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Well, there’s no better place to start in a band’s discography than with their 27th album, right? It’s like I’m first getting into the MCU by watching Spider Man: No Way Home; just with more replayability and less rotting fatigue. I knew very little about King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard going in. I was aware of their prolific catalog and ever-changing sound, but didn’t get the push I needed to dive in until one of my friends recommended Phantom Island to me. I ... read more

Guys, I fell for a psyop… I know, I know, I’m not proud of it. Sometimes, bands just have enough money to pay marketing agencies to naturally weave their music into algorithms and amazing music will fall onto my lap, what can I say? Alongside ROSALIA’s LUX, Getting Killed was the album I saw everyone raving about at the end of this past year. Paying decent enough attention to the discourse has introduced me to some killer acts like Black Midi, Black Country, New Road, and ... read more

I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting the user and critic scores to be as high as they were for this album. I certainly respect John, Yoko, Phil, Ringo et al. for their vision and how effectively they executed it. This is some of the most raw songwriting I've ever heard from John Lennon, and the simple, stripped back instrumentals do a great job of letting his performances breath and the lyrics sit with the listener. Album highlights like "Working Class Hero," ... read more

The Venn Diagram of Big Band/Jazz Standards enjoyers and Ringo Starr fans in 1970 surely couldn't've intersected that much. Not that it matters this album doesn't have many supporters; Sentimental Journey was Ringo's coping mechanism to get through the fallout of The Beatles. In true Ringo fashion, rather than get angry and lash out on the album, he recorded a collection of classic songs he remembered from his childhood, returning to where his love of music all started. ... read more