I'll preface this review by saying i am not a hip hop guy at all. The appeal of albums like TPAB, illmatic and aquemini just kinda gets lost on me. There have been hip hop albums that i have enjoyed greatly but none of them i would call an all time favourite. Until i saw the beautiful cover ... read more
machine gun is a such a sick album. To make a jazz album, a genre synonymous with being cool and calm, that is so heavy, brutal and uncompromising is unreal. Because whereas with death metal or whatever you can just plug in a bunch of pedals to make your guitars sound apocalyptic, in jazz you cant do that- you just need to push your lungs beyond what was ... read more
ito be honest i am stumped what this album is going for really. if you were to just go off the reviews on here you would assume the album to be a dingy, disturbing nightmare- but it's not really that. The vocals often seem more like theyre trying to be goofy and quirky instead of something creepy and the songs are just muddy as opposed to be unsettling. ... read more
Parable of Arable is a interesting one. It's an album of 6 dense psychedelic proto punk tracks with these chaotic and overwhelming 'free form freak out' tracks in between them. And I think this wouldve been a concept that worked perfectly if the songs themself were just better. honestly i dont really have a problem with the free form freak out tracks. I ... read more
on the subject of no wave essentials, we arguably the most essential album to ever come out of the scene- Glenn Branca's ascension. This was the first album to appear on the list that I was really excited to check considering the amount of praise that has been lumped onto it and fortunately I was not disappointed. Glenn Branca create 5 transcendental ... read more
this shit feels like pandering man. l mean who wouldve guessed the groove heavy no wave with a deranged vocalist yelling at you to 'contort yourself' who appeal to me. anyway this shit is sick. james chance and his contortions take a very unique approach to no wave. while most bands in the scene make thier music uncomfortable through sluggish, heavy and ... read more