After virtually killing his career in the late '80s, Bowie decides to reinvent himself by forming a whole new band. The result is Tin Machine, a band that would be relatively unknown and be forgotten very quickly despite them being pretty ahead of their time.
The thing with Tin Machine is that they have a lot of good ideas, and the sound that they use wouldn't end up becoming popular until the early '90s. Although in hindsight this just seems like your average alt-rock or grunge album, at the ... read more
I'm probably the only person who went into this album with no nostalgic feeling towards the movie. I have only ever seen the movie once when I was a kid, and I remember close to nothing from it. So this soundtrack really didn't have much of a chance of impressing me, because outside of the context of the movie this is just another '80s Bowie album, and if you know Bowie then you know that the '80s were the worst time for his music.
Really, when comparing this to the other albums that came out ... read more
Yeah, soundtracks with nothing but original content is great and usually results in some of the most interesting and refreshing music in an artist's discography, but what about a soundtrack that also serves as a good compilation album? Because that's basically what Bowie's soundtrack for Christiane F. is, a compilation album.
This soundtrack is basically just a greatest hits album of Bowie's late '70s work, including songs from Station To Station, Low, "Heroes", Lodger, and a live ... read more
Pin Ups really came at the worst possible time in Bowie's discography. Coming right when he was in his prime, after releasing five highly influential albums, and between two of his biggest ever releases - Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs - it's no wonder this is often forgotten about when talking of Bowie's early discography. This album, consisting of only covers, showing Bowie briefly moving away from his usual glam sound and going with a more classic '60s rock vibe, is certainly a disappointment ... read more
All this talk of David Bowie is making me want to binge through his discography for, like, the fifth time, so I figured I'd spend the next few days talking about the few Bowie albums that I have yet to review. First up is the final collection of previously unheard songs in his discography, the No Plan EP.
No Plan consists of the amazing Lazarus, which is still one of the best songs I have ever heard, and three more tracks which were written and recorded for Blackstar but were scrapped for ... read more
One of the most popular outings from Merzbow's 2019 releases, and it is admittedly actually pretty good. In terms of his pure noise releases - no gimmicks used to make it more accessible - this may be one of his most listenable releases that I've heard. Although this is still an unrelenting assault on your ears, it isn't anywhere close to being as brutal as some of his other popular releases like Pulse Demon or Venereology.
The track listing itself is actually pretty interesting. Consisting ... read more
Edit: Y'know what? Yeah, this album grew on me after a few more listens. I still think that the gimmick does get tiring as the record continues, but for the most part it's a fun listen. It may not be the greatest metal album ever, and the cheesiness of the poppier aspects can be a detriment to the otherwise interesting and enjoyable sound, but as a whole this album is just too entertaining for me to say I still see this as a disappointment.
Original score: 61
Poppy's I Disagree had some pretty ... read more
Poppy's debut EP is... just as cliched and uninspiring as I remember.
The thing with Poppy is that, although I've always been fascinated with the character and her most recent music actually impresses me a lot, her earlier stuff is just uninteresting and generic. She has always had a good singing voice, but there really isn't anything separating Bubblebath Poppy from any other pop artist. I think that's why I liked both Am I A Girl and Choke so much; she tried something different, something ... read more
I spent way too long looking for an album that is essentially just fifteen minutes of pots and pans being banged together and horribly out of tune string instruments being scratched with a dull razor.
I'm not gonna lie, I had fun with this record. It's fucking hilarious how awful this low quality mess of noise really is. I just can't find it in myself to act like I hate this. It's unquestionably bad, even by noise standards, but I enjoy it nevertheless.
Brian Wilson decides that the album that he initially wrote with the intent of it being his debut solo record was good enough to be a Beach Boys release, and takes up the producer credit once more and makes what is widely known as the final good album under The Beach Boys' name.
Love You is certainly a well made album, and far above some of the worst shit to come out of this band. This may very well be the final Beach Boys record that actually had a chance at being near the top with their ... read more
Sad Wings Of Destiny is certainly not the album where Judas Priest became the rock and metal legends we know them as today. This really isn't the album that you listen to and see why they are as renowned as they are today. Just like Rocka Rolla, this record is very amateurish and has a few clearly noticeable issues that push this far away from it being a top-tier metal album. However, the reason why this album is so beloved, the reason why it is seen as one of Priest's main classics, is because ... read more
I think the best way to describe this album is that it's just Erector but infinitely more disturbing.
Whitehouse take the sound that they established in Erector and take it further. Where Erector pretty much stuck to one single repetitive sound, Dedicated to Peter Kürten has this same sound but changes it around enough to make it truly haunting.
Despite Whitehouse's entire discography being incredibly dark in their subject matters, with the band never shying away from sensitive topics ... read more
If you wanted to pinpoint the exact moment The Beach Boys went from being one of the most consistently awe-inspiring, experimental, and intriguing pop acts to one of the most boring and painfully bad artists of the decade, look no further than their 1976 release filled with nothing but tracks that are worse than mediocre by Beach Boys standards and covers that completely butcher the originals.
Okay, maybe the hate thrown towards 15 Shit Ones is a bit overblown. After all, while this album is ... read more
Bob Dylan's fourth project is... well, it's just what you would come to expect from his acoustic projects. However, I do have to admit that I did enjoy this more than The Times They Are a-Changin', even if only slightly. I know that's an unpopular opinion, but I genuinely think this album has the better songs and is overall much more interesting, although I do think that the weakest songs on here are weaker than the ones on that one. But even saying that, neither that album nor this one have ... read more
Poppy's Am I A Girl? is... a mess of an album to say the least. This album's sound is all over the place, with some songs being exclusively pop, some songs being very heavily rock and metal influenced, and other songs having a mix of all of these genres. Despite this mess of styles which really shouldn't work out as well as it does, Poppy still provides with a fun record that fully succeeds in showing her versatility and proving that she is a pop artist that everybody should look out for.
