Okay okay it might be recency bias but I had to tone down the score on STH cause Peggy is nowhere NEAR unrivaled anymore when it comes to production this year. Utopia is Travis' Yeezus and everyone knows it. Went into this with low expectations and was blown away by the sheer atmosphere, and the FEATURES oh the features might just top ASTROWORLD... somehow despite all the bloat I stayed at the edge of my seat the whole time. Listen to this thing in a pitch black room and let yourself sink ... read more

*blasting TV static*
🗣️ DJ KHAAAAAAAALED
*feeding glass into a woodchipper*
🗣️ WE THE BEST MUUUUUSIC

I remember when I had faith in glaive's future. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Sometimes people will call this "theatercore", and while it has those strange inflections and in-your-face creativity, I find myself enjoying this MUCH more than a Tally Hall. Admittedly, some of it might be nostalgia, since Neil Cicierega planted his brainworms inside me ever since I was young without ever realizing it, seriously how does one man make SO many memes, but he is able to back up his shitposts with actual great music as well. It's rare to find an album where every song is ... read more

Since I haven't been reviewing much recently, I wanted to pump out a few reviews on albums I love, and since I gave a pretty middling review on Pino's most recent effort, why not balance that out a bit, cause this album rules. Easily his best era and I can't see there being much competition, while some of my all-time favorites aren't on here, the sheer consistency is something we've never seen, just some standout electropop all around. I think the reason it's so much more invigorating than a ... read more

SNAIL'S HOUSE REVIEW MARATHON: PART 13

Just realized that this album is chronologically closer to Ordinary Songs 2 than it is to present day, holy shit the pandemic has DESTROYED our perception of time... really though, as the world marches on, the more and more likely it becomes that Ordinary Songs 5 may be the finale of this little album series, and honestly, that's probably for the best. I love Ordinary Songs but it always felt more like a testing ground, a mishmash of whatever ideas Ujico* ... read more

This is the first time since 1998 that we haven't had a #1 rap hit by June, and if Travis & Uzi don't drop then this here might be our last hope. Thankfully, it delivers!!! Keeping the playful & varied flows that made her stand out in the first place while nixing ANY trace of Dr. Luke, this is just about the perfect direction for her career to go. Even if it's aiming for a less commercial sound I really hope this single, and project as a whole, hits it big. A concise tracklist with ... read more

Bros... this is the best album of 2022 and it's not even close. Maybe even close to best album of the decade so far, although Nurture and SIMBI are pretty strong competition. Unless something changes the musical landscape as we know it, I'm pretty damn sure it's staying in my Top 10 by 2030. I can't get enough of this record's immaculate consistency, it's the most recent album I own on vinyl. Embarrassing to admit but the only reason I got into JID is cause he looked like an absolute SNACK in ... read more

Might just be my nostalgia glasses but I think I actually prefer the first movie's soundtrack. THE MOVIE ITSELF ON THE OTHER HAND??? OHHHHH

Seriously though, almost none of the features delivered here... some of the tracks work better in the context of the movie but any other listening environment and it's boring as fuck. Also, am I the only one that thinks Metro Boomin is kiiiiinda overrated as a producer? He has an incredible work ethic and I'm sure he's a lovely man, but other than his work ... read more

Highkey this might be the best song Ghost has ever made. It takes the industrial sound and unconventional lyrics of their style to a whole nother level, the variety of vocals keeps things interesting at every turn, the music video is super charming, and most importantly? It bangs!!! No irony in this review I stim to this one regularly

A true lyrical masterclass, I could really empathize with their love for fish

Wow! It's complete ass!!! Like I ADORE JID. And NewJeans can be fun every once and a while even if Min Hee-Jin is a weirdo. But they're both so watered down in the final product... I can definitely see how Jon Batiste won a grammy for best album cause this is the exact type of safe shit the academy would nominate

SNAIL'S HOUSE REVIEW MARATHON: PART 12

THE MOST UNDERRATED ONE!!!!!

Seriously though, I, along with many others, slept on this EP at first. I mean with such a generic title it can't be that groundbreaking, right? WRONG

Not only is petrichor already off to a stronger start in the naming department (I love me some rain), its glitchy guitar strums are a wonderful development from the highs of Galactic Whisper, even incorporating the same unintelligible vocals of an Alien Pop album without as ... read more

Ehhhhh I'm sorry I'm not feeling this era of PinocchioP too hard. Zero-Go is still easily undefeated as his best work.

None of the tracks are outright BAD... okay well Cosmospice is kinda racist but LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT
Really the only tracks I get something out of are God-Ish and Reincarnation Apple. There's still a consistent level of solid production but it never really grabs me. Like the choruses don't... chorus. Hell even if the previous album had AWFUL sequencing it still has some ... read more

Finding out that Moe Shop collaborated with this guy like 7 years ago has gotta be one of the lowest moments of my musical journey

SNAIL'S HOUSE REVIEW MARATHON: PART 11

Alien Pop IV when?

I think I'd call this one the most polished of this little miniseries, there isn't really a weak point on this concise tracklist. The into Invader is a rare 5 minutes for Snail's House, and even without any beat switches or much development really, it still manages to keep a strong pulse throughout with that pumping beat. There's a lot of charm in those "verses", and there's a surprising amount of depth in there with its ... read more

PEAKCHIKO IS BACK!!!

THIS is the band that really got me into alt/indie rock. I was a casual Gorillaz fan at the time maybe but I didn't know about Radiohead or Neutral Milk Whatever, I just saw D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L on people's Topsters and thought "that looks funky". And wow. What a storied band, from /mu/ to disk rot, it all lead up to this point 23 years later. It's gonna have a hard time rivaling such a classic, but just about anything would two whole ... read more

I binged this entire thing while reading an off brand manga version of Shakespeare's Othello and I think that improved the experience tbh anyways JELEEL YEAH

Usually I don't tend to enjoy these kinds of albums where there's a bunch of songs without much time to flesh any of them out. While I guess it is better than all that unnecessary bloat, it can feel disorienting and almost mind numbing with so many half baked ideas being thrown at you nonstop. I always had this problem with an album like ... read more

SNAIL'S HOUSE REVIEW MARATHON: PART 10

I think there's something to be appreciated in the mundane. This is an incredibly stripped back release, even compared to the previous ambient albums Snö and L'été, so stripped back that I actually fell asleep to the original livestream of its premiere, but I mean that in no way as a negative. The more I sit with this project I realize the hidden genius in its experimentation... sooooo basically what I'm saying is this is the Yeezus of ... read more

SNAIL'S HOUSE REVIEW MARATHON: PART 9

This EP is a strange one, as it contains what I believe to be two of the best songs he's ever made PERIOD, and another two that are just... pretty aight.

Self admitted to be his favorite song he ever produced (at least at the time), Cosmo Funk is a, well, funky masterpiece! An utterly infectious beat you can't help but clap along to, a surprisingly catchy chorus, a fluttering arpeggio, acid jazz chords and incredibly charming bwubs, ahhh it never gets ... read more