Reviews

I keep expecting Tyler to serve the immeasurable high that was Flower Boy but end up being somewhat disappointed. He is a visionary, granted, but 2017 had something magic for music released that year.
That, or everything was great because I was 18.

Still struggling with God but now in a jammy way.

A man gets sad because of a tree made of plastic can relate I guess.

I started to enjoy dad rock before I was even an adult.

Does anybody relate to what the lyrics actually talk about or do you just interpret whatever the fuck you want as I do in some of them.

Deleted scene of Lightning McQueen blacked out at full speed.

I've been up to late with Guitar hero playing 'Bark at the Moon',
A-woooo
Bark at the moon.

Lines of the year.

La música me gusta mucho, pero las letras me desconectan totalmente. Les valoro las ganas de hablar del hoy en día y de mantenerse comprometidos, pero no es lo que estoy buscando ahora mismo.

Leider viel Selbstzitatverwurstelung, besonders in der ersten Hälfte hab ich ständig "das kenn ich doch von da und da" gedacht, und das Album ist mit 15 Stücken in 68 Minuten VIEL zu lang. Erst bei Nr. 10 "Ottavia" hab ich zum ersten mal eine Augenbraue angehoben und die Ohren gespitzt, ab da bleibt es dann immerhin interessanter. Nur diese sechs letzten Tracks wären eine feine EP gewesen, schade drum.

I tend to love anything Laura Marling does, and this in particular. No percussion really at all on this. I love the concept and delivery of an artist celebrating parenthood so evidently, even if it's more in the tone than in every lyric. It just feels like a peaceful, accepting album. She's a genius.

I just love listening to Soccer Mommy sing. The quality of the vocals reach into my soul and make me feel, despite the fact that (as is usually the case with me) the lyrics themselves pass me by. I just want to sit in the wash of words and let the emotion sink into me.

This album really gets going with Driver, turns into a beautiful haze in Some Sunny Day and Changes, and just keeps giving thereafter. Big fan. Her debut album Clean will always be a high bar to reach again, but this is still a brilliant record and one that I shall be returning to often.

Sadly this poetry is not for me.

Track 2 might be called fan service, but for my felt like a cringey pastiche almost karaoke Underworld.

Couple of good tracks on the album, which is simply not enough for me to rate highly.

Me lo he escuchado tres veces seguidas. Poco más puedo decir. Oj as la poder verlos en directo pronto.

qué me dices

Well, the 'surprise me' feature for the Queue is proving its value.

For the first half of the album I was thinking 'this is fine enough but I probably won't revisit'. Then it really got into its stride, and made me want to listen to it again through as a whole again. I'm a fan.

I think this review actually describes what makes it good though...!

Celebrating 45 years since its release, The Fine Art of Surfacing by The Boomtown Rats remains an essential part of the punk and new wave landscape. With its bold lyrics and energetic sound, the album still resonates today. Although “I Don’t Like Mondays” is perhaps the most played and discussed track, its haunting relevance endures. Bob Geldof’s inspiration, the tragic school shooting that inspired the song, remains sadly poignant. Despite its heavy theme, the song has a lasting impact, and the album as a whole stands as a sharp, socially conscious masterpiece that continues to captivate.

I think this album may actually be a little too raw and exposed and it kind of hurts to listen to. Impressive, unnerving.

(Edit: The Rip is stunningly good. I could listen to a 10 minute extended cut of it, on repeat. So many tracks on this album I just didn't want to end.)

