Album Rating: 3.0

I used to think Your Lips Are Red was Regina Spektor-tier overdroll hmmmness but I listened again the other day and maybe I'm wrong it does have good guitar

"Wish she'd take her sound of s/t and add more guitar"

that album had literal pantera ripoff riffs on it lol, I vibed it a lot but idk if she needed to further down that road

Album Rating: 3.5

"The way so many music critics are falling over themselves lauding what to me seems a rather mediocre release is honestly bizarre"



yeah I highly doubt you truly feel that way

Album Rating: 3.3 | Sound Off

so this is pretty good

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Critics are in the right here then

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't think it's bizarre that 90% of critics love this, I think it's bizarre that we're among the minority who doesn't when St. Vincent is prime sputcore to begin with.

Album Rating: 3.0

Am enjoying that sputnik is somewhat redefining itself against rymcore between this and New British Invasion Post-Dunk

>sputnik is somewhat redefining itself against rymcore

as in not being too hot on those?

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah I too enjoy having a unique site personality for sure

But sometimes I feel like this place is too negative

Of course that could be because I'm nauseatingly positive

>But sometimes I feel like this place is too negative

on average, things are rated way more highly here than on rym

Album Rating: 3.0

This is a music website

And music fucking sucks

i dont think the two sites were too similar in taste tbh

Album Rating: 3.0

2020 Sput and maybe 2019 felt closer to rym trends than usual, but maybe that was just me

ah if u mean exclusively in terms of "current/topical releases" then you may well be right tbh

Album Rating: 3.0

Ah yeah - the Sputcanon vs the Rymcanon is a v different story lmao

though i think even for new releases one site is a lot ... less biased against hip-hop and electronic than the other [:

Album Rating: 4.0

I think there's an interesting trend in music criticism though, and I mean this 100% seriously. Publications seem to be erring way on the positive side compared to in the past. For example, on metacritic it's hard not to notice how widely revered works/magnum opuses scored in the 60s and 70s back in the late 90s/early 00s only to be outpaced by dwindling late-career efforts scoring in the upper 70s/low 80s even with lukewarm review excerpts. It also seems much easier to ascend into the "universal acclaim" sphere than ever. I know I toss a lot of 5s out there but the overall trend is sort of worrisome to me, especially when it seems like certain publications lock onto an artist/genre and just endlessly praise them no matter what. P4K is a prime example with anything pertaining to woke culture, and Rolling Stone is sort of the opposite awarding near perfect scores to anything that resembles classic rock and "the good old days". I dunno, am I imagining this? Perception is a strange thing.

Album Rating: 3.0

If representation does not exist

Can there really be a comparison?

Although tbh wtf happened in electronic last year? Am blanking hard, beyond that snoozy OPN album

i dont think youre imagining it sowing, will respond with thoughts in a bit brb

Album Rating: 3.0

And yeah Sow agreed, was thinking the same re. metacritic the other day. General tendency towards music journalism becoming even more of a PR vehicle and less a critical source bc most consumers have infinite access to everything and don't need to engage with half-hearted takes. And most labels/artists have a stronger basis for self-promotion without the aid of publications now, which gives them more sway over shill rags. And trends are profitable for everyone and it's harder to sustain them without strong positivity because infinite content. Or something. Maybe. Just makes this site even stranger. Imma sleep now

Album Rating: 2.5

"Although tbh wtf happened in electronic last year? Am blanking hard, beyond that snoozy OPN album"



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