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Swans - Filth
Swans
Filth
1983 • LP
78
May 24
Xiu Xiu
A Promise
2003 • LP
100
May 17
Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself
Xiu Xiu
Dear God, I Hate Myself
2010 • LP
89
May 17
Xiu Xiu - FORGET
Xiu Xiu
FORGET
2017 • LP
84
May 16
Xiu Xiu - The Air Force
Xiu Xiu
The Air Force
2006 • LP
67
May 15
Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles
Xiu Xiu
Fabulous Muscles
2004 • LP
96
May 14
Ween - Live in Chicago
Ween
Live in Chicago
2004 • Live
87
May 10

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
100

I’ll start by saying this is my favourite album ever, I’m a firm believer that every second on this 80~ minute thing is needed. The instrumentation on this album is completely jaw dropping and the song writing is awe inspiring. From spiralling and tense builds to the swelling explosions of the crescendos, this album can be considered wholly perfect. The emotions on display here are so vast, despite lacking any lyrics entirely, ranging from hope, to grief. An extreme album. Pure ... read more

Recent Reviews

Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
85

A lot of this album surprised me. It’s quite experimental for its genre, with lots of electronic drones and noise passages. There’s much more distortion and fuzz on this album than on aeroplane, but it’s not the same level as energetic that aeroplane reaches. The melodies also aren’t as good as aeroplane, but I would argue that the horns are just as, if not better. Great album.

Swans - Filth
78

So heavy and raw, there are moments in this album where I can tell there are instruments being played, but I have no clue what’s making those noises. Some songs suffer from sounding similar and some songs just end randomly- anyway, it’s a good album

Xiu Xiu - Girl with Basket of Fruit
99

Such a strange sounding album. Every lyric on this thing is so absurd and shouldn’t work, but in the context of the songs, it works surprisingly well. The production here is also superb, everything is so tight and claustrophobic. There’s not much more to say about this album, the instrumentation is all over the place so it’s hard to define one key characteristic. The opening song is easily my favourite track, it’s weirdly danceable and just so manic.

Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself
89

A really great album with some awesome hooks.

Xiu Xiu - FORGET
84

Some great moments on this, of course, since this is xiu xiu- some terrifying moments as well. I loved the pop elements on this.


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