Imagine a 'War on Drugs' for librarians,". That wrote HYMNs Pontus Flodin about the Brooklyn band Wild Pink in connection with their album release in 2018. Six years have passed since then, and librarians are still listening to this with great enjoyment. "Dulling The Horns" also has such a strong scent of Bruce Springsteen that no middle-aged hips can remain still. Heartland rock and indie rock in its finest combination

Si antes habían dado señales claras de que Weezer estaban a punto (si no lo habían hecho ya) de saltar el perro tiburón, aquí ya no hay duda alguna y Rivers se entrega, sin pudor alguno, al pop-rock más formulaico y facilón al que no duda en añadir toques de los géneros más comerciales del momento EDM, Hip-Hop… (No hay que olvidar que durante esta época en directo se dedican a hacer versiones del Viva la vida de Coldplay y mash-ups de Lady Gaga con MGMT)

Quitarse, sin embargo, de en medio ciertas pretensiones y grandilocuencia de los dos anteriors discos les sienta bastante bien y, dentro del bochorno, el disco resulta mucho más cohesionado y disfrutable (al menos escuchado… More

Su álbum post debut, ciertamente tiene la instrumentación aún más compleja que en su anterior trabajo, consolidándose a su corta edad como una de las máximas representantes del rock japonés, un disco con la potente voz de Sheena que nos deja un vivido recuerdo de sus primeros discos

deeper well feels like the shadow of golden hour but still manages to shimmer. golden hour set an impossible standard with its warmth and blissful melodies, and deeper well just doesn’t have that same magic.

her voice always feels like a hug you didn’t know you needed. some of the tracks—especially when you hear them live (see this tour!!) —hit way harder than you’d expect. it’s like she’s sitting right next to you, giving you a soft smile, reminding you it’ll all work out. not every song is a standout, but the album’s heart and vulnerability still shine through.

Este asombroso disco debut es de 1992 y si no fuera por un vídeo de Rick Beato creo que no lo hubiera conocido nunca. Me resulta muy desconcertante que esta banda no tuviera un recorrido más amplio en una época en la que el shoegaze con voces femeninas de My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive o Lush iba para arriba o grupos como NIN mezclaban electrónica y rock de corte alternativo con bastante éxito. Incluso luego llegó Garbage y se hicieron millonarios con una propuesta vocal de características parecidas. Imagino que este ostracismo se debe a, como casi siempre, las caprichosas leyes del mercado musical. O quizá puede que sea por la horrorosa portada del álbum.

Bromas aparte, es una auténtica pena… More

A perfect record

Pretty good. Feels like a reunion with an old friend that you just don't vibe with anymore. And you're both bummed about it. Might change on more listens.

ser més directes de vegades no vol dir ser més coherents

I had been putting off listening to this because I feared it wouldn't live up to the brilliance of PAINLESS. I needn't have worried.

While it may not have quite the same impact as PAINLESS's high points, it is still a tremendous album. It starts with energy and pace but quickly settles into a record that feels reflective and considered. It may be less catchy and poppy, but it's an album that gently envelops you, and I like that. Bonus points for the toms on Mutations.

Empezó a sonar el tema Memories en la radio de Bandcamp y automáticamente me fui a buscar el disco entero. No defraudó.
Purgatory recuerda a muchos discos, varias bandas y bastantes temas, casi todos ellos de los 60. Es como si hubieran pasado todas esas referencias por una batidora y le hubieran añadido letras nuevas.
Y eso que algunas de las bandas que a mí me vienen a la cabeza no coinciden con las que ellos han elegido como influencia (Monks, UItimate Spinach, Grand Theft, Soft Machine, The Rationals..).
No le falta detalle. Por supuesto que el disco entero está lleno de fuzz, con baterías, guitarras, bajos y voces típicas del garage rock psicodélico. Ojo, que también aparece por ahí… More

This is used to be a very good band. The opener I will follow alone was often on Repeat One Mode…

Very good mix-compliation by The Rapture with a lot of soul-funk.

There was a time where I just bought everything !K7 was releasing ;-)

As if making the opposite journey to Dan Snaith with Caribou, KLO's latest album sounds much more like dream-pop on danceable steroids than their previous albums, which were steeped in the sophisticated electronics of Daniel Avery, among others.

At times, the almost gym-like euro-dance moments push me back, but it sounds promising. I'll need to give it more listens to revise my score.

