When I first heard about Chappell Roan through music news that cover primarily Billboard charting music, I thought she would be a female pop artist who is successful through doing the bare minimum for the genre with maybe an impressive vocal performance, well produced and groovy beat, or catchy chorus on a song here and there.
…I couldn’t have been more wrong.
“The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” is an album that achieves what a lot of mainstream pop artists ... read more
I took part in an album bracket with a bunch of college music majors and this album beat one of my album picks. I didn’t think the other voters were gonna love eccentric experimental hip hop music, so I submitted just to get people to hear something new. However, it still hurt me that this soulless Target ad of an album got more votes in a round of an album bracket against The Money Store by Death Grips.
I was gonna write a longer review, but this boring-nothing of an album ... read more
“No Heroes” is one of Converge’s most wild albums. Mainly due to how fast paced the whole album is, which is unfortunately one of my main gripes with the album. Most of the tracklist consists of 2 minute or less songs that briefly speed through their runtime and prevent a lot of amazing instrumentals and vocals from really leaving a lasting impression that makes this one of Converge’s least memorable albums.
Although it’s not one of the best Converge albums, it is ... read more
This Thornhill album… is NOT GOOD.
Now it's no secret that Deftones are one of the most influential metal bands of all time. Alternative metal would likely not be as big nor in vast demand as it is today if they didn’t exist and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with being inspired by a band, album, or song when writing music. Many genres of music wouldn’t exist today without inspiration from other artists.
However, when it comes to being influenced by another ... read more
An album in the industrial hip hop and digital hardcore genres titled "CAROUSEL FROM HELL" made by an rapper named "LustSickPuppy" goes about as hard as you think it does
Even though I found this Currents single to have a structure and direction that is very boilerplate, some of the instrumentals I found to be pretty neat and it’s better produced than any song off of their last album, “The Death We Seek”
Anyone who listens to and enjoys this album is either a clueless idiot OR an idiot that is just as homophobic, racist, ableist, and any other term used to describe having a negative viewpoint of a certain type of human being as the band’s neo-Nazi vocalist Alex Terrible.
It would be one thing if the music being made on “GRIZZLY” was actually good, featured some messed up songs where it's fascinatingly designed to hate the character in the music, and was backed with some ... read more
“SCRAPYARD” by Quadeca is a mixtape that is even more stylistically daring than his 2022 album “I Didn't Mean To Haunt You.”
It really is remarkable how Quadeca is able to tackle such a vast range of genres like indie folk, art pop, rage and even a bit of hyperpop and pull it off. It really makes the whole mixtape feel like a playlist of different songs made by other good artists. Which can be a slight downside to an album like that since it can be hard to sit ... read more
Good to see that Soulkeeper are still pushing the boundaries of how intense, chaotic, and unpredictable mathcore can get when infused with electronics on this single
Might be Drain's most jam-packed song to date. This having a really nice buildup at the start makes this a great album opener by crossover thrash standards.
Some of the vocal inflections that I find unnecessary from the main vocalist are on here and the lyrics are maybe a bit too repetitive. However, I enjoy the song’s creepy atmosphere and tight instrumentation.
“CLPPNG” is an extremely zany abstract, experimental, and industrial hip hop album that explores more deep lyrical content and has a more creative use of beats than the debut clipping. album “midcity.”
Even when analyzing just the surface of the tracks across the album, one can find a lot of substantial ideas and creations. “Body & Blood” is about a woman who lures men in with sex in order to kill them. The song’s title, as well as part of the ... read more
“Pirouette” by Model/Actriz is an album with a wide sonic range that is a stronger execution than their debut LP “Dogsbody.”
I personally think “Dogsbody” drags a little bit with the softer moments of the album. However, I still found it to be one of the most sonically bold rock albums of the past couple years. Model/Actriz’s spin on dance punk by infusing it with noise industrial rock made them distinctive than most bands they’re sharing the ... read more
Definitely overplayed, but also a masterclass in how to write a satisfying song
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