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In the atmospheric NY circle timepiece of the jagged, the standard no wave, and the avant-garde, Sonic Youth strived away from their peers. Recorded over 2 6-hour sessions between the 11th and 12th of December 1981, the band's debut EP displays a standard post-punk presentation and performance, rather than the noisy, nihilistic ideal the band would shift to in their coming years.

Exist are highlights like "The Burning Spear", highlighting ... read more

16 of the same exact generic radio song. Nothing interesting here at all, it's just HGTV soccer mom fodder.

Even through the constant employing of doo-wop stylings, contemporary pop stereotypes, and "Billboard hit factory" over-polished production of string and choir vocal arrangements, this album just expands Trainor's one notable celebrity status: Being a one-trick pony. I wasn't able to even pinpoint a big moment I preferred the most out of this. Maybe the closer? ... read more

As a critical theorist in the field of bad choices, I assure you that I am "not" getting off the "internet".

For a debut album, it's a rather strong start essentially. Tracks are sometimes a center point of what Nate can do, and sometimes just a background for his what rather inexplicable features provide (trust me; I still enjoy a few of those) That makes it a bit of a jumper in presentation, you'd never really expect a sporadic mash of dubstep and hyperpop from ... read more

Pure white noise, yay!

The Minutemen formed, well, sort of threw themselves together in January of 1980. This EP features 5 demo tracks recorded in March '80 with their original drummer Frank Tonche who left 3 months later, replaced by George Hurley, who played on the band's remaining stuff, hence this EP being "Georgeless".

Now, in the terms of music. This isn't bold. Recorded direct to cassette at Tonche's house, the sound quality isn't great. Besides ... read more