So I remember before I purchased this record how it was critically acclaimed and on everybody's top 10 list of that year and everything. After reading that almost every single person gave this record high marks, I knew it was going to be a good one...
Obviously the focal point of this band is their singer, Adrianne Lenker and her unique, quivering baby doll voice. And look I'm a sucker for girls with that voice, see: Mum, Stina Nordenstem, Bjork, Mazzy Star, Camera Obscura, Joanna ... read more
Awww man kid. You definitely got something here going on. I really like it. I liked the 1st verse, the spoken word n such, but I wasn't going to love it if the second verse was the same... but lo and behold, you had a melody in there. Pretty catchy too. For me, this is some night time back porch music. Just really nice, distant, soothing(with a smidge of anxiety in there in the voice). Keep it up. It's for fucking sure my favorite thing that you've done. Just remember, ... read more
Okay, so sadly, Galaxie 500, one of the most influential indie rock artists ever, easily the top 20, maybe even less, just aren't well known outside of the many bands that they have influenced. I'm not going to go into a big monologue about them, but I will say that they are a wonderful band. I own all the records, and I even own their box set. This band has made me realize, that I can play guitar better than them 100%, I can sing better than them 100%, but at the end of the day, ... read more
Ok. First let's wish the greatest kid that ever lived a Happy 15th Birthday. Love you Slumber aka Snooze..
So before I get into it, I was surprised to hear the Gil-Scott Heron sample. He's one of my favorite artists, and he should be more well known than he is(rip). Remember Snooze, I have you Gil-Scott CD's. Anyway, as what you'd usually expect from Snooze, great lyrics, deep af. Meaningful and it gives up all hope that we can come to a turbulent time in our lives, and ... read more
If you catch me on the right day, I might say that this is my favorite Beach Boys record. Yeah, yeah, I know, but Pet Sounds is(fill in the blank), and it is, but this is probably just as good. It's a great record for a sunny summer, Sunday morning listen. I think that its perfect. Add Some Music to Your Day is just sunny, without being flaky. Forever is certainly one of the most deeply touching love songs ever recorded. And nobody has ever mentioned this, but At My Window sounds the ... read more
Ahh man. I love this fucking record. This is some obscure funk from '75. In bought it as a teenager on the cover alone. Then iI look at the back cover, and these cats are all dressed like 70s pimps, or black hippies. To this day, no matter who it is, I will buy any disco or funk record on sight. I remember being a kid, and being allowed to stay up late when my Mom had friends over. She would be playing Disco records, and everyone was dancing. It was dark in the room, save for a ... read more
Snooze aka Slumber, the 14yo white kid, drops his first single! I knew it would be great, his wordplay never disappoints. Tight flows as usual. But yeah, this is great. This is his first track that he produced himself. He raps over a hip hop boom bap loop with an added sample that sounds like an indigenous Asian instrument. Kyoto perhaps? Anyway, thanks Snooze for not using a trap beat that is so annoyingly ubiquitous these days. Sigh. His lines are always clever, spiced in with lots of ... read more
Ok yeah, Oasis were great, but when Noel Gallagher went solo, that's where it really happened. I had reservations about his solo stuff initially, but then I heard this, and I knew he IS(was) Oasis. This song is just 1000% perfect. After I heard this, I bought all his solo records, the singles, the rare demos, and all of them are classic. Sure, he may seem like a narcissistic prick, but I think it's just part of his character. You listen to this, and you can tell that he's not only a ... read more
Ok, let's talk about this record. First off, I buy anything by Jan Jelinek. I've been buying his stuff since 2000. I used to go to this record store in Michigan that basically would never sell anything on a major label. You won't find Coldplay or Billie eilish or anything like that there. Pavement? Sure. Radiohead? Probably not. So I would go in there on Saturday in the afternoon and I knew the owner and the workers obviously because I frequented there, so I would just ask them "what's ... read more
So, this was a record(cassette) that I purchased the day that it came out. I never told anybody that i owned it because I was waayy to cool to own this crappy, mainstream pop music. Soooo, id listen to it on my car on a battery operated cassette player on the way to and from work at my job at the time(Toys r us). I loved this record. Even now, I know every single second of this record. I loved it so much that I wrote her management a letter asking if they ever need a guitar player, to call ... read more
Deep house at it's finest. I don't think anyone uses the term "Deep House" anymore. Hmmm. The house music label Naked Music, while house purists may(or may not), look at Naked as not as house as authentic house, it has made many classic 12 inches, and this one is one of the best. I've played this vinyl easily 100 times. They are also known for their unique artwork on their records. Lay back on your vintage couch, grab a glass of wine, and relax. No jeans or T-shirts here, wear the ... read more
This record was played on my front porch probably 100 times. This record is more Detroit than Detroit. Detroit house music at it's finest. The build up, the vocal samples, the minimalist funk, soul just shreds. I'm so glad that I was able to grab this vinyl in 1996, as his records come and go so fast and when they are gone, the collector vultures demand insanely high prices. Beautiful record!
