I love Christian music when it's done well. Sadly, it is very rarely done well.

Leigh Nash has the voice of an angel.

Breathe Your Name - 9
Tonight - 9
Down and Out of Time - 8
Don't Dream It's Over - 10
Waiting On the Sun - 8
Still Burning - 8
Melody of You - 9
Paralyzed - 9
I've Been Waiting - 8
Eyes Wide Open - 8
Dizzy - 8
Tension is a Passing Note - 7
A Million Parachutes - 8

Who could criticize an album when it sounds this good.

Wet Socks - 10
Somersault - 9
BC, Victoria - 8
Backburner - 8
Ivy - 7
Bins - 8
A Moment - 8
Aimless - Demo - 8
Subliming - 9
End - 8

Overall Score: 83

Favorite: Wet Socks
Least Favorite: Ivy

Creative? Yes

Ahead of its time? Perhaps

Memorable? Not Really. While I admire the experimentation and creativity on this album, it doesn't hit as much as I'd hoped it would before listening.

Love Squats - 8
Raise Dance - 7
Find Shit Break Shit! - 6
Dig The Ring - 8
Feathered - 8
Bonus Bonus - 8
Opportune - 7
Trying Shoes On - 6
Autonomish - 8
Strike Anywhere - 9

Overall Score: 75

Favorite: Strike Anywhere
Least Favorite: Trying Shoes On

Femininomenon - 10
Red Wine Supernova - 9
After Midnight - 9
Coffee - 8
Casual - 8
Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl - 8
HOT TO GO! - 9
My Kink Is Karma - 9
Picture You - 8
Kaleidoscope - 9
Pink Pony Club - 10
Naked In Manhattan - 8
California - 9
Guilty Pleasure - 7

Overall Score: 86

Favorite: Pink Pony Club
Least Favorite: Guilty Pleasure

Am I the only one who kinda loves this? It gives me Beatles vibes.

Where'd You Go - 8
Rock City - 9
In Twos - 8
2468 - 7
Well I Know You're Shy - 9
Julie - 7
Switch Over - 8
Information Content - 7
Frontrunner - 8
Sport Meets Sound - 8
I Can't Stand To See You - 8

Overall Score: 79

Favorite: Well I Know You're Shy
Least Favorite: Information Content

I prefer The Maine when they’re more emo, tbh.

Miles Away - 9
Same Suit, Different Tie - 7
My Hair - 6
English Girls - 7
24 Floors - 9
Diet Soda Society - 8
Am I Pretty? - 7
(Un) Lost - 8
American Candy - 8
Another Night On Mars - 7

Overall Score: 76

Favorite: 24 Floors
Least Favorite: My Hair

This is an excellently written, performed, and produced pop album that I thoroughly enjoyed. I just don’t see it as genre-defining. This is by every metric a great album but just not one I see as overly standing out amongst other good pop albums.

Green Light - 10
Sober - 8
Homemade Dynamite - 8
The Louvre - 8
Liability - 8
Hard Feelings/Loveless - 9
Sober II (Melodrama) - 8
Writer In The Dark - 7
Supercut - 9
Liability (Reprise) - 8
Perfect Places - 9

Overall Score: 83

Favorite: Green ... read more

Shit goes so fucking hard

Prison Song - 10
Needles - 9
Deer Dance - 9
Jet Pilot - 8
X - 9
Chop Suey! - 10
Bounce - 8
Forest - 9
ATWA - 9
Science - 9
Shimmy - 9
Toxicity - 10
Psycho - 9
Aerials - 10
Arto - 7

Overall Score: 90

Favorite: Aerials
Least Favorite: Bounce

Fox News is capitalist propaganda

Blood - 8
DNA - 9
Yah - 8
Element - 9
Feel - 9
Loyalty - 9
Pride - 10
Humble - 10
Lust - 8
Love - 10
XXX - 10
Fear - 10
God - 8
Duckworth - 10

Overall Score: 91

Favorite: Love
Least Favorite: Yah

"How the hell does she know how to tap dance?"

"Because she's Sarah Fucking Blanche"

Rio - 9
My Own Way - 7
Lonely in Your Nightmare - 8
Hungry Like the Wolf - 9
Hold Back the Rain - 7
New Religion - 8
Last Chance on the Stairway - 7
Save a Prayer - 8
The Chauffeur - 6

Overall Score: 77

Favorite: Rio
Least Favorite: The Chauffeur

You know a band is good when Modest Mouse steals their guitarist.

