Reviews by henry-winchester

This was great, some of Miles Davis' enthusiasm and intense clouds of emotion, but different and varied. So amazing how this collection of instruments can produce music that has such different shapes and forms, but I guess that's the point.

I remember this whole thing happening, seeing those two enormous head sculptures perched on Earl's Court, and closely examining the blinking light on the CD in Our Price a year or so later. The whole thing just seemed so damn expensive, but I guess it was all worth it.

And I really did want to hate this for its indulgence and its pretentiousness and the fact that it's just a live album, but the simple fact is that I've grown to love Floyd (mainly because of the 1,001 project), and hearing these songs in these new arrangements, dragged out and orchestrated for maximum impact and drama, is just so pleasing to the ear, and those 3D stereophonic effects add so much.

I wish I was there.

There's a song here called "Mayonnaise a gogo" and I think that's all you need to know.

Reminded me of The Dandy Warhols in the way it takes a British sound and Americanises it, makes it bigger and more aggressive. Really liked it. Also reminded me of the Foo Fighters in places.

Actually enjoyed this, musically varied and rolling RRRs all over the place.

This was fun! I don't really know what any of it means.

Great musically, but I hate the way he sings. Like a primary school teacher.

I knew "Sugar Man" from a David Holmes compilation I had in the early 00s. The rest of this is great though, very post-Dylan, but it has a bigger, rockier sound.

I'm beginning to wonder if I have a great taste in music, or if I'm just a bit of a dick who thinks music should sound like music I like. I really wanted to hate this, but it moved in some really interesting directions, and I started to wonder if I really should hate music of this genre/era.

Stuff from 10ish years ago is the most dated stuff ever. This is hipster cringe.

I enjoyed this, I think I prefer post-rock to noise-rock, but it's still good.

At first I thought the cover was terrible AI! But obviously it's not.
This is stupid, gleeful fun though, just what you want from this kind of metal: not taking itself too seriously, but absolutely ridiculously technically proficient.

Yeah, pretty good. I've heard of these guys for some reason?

If you like Daft Punk songs with muddier bass and shittier drums and screaming this is the album for you!

I cannot thank whoever put this on here enough. I heard "Werewolves of London" on the radio last week and it got stuck in my head, and I've been trying to get a track ID ever since. I thought it was a Roxy Music song because there is one that is remarkably similar. I sort of gave up looking for it, but here it is! And it's a wolf moon here in the UK at the moment.

OK: so update. I wrote this yesterday while I was listening to the album, and then watched Pat Finnerty's video on the Kid Rock song that samples "Werewolves of London." Which I thought was even more weird, but then I realised that he plays the Kid Rock song on other episodes that I'd previously watched, which might explain why the song was so stuck in my head.

Really hit the spot. Short, catchy songs with so much energy.

Slipknot for slightly smarter people.

A Squier is a cheaper model of a Fender guitar that's still pretty good. Billy Squier is a cheaper version of Led Zeppelin that's still pretty good.

I definitely have a love/hate relationship with Slowdive. I used to really like this album, but I saw them live a few years ago and found them a bit too bland and watery, and I didn't like their recent output. I think I just don't like the way the guy sings.

But revisiting this has reminded me how good they can be. It doesn't rock out as much as fellow shoegazers Ride, but it's more melancholic and swirling, lost among dreams and reverb pedals.

Found this on Bandcamp, like it to start with but it's a bit too long.