Spectrum_Pulse

…hey, don’t blame me for this one, sometimes you need the utterly generic silent majority act to boost the video for the algorithm - at least that’s not as cynical as, well, this album!

Look, at this point it’s a dead meme how utterly inessential and past their prime Maroon 5 is, where I have to assume the only reason mainstream critics are bothering to cover this is an easy target - that’s how dead the meme is - and thus when we get a new album, I have no idea ... read more

You know, the one very convenient thing about running a show where you talk about the Hot 100 is that if you wind up covering her on that show, reviewing the album itself winds up pretty straightforward!

And man, I wish it was better - unfortunately a lot of the charting moments are the most interesting on this project but also highlight how Doja Cat sounds overmanaged and pulled in a few too many directions. Now she’s got a jack-of-all-trades skillset in terms of her pretty good ... read more

so… guess who feels very late to the party here?

In all due fairness, I feel like I should have reviewed Mazy Fly two years ago, it was on my radar but somehow slipped through the cracks, but with the surge of critical acclaim directed at Spelllling’s newest album, especially from one fellow colleague on this website, I figured I’d do my due diligence and catch up on her first two albums. And I’ll admit I’m not sure how to feel about them - a haunting but ... read more

I’m not sure what it was about that last Mountain Goats album Getting Into Knives that hooked me more than everyone else. Maybe I’m a sucker for the writing leaning into a feral and dilapidated place along with the rougher production, maybe it was how there were enough slow burn moments to really suck me in, maybe it was listening to it alongside the newest clipping for a thematic synergy that gave them both so much replay value.

Anyway, folks have been way more supportive and ... read more