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As Swedish garage-rockers, and perhaps the poster boys for the genre at large, the Hives are not an inherently complicated band. Even if a lot of bands aren’t well-understood by casual or even hardcore listeners, I feel as though there are equally many that just… don’t make music that’s meant to be picked apart with tweezers and a microscope. Rock bands like AC/DC and The Offspring have great hits, some good albums and iconic moments, but they’re far ... read more
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I’m sure we’ll see many more examples of this as my journey progresses, but honestly, I’ve never heard of Laura Marling. As it happens, folk and singer-songwriter are maybe some of my least familiar genres, and that isn’t out of dislike for the genre at all. It’s just never been an area of music that I’ve known much about, aside from some of the genre’s more popular artists (Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, etc.) and of a few ... read more
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This is the #10 album of the year according to this website's users for 2020! This is the first of many records that I'm listening to on my journey to listen to the best of the 2020s: stick around for more and follow me on Instagram (freakymonk95) for more.
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I knew about The Strokes before beginning this project, but I hadn’t heard this record in full yet. I knew it was beloved, but I didn’t really know why, especially considering the mixed reviews that ... read more
OK, I know a little bit about the British Invasion, but not an insane amount. I know that these guys were huge in the mid-60s for this poppy rock sound and also some R&B cuts that became popular with American audiences. I know what mod was, and that's kind of where my knowledge ends. But I've listened to this record casually, just to see what it was like, and I enjoyed what I heard. From the review scores, people seem to like this record, and Wikipedia cites many people who ... read more
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I'm ranking and reviewing the top 10 albums of every year in the 2020s, from both users AND critics! This is gonna be a long ass journey, so buckle the fuck up or get thrown out the windshield!
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