| 2011 |
| Trophy Scars Never Born, Never Dead | 4.0 |
Look, I'll tell you a story, all right? I once feel deeply, you know, profoundly in love
with tropical fish. Had 60 goddamn fish tanks in my house. I skin dived to find just the
right ones. Anisotremus virginicus, Holdacanthus ciliaris, Chaetodon capistratus. You name
it. Then one day I say, "fuck fish". I renounce fish. I vow never to set foot in that
ocean again. That's how much "fuck fish". That was 17 years ago and I have never stuck so
much as a toe in that ocean. And I love the ocean. Why? Done with fish.
I'm generally not a fan of samples, but fuck me if Trophy Scars don't know how to use them
perfectly. |
| Beau Navire Hours | 4.0 |
| Fucked Up David Comes to Life | 2.0 |
| Touche Amore Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me | 4.0 |
| Ampere Like Shadows | 4.0 |
| Chad VanGaalen Diaper Island | 4.0 |
| Liturgy Aesthethica | 3.5 |
| Unsatisfied with taking Brooklyn, those goddamn greedy hipsters had to go ahead and try to gentrify black metal. There's some sweet riffs and some nice moments, but I'm guessing in a few years this will become utterly consumed by the haptic void. |
| Tyler, the Creator Goblin | 4.0 |
| Giles Corey Giles Corey | 4.5 |
| Pygmy Lush Old Friends | 4.5 |
| Beau Navire Life Moves | 4.0 |
| 2009 |
| The Flaming Lips Dark Side of the Moon | 2.0 |
| Grouper and Roy Montgomery Split | 3.0 |
| Clipse Til the Casket Drops | 3.5 |
| Blacklisted No One Deserves To Be Here More Than Me | 3.5 |
| Animal Collective Fall Be Kind | 4.0 |
| I have no idea how to approach this collection of related songs. Every time I think I've come close to finally grasping what is happening something gets thrown in just to fuck me up. Once I finally do understand this album though, I'm going to go out buy the record, cum all over it, take a picture, and post it as a review for all you miscreants. |
| Say Anything Say Anything | 3.5 |
| Between the Buried and Me The Great Misdirect | 3.0 |
| Do Make Say Think Other Truths | 4.0 |
| Atlas Sound Logos | 4.0 |
| Daitro Y | 4.0 |
| Sole and the Skyrider Band Plastique | 2.5 |
| Thrice Beggars | 3.5 |
| Baroness Blue Record | 3.5 |
| The Flaming Lips Embryonic | 4.0 |
| Built to Spill There Is No Enemy | 4.0 |
| Converge Axe to Fall | 4.0 |
| Doomriders Darkness Come Alive | 4.0 |
| Brand New Daisy | 4.0 |
| IIIIIIII'mmmm onnnnnnnnnnnnnnn myyyyyyyyyyyyy way to hell |
| Om God Is Good | 3.0 |
| Jim O'Rourke The Visitor | 3.0 |
| Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II | 4.0 |
| Weekend Nachos Unforgivable | 4.0 |
| The Dodos Time to Die | 4.0 |
| Municipal Waste Massive Aggressive | 3.5 |
| Pissed Jeans King of Jeans | 4.0 |
| Remember when Steve Albini fucked your girlfriend? Well Pissed Jeans just raped your girlfriend and then hit her repeatedly with a baseball bat until her bones made that crunching noise they love so dearly. |
| Six Organs Of Admittance Luminous Night | 4.0 |
| Hatred Surge Deconstruct | 4.0 |
| The xx xx | 3.5 |
| Mount Eerie Wind's Poem | 3.5 |
| Kiss Kiss The Meek Shall Inherit What's Left | 3.5 |
| Battle Of Wolf 359 The Death Of Affect | 3.5 |
| Alexisonfire Old Crows / Young Cardinals | 3.5 |
| The Mars Volta Octahedron | 3.5 |
| Regina Spektor Far | 4.0 |
| Dinosaur Jr. Farm | 4.0 |
rsoxfan22: god j mascis is so good
dothelocomot1on: he has the best fucking tone
rsoxfan22: i just imagine him playing guitar shredding
rsoxfan22: and bodies rising from the dead around him
rsoxfan22: and floating to heaven
dothelocomot1on: crazy shit man
rsoxfan22: he should play at michael jackson's wake
rsoxfan22: and he'll get up and do thriller
TOO SOON |
| Darkest Hour The Eternal Return | 4.0 |
| As I'm sure everyone knows, I'm not really a metalhead. When I do choose to listen to metal I tend to gravitate towards bands with a certain atmosphere (Wolves in the Throne Room) or bands that are extremely heavy/brutal/etc. (Converge, Harvey Milk, and I'm not sure if most people consider grind to be metal, but I think they're close enough). "Great riffs" were never really enough for me to like an album, and I'm not really sure why, but the riffs on this album really stick out to me and I don't know if that means I'm turning over a new leaf or if the riffs on this album really are great or if the production is just a lot better than other riff-based albums I've listened to, but whatever the reason, this albums slays. |
| Magrudergrind Magrudergrind | 4.0 |
| When I first listened to "Bridge Burner" I simultaneously shit/creamed my pants. |
| dredg The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion | 3.0 |
| Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca | 4.0 |
| Sonic Youth The Eternal | 4.0 |
| Coalesce OX | 4.0 |
| So Many Dynamos The Loud Wars | 4.0 |
| Richard Youngs Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits | 4.0 |
| Taking Back Sunday New Again | 3.5 |
| J Dilla Jay Stay Paid | 4.0 |
| Patrick Wolf The Bachelor | 3.5 |
| Ganglians Monster Head Room | 3.5 |