Just ... read more
I used to follow Poppy's Youtube channel before she started making music, and honestly when she first started to release her music I just figured that it would end up being just as bad as most other Youtubers. By the time her channel became solely an advertisement for her new albums, I pretty much lost all interest in what she was making anyway. Seeing as her new album is set to come out next week, I figured I may as well check out some of her other stuff. I gotta say, I feel like I've missed ... read more
With the help of David Bowie's production, Lou Reed makes one of the most important albums in all of glam rock.
I feel like this album is a prime example of what a good producer can do for an artist. Just like his debut album, Lou Reed's Transformer is mostly comprised of tracks originally intended for his former band, The Velvet Underground. Unlike his debut, however, this album has a very fresh and fun sound and doesn't just sound like whatever other music was hitting the mainstream. This ... read more
Well, Judas Priest's debut is much better than I expected, but not quite as good as you would hope from such a classic band.
I don't think Judas Priest needs any introduction. They're one of those metal bands that everyone just knows. Even if you think you don't know them, chances are you've heard one of their many classic metal tunes being played at some point. But even with that being the case, it is a known fact that Priest didn't get off to a great start. Like many other classic rock ... read more
I guess I enjoy getting yelled at by angry British men.
Whitehouse's Bird Seed is one of their most famous releases, and I can definitely see why. Although I'm still not all that knowledgeable on their discography, seeing as the only other album I've heard from them was also one of their most famous releases and I wasn't too crazy for it, hearing an album that is actually really chilling and disturbing certainly gave me a new perspective on the band.
This album is honestly extremely difficult ... read more
I really don't know what you expect me to say about this one. It's very cute and innocent, but it is just a spoken word fairy tale with some cool Beach Boys instrumentals every now and then. I really don't see how anyone above the age of five could genuinely enjoy this album and see it as the "masterpiece" that so many people call it. Jack Rieley's narration is so lifeless that it makes everything so boring, and the voice Brian Wilson puts on as the Pied Piper is so damn annoying. ... read more
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Demons is still my pick for best Dostoevsky btw"
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On Boris - Performing "PINK" in Its Entirety - Live at Shindaita Fever 20160924
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On Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
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On System of a Down - Hypnotize
"@ClayDJs03 "hate" was waaay too strong a word for me to have used back then. Honestly quite surprised I did lol. The only SOAD song I ever really "hated" was Old School Hollywood. But anyway, as far as some of the tracks I used to dislike, I guess I sorta just lightened up. She's Like Heroin is still probably bottom 5 SOAD, and Kill Rock 'n Roll is a bop even if it's silly. The others I listed as least favs I honestly don't really know why I did. Two of them are some of the most memorable on the album, and Stealing Society, though one of the most forgettable in their discog, is a banger.
The album itself is still my least fav SOAD. Too many tracks that are just blatantly forgettable or simply filler, and it's such a drop from Mezmerize."
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"And Helaena being a dreamer was one of the worst decisions in this show so far lol. It's blatantly them making an "out" so they can do whatever with her character and have it make sense, i.e. her not grieving her son, and eventually killing herself, "because I saw it in a dream.""
On Ramin Djawadi - House of the Dragon: Season 2
"@ClayDJs03 I think (unfortunately) you hit the nail on the head with the writers wanting to double down on the misogyny, which is a shame considering George generally does a great job of tackling the subject in his books, even in the Dance of Dragons. All this whitewashing has ironically done the opposite of their intention; removing the agency of literal Queens, having the men in their lives make the hard decisions that come with war and having the women fight against it and act like they had no say in the matter, to me, that's way more misogynistic than, y'know, having your women characters actually make impulsive, emotional, even catastrophic decisions. Rhaenyra especially is so pathetic this season after that final shot in S1."
On Ramin Djawadi - House of the Dragon: Season 2
"And yeah, that was the very moment in the finale I noped out lmao. Them meeting not once, but TWICE is such a tumblr fanfic moment that I can't believe made it past LITERAL PROFESSIONAL SCREENWRITERS. "Yeah, just have disputing Queens sail across the sea during wartime, not face any troubles along the way, and safely face their adversary and make their way back home in the span of a single day. That makes perfect sense." And Alicent selling out her son... Jesus fuck, idk how they managed to butcher such incredible characters in such a short time. They did NOT care and it shows."
On Ramin Djawadi - House of the Dragon: Season 2
"@ClayDJs03 Yeah, liking it as a book fan is sheer lunacy lmao. Of course the brutality is toned down, but also distancing Rhaenyra's participation. It gets hard to view her as the grief-stricken mother and LITERAL QUEEN that she's supposed to be when the impulsive decisions that make her so compelling in the books are trivialized down to "actually it was the men in her life who made those decisions. She's rational actually." And like you mention, the horrors inflicted on Helaena are so minimalized, but then after the fact they don't even give her a storyline dealing with the grief. I legitimately believe B&C was handled awfully, not just the event itself, but the entire lead-up and stream of consequences afterwards no longer making sense."
On Ramin Djawadi - House of the Dragon: Season 2
"@ClayDJs03 That blog was so vindicating, the contents and HBO's response so bemusing. Helaena killing herself for the lols will certainly be a choice. (I was also so glad he spent the whole post trashing Blood & Cheese. I felt crazy, being the only person I know (even fellow book fans) legitimately thinking that was executed well and not a bastardization on the level of GOT's S5 and 6 portrayal of Dorne and the Iron Islands.)"
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"state what you consider the obvious, get likes and peace out" - fat load of good that did me. 4 likes in 5 years!
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She's an extraordinary girl in an ordinary world ♫"
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