This is the last of the year! Itasca – Smooth Genre: smooth Rating: 7/10 Commentary: Vaporous mood music Listen here Víkingur Ólafsson- Back Reworks (Part 2) Genre: Classical Rating: 8/10 Commentary: What is going on here? Does he have a microphone inside the sound box? Listen here … Read More »
Is it cheating to write this in December? We are getting to the end of the year and the new releases velocity is dying down as everyone indulges in “end of year” and “end of decade” list buiding. Girl Band – The Talkies Genre: screechy little knife blades. Rating: 8/10 Commentary: My favorite punk rock album… Read More »
Genre: Rock Format Reviewed: Spotify 320 kbps Rating: 7/10 Commentary: Lazy? Controversial? Whiny? Self-indulgent? You get to decide. It rocks right along though. More info: here. Listen: here.
Genre: Choral Format Reviewed: Spotify 320 kbps Rating: 6/10 Commentary: A mix of great and tacky, but the two Henry Walford Davies psalms in the middle make it worth a listen. More info: here. Listen: here.
Genre: Drone Format Reviewed: Spotify 320 kbps Rating: 9.5/10 Commentary: Holy crap, awakened one. More info: here. Listen: here.
Genre: Rock Format Reviewed: Spotify 320 kbps Rating: 9.5/10 Commentary:If you listen to this album just once you will blow it off. If you keep listening… well so far this is the best album of the year for me. More info: here. Listen: here.
So much music, so little time. Here’s a round-up. Clairo – Immunity Genre: lo fi pop. with some autotune. Rating: 7.5/10 Commentary: Grows on you. Listen here Chuck Hawthorne- Fire Out of Stone Genre: Country Rating: 7/10 Commentary: Not as good as his debut album, but still great Listen here … Read More »
Bah! Things are so busy. We are coming out of the July slump though, and there is good music to be had. Here it is. This Gift is a Curse – A Throne of Ash Genre: Blacker than most of you will be able to stomach Rating: 8.5/10 Commentary: Really good. Really dark. Listen here… Read More »
Here are three highly anticipated albums, which have all gotten better reviews than they deserve. They are all fine. They are all fun to listen to. They are all a solid 5/10. Bruce Springsteen – Western Starts Genre: Stadium Americana Rating: 5/10 Commentary: The best songs are the cheesy ones. Listen here … Read More »
Genre: Country/Folk Format Reviewed: Spotify 320 kbps Rating: 9/10 Commentary: This is in the running for best country album of the year so far. Really amazing, and it just grows and grows the more you listen to it. More info: here. Listen: here.