Reviews by bob_plisskin

easy to pick up where action bronson was inspired

Sometimes I don't thrill you
Sometimes I think I'll kill you
Just don't let me fuck up will you
'cause when I need a friend it's still you

big, warm album. like celebrating an unfamiliar holiday at a friend's house.

solid

Animal Collective! This is great, but I love, love, love their album Sung Tongs. It's more stripped back and less pop than this one.

third rate cover band. Their Step On video has pissed me off for years (decades now) for being so uninspiring and lazily plopped together. Compared relatively to the effort the Party Boys and Chantoozies put in, Happy Mondays are a sad Sunday.

perfect 3 of an album

I grew up with this, so it's sentimental. But I understand how some find it too repetitive.

basement jaxx! YAY!
remedy? aww. . .

"kathy, I'm lost" I said though I knew she was sleeping

Start the album at the third roar of the MGM lion at the beginning (not the third roar of the character the cowardly lion). From what I remember, play through twice.

Also, check out "Dub Side of the Moon" by Easy Star All-Stars. It's a reggae cover of entire album. Five stars there too.

not really my scene, but it's hard to fault this album. great voice, production, etc.

made more sense when I read about the concept behind this.

fun, experimental sound throughout. Collected thoughts developed in the shadow of the beatles. nothing to prove here, just futzing around. beautiful stuff peppered throughout.

enjoyed more than I thought I would. some good stuff.

longview was cool when it came out bc it sounded a bit different from other pop. but be certain this was played more on mtv than like college radio. you know? I mean, that doesn't change the music, but it does change the framing. So I guess I'm comfortable calling this "punk" where the quotes represent mtv.

decent pop album, but they need to figure out outros.

I saw Dr. Dog and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the end of a tour in early 2000s. To close this last show together, both bands came out and covered "Helpless." I still get chills.

The frontman said this album felt like colors interacting. That context helps. It's like they took every musical idea they had over the previous year, put it into a kaleidoscope and turned the tube. Shifting layers, sounds randomly coming and going, rarely any of it repeating.

Thats cool, but it takes so much effort to track; you've really got to engage to keep up. Whole album at once was too much, like sitting next to someone who is very nice but talks too much.

og radiohead