| Grizzly Bear Veckatimest | 4.0 |
| mewithoutYou It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright! | 3.5 |
| The Field Yesterday and Today | 4.0 |
| maudlin of the Well Part the Second | 4.0 |
| Big Business Mind the Drift | 3.0 |
| Narrows New Distances | 3.0 |
| Akron/Family Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free | 3.5 |
| Japandroids Post-Nothing | 4.0 |
| Spires (USA) Flowers And Fireworks | 3.5 |
| ISIS Wavering Radiant | 4.0 |
| Silversun Pickups Swoon | 3.5 |
| Insect Warfare Noise Grind Power Death | 3.5 |
| 54 Tracks in just under 9 minutes. Although it's completely incomprehensible it's ultimately satisfying because, at least we're left with some closure. Insect Warfare still hates us all, and that is a bond that will never die. |
| Teenage Cool Kids Foreign Lands | 3.0 |
| Crystal Antlers Tentacles | 3.5 |
| The Thermals Now We Can See | 4.0 |
| Snowing Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit | 4.0 |
| Wolves in the Throne Room Black Cascade | 4.0 |
| Pulling Teeth Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions | 4.5 |
| The Decemberists The Hazards of Love | 2.5 |
There's some cool parts where I'm like "yeah this is pretty cool" but other than that it's really uninteresting and boring which sucks because I was actually looking forward to this.
Oh yeah and fuck you natey |
| Mastodon Crack the Skye | 3.0 |
| MF DOOM Born Like This | 3.5 |
| Dan Deacon Bromst | 4.5 |
| Fever Ray Fever Ray | 3.5 |
| Kylesa Static Tensions | 3.5 |
| Trophy Scars Bad Luck | 4.0 |
| Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Beware! | 2.5 |
| Propagandhi Supporting Caste | 3.0 |
| Cursive Mama, I'm Swollen | 4.0 |
| Hey what's up my name's Tim Kasher. I'm pretty self-aware and I like to put myself down. Actually, I'm not really self-aware, it's more like I'm self-obsessed. In fact, the only thing I know is myself, I don't really like to pay attention to anything else because nobody can reach the perfect equilibrium between flawed and beautiful that I have obtained. Would you like to hear me sing about myself? |
| The Antlers Hospice | 3.0 |
| ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead The Century of Self | 1.5 |
| Thursday Common Existence | 2.5 |
| Wolves in the Throne Room Malevolent Grain | 4.0 |
| The Appleseed Cast Sagarmatha | 4.0 |
| The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | 3.0 |
| Algernon Cadwallader Hot Green | 3.0 |
| Dalek Gutter Tactics | 4.0 |
| Andrew Bird Noble Beast | 3.5 |
| Cymbals Eat Guitars Why There Are Mountains | 3.5 |
| John Frusciante The Empyrean | 4.0 |
| 16 Bridges to Burn | 4.0 |
| "Throw in the towel/wait for the sequel." There is no subtlety in 16's approach because subtlety is a device of the weak. |
| Bon Iver Blood Bank | 3.5 |
| Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion | 4.5 |
| Kidcrash Snacks | 3.5 |
| Towers Full Circle | 4.0 |
| 2004 |
| U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | 2.0 |
| Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Of Natural History | 2.5 |
| mewithoutYou Catch For Us the Foxes | 3.0 |
| The Blood Brothers Crimes | 3.5 |
| Panda Bear Young Prayer | 2.0 |
| Green Day American Idiot | 3.0 |
| These Arms Are Snakes Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home | 3.0 |
| Converge You Fail Me | 3.5 |
| Arcade Fire Funeral | 4.0 |
| Malady Malady | 3.5 |
| Drudkh Autumn Aurora | 4.0 |
| Off Minor Innominate | 3.5 |
| Regina Spektor Soviet Kitsch | 4.0 |
| Say Anything ...Is a Real Boy | 5.0 |
| La Quiete La fine non è la fine | 3.5 |
| Neurosis The Eye of Every Storm | 3.0 |
| Neurosis seem like a band I could/should love, but for some reason I'm just not there. I'm gonna give it time and hopefully it will grow on me. |
| Comets on Fire Blue Cathedral | 3.5 |
| The Killers Hot Fuss | 3.5 |
| Velvet Revolver Contraband | 1.5 |
| Hawthorne Heights The Silence in Black and White | 1.5 |
| Iron Lung Life. Iron Lung. Death. | 4.0 |
| Hot Cross Fair Trades and Farewells | 3.5 |
| Insomnium Since the Day It All Came Down | 3.5 |
| A Wilhelm Scream Mute Print | 3.5 |
| Amanda Woodward La Decadence de la Decadence | 3.0 |
| Ben Kweller On My Way | 2.5 |
| Madvillain Madvillainy | 4.5 |
| MF Doom's slightly-stoned flow and Madlib's carefree production match up perfectly on this "little" collaboration. However, from time to time, all of the album's carelessness translates to slightly boring for the listener, but Doom's lyrical expertice in pop culture references and snack food indulgances always brings the listener back. |
| cLOUDDEAD Ten | 2.0 |
| The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me | 2.0 |
| Kid Kilowatt Guitar Method 1996-1999 | 3.0 |
| 90 Day Men Panda Park | 4.0 |
| With Honor Heart Means Everything | 4.0 |
| Modern Life Is War My Love. My Way. | 3.5 |
| Circle Takes the Square As the Roots Undo | 5.0 |
A dim-witted model/merman once said, "Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of.....beauty."
