frog sees the light. dont go into the light froggey man

it’s ok faye one time i went to the symphony and i was naked and i think you probably didn’t do that so don’t worry it could be worse

i wish i saw what everyone else sees in this but it’s just teezo singing a cover of the song over what sounds like the original instrumental?? his vocals aren’t rlly that impressive here and they sound way too high above the rest of the track

THE STEPHEN MALKMUS DIVE: PART 4

Brighten the Corners is and most likely always will be my favorite Pavement album. It's just Pavement doing what they do best: making fun, carefree indie rock tunes to make me smile. First of all, Stereo is absolutely their best song. It's so anthemic and driving, but also so nonchalant about everything. What's great is that description can also be applied to most other songs on Brighten the Corners. It very much feels like a spiritual successor to Crooked ... read more

THE STEPHEN MALKMUS DIVE: PART 3

Wowee Zowie sees Pavement heading in slightly new directions after Crooked Rain, though everything that made them great before is still here. They're still noisy as hell, but as their discography moves forward, they seem to be keeping that much more contained and refined. That's not to say there's anything wrong with the chaotic feel of previous records, but there's also something very satisfying about a noisy but well-structured track. Hell, this album also ... read more

THE STEPHEN MALKMUS DIVE: PART 2

Crooked Rain takes the slacker-ish ideas from Slanted and Enchanted and brings them into a more pop-focused light. Songs like Cut Your Hair, Range Life, and Gold Soundz are serious indie rock classics, and while Slanted is a classic as an overall album, it just doesn't have as many tracks like that. Crooked Rain is an improvement on all fronts, at least with the elements it borrows from its predecessor. Stephen proves himself to be a very talented pop ... read more

THE STEPHEN MALKMUS DIVE: PART 1

Slanted and Enchanted is an album that admittedly took a while to grow on me. However, as of now, it's so great. Though Pavement carried elements of noisiness and dissonance on throughout their later albums, this one's full on embrace of fuzzy textures and oddball, distorted riffs makes it all the more unique in the band's discography, as well as Stephen's wider catalogue. Many of the song structures here also feel much looser than on most other projects from ... read more

loss of life….mgmt died?????? i had no idea this album was post humorous

The first song was actually kind of promising. Not great, but not bad at all. However, the rest of this album is actually irritating to listen to. I usually like when beats clip but Kanye makes it sound annoying as fuck here. Also, why is there so much low end? It's seriously distracting. So weird. I guess there's good ideas here and there but nearly everything here is so hard to listen to. Ty also has so little presence on this project that I seriously forgot this was a joint project. ... read more

the title of this album is so scary…..GAH! i just thought about it again….AAAHHHHHHHH

The fast pace of this record is great and all, but I think Converge's power really shines through in the slower passages of the album, ESPECIALLY in that doomy-ass intro and outro on Sadness Comes Home. This record doesn't exactly welcome you with many hooks or catchy shit, but when they do sprinkle some of that in, it's seriously euphoric to me. Perfect example of a band having a very special ability and using it sparingly to their advantage.

glass WHAT? they shouldn't say that. there could be women around. wait, what? ohh, its glass BEACH. I thought they were saying glass BITCH. haha.
- feminist guy who just heard about this band

a demo my friend's band just put out! y'all should totally listen

We finally found ambient plugg....this is truly a day to remember. Is it good? Kind of, but that's not important. The important thing is that we found ambient plugg.

For real though, lots of the ideas here are really interesting, but the execution leaves something to be desired. Between Joeyy's sleepy and slow delivery and the minimalistic beats, the record ends up just sounding kind of awkward. Awkward doesn't mean it's horrible, though. Despite it being a little off-putting at times, Just ... read more

Famous rapper DahGraham,

My exposure to Patricia Taxxon's music wasn't the greatest before I listened to TECHDOG 1. Less than an hour before I decided to put it on, my boyfriend showed me some of her stuff; a song from four years ago and part of her latest album, Bicycle. Both had two things in common: The production ranged from good to great, but the vocals were kind of jarring and felt like they didn't blend into the music properly. So, when it came to TECHDOG, I was excited to hear all the wacky shit Patricia would ... read more

It's really unfortunate that I didn't end up liking this, since the genre tags made it seem like it was totally for me. Unfortunately, many tiny boxes' debut self-titled album was pretty disappointing. I generally really enjoyed the production throughout; it's super harsh and weird, and quite well-executed, which is absolutely my thing. However, the main thing that's weighing this record down in my eyes are the vocals. I see what many tiny boxes was going for here. The delivery here often ... read more

If there's one thing I can commend THE GHOST POP TAPE for, it's how unique its soundscapes are. The vocals are almost entirely autotuned, with Devon crooning over these heavily reverb-y yet super simple instrumentals. The atmosphere is only made to feel more strange with all of the seemingly out of place samples (some of which are just porn audios) and background noise, which often feels like someone might be rustling through a pile of old cartridges, or something like that (might be a corny ... read more

Most Normal contains some of the most danceable noise rock and no wave that I've ever heard. It's so abrasive and dissonant, and yet I can't help but bop my head to pretty much every track. I love how industrial it, and the vocalist (Dara Kiely) reminds me of Ollie Judge of Squid a lot of the time, which is a VERY good thing. I'm a huge fan of this punky spoken word style that's been popularized by bands like BCNR and Black Midi, and Kiely absolutely does it justice here. Thank you to my ... read more

CW: Discussions of abuse, bigotry, and trauma.

I'm not the kind of person who cries to music very often. I definitely get some chills here and there, and even get a little misty-eyed sometimes, but I rarely get emotional to music to the point that I'm sobbing. Benji got me to that point.

The seventh track on Benji, "I Love My Dad", was what really did it for me. Up until that point, I was able to tell the album was sad, but I hadn't been looking at the lyrics. When I finally did ... read more