would probably come across as mostly standard fare for their slightly more technical and disturbing ... read more

Serj Tankian - Perplex Cities
42

Sigh. These songs are all really boring and incredibly underwhelming, with even some of Serj's best vocal performances in years not being enough to save this dull and uncreative cluster fuck.

Green Day - You Irritate Me (Demo)
60

I'm super excited for this anniversary edition as Nimrod has always been one of my favorites in the entire Green Day discography. Plus, this is by far the coolest of all their anniversary releases so far. That being said, this single - while certainly not bad, and honestly pretty fun - definitely feels very rudimentary and underdeveloped in comparison to what actually made the cut for the album.

OFF! - Free LSD
90

I was never super into Off! or even the Circle Jerks, but this album is legitimately one of the best punk albums I've heard in recent memory.

Favorites: War Above Los Angeles, Behind the Shifts, Suck the Bones Dry, Smoking Gun, Peace or Conquest, Free LSD, Murder Corporation, Time Will Come, Worst is Yet To Come

Least Favorites (but still good): Circuitry's God, Muddy the Waters

Slipknot - The End, So Far
68

Not their worst, not their best. Sonically it sounds like Vol. 3 mixed with some of the composition that made WANYK such a good album. It also has some of their most boring songs though.

Favorites: Adderall, Acidic, Dying Song, Medicine For the Dead, Yen, De Sade

Least Favorites: Heirloom, Warranty, The Chapeltown Rag

Mamaleek - Diner Coffee
67

Ever since their 2018 album "Out of Time", Mamaleek has been a band I've wanted to GET. Unfortunately, I wasn't ready and this album isn't much different. To be clear, I don't dislike this record at all; it just doesn't do it for me.

Just like that previous LP (I haven't heard the one in between these two), this record has all the makings of a truly great wildly experimental opus. It's unruly, yet atmospheric in one breath and in the next it sounds like straight-laced lounge jazz or ... read more

Cage the Elephant - Melophobia
87

Cage the Heffalump

The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta
81

It sounds exactly like they described it - The Mars Volta but pop.

Rancid - Let's Go
83

One of Rancid's best. You can really hear the rockabilly influences that Matt Freeman was bringing to the table - moreso than perhaps any other Rancid album.

Favorites: Radio, Salvation, Harry Bridges, Black & Blue, St. Mary, Nihilism, Motorcycle Ride, Side Kick, Tenderloin

Least Favorites: As One, I Am The One

Rancid - Life Won't Wait
87

Better than And Out Come The Wolves

Black Flag - In My Head
92

I chose to listen without the bonus tracks from the 'I Can See You' EP.

This is a good record. Black Flag still had it up to the very end.

Favorites: Paralyzed, In My Head, Retired At 21, Society's Tease, It's All Up To You
Least Favorite (still good): Black Love

Black Flag - Loose Nut
73

It's not their best, but it's better than I remember. Second half is way better than the first half.

Favorites: Now She's Black, I'm the One, This is Good
Least Favorites: Annihilate This Week, Best One Yet

Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall
67

The album where they stopped actually singing about meaningful things and instead opted to sing about singing about meaningful things. Still, it's a decently enjoyable listen that does include a handful of pretty great songs.

Favorites: Up To No Good, Last One To Die, East Bay Night, This Place

Least Favorites: I Ain't Worried, L.A. River, Damnation, Locomotive

Nickelback - San Quentin
40

Code Orange getting real nervous right about now

Rancid - Indestructible
77

Not as good as the three before it, but not as bad as the three after.

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