Reviews by brndnnll

Energetic turn of the century punk rock album from Sevilla. Nothing amazing, but enjoyable enough.

As good as Sparta and The Mars Volta are, nothing really tops this particular album from At the Drive-In for me. Was introduced to it at a perfect time while a teenager and played a burned copy of it in my discman connected to a tape adapter plugged into my teenage car all the time. Haven't listened to this in a long time and so many of these songs hit the right spot. Just a great listen, and a lovely revisit today.

In what seems like typical Lady Gaga fashion, this is a very over the top pop album.

Ha this was so cheesy and bad. I think it's especially hilarious that they slotted in a cover of "Helter Skelter" in the middle of the album. This is a supposed hard rock band and their version of that song doesn't go anywhere near as hard as the original. Just wild that they thought that was a good decision.

Very much a dance-pop record.

Modern hip-hop is something I am not very well equipped to comment on. Seems like this is a great record.

Just a classic Blue Note jazz record. Easy 5 stars.

It has been forever since I listened to Tool and am really only familiar with Opiate and Undertow. It looks like this is their most recent album. It also looks like users have really over-represented them on this list which is not surprising at all. This was fine, it was super long and over the top, which was exactly what I expected.

St. Vincent has always been one of those interesting and singular artists that I just haven't really dove into. I know this is not what many would consider to be the most obvious album to put on this list. This was what I was expecting, interesting art-pop. Maybe not has rocking as I expected, but pretty great for sure.

This just sounds like Radiohead to me, whom I am not super into. Fine I guess, but what's the point?

This made me dissociate so much. Just horrible. Nothing here.

A very eclectic mix of latin and jazz music containing some electronic elements. Honestly just a very enjoyable album from front to back. A good selection for this list.

Green Day was huge for me in my formative teen years in the 90s. This was not my top Green Day album, but was pleasantly surprised how immediately all the lyrics to all the songs came to me after not listening to this for easily 25 years. What else can I say, great album for sure.

About what I expected from a Finnish progressive folk band. This just kind of blended into background music.

This album was released less than 6 months ago and is on this list already. As always, Euro Metal Dudes need to chill. This was fine.

This seems like an album that is very much from a specific time and place. A time and place that I have little context to. I'm sure this was a banger in that time and place. Now with fresh ears 35 years later, it feels like a novelty relic of that time and place.

I don't normally like live albums, but Thee Oh Sees (Osees, etc.) have always been a band that I have much preferred live and rarely, if ever, actually listen to their records. This live album was recorded during what I consider their best years and certainly when I was most interested in going to their shows, and their live show energy can be felt in the recordings. Just a great mix of songs, and it took me back. Great selection as far as I'm concerned.

It's very rare when something meets your expectations exactly. 0 stars if I could.

Raw, propulsive, ethereal, and moving. Incredible record front to back.

Never heard of this and based on the album art work I was expecting something somewhat challenging and raw. This was anything but, relatively safe indie pop. This was fine, but pretty meh for me.