Fav track - Ballad (In The End)

There's a lot of awful bullshit going on all the time and I fuck up a lot trying to get through it. In the end I act like a cornered little rat who let society and capitalism and all the overwhelming ills of being a human get too big for me to handle. Our identities can get manufactured and marketable and the more you slink into the system of working just to live the less you feel like you're a person worth paying attention to or worthy of an iota of self-respect. So we get depressed, lonely, deep into self-medication, defeated, hungry and easy to push around so we can give up easier.

Getting out of how that feels can… More

someone did this at karaoke last night and I hadn’t thought about it in a while but now it’s all I can think about. In hindsight I’m a bit surprised that Confessions on a Dance Floor didn’t get a revival in the wake of Future Nostalgia but I guess it’ll have a chance at some attention next year for the 20th anniversary?

I’m starting to believe Phil Collins is less a person and more an embodying spirit that can join anyone talented enough to channel him.

There should be a „I‘m a Nineties Bitch!“ sticker on the cover of this CD.

Te tiras en la cama con una migraña que te aplasta el cráneo, y por alguna razón decides poner All Mirrors mientras cierras los ojos. Maldita sea. Apenas suena el primer acorde de “Lark” sientes que la presión en tu cabeza se multiplica por mil, como si el dolor mismo estuviera conspirando con las cuerdas para arrancarte el alma del cuerpo. Pero es que All Mirrors no es un álbum cualquiera, es una travesía épica, un maldito viaje astral que te lleva a lugares que ni sabías que existían, mucho menos cuando lo escuchas con el cerebro latiendo al ritmo del dolor.

Y entonces llegas a “New Love Cassette”, y todo lo que creías entender sobre la realidad se disuelve.… More

Charli XCX con Brat ha logrado lo imposible: hacer un disco que suena como si lo hubieran producido en la sala de espera de un Bershka, mientras esperas tu turno para la manicura de gel. Cada canción es como una mezcla de nostalgia mal reciclada de la era MySpace y el electro más barato que podías encontrar en un compilado de EDM del 2005. ¿A quién le estás vendiendo esto, Charli? ¿A los que no superaron el trauma de ver The Simple Life o a los que creen que los pantalones de tiro bajo y las gorras Von Dutch todavía son cool?

“Von Dutch” es básicamente una playlist de YouTube con todos los comentarios desactivados porque hasta el algoritmo se… More

Con Make Believe, Weezer dan los primeros pasos claros fuera de ese contexto indie-alt-rock más canónico por donde siempre se habían movido; y entre canciones que ya empiezan a sonar a estadio (Beverly Hills, Perfect Situation), descartes escritos para la BSO de Shrek 2 (My best friend), experimentos con la instrumentación (Freak Me Out) y otro puñado de canciones con un sonido más o menos cercano a los Weezer clásicos, el disco no termina de encontrar un camino claro.

Por otro lado, Rivers empieza a meditar, por culpa de Rick Rubin, que también produce el disco, y comienza a hacer retiros anuales donde se tira 3 semanas sin hablar con nadie. De ahí salen unos sentimientos de humildad y arrepentimiento… More

i like the songs on this a lot but why does the mix have like, no high end?? it sounds like it was recorded underwater

Mientras giran presentando el álbum verde por medio mundo, Rivers se dedica a subir al foro de la banda en internet decenas de demos buscando la aprobación, comentarios y votación de los fans de cara a lanzar su continuación lo antes posible.

¿El resultado? Una especie de evolución/café para todos donde de repente hay riffs mucho más pesados (Recordemos que en esta época Rivers se declaraba fan fatal de Limp Bizkit), himnos pop-punkeros para toda la familia (Dope Nose, Keep Fishin'), un poquito más de oscuridad (Death and Destruction, Slob) y solos que ya no siguen la melodía vocal.

Un disco más disperso que su predecesor, con más dinámicas y variedad pero un poco como si tu colega que… More

East My Love is the album one wishes Bright Eyes had made in 2024. With a trembling voice, dynamic arrangements, and wearing his heart on his sleeve, he delivers 12 solid tracks, each one dreamier than the next, for those of us who enjoy folk-inspired indie rock.

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