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

Black Country New Road followed up their already outstanding debut with an even more outstanding and dense sophomore album. This album is already a classic for me, and is emotional and tight compositions and performances highlight the maximalist perfection in the orgasmic peaks of the album, I.E Basketball Shoes, The Place Where He Inserted The Blade, Concorde.
The track list flows in laminar bliss, from the welcoming intro track until the climax right at the end of Basketball Shoes. ... read more

A sign of great things to come, even if Fun House itself isn’t that great. Found it a little over rated and same-ish, with rather jarring vocals and at times drawn out songs, which, considering the short length of this album, isn’t really a good thing. I will say, the opener, Down on the Street, is legitimately fantastic, and the only song where I can stomach the vocals well enough to enjoy the clearly perfected instrumentation. Super important and influential album, just ... read more

When I first heard this, honestly thought the instrumentation was a self indulgent wash and the vocals sounded like a sick third grader. And that’s how I lived my life, unaware of the genius and greatness on this centerpiece of a severely under rated band. Something came over me recently, like Gabriel visiting Mary, Brave Little Abacus entered my recommended bands. Much like Mary, I was scared, but I pulled together some courage after seeing the praise Just Got Back… gets online ... read more

I wasn’t quite prepared for the oncoming odyssey LTIY presents after my first few introductions to Unwound. I had high expectations coming off of New Plastic Ideas and Fake Train, and what I got was an extraordinary consistent, epic, gripping, sometimes terrifying, blend of cold post-rock and technically brilliant atmospheres. Unwound truly cemented themselves as something special with this final studio effort. Though I first heard this fairly recently, I’m already inclined to call ... read more

Injury Reserves remaining members pull through once again, with this being on par with By The Time I Get To Phoenix, in terms of quality and consistency, love it, AOTY contender (it’s only January but still

Imaginal Disk is said to have been hand delivered by alter-dimensional synth-pop gods who speak through Magdalena Bay and exclaim to humanity the wonders of perfect instrumentation, equally matched by stellar performances across some 15 songs and a near hour run time.
This is scarily consistent, which makes it similarity scarily replayable. This psychedelic pop odyssey covers so many bases, to where every song stands great on its own, but it’s almost concept like nature keeps the LP as a ... read more

Joey Badass had a lot to prove when 1999 release, and pretty quickly, it was clear he was something special. The peaks this mixtape hits are fucking insane, like for example, Survival Tactics. Both verses on here from Joey and Steez and ridiculous, probably on of my favorite rap songs ever. Steez especially delivers a strong 11 light 12 verse. Although the rest of the mixtape doesn’t quite reach the high of its singles, it’s consistent enough to remain an earth shaking debut.

Super warm album, even in its depressing presentation it manages to keep very cozy, cottage like production. Especially love When Will It End and Suicide Cleanup for this reason. I wish this album wasent sung through a turtle beach mic, because I feel like this guy has some poignant things to say 🫤. But I can’t fault Boyhood for that, it’s clearly home made, in the same way an album like A Lonley Sinner is. I can however, fault it for not structuring these songs out, and in its ... read more

1st song alone has an albums worth of material and creativity. Close To The Edge is the kind of throned album Yes had been building too with a series of consistent, amazing prog albums. Their self titled, The Yes Album, and Fragile served as building blocks up to Close To The Edge, the divine peak of their early 70’s, and the absolute best of their discography. With 3 songs and a sub 40 minute run time, this album is tight, all killer multi-facaded prog epics that remain gold standards ... read more

Kinda overhyped to be honest 🫤. I went in with high expectations (that 97/100 critic score caught my eye) but I don’t know. Not that I hated it, I actually had a few standout songs I liked quite a bit, but as a whole, the songs are too short to do a whole lot, and with a runtime under 40 minutes, so is the album. I think if this was more drawn out to around and hour, I’d love it, but for now, I think it’s just okay.

Catastrophically good record. Mr. Bungle also being a catastrophically under rated artist in the grand scheme of hard rock. Even though California doesn’t really fit the “hard rock” moniker, and instead sends us to some alternate universe in which the beach boys joined forces with satan and stretched out their song structures to sometimes breach insanity, sometimes breach purity, although never quite reaching the pearly gates. It’s an all time creative effort, amazing ... read more

Stunningly gorgeous album from an artist lost to soon, Grace is as elegant as it is emotional. This is one of the most effective tear jerkers of a record, heightened by Jeff Buckleys untimely passing, leaving this as his one and only fully realized album.
Opener Mojo Pin sets a very high precedent for the rest of the songs, with Buckley’s vocals immediately fantastic and precise as the production, which coalesces into one of my favorite opening tracks ever.
Other strongpoints are the ... read more

I really like this album. In fact, it has some of my favorite songs ever on it (Carry The Zero, Center of The Universe, You Were Right), but it is a sort of tragic hero of an album, and it has a tragic flaw. This serves as Built to Spills first album after being signed to a major label, which of course means this is front loaded as shit, of course, that’s just my opinion. But I think having The Plan, Center of The Universe, and Carry The Zero open this thing really sets a bar to high for ... read more

One of the more harrowing listens I’ve subjected myself to. Yet I’m extremely humbled to able to listen to this, as I came out loving this, quite a lot actually. It reminds me a lot of Daughters’ You Won’t Get What You Want, which I similarly love. The vocals are so amazing, and drew more comparison to similar harsh rock acts. The instrumentation is at a constant state of insanity and manic energy.
God’s Country really isn’t for the faint of heart, easily ... read more

As much as I love Head Hunters, Maiden Voyage is always gonna be my personally fav Herbie Hancock. My first time listening to this in its entirety was during a roadtrip to Florida. Let me tell you, there’s no more exquisite juxtaposition than listening to Eye of The Hurricane while going 80 mph on 65.
On repeated listens, it’s kept is debut like readiness, and remains, at least in my mind, a jazz golden standard!
Favorite songs are Eye of The Hurricane and Dolphin Dance :)