As we’ve passed the original record’s anniversary, Linkin Park’s sudden and gigantic comeback hit me like a ton of bricks last year. Through 7 years of thinking the band was disbanded for good following Chester’s tragic passing, the band worked on all of this completely under the radar, since 2019 as a matter of fact with Emily Armstrong who, ignoring all her weird controversies, is one of the best metal vocalists of her generation.
Personally, I’ve gone through a ... read more
Fantastic tribute to Latin America, particularly Puerto Rico which continues to be an actively neglected colony of the US.
I was gonna write an essay for Kendrick's halftime show last year (which I obviously watched drunk with friends with bbq wings, same this year, shit was peak), but 2025 was way too fucking miserable for me. This year also got off to a really chaotic start, since my last review since I was forced to move out unexpectedly (landlords are hitler, decommodify housing now), ... read more
Swans is still one of the most uniquely visceral experimental bands I've ever heard
Since I listened to The Beggar in 2023, I've been fascinated by their extremely extensive, avant-garde manner of conveying concepts like this, something like the miracle of birth in such a suffocating and bone-chilling way. The erratic switches in tone in places like the opener and Guardian Spirit, contrasted with the agonizingly slow build-ups that follow do so much to make this story so palpable in ... read more
Maruja has to be the best band I've discovered through this site, can't believe how goated with the sauce they are so consistently
So, after listening to this band for 2 years, they're finally out with their debut album, and it's by far their most ambitious work to date, expanding their stylistic scope in terms of genre and themes. A lot of their political and philosophical ideas are upfront here more than ever before, themes perfectly encapsulating of the worst issues from ... read more




