Reviews by henry-winchester

I liked the opener, but I do find his singing insufferably smug and indulgent. He simply has too many words.

She really is.

Very much a one-trick pony before he learned new tricks on his funkier follow-up. Always annoyed that his labelmates the Lo-Fidelity Allstars are overlooked, they brought much-needed attitude and grit to the genre.

I always thought 808s was the best Kanye album, but this one has stood the test of time better. Sad, dark, angry, and desolate.

A riot. But also cheesy.

"Don't You Want Me" is the reward for making it through this album.

I had no idea being a cowboy was so boring.

Every song sounds like some other classic rock song, but then turns out to be some kind of flesh-eating bug on the genre itself. It comes to life for "Nobody Girl," but doesn't have an original thought the rest of the time.

They have an awful name
But some great tunes
Ladies and gentlemen
The Electric Prunes

Dylan-light.

This takes Oasis' singalong Britpop and infuses it with megabudget production and pop sensibilities. It's completely inauthentic, utterly shallow, and wholly unadventurous (especially "Angels"), but it just about gets by on charm alone, and it's totally evocative of its time.

I have developed such a soft spot for Paul Simon. This is sweet. Laid back, but also psychoanalytical, and it reminds me a little teeny bit of Daniel Lopatin's work.
Cars are Cars is utter dogshit though.

"69 Love Songs" is an impressive achievement and it takes in so many genres, sounding like The Velvet Underground one minute and Leonard Cohen the next. It's genuinely surprising how much variety it's packed with. But it never rises to be much more than a novelty record, and the short tracks mean that it can never really indulge or focus on a certain style. It's an experiment that doesn't quite work and makes everyone suffer as a result. Like "Jurassic Park."

Occasionally profoundly, almost obnoxiously irritating, but also brilliant and weird and creative and totally unlike anything before or since. Loved "I Went to the Mirror."

Totally hits the spot. The kind of music you can boogie to at a club night full of weirdos in your local city. Amazing fun and much more authentic than their peers.

This doesn't quite have the punchiness of Pixies, but it becomes more sustained and interesting experimental in its own right. Reminds me of Nick Cave a little in places.

Very much of its time, competent bluegrassy folk.

I do like it when albums from the 60s aren't annoying. Slightly perturbed by Spotify including bonus tracks but omitting album tracks though.

This was very interesting but I also don't remember a single thing about it.

The problem with ecstasy is that it convinces untalented people that they're making good music.