i love this album front to back. each and every track are individually perfect, but when they're all put together this album creates a captivating musical journey. the anxious, angular grooviness of the first 5 tracks makes the quieter, more experimental final 3 tracks stand out for their calm dread.

david byrne's vocals and lyricism are on point. eno's production is crazy and boundary-pushing (like the double sin-wave kinda thing going on in once in a lifetime, or the squeaky ... read more

i don't know how they managed to make an album that is worse than the sum of its parts. none of the songs are individually offensive but every time i listen to this album (only ever done when i'm marathoning their discography) i feel genuine dread when i realise i'm only halfway through when it feels like hours have passed. congrats rivers cuomo on inventing chronostasis.

described by mark fisher (rest in peace) as "the fire to Joy Division's ice", the pop group's Y is a stunning experiment in funk, punk and dub. perhaps in a better world it would have stood alongside albums like Unknown Pleasures and Remain in Light for its ambitions and innovation, but its experimentalism and maddening lyrical veracity in uncovering and disrupting the fabric of modern human experience render it commercially unappealing, and I wouldn't have it any other ... read more

international proletariat classic. departing from the experimental soundscapes of their debut Y, this album is a stark and ever-relevant diatribe against European and American imperialism. the free flowing funk/jazz instrumentals in combination with mark stewart's stunning vocal performance mark this album as a tremendous (and, sadly, buried) monument to post-punk's potential as an opposition to and total deconstruction of modernity.

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i was going to give this album a review but i had pretty bad sleep last night. circumstances render it impossible

the absolute best mainstream act around right now. this is the kind of incredible album you drop then go on indefinite hiatus for, but just a year later they've released 8 fantastic singles. a seriously visionary band that fuses decades of synth-pop, dance and even at times prog influences into an album that somehow feels 80s, 2000s, contemporary, and futuristic all at once. i think magdalena bay is the kind of music that will be talked about in 20 or so years in the same breath as people ... read more

hard as FUCK. relentless energy that never gives in, unforgettable riffs that rip stinking ass in a good way and just ridiculous drumming. approachable as well i think for a sludge/prog metal album. blood and thunder activates me like a sleeper agent whenever i somuchas think about it (christian bale in the big short had good taste)

seriously impressive how such a short album manages to evoke so much with only 24 minutes and 15 tracks. from the get go some rap songs presents itself as an album about the uncertainty of language and expression with it's blurry cover art, vague title and the opening track Shattered Dreams' cold open: "[imprecise words] chief get it cos you mean it". Earl then spends the rest of the album using this idea as a throughline to explore themes of generational trauma, mental ... read more

i didn't think too much of getting killed when i first listened to it sometime in early october, irritatedly waiting 20 minutes longer than expected for my bus and then another 20 minutes on an unusually busy route, missing my change onto the next bus ride, this one an hour long. i liked bow down a lot, probably because it signalled the final stretch of the first journey. was already indifferent to cameron winter's first solo album, and neither the singles or the whole of getting ... read more

if you don't fw frog on the floor i don't want to know you

Awesome experimental record with really catchy and weird songs. The interactions between the sharp guitar's weird progressions and kick-ass riffs, and the much deeper rest of the set, which sort of groan along as they follow the lead guitar gives a really fun listening experience. It plays with your expectations, sometimes building into nothing, but more often than not into unexpected and awesome payoffs, like in the bridge of Letter to ZZ Top. The singer's voice is so genuinely ... read more

Shockingly good for a B-Sides EP, kinda surprised some of these tracks didn't make it onto Green Mind - Not You Again would fit right in. I really enjoy the title track, Not You Again, The Little Baby, and Pebbles + Weeds, but could take or leave the rest of the EP. Not You Again and Pebbles + Weeds just sound like pretty good classic Dino songs, and The Little Baby is a really cool follow-up to Don't from Bug, I love when Dino goes heavy like that, reminds me I need to check out Deep ... read more