Hail To The Thief feels in many ways feels like the perfect transitional period in Radiohead's career where the more electronic elements that appeared on records like Kid A and Amnesiac were still very present, whilst the more straight forward rock elements of records like In Rainbows and The King Of Limbs begin to take form. The result is full on electronic rock and I. fucking. love it. I don't entirely get the complaint that this album is bloated, because while it does clock in at 14 tracks ... read more

Swans deliver a decent but rather underwhelming comeback release. Knowing what Swans were capable of in the past, and especially knowing what they'd later go onto achieve, I can't view Rope as anything more than a transitional period in Swans' career. The bones of albums like To Be Kind and The Seer show up here and there but Swans were yet to fully refine and hone in on that sound, thus leaving us with an album that feels tame, occasionally uninspired, and a little boring at points. Still a ... read more

151a is certainly a good record, although it does suffer from a few glaring issues. While I really enjoy the instrumentals here, they're very sparkly and upbeat, I didn't care much for the vocals here, and at points the tracks presented here got to be a bit too... thematic? If that's the right word? It's like this record couldn't choose a style to stick to and it made for a listen that feels... incoherent, to say the least.

favorite tracks - Bright Whites
least favorites - Wonder Woman, Wonder ... read more

Fashion Week could perhaps be referred to as the "black sheep" of Death Grips' catalogue, seeing as how it's an entirely instrumental album, and truly at the end of the day just a throwaway album to hint towards Jenny Death's release. With that being said though, I don't really get the hate? At least not entirely? Sure, this isn't their opus or one of the best things they ever did, but there's still a ton of great tracks that show up on Fashion Week. Maybe that's just my massive love ... read more

"It might be over soon..."
Jesus, what a beautiful record. What initially came across to me as little more than a collection of thrown together, pretentious, and ultimately meaningless folktronica tracks has actually grown to be my personal favorite record from Bon Iver and one of my favorite releases of 2016. The sound of 22, A Million is perfectly imperfect, the sound of this is fractured and confused, and every song is a left turn in some way. I'm glad that others can find solace ... read more

Very messy track list at points, and also just very inconsistent, but I liked the album overall. Most of the songs here were good, but there were only a few great tracks.

Are y'all sure you're listening to the right record? This album is so good?
I see no reason why Sun Ship shouldn't be placed in the higher echelons of Coltrane's works, while it might not be at the same level as a Love Supreme or an Ascension, it's still one of his most consistently engaging and fiery works to date. There's so much passion on display here coming from every member, and whenever Coltrane's sax would shoot into the mix on top of everything else already going on in the song I would ... read more

good

Everything For Emma, Forever Ago should have been. Bon Iver, Bon Iver is so instrumentally diverse, Vernon knows how to balance out his more gravely, low register and his high falsetto, and the music on this LP is much more beautiful, managing to feel both expansive and intimate. Extremely impressed with this one.

favorite tracks - pretty much everything

Sun Kil Moon's 'Benji' is a beautifully poetic reflection on life, death, and the human experience. This record serves as a look back on seemingly insignificant childhood memories that ended up creating the foundation of who Mark Kozelek would eventually become in his adulthood. I was initially struggling to figure out what exactly about this project was connecting with me so deeply, especially since the majority of the tracks here revolve around his very specific personal experiences in life, ... read more

Despite not feeling as grand or consistent as Since I Left You, Wildflower is still another very impressive and enjoyable addition to The Avalanches' catalogue. I was particularly impressed by the diversity in genres here and how seamlessly the majority of the ideas on Wildflower pan out a lot of the time, bits of pop, hip-hop, soul, sunshine pop, and numerous other genres show up frequently throughout this record and the fact that it all goes over so well despite being so musically ambitious ... read more

I can already tell after one listen that this is gonna be my summer album, this is going to be the record that defines summer of 2022 for me without a doubt. Even putting aside how technically impressive Since I Left You is, this is just such a joyous and amazing album musically. SILY is danceable, delightfully carefree, technically impressive on every level ESPECIALLY for a debut, and it's just nonstop fun from front to back. The part of me that tries to be responsible with how I spend my ... read more

Edit: 74->95 me when the third impact hit

I tried. I really did. I really wanted to love Flood, but really no matter how hard I tried this thing just kept finding itself as being background music to whatever else I was doing. There's absolutely no denying how large, expansive, and gargantuan Flood can be at points, but from an instrumental standpoint this record just got too repetitive for me to feel fully engaged throughout, or for me to feel comfortable saying this record earned its hour ... read more

death grips

Nirvana's debut is an average but ultimately pretty tame start to their career. While there's some good ideas presented here, the production here felt too subpar and rough around the edges for those ideas to flourish in the way that they potentially could have. Lyrically this isn't anything to write home about, and vocally some of Kurt's worst vocal performances show up here. The only people I'd recommend this to are huge Nirvana fans, if you're looking for a good starting point I'd say go with ... read more

Stunning, vivid, and consistently breathtaking, Cocteau Twins craft one of the best shoegaze albums of the 90s, if not, all time. Everything presented here is so beautiful and colorful and Elizabeth Fraser's vocals are just the cherry on top of the whole thing. I don't think that the rest of the record lives up to its phenomenal opener, however I can still see this going up to a 9/10 after I spend some more time with it. This record is gorgeous, please check it out if you haven't.

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A truly timeless work, Promises delivers a listening experience so uniquely hypnotizing I doubt many other albums from this decade will be able to reach the same level of "essential listening" that I believe this album will soon come to hold. Starting off with one repeating melody that lasts throughout the whole record, with everything surrounding that melody building over the course of 40 blissful minutes, Pharoah Sanders' saxophone playing will grab your attention and keep you ... read more

What Will Wood presents on this record is rather impressive, although ultimately I can understand why its appeal may be limited to only certain people. The sound of The Normal Album is theatrical, loud, in your face, it is musical theater condensed down into album form, essentially, and as a result I imagine many people will find this to be loud, obnoxious, or annoying. However for me personally I was just in shock at how grand, theatrical, and wild this record is. The instrumentals, the vocal ... read more

Edit: Wedding Album

Wedding Album

(review is for the second disc only i didn't feel like listening to songs i'd already heard from previous releases thank you)
HIStory is pretty decent, although admittedly it's not one of the best things Michael ever did. It's longwinded, it's dated, there are songs with... rap.. features on them? And also this just isn't one of MJ's best records from a vocal standpoint. I do really love the lyrics here though and I think that the way he went about addressing a lot of the public backlash he'd ... read more