Reviews by brndnnll

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Deeply personal. It feels like this is something that artist made for just themself. Unique and essential. Great listen.

I know this is a fan favorite, and this seems like one of the quintessential lo-fi records out there. I have never gotten into John Darnielle--it just feels like a daunting endeavor--but have always had a lot of respect for him. This record is obviously great, and I really enjoyed it.

This was great. Definitely the best type of prog. Reminded me of Jesus Christ Superstar. Rocks for sure.

Ambitious prog metal. Elements of country and classic rock. This is what Mastodon does.

This did not make much of an impression on me. Short and melodic, just kind of feels like a standard and safe mashup of modern hip hop and R&B to me. Meh.

I am honestly shocked this never crossed my path. This is spangly, sprawling and beautiful. That indie post rock shoegaze sound and it reminds me a bit of MBV meets Spirtualized. I loved this album.

Eclectic and genre bending for sure. Decent enough, but not really for me.

I just have zero interest in this Nu Metal stuff.

Certainly a fine album. Understated. Not really for me but very pleasant.

This was pretty chill and pretty melodic trip hop. It felt like fine background music, but not much beyond that for preferences.

Never really got into The Hold Steady, though I recently saw Craig Finn play solo opening for Bob Mould and thought he was fantastic. This sounds about like what I would expect after having that exposure to Craig Finn. Just kind of indie post punk heartland rock vibes. Good stuff for sure.

Totally unfamiliar with Hum and after listening to them I can't really understand how they slipped underneath my radar this whole time. They kind of live at that excellent mid 90s intersection between post hardcore, space rock, grunge, and shoegaze. I thought this record was super solid and that thought this band has a great sound. To fresh ears it sounds unique to it's time.

One of the all time classic succinct punk albums. Always a joy.

I am torn with this because I don't think EPs should be allowed on this list. However listening to a full length album's worth of this would have been incredibly grating and rough, so I'm happy and thankful it was so short.

I had never listened to The 1975 (because why would I) until another one of their albums popped up on this list for me a couple weeks ago. That was horrible. This started out the same, but the second half of this record was a lot more interesting to me than I was expecting. I understand a bit more, in theory, why people would like this band. So there is that I guess.

Incredible Swans album. Listen to it loud always.

This was better than decent late 90s alt rock and I enjoyed it for what it is.

After two Massive Attack albums on the original list, we get another one here. Still don't get it. Seems like Massive Attack was big at the time, but this is just background electronic music to me.

Melodic heavy metal, pretty dime a dozen stuff.