Reviews by henry-winchester

There's something so sweet and uncynical and almost naive about this, it's like a music lesson and an album in one.

Starts out nicely but loses focus and starts borrowing heavily from other songs.

TIL Steve Albini had a band, and it was absolutely incredible. So filthy and lo-fi and layered and nasty but just perfect really, I love the harshness of the guitars and the cleanness of the drum machines.

YouTube music link: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCqGF7gRwC9ZFxWIv0uWUl_g
But this should really be listened to on a dog-eared vinyl or a smashed cassette tape.

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Just that sound, the sheer onslaught of the whole thing. Surprisingly compact for a hip-hip album too.

Warm and comforting.

Acceptable. I am the grand juror of music.

50% Fleetwood Mac pop, 50% punk attitude.

Between this and the Laura Nyro album I listened to yesterday it's pretty apparent that women have done far more than men to push music forwards.

I like David Holmes, but I'm not sure this is his best record. It's edgy, but not in a good way, and the mix is muddy and flat. The remixes on the "Don't Die Just Yet" EP are far better, and "Bow Down to the Exit Sign" is a more coherent and mature album.

Radiohead for people who don't want to be challenged.

Probably would have liked this at the time; now it's just a bit numbing and not hardcore enough.

The epitome of everything that was wrong with the 80s. About as much substance as a balloon.

Not sure why the government is investing in nuclear reactors when this album has enough energy to power the country.

Confession time: "Punchbag" and "A Minha Menina" were the first MP3s I ever downloaded, probably illegally via Limewire. I listened to them a lot, in the same way that I watched "Spaceballs" a lot because it was the only VHS tape we had. So I was kind of dreading this album, but I actually liked it. It has a lot of variety and it's definitely straddling multiple genres without losing its balance. Still not sure why some white middle-class guys from England are trying to be Mexican though?

I liked this to start with, but it soon became cloying and annoying. Like The White Stripes if they didn't know what the fuck they were doing.

Talking Heads did "Rip it Up" and Queen did "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us."

This album does not sound how it looks. I was expecting exuberant psychedelic rock, I got the most amazing laid-back rhythm and blues. What a pleasant surprise and a great start to a shitty Tuesday.

Hey look I've found a Queen album that's kind of OK! Two things I liked: Brian May can sing, and She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes) basically invented the shoegazing genre.

Some good tunes buried among the gravelly arthouse flatulence.