Reviews by brndnnll

This is a record that many folks have been telling me to listen to for year, given how much Jason Molina and his sound align with what I am interesting in. Despite all of that I have never actually sat down and listened to it until now. What a record. Everything about it. I should have given this a listen years ago.

Boilerplate pop music. This ain't it.

I know there was another Garbage album on the original list, and at the time I was surprised that it was on it and this album was not, as this was the only thing I was familiar with when it came to Garbage. Well turns out neither of them were albums that I needed to listen to. Very much has that strange blend of alt-rock, dance-rock, industrial, power pop that only the mid 90s could produce. Pretty tame and boring background music. This was fine I guess, just really, and squarely not for me.

This band is very much up my alley, but I never really got super in to them. But I love the super catchy, fuzzy lo-fi anthemic rock and roll. My kind of jam all day.

To me WHY? sounds so much like a Nick Thorburn fronted band. Because of that they sounded both new and familiar at the same time. I enjoyed this enough, and then listened to Islands afterwards.

This is not really my thing, but this was chill and enjoyable during a sleepy morning.

Incredible outlaw country record. I've been on a bit of an outlaw country kick lately, so this coming up was very appropriate. Loved it.

Everything about this screams a specific time and place in folk/Americana music, and it's one I never need to visit. Had a really hard time getting through this whole album.

Have been aware of Jeff Rosenstock on the ancillary for a bit now, but never really listened to him. This is a great example of something being great for what it is. This whole album is just so solid and catchy and there are moments that when it hits it feels like you are listening to the greatest song in the world in that moment. Absolutely loved it, and I know hold Jeff Rosenstock in higher esteem than I already did.

Something I had never heard of. This was unique and cool enough. Enjoyed it for sure but not really up my alley at all.

This album was absolutely bonkers. It's ambitious and original and dynamic and feels like it's everything you've ever heard before and completely new all at the same time. I really enjoyed this which I was not expecting.

This brand of modern art lounge pop is a bit too much and is definitely not really for me. I know this band had at least one album on the original list, they probably didn't need another one.

Everything about this is in the right spot.

Not at all what I was expecting based on the abum artwork. This was great, and I think additional listened would reveal even more depth to these songs and this band. Great inclusion in my opinion.

Thanks for adding a great underrepresented genre of music. Great survey of excellent Fado.

I was unfamiliar with Joe Jackson, but was very keen on the album artwork and title of this album. And obviously I instantly recognized "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" This was fun enough for sure, a bit ridiculous, and we have plenty of stuff that aligns squarely with this genre.

This album is available to listen to on Bandcamp: https://cindylee.bandcamp.com/album/diamond-jubilee

One of my favorite albums of the last 10 years. I ordered a copy of it before I was 10 minutes into listening to it on Bandcamp when it was released. Very cool that this is on this list.

Certainly always skeptical of 1980s British albums when they pop up on this list--the whole list was just so oversaturated with them. Not only did this seem unique from that bloc of albums that sounds all too similar but it was good on it's own terms and not just because it was unique.

Zappa's most commercially successful album. I bought this as a used CD for $2 back when I was 19 after people had told me I should check out Zappa. I bought it without having any concept of how many albums he had, what his best ones were, etc. it just was in the used CD bins I was browsing. Never really connected with it. I respect Zappa's game for sure, couldn't ever get in to this one specifically.

Surprised this was not on the original list. I assumed everything that gets a Mercury Prize gets added to that list. This was forgettable. Nothing that sets is apart from everything else in this genre.