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Patti Smith - Hey Joe / Piss Factory
Patti Smith
Hey Joe / Piss Factory
1974 • Single
87
23h ago
Dave Liebman - Lookout Farm
Dave Liebman
Lookout Farm
1974 • LP
75
23h ago
Hugh Masekela - I Am Not Afraid
Hugh Masekela
I Am Not Afraid
1974 • LP
73
Jun 1
Be-Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim
Be-Bop Deluxe
Axe Victim
1974 • LP
68
Jun 1
JPEGMAFIA - EXPERIMENTAL RAP
JPEGMAFIA
EXPERIMENTAL RAP
2026 • LP
80
May 29
Toots & The Maytals - In the Dark
Toots & The Maytals
In the Dark
1974 • LP
82
May 29

Recent Reviews

Patti Smith - Hey Joe / Piss Factory
87

Aggressively confrontational beat-poetry inspired folk. In a no man's ground between rap-poetry, folk and the nameless vitriol that would be christened punk-rock, Gil Scott-Heron is maybe the straightest comparable I can think of.

Very powerful stuff.

Be-Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim
68

At times feels like a slower take on the, yet to be invented, 1st wave of UK punk -sound. Nothing amazing, except for No Trains To Heaven, which was an absolute pleasure.

JPEGMAFIA - EXPERIMENTAL RAP
80

An uneven album, that's peak Peggy on the top tracks, but a tad uninventive all too regularly. Somewhat unremarkable at the start, the album picks up pace and builds itself an identity the longer it goes.

Bleachers - everyone for ten minutes
67

Bleachers continues on its track of being a sort of watered down, easy listening version of Bruce Springsteen. This time though its with a handful of very out of character auto-tune tracks thrown in. These lack taste and sour the whole album in a way. Its definitely original and autotune isn't something to be automatically hated on, but man is the balance off on a couple of these.

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A casual listener. Vintage stuff during office days, new releases on my own time.

Mainly into (anarcho/post/hardcore)punk, conscious hip hop, old school Memphis rap and breakbeat/jungle. Interested in all music though, believe that there are pearls to be found in any genre.

Mainly instinctive first impression ratings, reviews if I've got something to say.

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