Nonphenomenal Lineage - 9
A.M. 180 - 10
Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Elegance - 9
Summer Here Kids - 8
Laughing Stock - 9
Under the Western Freeway - 7
Everything Beautiful Is Far Away - 9
Poisoned at Hartsy Thai Food - 5
Go Progress Chrome - 7
Why Took Your Advice - 8
Lawn & So On - 5

Overall Score: 78

Favorite: A.M. 180
Least Favorite: Poisoned at Hartsy Thai Food

I read in an article that Gen Z hasn't "rediscovered" R.E.M. yet, as they have done with other 90s grunge and alternative legends. While I doubt the legitimacy of that claim, if it is true, Gen Z is really missing out on some good music.
 
Radio Song - 8
Losing My Religion - 10
Low - 8
Near Wild Heaven - 9
Endgame - 6
Shiny Happy People - 10
Belong - 7
Half A World Away - 8
Texarkana - 9
Country Feedback - 10
Me In Honey - 9

Overall Score: 85

Favorite: Losing My ... read more

If you like this, check out a band called White Reaper. They're this band but better.

Southern Comfort - 8
The Righteous One - 7
Dirty Sheets - 6
Bathroom Tile Blues - 7
Gotta Get Down - 8
Let It Burn - 7
Who Needs You - 9
Norman - 5
Always N' Forever - 6
Blood Bubbles - 8
North Ave. - 7

Overall Score: 70

Favorite: Who Needs You
Least Favorite: Norman

This album feels soft and toothless for a rock record, especially for one released in the 2008, when Nickelback, Finger Eleven, Daughtry, and Linkin Park all charted. They could have done better.
 
Closer - 8
Crawl - 6
Sex on Fire - 9
Use Somebody - 7
Manhattan - 6
Revelry - 6
17 - 4
Notion - 7
I Want You - 5
Be Somebody - 5
Cold Desert - 8

Overall Score: 65

Favorite: Sex on Fire
Least Favorite: 17

Closing Time should have been the closer, and the reason that they're one hit wonders is entirely because it wasn't.

Closing Time - 10
Singing in My Sleep - 10
Made To Last - 9
Never You Mind - 7
Secret Smile - 8
DND - 8
Completely Pleased - 7
This Will Be My Year - 8
All Worked Out - 8
California - 7
She Spreads Her Wings - 7
Gone To The Movies - 7

Overall Score: 80

Favorite: Closing Time
Least Favorite: Never You Mind

I like this album but I'm not going to put any of these songs on my playlist. It's one of those albums that's really good from an artistic standpoint but in no way fun to listen to.

Untitled - 9
Obstacle 1 - 10
NYC - 9
PDA - 9
Say Hello to the Angels - 9
Hands Away - 8
Obstacle 2 - 9
Stella was a diver and she was always down - 8
Roland - 9
The New - 9
Leif Erikson - 9

Overall Score: 89

Favorite: Obstacle 1
Least Favorite: Stella was a diver and she was always down

Grunge really isn't the best genre fit for Sonic Youth. They are, first and foremost, a noise rock band, and, although they try to bring some noise rock elements into this "grunge" album, the two genres don't jell as well as you would want them to, resulting in some songs that are very disappointing. Then again, songs like Sugar Kane and Purr are gems. Overall, it's a mixed bag.

100% - 8
Swimsuit Issue - 7
Theresa's Sound-World - 9
Drunken Butterfly - 7
Shoot - ... read more

A HUGE improvement from Blurryface.

I love the concept of the album, and the execution is excellent as well. The lyrics hold up, the tone is usually pretty stable throughout, and the focus on mental health struggles is highlighted in a way that showcases the very best of the artists and their ability to tell a narrative. Excellent job.
 
Jumpsuit - 9
Levitate - 9
Morph - 9
My Blood - 10
Chlorine - 9
Smithereens - 7
Neon Gravestones - 9
The Hype - 8
Nico And The Niners - 7
Cut My Lip - ... read more

Wave Motion Gun reminds me of "Good Ween". The rest of this album reminds me that there are much better grunge bands than this one.

It's Saturday - 7
America - 8
Bye Bye - 8
All The Lights Went Out - 8
Secret Squirrel - 7
Wave Motion Gun - 9
Rebel Sodville - 6
Sunday Mail - 6
Pigeon Farm - 8
Never - 7
Love Bug - 6
Our Generation - 7

Overall Score: 73

Favorite: Wave Motion Gun
Least Favorite: Love Bug

There are very few memorable aspects of this album. If this is the best of mainstream country right now, then I have good justification not to bother listening to the rest of it.

Fear and Friday's (Poem) - 8
Overtime - 8
Summertime's Close - 7
East Side of Sorrow - 8
Hey Driver - 7
Fear and Friday's - 7
Ticking - 7
Holy Roller - 7
Jake's Piano - Long Island - 8
El Dorado - 7
I Remember Everything - 8
Tourniquet - 7
Spotless - 7
Tradesman - 5
Smaller Acts - 6
Oklahoman Son ... read more