It sucks that everyone on this website hated Macklemore, but now when he's supporting Palestine people suddenly love it. Btw, it is antisemitic to be antizionist.

Kanye West: Pt. 10

My last Kanye review. I mean, I might do some more, but I'm just really not interested in anything after KSG.

I didn't expect this album to be so minimalistic. I'm used to Kanye making grand albums, and this thing is even less grand than Ye.

Despite that, I liked the album. It's not among his best albums ever, but it is for sure an interesting experience.

Kanye West: Pt. 9

The cover is great, Ghost Town is amazing, the album as a whole, still notably more pleasant than Pablo, but just really decent overall.

I'll probably listen to Kids See Ghosts tomorrow and end my dive into Kanye's music on it. I just don't think I'd find anything after KSG interesting.

Kanye West: Pt. 8

Looking at the track ratings, you may think I think the album's pretty alright, but I really don't like it.

Yeezus was a bold experiment, this album tries to piss me off intentionally. Kanye's worst so far.

Yeah, Slint is pretty good.

Actually, this album isn't a Spiderland ripoff but rather a really strong inspiration. Sure, there are some moments when the influence is a little too obvious, mostly in Athens, France, but outside of this song, and the structure of the album, there are not a lot of out-of-line similarities.

The album starts with an instrumental, which is something I was a little concerned about, but surprisingly enough, it works pretty well for the album.

Athens, France sounds ... read more

While it's a pleasure just hearing Thom's voice and listening to something new by him and Johnny, I have to say that if you would compare this album with any record in Radiohead's catalogue, it would arguably lose to every one of them.

With that being said, if we remove the context of Radiohead's discography behind Thom and Johnny, then it's just a good, solid, pretty interesting album, that can and should be appreciated.

Everyone seems to like this album, and now I understand why. It has just improved my mood, I liked almost every song. The only one I didn't really like is Pravda because whenever there is a stereotype about Russians mentioned, it just sounds kinda corny to me.

Anyway, this record is just experimental enough to not sound formulaic, but not too experimental, strikes a balance.

By the end it became good, buteverything before the last 4 songs is rather forgettable. While the songs sound nice, they also sound really formulaic at times, while the lyrics sometimes can be touching, they often come out somewhat banal, which doesn't take away from their sincerity, but does take away from the experience.

Anyway, the album's not at all bad, it is quite decent, at points undoubtedly good, sometimes mid, but overall, pretty alright.

Probably the first time I listen to an album where most songs are instrumentals, and I'm kinda on the fence with it. On one hand, it was easy on the years, and it sounds very forward-thinking for its time. With that being said, the album just didn't feel all that interesting, and the instrumentals rarely captured my attention for the whole song.

This album sounds like something I'd enjoy on the background, not something too interesting on its own for me.

This album is sad. Really feels like Ian's life in a nutshell.

I've heard a couple of songs before I listened to the whole album, and I was shocked by how stripped back, hollow, and uninviting some of the deeper cuts on this album sounded.

But I still connected more to the "hits", if it's an appropriate word. Disorder, She's Lost Control, Shadowplay, etc were my favorites.

Overall, a very solid project with a very distinct vibe of complete melancholy and hopelessness that has ... read more

Yeah, sounds good.

The first shoegaze album I've heard, I think, and that's why I needed some time to get into the sound, but I can't say that every song really clicked with me. In the beginning I was a little confused by the sound, and didn't know how to rank the songs, but then I got to some really strong ones and then I kinda understood the feeling this album aimed at.

Swans: Pt. 11

Well, Soundtracks for The Blind wasn't such a crazy experiment after all. I have never been more confused by an album in my life, clearly my childhood is over. I'm confused to the point that I don't even understand how to rate it. Do I like it? Do I hate it? I have no idea. I mean, there are songs I just enjoyed overall, like Avatar, Lunacy, etc. But there are also songs like A Piece of The Sky or Apostate, where I don't know how I even feel about them. In almost any song, there ... read more

Yeah, Someday is amazing. The rest, not so much.

The only thing that doesn't instantly click with me (on every song except Someday) is the vocals. In every song, they sound a little different, but only on Someday did they strike a perfect balance for me.

Outside of the vocals, I don't really have many complaints, the album's actually quite good.

A pretty great listen. Whenever I'd want to come back to this album, I'd probably just listen to the entirety of it, because of how complete and cohesive of an experience this record is.

Every song on this album (excluding interludes) got either an 80 or an 85 from me, that's just how stable it is. On the other hand, there are no songs that stand out for me, which is not necessarily a bad thing, rather just a weird feeling.

I can't say that I fully understood the lyrics; sometimes I did, ... read more

I mean, it's good, really good, but I expected more.

I just expected to connect to it more, to connect to every song like I do to Stairway to Heaven.

Stairway to Heaven is basically the definition of a perfect song. And the solo is like top-3, if not the best solo I've ever heard. Every note in this song is perfect.

Overall, very good, but I'm still kinda disappointed.

I felt really sick today, and somehow this album made me worse and better simultaneously.

It's hard to write this review while the shock from the last song is still wearing off. Basketball Shoes is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I envy everyone who hasn't heard it yet.

But of course, Basketball Shoes is not the only song that feels truly essential. The thing about this album is that it really makes you feel miserable, despite having such a cozy and beautiful atmosphere.

It's ... read more

In comparison with Fear of Music, this album is less cohesive, has more questionable songs, and overall is just more boring.

The atmosphere of Fear of Music is something that causes to come back to it, here the album's atmosphere is really inconsistent. The second half actually feels like it's an another album.

The second half is also much weaker than the first. The last song is probably the worst one I've heard from Talking Heads so far. Not a bad song by any means, just not interesting. ... read more

Kinda disappointed by this listen.

I felt this really weird feeling that, while I could pinpoint some moments and some instruments that I liked here and there, I just never vibed with a whole picture. Which is something that doesn't happen whenever I listen to Paperhouse, for example.

I heard and liked some stuff from Tago Mago, but there I enjoyed the song as a whole and felt like it was going somewhere. Here, I don't feel it.

Still, not at all a bad listen, just didn't do a lot for me, ... read more

Continuing the journey through some ahead-of-their-time releases by bands I don't know a thing about. However, this one kinda disappointed me.

I thought that I understood how to listen to albums like this one. That the payoff will strike you if you don't think about it, if you just enjoy what you hear at the moment. It didn't work on this album.

There are a lot of things I can appreciate about this album, but almost nothing for me to like.

I'm starting to like how the thing with not knowing what you're gonna sit through turns out. With Talking Heads, at least I knew something about them, here I didn't know anything at all, not a single thing, outside the fact that BradTaste loved it.

So, the album's good, wakes really different emotions through different tracks. Sometimes, it's violent, sometimes beautiful, sometimes also a little boring, but overall, pretty nice.