Reviews by gregorsmith

Starts off cozy, literally the PS1 startup sound and the intro to Super Street Fighter II Turbo... but thereafter it just didn't fully resonate with me, not to say its not masterfully crafted, a lot of soul was clearly poured into this, this side of R&B just isn't my vibe. It consistently praised as the hottest thing to ever come down the pike but, sadly I suppose, I just down see it and it just feels overly long... 2012 just wasn't a good year overall.

I expected a cringey country caricature, but this is a solid listen. The band is fantastic, particularly the accordion and pedal steel, and Ely’s hardscrabble, road worn voice fits it perfectly. While it doesn't have much lasting impact due to some forgettable tracks and goofy tropes, it’s a perfectly fine record for a casual drive.

I feel like I'm supposed to like this, because, hell, John Peel loved "Teenage Kicks" to his dying day (and beyond)... and I do like that one song a lot, but the rest doesn't hit the same highs.

Watch out, here come the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, fresh of their indie darling status, and they're gonna dance till you (the royal you, personally) are dead, but you know they won't love you like I love you... They finally crossed over into art pop and are not above committing glamorous murder on the dancefloor. This entire album is bitching way harder, way longer than it has any right to.

Music to run down Princes Street in Edinburgh to... Add in The Passenger and this becomes a fairly iconic album.

Loves me the singer songwriter genre and Joni Mitchell is S tier for this. One of her better albums, but it's no Ladies of the Canyon...

Starts off with a high pitched dentist drill to the more sensitive crevasses of your brain and really goes downhill from there

This, much like "Lilac Wine", is sweet and heady, and packs a literal punch. Just so overwhelming at times, its just unbelievable that this was leftovers from other sessions for previous albums.

Folktronica? Sure, why not...

The transition from britpop to indie rock, and yet most of it sounds very much the same... Song 2 remains a banger and the official celebration music of your favourite hockey team scoring a goal 25 years later

An absolute masterpiece, origins of trip hop right here, add in Shara Nelson and it's just the right tone. "Unfinished Sympathy" remains an all timer as well.

Never heard of this band before, and I was put off somewhat by the 27 song long running order, but if you listen to the first 13 that made up the album, its a fun, raucous garage band punk rock sound. And the trumpets!

Humpty Dance and a whole lotta future sex love drugs, if thats your kink.

A pretty good live recording, but a live from prison album is something not enough artists do nowadays...

Listening to this is pure sunshine. From the opening of "Shining Star," Earth, Wind & Fire deliver tight grooves, incredible vocals, and iconic horn arrangements. Verdine White’s bass work is phenomenal, and the album balances high-energy funk with smooth tracks like "Reasons" perfectly. While clearly a product of its time, the top-tier musicianship makes this 38 minutes of infectious, near flawless perfection.

Another "attempt to separate the art from the artist" , but it's hard... a great album from a truly shitty individual, and I'mma let you finish because he was a piece of shit long before his mental illnesses took hold in the last 10 or so years.

4 stars for the album (good the great but not his best) / 0 stars for the antisemitic Nazi turd he is / 2.5 stars to split the difference but in this case I'mma round it down.

Elvis is back from the army and he's still doing the covers. His version of "Fever" pales in comparison to Peggy Lee's original. He'd soon disappear into the movie era and wasn't interesting again until he had to comeback again a decade or so later.

I expected some generic early-2000s indie from the cover, but this ended up being pretty middle-of-the-road. Mixing pedal steel, mariachi horns, and spaghetti western vibes sounds cool on paper, and tracks like "Black Heart" have some nice textures, but the whole thing just lands as overly polished and competent at best.

Dinosaur Jr. do one thing, play it loud, and they do that well. Proto-shoegazing grunge, my jam.

LAWDHAMMERCIES, we got the angry white boy demographic music again, why did they (the demographic) hate everything? Parents? Women? LIFE??... and why I did not notice that at ALL at the time?

To show how far we've come (or how far the past had fallen) "Wait And Bleed" was nominated for a fucking Grammy. They continue to be nominated for Grammys, so maybe I'm the one in the wrong?