50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin' | 1.5 |
Animal Collective Campfire Songs | 3.5 |
Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion | 4.5 |
At the Drive-In Relationship of Command | 4.0 |
Atheist Elements | 4.0 |
Atheist Piece of Time | 4.5 |
Atheist Unquestionable Presence | 4.5 |
Atmosphere The Family Sign | 2.5 |
Beardfish Destined Solitaire | 4.5 |
Between the Buried and Me Between the Buried and Me | 3.0 |
Between the Buried and Me Alaska | 3.5 |
Between the Buried and Me Colors | 3.5 |
Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect | 3.5 |
Between the Buried and Me The Silent Circus | 4.0 |
Bilal 1st Born Second | 4.0 |
Bilal A Love Surreal | 4.0 |
Bill Evans Explorations | 4.5 |
Found out about Evans when I heard the debate about who wrote Davis's "Blue in Green" and had to go check him out. Bill Evans was a genius, the man was brought up in a classical piano environment but could play a mean jazz piano also. To this day, Israel and Nardis are my favorite jazz tracks. Thank you Bill Evans! |
Circa Survive On Letting Go | 3.5 |
Anthony Green and gang have definitely sharpened their skills and pulled all of their tricks out of the bag for this record. Colin Frangicetto is still making passionate love with his various delays and weaving more complex riffs into the music. Adding more layers to the music, Green's vocal harmonies and lyrics are as moody as ever on this endeavor with religion as his object of interest. What I'm most pleased with is the growth of their sound. most bands go on to create a album after the initial that which plagues a formula already golden. Not Circa though, they found a perfect mix of experimenting while keeping the essential core sound which made them stand out from a sea of carbon copy alternative bands. As good as On Letting Go is however, their sophomore album falls slightly behind their debut release for me. I think the production, while beautifully done, makes the album lose some of the raw emotion presented on Juturna which I find makes or breaks an album. One thing is for certain however, every one of Circa Survive's is patiently waiting to see what they bring to the table on their next release. |
Circle Takes the Square As the Roots Undo | 5.0 |
Coheed and Cambria Year of the Black Rainbow | 2.5 |
Coheed and Cambria No World for Tomorrow | 3.0 |
Coheed and Cambria The Second Stage Turbine Blade | 5.0 |
Cryptopsy None So Vile | 5.0 |
Classic Death, you can't have an opinion about this one, sorry. |
Cynic Traced in Air | 4.5 |
Cynic Focus | 5.0 |
D'Angelo Voodoo | 5.0 |
Decrepit Birth Polarity | 2.0 |
I was very disappointed with this release. It sounds exactly the same as Diminishing Between Worlds except slightly worse in my opinion |
Decrepit Birth Diminishing Between Worlds | 3.5 |
Deltron 3030 Deltron 3030 | 4.0 |
Dr. Octagon The Return of Dr. Octagon | 1.0 |
Awful, Poor, Shoddy,Uninspired are all words that come to mind when you mention this CD. I really doubt Kool Keith had any involvement in the making of this monstrosity and if he did, well let's just say goodnight to one of rap's finest |
dredg The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion | 3.5 |
Earl Sweatshirt EARL | 4.0 |
Emmure The Respect Issue | 1.5 |
Envy Insomniac Doze | 3.0 |
Envy A Dead Sinking Story | 4.0 |
Fear Before The Always Open Mouth | 5.0 |
Flying Lotus Until the Quiet Comes | 4.0 |
Gang Gang Dance God's Money | 4.0 |
Digging the NY hipster shit lately, but honestly these guys(and gals) are making some fresh tunes |
GZA Pro Tools | 3.5 |
GZA Liquid Swords | 4.5 |
Have a Nice Life Deathconsciousness | 4.5 |
J Dilla Donuts | 4.5 |
James Blake Overgrown | 4.5 |
John Legend Get Lifted | 3.5 |
John Legend Once Again | 3.5 |
Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience | 4.5 |
LITE Filmlets | 4.0 |
Lou Reed and Metallica Lulu | 1.0 |
maudlin of the Well Bath | 5.0 |
Mew No More Stories | 4.0 |
Mew And the Glass Handed Kites | 4.5 |
Mew Frengers | 4.5 |
MF DOOM MM.. Food | 4.5 |
Miles Davis Sketches of Spain | 4.5 |
Miles Davis Kind of Blue | 5.0 |
Mithras Behind the Shadows Lie Madness | 2.5 |
Each members' technical prowess is there,but I feel as if there is no true connection |
Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News | 3.0 |
Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica | 3.5 |
Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank | 3.5 |
Modest Mouse No One's First, and You're Next | 4.0 |
Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West | 5.0 |
Modest Mouse This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About | 5.0 |
Nas Illmatic | 3.5 |
OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | 4.5 |
OutKast Aquemini | 5.0 |
Beautiful LP by the ATL dynamic duo. Addresses a lot of the problems in the African American culture, which I can personally relate too. |
Parliament Mothership Connection | 4.0 |
Pattern is Movement All Together | 4.0 |
Phonte Charity Starts at Home | 4.0 |
Prince Paul A Prince Among Thieves | 4.0 |
Radiohead Hail to the Thief | 4.5 |
Sly and The Family Stone There's A Riot Goin' On | 4.0 |
Suffocation Suffocation | 3.5 |
Suffocation Souls to Deny | 4.0 |
Suffocation Effigy of the Forgotten | 4.5 |
Teebs Ardour | 3.5 |
Tera Melos X'ed Out | 3.5 |
The Dear Hunter The Color Spectrum (Complete Collection) | 4.0 |
The Faceless Autotheism | 2.5 |
The Mars Volta Octahedron | 3.0 |
The Mars Volta Amputechture | 4.0 |
The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium | 4.5 |
The Mars Volta Frances the Mute | 5.0 |
The Roots Game Theory | 3.0 |
The Roots Phrenology | 4.0 |
The Roots Organix | 4.0 |
The Roots Things Fall Apart | 4.5 |
Thrice Beggars | 3.5 |
Thrice Vheissu | 4.0 |
Thundercat The Golden Age Of Apocalypse | 4.0 |
TTNG Animals | 4.0 |
Tyler, the Creator Goblin | 2.0 |
Ulcerate The Destroyers of All | 4.5 |
Viktor Vaughn Vaudeville Villain | 3.5 |
Viktor Vaughn (VV:2) Venomous Villain | 4.0 |
Wu-Tang Clan Iron Flag | 2.0 |
Wu-Tang Clan The W | 2.5 |
Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Forever | 4.5 |
Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | 5.0 |
Yes Fragile | 5.0 |