Jul 09 2025
Racine carrée
Stromae
I am neither 21, rolling, nor do I have the calves to dance to this. My Achilles are going to be sore tomorrow just from listening.
2
Jul 11 2025
L'autre...
Mylène Farmer
3
Jul 14 2025
Argus
Wishbone Ash
Copious amounts of gratuitous guitars. Sometimes they work but at the end I feel like I ate two holiday dinners with triple dessert.
3
Jul 15 2025
Oncle Jazz
Men I Trust
This album is a vibe as they say. I love the self released indie stuff because it leads to more creative art. I personally considered adding Headroom. Regardless, Men I Trust is a band deserving of being heard.
4
Jul 16 2025
Les deux doigts dans la prise
Les sheriff
I understand this is a live album, but I’d be more into if it were 35 minutes instead of 70. I definitely enjoyed listening to the album. It solidifies one of my takeaways from the 1001 experience: I like punk adjacent music.
3
Jul 17 2025
Relatives in Descent
Protomartyr
Definitely a unique sound and I can hear why one of us picked why everyone should hear it. But it’s not for me. The vocalist kinda talk-sings and mumbles while the mix has his vocals buried under the music.
2
Jul 18 2025
Please Don't Take Me Back
Martha
3
Jul 21 2025
Music For People In Trouble
Susanne Sundfør
4
Jul 22 2025
John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman
John Coltrane
Some improvement but not over the top. Coltrane is great on the sax while Hartman’s vocals are soothing. Overall, this is stomachable jazz.
3
Jul 23 2025
The Evil One
Roky Erickson
Need more interesting music to pair with these repetitive lyrics.
2
Jul 25 2025
Bon Iver
Bon Iver
I totally thought Bon Iver was a dude, not an band, until just now. 😂 I only knew Bon from the Taylor Swift collab, exile on folklore.
The music breaks rules in a good way. The instruments feel loosely in sync at times. The lead line breaks the expected pattern some, like the descending guitar part at the 5th beat of Holocene. It doesn’t appear again until about 23 seconds.
Mr. Iver keeps me listening on my feet, which keeps me engaged, which keeps me interested.
4
Jul 28 2025
Real Life
Joan As Police Woman
3
Jul 29 2025
City Of Evil
Avenged Sevenfold
Thankfully this isn’t like the screamo non-sense of their first two albums. The only person I knew who liked that shit thought trolling people was a personality trait. The music was as annoying as he was. Fortunately, M. Shadows worked with a vocal coach to be more melodic here.
This album feels like what I image a speed freak experiences. Unfortunately after 72 minutes I feel like a speed freak in that my heart is going to explode.
3
Jul 30 2025
All Hail West Texas
The Mountain Goats
My simple mind appreciates the straightforward lyrics. I don’t have to guess what the songs are about. And the bottle the guy is singing into offers a unique and refreshing sound. I can’t figure out if him being a mediocre, and I mean I was better than that at one point, is a plus or minus. Either way an enjoyable album.
3
Jul 31 2025
Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
Primus
These guys certainly have talent and a different take on music. Not my thing though.
3
Aug 01 2025
Dimanche à Bamako
Amadou & Mariam
Hell of a fun time!
4
Aug 04 2025
Toxicity
System Of A Down
Honestly a lot better than I expected, but I hate the vocals, particularly the growling shit. +1 to 2 stars if this were an instrumental album.
2
Aug 05 2025
Grand Prix
Teenage Fanclub
3
Aug 06 2025
Carrie & Lowell
Sufjan Stevens
4
Aug 07 2025
Sing To God
Cardiacs
I’m ready to concede that progressive rock is a failed genre. Most albums in this category fail to form a cohesive story. Most of the genre sounds like a competition to jam the most dissimilar riffs together and the most keys changes as possible in a grandiose sounding way.
Aside from Pink Floyd, I’m happy to forget prog rock ever happened.
1
Aug 08 2025
The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings
Louis Armstrong
3
Aug 11 2025
Last Splash
The Breeders
Uneven at times which I like at times.
3
Aug 12 2025
Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett
5
Aug 13 2025
After Hours
The Weeknd
3
Aug 14 2025
Frosting On The Beater
The Posies
3
Aug 19 2025
Mm..Food
MF DOOM
The skit type passages are fun but man his flow is sloooow and the music doesn’t make it very interesting.
2
Aug 20 2025
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Tally Hall
Sounds like the vocalist has a theatrical background.
3
Aug 21 2025
The Great Outdoors Jam
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
The show sounds decent but a jammy live album isn’t my preferred way of discovering a band.
3