UH-OH, THE ARCADE'S ON FIRE

I've heard the name Arcade Fire thrown around a lot, said to be one of the leading innovators in modern indie rock, but I never gave any of their work a listen until now. This album was a magical experience, with blends of modern rock and orchestral instrument shining throughout. You can really tell how much this band has influenced others just based off the sound. The performances are beautiful, yet also some of the most danceable performances I've ... read more

VISITING HOUSES IN MOTION

Groovy, experimental, fun. Three words I would use to describe this incredible album. Talking Heads are known as one of the lead forces in experimental and new wave music of the 80s, and this is my first project I've heard from them. The instrumentation draws influences from African music, with a strong focus on groove. The execution of these influences and ideas is very good, creating one of the most impactful sounds of the 80s. The songs explore society as a ... read more

DON'T YOU KNOW NOTHING COMES FREE?

It's chill, it's lo-fi, it's cool. It's Mac Demarco's Salad Days. Likely his most widely-acclaimed album, Salad Days was released in 2014 as his sophomore LP after the success of his debut album, 2. This is my first encounter with Mac Demarco's music, and I will say I'm impressed. This album is just so vibrant and fun went it comes to it's instrumentation, creating a fresh psychedelic pop-rock sound driven by ... read more

THERE'S A DEVIL ON MY CHEST

The gloomiest folk album I think I've ever heard. The amount of emotion displayed throughout is mind-boggling. With intense showcases of themes such as depression, suicide, and the afterlife, Giles Corey is a gutwrenching experience that is not for the faint of heart. It was created by Dan Barrett, who is one half of rock duo Have A Nice Life, and is yet another showcase of his musical genius after the masterpiece that was Deathconciousness. The ... read more

DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE IN ME?

This album is so raw, yet lush and dreamy at the same time. Adrianne's vocals are soothing, and the intricate instrumentation of guitar works and light percussion flow together with the other qualities of this albums sound to create a mellow, melancholic atmosphere. Adrianne's songwriting is just a poetic and soothing. Themes of love, family, and heartbreak are shown through introspective metaphors and words providing beautiful imagery. Overall, a nice, ... read more

SOOTHING ACOUSTICS

This album was recommended to me by my grandmother after I showed her Adrianne Lenker's 'songs,' and I was not disappointed. The instrumentation throughout begins with simple acoustic guitar playing from Nick Drake himself, but introduces orchestral arrangements throughout. There's even some percussion instruments throughout. Nick Drake's vocals also shine on the album, his deeper voice contrasting with the soft acoustic performances. His lyricism ... read more

Album Catalogue #29:

ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ʟɪᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴍ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ
ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴍ ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ
ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴍ ʟᴏꜱɪɴɢ
ɢᴜᴇꜱꜱ ɪ'ᴍ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ꜰɪɴᴇ

School projects, school projects, school projects. I've reached a spot in my school year in which I'm getting assignments thrown at me with every turn I take. Therefore, while I'll ... read more

Album Catalogue #27:

ᴏʜ, ᴡᴇʟʟ, ɪ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪꜱᴇ ɪ ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ
ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴍᴀ ʜᴀᴅ ʙᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ
ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ɪ ʜᴇʟᴘᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴄᴇʀʏ ꜱᴛᴏʀᴇ
ᴀɴᴅ ꜱʜᴇ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ɢɪꜰᴛ
ʜᴜʜ, ꜱᴏ Qᴜɪᴛ ʙɪᴛᴄʜɪɴ', ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜰᴜᴄᴋᴇʀ

Today I ... read more

Album Catalogue #26:

ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴀᴄʜᴇʀ ᴛᴀʟᴋꜱ
ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀɴ ᴅᴇᴍᴀɴᴅꜱ ʜɪꜱ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ
ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀᴅᴅʏ ꜱᴀɪᴅ, "ꜱʜᴏᴏᴛ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ʀᴜɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ʙᴀᴄᴋ,"

Today I spend my morning listening to 'Grace' by Jeff Buckley and 'In The Aeroplane Over The Sea' by Neutral Milk Hotel with my friend that stayed the night prior. He enjoyed both ... read more

Album Catalogue #24:
𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝕴 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖉 '𝖓𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖊 𝕸𝖔𝖔𝖓, 𝖏𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖜𝖆𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌

I took a small break from reviewing to figure out where I wanted to take this account. From now on, reviews will be on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Now, onto the review of the album because I'm not writing a summary of my past few days.

