Reviews by k-dot-r

All filler, no killer; like the songs between the good songs on an indie radio station. Not terrible, not memorable, but a pleasant enough way to pass the time.

Sounds much older than it is, in a good way, and takes as much influence from country music as it does from rock. A fun album by a unique and singular artist, who crossed genres as easily as some of us cross a road.

Like a bizarre cross between At The Drive-In and Drive By Truckers, but more religious overtones than either.
A cracker I would otherwise never have heard; thanks for the pointer!

Beautiful

My new favourite old band.

Not the first album to try to meld punk and prog (possibly London Calling?), and not the most commercially successful combination of the two (probably American Idiot?). However, it is an album well worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as those two masterpieces, at least in my opinion. A work of genius, by a band I am looking forward to exploring more fully.

An example of the reason I started this whole insane project in the first place, and definitely deserving of inclusion in the book - the only question would be what to drop; I have a few thoughts as some of my other reviews make clear.

Thank you so much for the suggestion!!

Prog rock, but folk, and very odd. I would probably get more into it after a few listens, but it didn't catch my attention after a single play. Interesting, and a good listen, but perhaps not one I would include in an updated 1,001 book

Mad as a box of frogs, but a lot more fun. Seems to be trying to be all the styles and genres, often within the same song.

Perhaps not an essential listen, but unique, interesting, and entertaining. Sometimes, that is enough.

Short, fast, and lots of fun. An absolute blast, even if it might not be their best work.

Sounds like it's from about 50 years earlier than it actually came out. Really shows the influence of the blues on country, and vice versa, and I really liked it. Thanks for the suggestion

Mid

Hell yeah! Very weird, very Glaswegian, very brilliant. Six stars! (five plus a Scottish bonus point!)

Not music

A lovely album; thanks

A cracking album, his flow and rhymes are close to flawless. An artist I only previously knew by name, and from a couple of features, but will now explore much more fully (in between the ever growing list of suggestions!)

Metaaaaaal!

Mid

Very good very modern hip-hop

Rubbish, but not actively offensively bad

Reminds me a lot of a bunch of (semi-) lost British rock bands of the same sort of time, such a 3 Colours Red, A, King Adora, My Vitriol, Dark Star and, on a couple of tracks, Mogwai. I love (or loved) most of those bands though, so i really enjoyed this. Not sure it's an essential inclusion in a future edition, but for me as a Scottish 90s kid, it was one I really enjoyed

Could just as easily be from 1875, in a good way