Dear Idles, I fucking love you too.
Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for THIS album? Not this album specifically, but this type of album? The left curve, not anything you have been expecting, but everything you need sort of album? Do you know how long i’ve been waiting for something this out there from, of all bands, IDLES? This is an Idles album with strings. Fucking Strings!
Some Context to those uninformed: Idles, comprising of course of Joe Talbot on vocals, Adam ... read more
So uh…3000 followers.
That’s beyond nuts to me. Realistically, this is a milestone that, frankly, should not have been met. I think I've only posted a couple of reviews per year, maybe put out a handful of lists but mainly just stuck to rating stuff i’ve heard. To get to 3K from basically doing what I would consider the bare minimum is, by no means, insanity. Thanks to everyone for checking out the reviews when they do come in, and thanks to everyone who has been patiently ... read more
Micheal Gira, you silly poodle! Why'd you have to make me shit my pants again!
Swans, for as abrasive, grand and destructive as they seem on the surface, bring me a lot of comfort. Maybe that’s strange to say, but there is a certain calmness to their music that is really hard to pin down and truly define for me. Swans entire career, the good, the bad, and the weird has always been trying to reach this display of pure emotional, spiritual or physical catharsis. From the No Wave anger and ... read more
Get your faces away from the window you absolute baboons.
TW: depression, anxiety, The Shadow Man
Paramore have always been a band that I admired, bringing substantive, emotional Pop Rock with consistently fantastic musicianship and heartfelt lyrics that just made them one of the few bands to not only last from the 2000s, but pretty much constantly got better as time went on, and while I absolutely love much from this era, it’s very hard to name bands who were born from, survived and ... read more









