An intoxicating landscape of sampling and plunderphonics presents itself, fully realized, in The Avalanches all timer of a debut. It’s absolutely jam packed with detail, and ends up being one of the most engaging and beautiful albums of the 2000’s.
Standout tracks on Since I Left You are some of the greatest songs ever. Whether it be the beautiful title track, the insane Frontier Psychiatrist, the blossoming Live at Dominoes, or the stellar closer, Extra Kings.
A discretely unnerving listen with similarly alien vocals, this under rated album is set to haunt my dreams for the foreseeable future (especially with that cover) but lacks the consistency and engagement of an all timer. Still quite a great release for such an under rated band.
Near perfect, ground breaking, brilliantly performed, great backstory, The Velvet Underground’s debut has about everything going for it, and it delivers on all cylinders at a constant rate near the speed of light. At times calming, at times shocking, and at times erotic, the diverse but consistent and fluid track list provides some of the 60’s best songs, (Sunday Morning, Venus in Furs, Heroin, I’ll Be Your Mirror) and some of the most influential songwriting out of an rock ... read more
My introduction to Fugazi, great music that came at the right time. Definitely recommend, and I gots to check out more of this band.
Best songs are Oh and The Argument
Daughters create a 50 minute long harrowing sonic landscape straight from the 7th layer of hell. Jarring as it is uncompromising, it’s one of the boldest releases of the 2010’s, with ridiculous guitar tones constantly shrieking over pounding percussion and Alexis Marshall’s manically sung vocals.
In spite of all that’s come from Daughters since its release, You Won’t Get What You Want stands as an opus of industrial and no wave music, an extreme for accessibility ... read more