This record is my second ... read more

Album Catalogue #23
𝕺𝖍 𝖄𝖔𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖒𝖎, 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖊 𝖒𝖊, 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖑𝖊𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖗𝖔𝖇𝖔𝖙𝖘 𝖉𝖊𝖋𝖊𝖆𝖙 𝖒𝖊

Today I went to my friend's birthday party. It was at Fly World and Khaos Fun Zone. The party was fun, but I was more entertained by my friends than the arcade. Fly World was probably the best part. The food was ... read more

Album Catalogue #21
𝕸𝖆𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖓'𝖘 𝖌𝖔𝖙 𝖋𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖘𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖌𝖔𝖙 𝖆𝖘𝖘

Today I saw Scream 7 with my family. It was pretty good. It's been a while since I've seen the first six, but that's ok, I still somewhat understood. My sister was shaking the whole time. Honestly, I've never understood how the Scream movies are seen as thrilling or scary. I think they're all funny. ... read more

Album Catalogue #20:
𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖘𝖑𝖊𝖊𝖕 𝖆𝖓𝖞𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖍

So.. 100 reviews. Goddamn. I picked up reviewing music as a hobby for when I'm not in school or have any plans. Just me, a year ago, think it would be something fun to do, making the account while scrolling my phone by the public pool. Now I'm here, more than half a year later, sitting at 100 reviews and so much beautiful music. ... read more

Album Catalogue #19:
𝖁𝖎ð 𝖒𝖚𝖓𝖚𝖒 𝖌𝖊𝖗𝖆 𝖇𝖊𝖙𝖚𝖗 𝖓æ𝖘𝖙 Þ𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖆 𝖊𝖗 á 𝖌æ𝖙𝖎𝖘 𝖇𝖞𝖗𝖏𝖚𝖓

This record is a fantastical, beautiful, and stunning show of atmospheric sounds and dreamy, ethereal wonders. I went into this album not know what to expect, just finding the cover art interesting as well as it's status as the second-to-oldest album with both a critic and user must-hear ... read more

Album Catalogue #18:
𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖗𝖚𝖓, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖗𝖚𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖈𝖆𝖙𝖈𝖍 𝖚𝖕 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖚𝖓, 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖎𝖙'𝖘 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌

This record is a masterpiece that has influenced and defined rock music and music in general following it's release. As my first Pink Floyd experience, I'm aware they have higher rated projects, but damn did this blow me out of the water. The ... read more

Album Catalogue #17:
僕ら半分 夢の中

This record is a lush experience straight out of the dream. With only one 35-minute track, the album still manages to make out into a masterpiece. With that being said, this is the first Fishmans project I've heard, so I'm not saying it's their best. The instrumentation takes the reins for me, as this album is in Japanese and I'm not in the mood to use Google Translate or open up a Reddit post. The way every part of this album ... read more

Album Catalogue #16:
𝕿𝖗𝖚𝖊 𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖎𝖘 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉

This record was my first true exposure to The Doors, after hearing a few of there songs overtime from my grandparents and such, and feels like the weirdest acid trip in all of 60s rock music. The album starts out with the simple, catchy tune 'Strange Days,' introducing some of the themes and sounds throughout the album. This is soon followed by 'You're Lost Little Girl,' ... read more

Album Catalogue #15:
𝕴'𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖞 𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖙, 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒 𝖙𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒 𝖆𝖑𝖑

This record is the musical equivalent to a psychological horror film. The instrumentation and musical performances take the lead throughout the albums, with post-rock crescendos and math rock influences mixed into the instrumentation. The vocals taken a spoken word direction in most cases throughout the album, telling ... read more

Album Catalogue #14:
𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖆𝖋𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖐𝖊𝖊𝖕 𝖔𝖓 𝖑𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌, 𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖆𝖋𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖐 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉 𝖆𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖊

This record is a defining record in emo-rock history. The theatrical and epic punk-rock instrumentation fuses alternative rock and glam rock in a creative way that predicted many emo-rock projects after this one. The ... read more

Album Catalogue #13:
𝖄𝖔𝖚'𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖔 𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖗𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖆𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖇𝖚𝖗𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖍𝖔𝖑𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖉𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖉𝖔𝖜𝖓

This record is an ethereal experience that feels like it was sent straight from the heavens. The production and instrumentation sets the project into perspective; a magical, lush, and dreamy flow of wavy guitars, ... read more