IM NOT EDITING THIS REVIEW. MY INITIAL REVIEW WAS WAY TOO GENEROUS. AFTER LISTENING TO THIS AGAIN,
THIS RECORD ALL SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF HER OTHER SONGS FROM THE PAST, BUT BORING AND WITHOUT ANY HOOKS. WORST THING THAT SHE'S EVER DONE.
The new Taylor Swift record. Nice. Taylor is loved by the common, terrestrial folk, and she's one of the few mainstream pop artists that are allowed to be liked by indie, hipster kids, while still retaining hipster status :).
Let's get down to the nitty. ... read more
Big tackle coming up. Love that celebration!!!!
Ok. My son hooked me up with this Quadeca record. Admittedly, I've never heard of them(him). I'm shocked that I've never heard of this record, but then again, when there aren't physical copies of a record available, it generally falls under the Docs radar. With that, before I listened to this, I had no idea what kind of music it was. I still dont. What is this? Emo, hip hop, indie, psych pop, shoegaze, hyperpop, soundcloud rap? It's all of ... read more
Ok. Nostalgia time. So I used to live at record stores. Almost literally. There were about 15 record stores by me that I used to frequent as a young lad in Michigan. Every week I'd go to most of these stores. I trusted the musical taste of the record store owners that I trusted. I'd walk in there, buy what I wanted, and I'd always amend my shopping by talking to the workers, or owner and asking "what's new that's good?".
One guy, a store owner named Glen, told me that I should buy ... read more
So I just purchased the new Downriver single. Here's my unbiased review. .. you can tell these guys put a lot of time and effort into this track, and Big Ups for all their hard work. Definitely a lot of talent and creativity in this track.
Yes they are a hip hop duel, but this isn't your everyday hip hop track, it's very experimental. Instead of 808 and 1970 Soul samples, you get some single note, minor key guitar playing, it takes about a minute before the versus come in, so you just have to ... read more
I've loved Oasis since their 1st record. Noel Gallagher is one of the best songwriters of our generation. Dude had wrote sò many classic songs. Soooo many. Many people pissed on this record. Heck, even Oasis hated this record. I love it. Apparently they were all coked up during the recording and they denounce this record. No idea why. Wonderful record. Oddly enough, i don't like the single D'ya know What i mean. Aside from that track, i love the rest. Long live Oasis...
Ryan Adams is the most prolific artist in history. Dude put out 13 records in 3 years! He probably has over 30ish records between all his bands, maybe more. I have all of them, and I still haven't got through his whole catalog yet.
So this record really resonates with me. You've got rockers, mid tempo jam, and slow, beautiful songs. This dude plays many styles, but he keeps this record's sound in bathed in the Alt-Country sound. Can't say enough about this guy, but if you want to find out ... read more
I'm not going to go over every single song, that would be of no value. This is honestly one of the best records ever recorded in all time. Yep. I said it. I have thousands and thousands and thousands of records and CDs and cassettes and all that junk. And for me to say this is one of the best records of all time, actually is a bold statement. Now if you're a football captain or a cheerleader, and you're 100% perfectly happy all the time, you're really not going to care about this record at ... read more
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On snoozeybro's review of Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl
"Nah. She just re-released singles with an acoustic version on the B side. No rereleases. I refuse to buy it because I know in a month there's going to be the anthology, so I'll wait for that. But God damn if Eldest Daughter isn't a great song."
