Reviews by brndnnll

Post hardcore is not really for me, and I wasn't thrilled with the long runtime on this, but I ended up enjoying this quite a bit. Settled in nicely.

Had never heard of this, and was not particularly looking forward to it after looking into it and also seeing how long it was. This was honestly great. Spose is obviously super talented and super eclectic, this album just grooved pretty hard and I really enjoyed it. I wouldn't call it essential and it is too long, but with a lot more obscure inclusions on the user generated list, so far this is one the better albums I've listened to.

This was a truly ridiculous inclusion. Progressive metal at its most over the top. Fun for a bit for sure, but so ridiculous.

The melodic post hardcore screamo stuff is definitely not for me, but I always appreciate the energy and conviction behind it, and also always appreciate how short it is. No complaints about this.

I am not sure if the user list will have anything that’s more of a sure fire 5 stars for me than this album. I had it on my shortlist to submit once I finished, but was beaten to it. One of my all time favorites.

Super classic outlaw country. A wonderful listen on a lazy weekend morning.

I am not super familiar with They Might Be Giants, though I did have tickets to see their cancelled show a couple days after 9/11. I was skeptical because it was more recent, but this was awesome in all the right ways. Great record and I enjoyed it a ton.

Undeniably a great album from a great talent. I think this is probably one of the better additions to the user list.

Another Boards of Canada album was on the original list, and I didn't know anything about them previous to hearing that. I enjoyed that record enough as being something that was not offensive and not all that great, and serves as a great thing to put on as background music. I feel about the same with this one. Nothing all that interesting.

This was a great album, really enjoyed this on a lazy morning with my coffee.

Nothing all that interesting here aside from it being in Swedish.

This dude just seems like a poor man's Elvis Costello, which is definitely not a good thing.

This is pop music and is pretty inconsequential. The mix on this feels so buried. Some catchy songs for sure. But this isn't it.

I have never checked out Childish Gambino before. This was more interesting than I expected it would be. Very eclectic and genre blending. Really enjoyed it.

Thrilled that someone added Arthur Russell to this list. A singular and phenomenal talent. Love this album and everything he did.

Had never heard of this, and both this artist and album do not have Wikipedia pages, so I wasn't expecting much. But this was excellent. Great flow, sounded like something from early 1990s rather than early 2000s. Really enjoyed this. Great selection!

This seems like it's maybe a decade too late. Some chamber sounding indie pop for sure. Not really my thing, but interesting enough I guess.

Surprised that this wasn't on the original list. A classic album anyway you slice it. Roky was the best.

Never cared to try to get in to this band. I enjoyed this more than the album of theirs that is on the list proper, but this type of indie folk rock revival is not for me.

British hip hop. Surprised this wasn't on the original list since seemingly getting shortlisted for the Mercury Prize seems to guarantee inclusion. This was fine.