I suppose he was right, because this, being one of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard, is soaked in brilliance. Brilliant lyrics, brilliant riffs, brilliant, emotional screaming. It may take a few listens to finally understand and digest all of the brilliance, but once you've accomplished this, there is no turning back. |
| Kanye West The College Dropout | 3.0 |
| Joanna Newsom The Milk-Eyed Mender | 4.0 |
| Corrupted Se Hace Por Los Suenos Asesinos | 4.0 |
| 2003 |
| The Offspring Splinter | 2.0 |
| blink-182 Blink-182 | 3.5 |
| Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf Big Shots | 4.5 |
| Explosions in the Sky The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place | 3.0 |
| Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the Great Highway | 4.5 |
| Against Me! As the Eternal Cowboy | 3.5 |
| The Shins Chutes Too Narrow | 2.5 |
| Barenaked Ladies Everything to Everyone | 3.0 |
| Kayo Dot Choirs of the Eye | 4.5 |
| Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 | 3.0 |
| Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism | 4.0 |
| Do Make Say Think Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn | 3.0 |
| The National Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers | 4.0 |
| Thrice The Artist in the Ambulance | 3.0 |
| I Would Set Myself On Fire For You I Would Set Myself On Fire For You | 3.0 |
| Bear vs. Shark Right Now You're in the Best of Hands | 3.5 |
| Gatsby's American Dream Ribbons and Sugar | 3.0 |
| This album is such delicious pop-punk goodness. From the album opener's upbeat clapping and wailing to the solemn departure there isn't a moment that you don't want to move around (because not all of us can dance). Oh and get this! The lyrics have some substance as well as they're based on George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, these young gentlemen most certainly do love their literature. This album is most certainly recommended to any fan of music as it transcends many genres to produce a terrific work of art. |
| The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium | 3.5 |
| The Locust Plague Soundscapes | 3.5 |
| Madlib Shades of Blue | 3.5 |
| Brand New Deja Entendu | 3.5 |
| Neil Perry Lineage Situation | 3.5 |
| Hot Cross Cryonics | 4.0 |
| Linkin Park Meteora | 2.5 |
| Cursive The Ugly Organ | 3.5 |
| Animal Collective Campfire Songs | 3.0 |
| The Postal Service Give Up | 3.0 |
| The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower Dissertation, Honey | 3.0 |
| The Suicide File Twilight | 3.5 |
| Sleep Dopesmoker | 3.5 |
| Raein Il n'y a pas de orchestre | 2.5 |
| Paint It Black CVA | 3.5 |
| Breather Resist Only in the Morning | 3.5 |
| Streetlight Manifesto Everything Goes Numb | 4.0 |
| Tomas Kalnoky is kind of a god. With his songs composed of thesis-long lyrics and some truly wonderful musicians backing him up, he's managed to create a the perfect ska album. His anti-suicide anthems are epic without sounding preachy and the instrumentation is quite epic as well. With each songs rapid tempo changes and extended lengths, this could be labeled as progressive, but whatever is it labeled, there is no doubt in my mind this is a classic album. |
| Lightning Bolt Wonderful Rainbow | 4.0 |
| Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra This Is Our Punk-Rock, Thee Rusted Satellites Gather and Sing | 4.0 |
| Daitro Des Cendres, Je Me Consume | 4.0 |
| The Blood Brothers ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn | 4.5 |
| These niggas got layers on layers on layers. I don't think its any coincidence Phil Spector's arrest and ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn's release occurred concurrently. The Blood Brothers took Spector's concepts to the next level of insanity, and he had to up the ante. |
| Off Minor The Heat Death of the Universe | 5.0 |