On Snooze! - You Move, I Move
"@TornadoDog33 I think one of the biggest questions we need to ask ourselves regarding Christianity and God and all that stuff, is is there really free will? Not so much, as God already has everything planned in programmed. What I find really mind boggling, is that God is omniscient omnipotent, as in he's always there and he knows what's going to happen to everybody in their future. And he allegedly made all of us. So basically he made us flawed and he knows some of the people he made are going to go to hell, so it's almost putting these people through torture anyway, your verse was great, and so was Snooze's.. great messages and great for calling out corruption!"
On Snooze! - You Move, I Move
"@TornadoDog33 I personally don't find anything redeeming about the Bible personally. Yeah the Psalms have some nice messages and such, but aside from that, not a huge fan. Then you have the Christian crusades, but that still going on, just in different ways. And then it comes down to every religion has a God and every religion has a book, and every religion thinks that they are the right one. I think at the end of the day, if you can be a good person just to be a good person, without religion or anything, then you're doing okay.
Then you have crazy stories in the Bible like Noah's ark. Obviously that never happened. The story was stolen from the book Epic of Gilgamesh."
On Snooze! - You Move, I Move
"@TornadoDog33 No, I got ya. Everybody can believe in something, obviously that's their right, and as long as they're not hurting anybody, it's not a problem. But when leaders as well as non-leaders, use Christianity as some sort of veil to cover up money laundering or killing or raping, or whatever, then that is some straight hypocritic shit..
I think the Bible's kooky. Too much rape, too much killing, too much hate. Even God orders killing in the bible. I don't know the exact number, but somebody actually went through the Bible and counted how many people God killed, and how many people Satan killed, and God killed like millions and Satan killed like 10. And 4 o those people, God let him kill, the Book of Job, you probably know this story"
On Snooze! - You Move, I Move
"Oh I get it. My only gripe of Christianity is it aligns itself with the bible. The Bible is full of rape and murder etc etc. So yes, as a whole, I think it's a pretty awful organization, but when you get to the Catholic church, that is as low as you can go. But we all know the history of it so..."
On NaShFort's review of Snooze! - You Move, I Move
"Oh, and it's amazing how somebody that doesn't know these people personally that have given snooze High ratings, yet they know for sure that they are only giving him high ratings to make him feel good lol. Yeah because this clowns of mind reader right? Lol. It's like me saying, yeah I know he gave Kendrick Lamar a high rating just so he'll feel better. Unbelievable"
On NaShFort's review of Snooze! - You Move, I Move
"Dude's a clown. I went to see his reviews and it's a bunch of who gives a fuck crap artists. Yeah he likes to pimp a butterfly, who doesn't though? Of course it's a good record. Little Reezy and all that other stuff is pretty awful, average, and arrogant. Hate that shit. Want to know how those artists can improve? By writing deep stuff that actually means something to somebody. That would be a good start. And I also think that it says a lot about somebody when their taste in music is myopic at best. I'm pretty sure the people that gave snooze good ratings will listen to his records more than once. That right there says that they were not lying about their High ratings."
On NaShFort's review of Snooze! - You Move, I Move
"@NaShfort so what did or didn't you like about the record that you gave it a 46 rating? And yeah, you're right. Nobody in the world can make good music unless they're popular. So if somebody isn't popular, they should just give up making music. And if you pick up a guitar for the first time in your life or you sing for the first time in your life, you should just give it up, because you aren't popular at that second. 😀 I saw a group called Animal Collective before they even had a record out. There were about 15 people in the audience including me. They weren't popular at all. I don't know why I bought all their records that they've been putting out for years lol"
On Snooze! - Esteem Pt. 1
"YW,
DOP"
On Snooze! - Wide Awake
"@lincoln and hey, I read all these reviews and comments, and I can't remember who said it, but somebody mentioned the beat doesn't flow with the song, that's absolutely not true. It's probably somebody that's not massively familiar with abstract rap or conscious rap or whatever the hell you want to call it. I mean we can make 4/4 boom bap, Kick Drum, bass drum,snare drum,808 drums with record scratching like Run DMC all day long, but it gets boring quick. I'd imagine the person that made that comment probably isn't familiar with much Hip Hop outside of the Sugarhill Gang and Run DMC and stuff like that. I enjoy it all, but I also enjoy abstract Jazzy complex rap. If you're a huge fan of hip hop, you got to know your history, and love it all"
On Snooze! - Wide Awake
"@lincoln Oh shit. Sweet. I'm glad my ear was on the money. I had a feeling I was right on both accounts, but I didn't want to sound too cocky like a know-it-all. And so you know, since I listen to all your guys's stuff and I'm very familiar with it, probably more than anybody, your production is getting light years better than eject you started out, that's not a diss, that's just saying, we all start out somewhere and grow. But yeah, great great production on this track."
