Reviews by henry-winchester

Reminded me of At The Drive-In in places, no bad thing.

Nyancat if it was an album.

This was great. It was swelteringly hot here and it was the perfect soundtrack.

Not as violent as their name makes them sound. There was something I enjoyed here, but the fact that I can't remember what it was means that it can't have been that enjoyable.

Probably about as good as it gets within the confines of ska, and a pretty good precursor to the ska nu-metal genre they was a thing I think?

I remember her being a thing, kind of the first musician I was aware of targeting gamers and geeks. She's obviously smart, but also a bit smug and egotistical, and it does seem like she's a bit of a dick IRL.

This was a bit tedious and over-indulged, but it gains a star for the fact that the Mountain King appears to be wearing flip-flops.

I had no idea this was a thing, and what a thing it is! I can see why it didn't hit home, it's not as "nice" as the Talking Heads' or Tom Tom Club's work (they swear!), but the guest stars and heavy riffage bring something else to it. It's what the first Unkle album should have been, more cohesive and less compromised.

I was expecting cheesy country rock, but this is amazing! So many big names on one album, and you can just feel all the passion through the music. Beautiful and very human.

They've changed a bit since "Common People."

Got the jist of this and didn't really feel the need to listen to the whole thing.

I haven't listened to this for at least 25 years now. I always preferred the first Foos album as it was so raw and aggressive, it was like a break-up album.
"The Colour and the Shape" sounds better than I remember it; it's a much more polished album than "Foo Fighters," with hi-fi production and poppier songwriting. When it's good ("Everlong," "Monkey Wrench") it's their best, but it's also got a certain midwestern corniness that brings it down a bit.

Goodoo

Not what I was expecting at all, reminded me of Avalanches or "Hello Nasty"-era Beasties, but doing its own chill thing.

My flatmate was a huge fan of this band, I always found them a bit cheesy, but I admire the orchestration. I think the lead singer might have been one of the first rockstars to come out as neurodiverse, so there's that.

I really love this combo of midi synths (I think!) and sax (I think!). Dreamy and Lynchian.

The CD should come packaged in a bubble wrap of sadness.

So good it made me melt.

I don't remember much about this, other than they sounded young, loud and snotty, Oxford comma notwithstanding.

Didn't listen to the whole thing, but I heard enough to get the jist. Reminded me of Swedish pop/rock bands of this era.