Reviews by brndnnll

This era of Ryan Adams is admittedly maybe the most interesting. He was extremely prolific and experimenting with and shifting between genres very quickly. That didn't always translate into excellent results, and this album is a testament to that. This is probably his most unique and unlike anything else in his songbook album he'd made to that point. It was interesting to revisit it after all these years. It hasn't aged well which isn't all that surprising.

Indie folk dramatic theater kid vibes.

This was fine, seems like pretty straight modern honky-tonk which means a little too polished and a little too radio friendly for me.

Ouff. Totally unfamilar with the music of Bon Iver before this. There were zero Bon Iver records on the original, and now this is the third I have gotten on the user list through 209 entries. After listening to these three records it's truly bonkers to me that people hold this in such esteem. I was not expecting to like this much based on the other two records, but was utterly shocked at how heavy handed the auto-tune was immediately. I had to go back and re-read the notes I made on the previous albums because I don't remember it being so bad.

This was a huge struggle to get through, such an artifact from a specific time that has not aged well. It was extremely grating. I really really hope more of this dude's albums are not on this list.

Not my lane at all. Tough to judge whether or not something like this is good or not. This was fine, I would not listen to it again.

Had never heard of this artist. Very lush and layered pop folk music. Pretty arrangements and good vibe for the morning for sure.

This band seems very silly and very ridiculous. Definitely having a good time, very much fit a mid 90s vibe. I remember a couple of these songs. Enjoyable enough to listen to today.

Nothing remarkable about this album at all.

This is actually an album that deserves to be on the real list. Pink Floyd is overrepresented on that list for sure, but this is potentially their best album, and if not it's easily top 3. Listened to this a couple times today and loved it.

There is nothing about this that I find interesting or appealing.

Stoked to see The Chats on here. These boys are great, love the energy, a lot of fun live for sure. Great short punk album this morning.

With almost everything I listen to, I can find a point somewhere where even if it's not for me and I don't like it, I can at least "get" what's appealing about it and why people like it. But every once in awhile there is something that comes across where I can't fathom who this is for or what is appealing about it. This is squarely one of these bands and albums. It's wild to me that this would be someone's favorite band. Like people listen to this and just think it's the best? That's truly bonkers to me.

Not my lane at all, but this was very enjoyable.

One of the all time top tier soundtracks to one of the all time top tier sci-fi films.

I did not realize Paramore was emo and post-punk pop. I guess I just assumed they were more dance synth pop. Even given that surprise, this still didn't exceed any pretty low expectations. Totally get why people would love this, but it's not for me.

I had never heard of this band, and I was not thrilled when I heard the horns on the first track, btu this ended up being pretty great. Kind of straddles that line between indie, power pop, and post-punk. Pretty enjoyable record all around.

I love this album so much. I would say it's one of the few flawless albums, everything is in it's right place, the tone and sound on it are incredible. It feels like one of those things that sounds exactly like it's supposed to. Easy 5 stars.

For something that mixes so many elements that I do not care for, this was decent enough and I enjoyed listening to it.

Not my lane at all. Totally fine, but inconsequential to me. Appreciated this was short, but this is an EP and definitely not an album.

I have not thought about Andrew Jackson Jihad for years. I have however seen the AJJ band name around still playing. I had no idea they were one in the same. Crazy! People loved this album and this band when it came out. Certainly a specific time and a place for sure. Cool to revisit for sure.