On Rod Modell - Northern Michigan Snowstorms
"@snoozeybro oh no for sure, but this artist in particular, it's definitely very sought after on vinyl. Most of the fans of this particular band are generally only into the vinyl."
On System of a Down - Toxicity
"@hazy02 hell yeah!!"
On snoozeybro's review of Quadeca - I Didn't Mean to Haunt You
"I didn't mean comedian per se, but you get the gist."
On snoozeybro's review of Quadeca - I Didn't Mean to Haunt You
"@snoozeybro the only thing that ever steered me away from him, is the comedy stuff. I assumed since he was a "comedian", that he wouldn't be able to make serious music. You know, it's like Jim Carrey putting out a break up record or something. It wouldn't be taken seriously. But yeah, this dude was somehow able to pull it off"
On snoozeybro's review of Quadeca - I Didn't Mean to Haunt You
"Best review ever. I will buy this record"
On snoozeybro's review of Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth
"Got this cd for ya when I see you next Saturday kid"
On Snooze! - Dior 5s (THE RIVETING SEQUEL; Directed by the Late &/Or Great Avey Sommer)
"@Lincoln. Yes this is true. The curse is unbroken. You found the perfect balance between voice and instrumental. This is good. Now make sure you guys pour the liquor out and fill the bottle up with water."
On Snooze! - COME HOME SOON
"It's just a certain couple knob tweeks, and you'll get there. You will still sound abrasive and muddy, or whatever you're going for. Promise"
On Snooze! - COME HOME SOON
"Not at all. I don't mean clear. It's hard to explain. I really need to stop saying that because that's not what I mean. The same thing is I'm not a music producer, so I don't know how to explain it. What I do know is one of the most grimy records are fantastic damage and when you listen to it, you can hear the vocals and they are not clear but they are clear if that makes sense?
And look, almost everybody loves your music who hears it. But every single person is trying to give you constructive criticism on the mixing. It's really a small thing, but it's a very important thing. I promise one day you guys will understand and you will realize you can mix but still sound experimental and abrasive and all that other shit."
On lincoln's review of Flashpapr - Flashpapr
"If I ever wanted to cry, it would be by listening to the song. It's fucking beautiful. I'd be curious if you only listen to the first minute or two of the song because the vocals don't come through till after a few minutes. Anyway, I think you should recheck it out"
On lincoln's review of Flashpapr - Flashpapr
"This song encompasses being young and in love. The way that it builds up with the violins, the lyrics, his delivery, this song encompasses what it's like to be young Take this lyric: " listening to the spinning wheels, you can't sell the way it feels to be in love". OR
"Sweetheart, alphabet, don't forget how lucky we really are".
" you are my best friend, you are the most beautiful thing, I keep inside my heart".
I have probably played this song hundreds of times. That doesn't count the times where I grab my guitar and I just play and sing the whole song because it's comforting. You're a kid, maybe when you're older, you will realize how lucky it is to be young and experience love. I implore you to give this song another chance."
On lincoln's review of Flashpapr - Flashpapr
"@Lincoln with all due respect, I think you're very wrong on this one. Your rating is fine, that's not the problem, but I'll tell you what, I think one of the best songs that Fred route, was free rides on the bus. I honestly would stand by this song as one of the top five best songs that he ever wrote. Now granted, I saw him play with these guys a little over 20 years ago, and at that time, I was listening to a lot of innocent, melancholy music, so it was an easy sell.
This song encompasses being young and in love. The way that it builds up with the violins, the lyrics, his delivery, I mean this song encompasses what it's like to be young and in love. I mean God. Take this lyric: " listening"
On snoozeybro's review of One Direction - Midnight Memories
"Best pop band on the radio in my opinion."
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