While Isn't Anything is not MBV's masterpiece, it is still a very enjoyable precursor for what was yet to come. The vocals on this album are much more present than they are on the band's newer work, which I thought made this LP much more personal and accessible. Overall, the album is a less experimental and less noisy Loveless, and I mean that in the best of ways.

fav tracks: Cupid Come, You Never Should, I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It)

I was born in the wrong generation

My rating is only this low because of how much I disliked the first track. The second and third tracks were absolutely fantastic, but I gotta take some off for not liking a solid portion of the album. Definitely important for the future of noise and experimental rock music however.

I have been meaning to listen to this for many months now, but just haven't gotten around to it. Daydream Nation is not one of my favorite albums, and to put it bluntly, I think there are many, many albums that are better than it. Sonic Youth's style of rock is not exactly what I look for, but something I can definitely appreciate and listen to all the way through, and have a good time.
Despite my feelings towards Daydream Nation, I cannot deny the enormous influence that this album had on ... read more

Are you joking this is literal shit. Probably why nobody ever mentions this band much today.

If you go into this LP expecting decent lyricism and on point flows, you're not going to like it. Das Racist has clever lyrics on some very solid beats. Each emcee has pretty choppy delivery, but it's decipherable which makes it an easily digested album to get through. It's a shame that this group broke up without releasing at least another mixtape, as there were so many places they could have gone after this album, which is capitalized on the humor rap fad that came up a few years ago, or ... read more

Oreomilkshake is Yung Lean's best song but the rest of the album is pretty much trash

I did not discover Full Circle by The Doors
Full Circle by The Doors discovered me

These are just the tracks that were on the deluxe version of XXX. Nothing too amazing for Danny Brown standards, but Witit is a standout for me.

I can see that this will grow on me with multiple listens, but I already know that Long Season is a very well put together album. Across one long track, aspects of ambient, rock, dream pop, and psychedelic music are explored, which makes for one of the most unique sounding albums I have ever experienced. The band's willingness to explore an abundance of genres and bring them into one record (hell, one song) is what makes this LP so memorable.

The second disc to The Powers That B is Death Grips in their most raw and primal form. However, as much as i like this album, it is one of the more inconsistent albums in the DG discography as well.
Why a Bitch Gotta Lie and Beyond Alive are 2 of my least favorite Death Grips songs; neither of them bring anything exciting or new to the table as most of the other tracks do. Aside from those tracks, not much else brings the album down.
With a much different approach to the production of this ... read more

After listening to the complete The Powers That B double album many many times in the past few months, I decided to split my reviews, as the two halves really have nothing to do with each other, and work better as individual works in my opinion.
What makes Niggas on The Moon my favorite album from death grips is almost purely dependent on the production. It blows my mind that Zach Hill did all of this on v-drums, and his use of Bjork's voice in the instrumentals makes this the group's most ... read more

Pallbearer brings back their distinctly heavy and layered style of instrumentation on a quick 3 track project, which includes 2 covers. The band's ethereal guitars mixed with dark production, and Brett Campbell's beautifully sung vocals create a doom metal experience that hasn't been matched yet in 2016. On their cover of Over & Over, Pallbearer does the song plenty of justice by keeping all of the aspects that made Black Sabbath's original version of it so memorable, as well as cleaning ... read more

Emotional in the best possible ways. Sinatra hugely improves upon his previous record, with clever lyrics pertaining to traveling and the world, mixed with that goddamn golden voice.

fav tracks: Come Fly With Me, Let's Get Away From It All, Brazil

16 classic jazz masterpieces from one of the smoothest voices ever to exist.

CHECK YOUR BAG ALERT

After creating what is without a doubt one of the most innovative metal albums of the 2010's, Deafheaven follows up their masterpiece with a let down filled with bland post rock and a lack of direction.
The record started out just as aggressive and raw as Sunbather, however it quickly proved to have a change in direction, as the blackgaze was gone, and replaced with a type of post rock that takes a different course just way too often. With pianos, acoustic guitars, and even bells (!!!) used ... read more

I know that I have each halves rated separately, but I felt obliged to review the combined comp as well. Part 1 is one of my favorite pop albums to come out of this decade. Part 2 is a step above horseshit (a few nice songs though, don't drop it completely). Timberlake definitely has my favorite male pop/r&b voice of recent times, and I really hope he puts out some new music in the next year or so. As long as it doesn't sound like Drink You Away, it could be pretty good.

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Far from a disappointing album, but one of the weaker releases from Car Seat Headrest. The Ending of Dramamine is a top 10 CSH song, as Toledo has a knack for creating beautiful yet lengthy tracks. The rest of the LP was just kinds there, nothing standing above and beyond the rest, like Dramamine, but nothing was particularly bad either.

Not sure why I've decided to check out so much emo lately. But going through the genre has led me to some incredible projects, case in point: Whenever, If Ever. The instrumentation of this record is about as good as it gets, and the lyrics are also extremely satisfying. My only major complaint is the awkward transition to screamo-style vocals that happened in a few songs. It wasn't necessarily bad, but it just didn't fit in with what else was on the album.
With that aside, The World Is a ... read more