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Tue May 16 2023
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
still not super into Bob Marley, but I think I understand Reggae a little better than I did when I was younger. The groove is strong, but I'm still not super into the relatively simple structures and production style of the genre. My favorite tracks were No Woman No Cry and So Jah S'eh.
3
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Fri May 19 2023
Metallica
Metallica
I wanted to dive into this album, but 3 tracks in, all I was able to get out of it was, "yup, that's metallica". I think I don't have the background in metal to appreciate the nuance here, or maybe it's just a vibe-based album that doesn't click with me.
3
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Mon May 22 2023
Garbage
Garbage
I feel like this album was a lot easier to love back in the 90's, much of the soundscape seems focused on that patented 90's 'tude. By the end of the album I was able to get into the groove a bit, but it seems to just end abruptly on the track "milk"
1
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Tue May 23 2023
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
2
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Wed May 24 2023
Pearl
Janis Joplin
oh man, this might've been really fresh in the 70's, but it really doesn't do it for me. The track Mercedes Benz has some real stinky boomer energy going on, a very shallow hippie-centric view of materialism, and very little going on otherwise. Joplin's musicianship with her voice has some interesting things going on, but it's really not for me. Didn't hate it, tho
2
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Thu May 25 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
It has a good groove more or less throughout the album, and has much more interesting textures and forms than the recent albums from this era we've been listening to.
3
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Fri May 26 2023
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
a solid rhythm section, and generally pretty agreeable rapping, even if it's very dated and saturated in black urban culture. I'm not huge into hip hop, but I can get down with this. some of the timbres and textures work really well, and help to elevate it past just being everyday hip hop. 3.5/5
4
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Mon May 29 2023
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
boomer rock. I tried to appreciate it, and learn to understand the stones a bit better, but I left with the same impression I came in with; the stones have a groove, and most of their music just stews in it.
2
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Wed May 31 2023
Django Django
Django Django
KGATLW by way of beach boys. I liked the timbres, but structurally it isn't particularly nuanced. The vocals lean very heavily into the beach boys Brian Wilson sound, and it works as background music, but it gets very samey. Otherwise, a good groove throughout.
3
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Fri Jun 02 2023
Pink Flag
Wire
unadulterated punk. the vocals are a little more english than I appreciate, even coming from a cantubury prog fan, but I think it's more to do with the hard twang of working class englishmen. I'd rather listen to the dead kennedys, but I can respect what this album does.
3
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
4
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Grace
Jeff Buckley
real nice
5
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Fri Jun 09 2023
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
man, this sounds like the beatles, if they were streamlined into a singular direction, but I've never thought that the beatles would benefit from being streamlined. Maybe if I engaged with the lyrics more, I might appreciate it more, but it doesn't have the same structural and harmonic interest of things like ELP's From the Beginning only 2 years later.
Like Marshmallow Fluff, it does exactly one thing, and doesn't leave me sated.
2
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
3
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Tue Jun 13 2023
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
this album really signifies a clear midway point between the early Genesis works of prog geinus in Selling England by the Pound and Foxtrot, and the later Gabriel/Collins pop hits. We have the misty, reverb-heavy drums of \"In The Air Tonight\", while still having structures and chord progressions reminiscent of Gabriel's earlier works.
3
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
a bridge between blues/psychedelic rock and the harder heavy metal that came after, this album was a fun listen, but I didn't really a whole lot of contrast between the songs.
4
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Fri Jun 16 2023
The Visitors
ABBA
uhhhh, its fine?
3
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Tue Jun 20 2023
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
🤘
4
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Wed Jun 21 2023
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
solidly punk, fairly accessible.
3
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Thu Jun 22 2023
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
2
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Mon Jun 26 2023
Brothers
The Black Keys
3
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Tue Jun 27 2023
Doolittle
Pixies
4
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Wed Jun 28 2023
Berlin
Lou Reed
adding a crying baby to the background of a song is never a strong musical decision
2
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
this one really seems to be more about the lyrical storytelling, but the harmonies, melodies, rhythms, and timbres just don't do it for me. It's a little too homogeneous and simple, seemingly in an effort to put focus on the lyrics.
2
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Fri Jun 30 2023
xx
The xx
2
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Mon Jul 03 2023
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Finally some delicious fucking music.
5
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Tue Jul 04 2023
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
2
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Thu Jul 06 2023
Vivid
Living Colour
2
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Parklife
Blur
1
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Wed Jul 12 2023
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
🐐
5
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
The soundscape on a Tangerine Dream is always lovely, with really intricate and balanced synths, but I always feel like something is missing, especially in the overall form of each track, and the album in general. It's like sitting in a aural hot tub; a good place to chill, but don't expect it to take you on a journey
4
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Either Or
Elliott Smith
2
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Tue Jul 18 2023
Disraeli Gears
Cream
the taco bell mild sauce of psychedelic rock
3
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Wed Jul 19 2023
White Light
Gene Clark
3
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Thu Jul 20 2023
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
2
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Fri Jul 21 2023
Live At Leeds
The Who
2
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Mon Jul 24 2023
Abbey Road
Beatles
3
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Wed Aug 02 2023
Guero
Beck
3
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
This has a similar vibe to \"Red\", but it feels a lot more like it's trying to pull from contemporary concert music. This just doesn't have the groove and the vibe of best KC albums.
3
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Wed Aug 09 2023
Quiet Life
Japan
3
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Thu Aug 10 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
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Fri Aug 11 2023
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
3
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Mon Aug 14 2023
Boston
Boston
milquetoast boomer music
2
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Wed Aug 16 2023
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
3
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Fri Aug 18 2023
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
2
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Thu Aug 31 2023
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
tasty, twangy folk(?)
This had enough to day that I could have an opinion on it, much preferred to the recent string of pop
4