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R.E.M. Automatic for the People
'Nightswimming'. The keenest and most beautiful ache of nostalgia. There is something so very special about that song. As for the rest of the album, these songs are excellent and cohesive. I love the wandering strings and keys.
4.0
12.01.25
R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi
A hodge-podge bunch of songs that doggedly refuse to establish a through line. There are some fun ideas here but the songs go too long for their lack of expansion ('Leave', a seven-minute piece with a whammy part that could set off your car alarm, is the worst offender). 'Ebow the Letter' is by far the best song. What a vocal by Patti Smith.
3.0
11.24.25
The Smashing Pumpkins Machina/The Machines Of God
Compare this to another descent album of a massive 90s act: Oasis' "Be Here Now". The foundation of a Smashing Pumpkins album is here but the magic is lost. Also, there was a correlation between Corgan's decline and the stupidity of his song titles.
3.0
11.09.25
Geese Getting Killed
Tom Waits clank, Thom Yorke at his most paranoid vocals, Black Country New Road borderline-schizo guitars... this is the new New Yawk.
3.5
11.04.25
Candelabro Deseo, Carne y Voluntad
Black Country New Road's album earlier this year had me wondering where their barely-sane post-rock had gone. Now, we know. Absorbed and Chileanised.
4.0
11.04.25
Joy Crookes Juniper
Oh, the intimacy between Crookes and the double-bass. Divine.
4.0
11.04.25
Bob Dylan Through The Open Window: Bootleg Series Vol. 18
I'll save you the trouble - this unearths no hidden gems. You've already heard everything worth hearing.
2.5
11.02.25

shoutbox » all posts 
  • xxm Hello there, don?t have much to say here but I greatly enjoy your soundoffs and your taste
    December 9 03:55 PM
  • JohnnyoftheWell Oh hell yeah awesome, glad you dug!!!
    January 9 01:38 PM
  • Veldin Strongly disagree with yr Junkyard sound off. Lyrics are so good they're collected in King Ink. He's heavily influenced by southern gothic literature and his translation of similar content into lyrics for The Birthday Party is one of the best parts. And his performances are far from lazy
    November 7 08:36 AM

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