Reviews by k-dot-r

Brilliant

Jazzy funky hip-hop influenced grooves, with some cracking guests. Please don't cover Stevie Wonder though, it (almost) never works. His voice sounds oddly like Calvin Harris, which was a bit distracting at points, but a good album and one I would never have heard without it being suggested here. Thanks for the pointer

Solid

Sounds like a fun gig, but one I wasn't at! A nice suggestion, from a band I had literally never heard of, but I might have preferred a studio album rather than a live show.

Rubbish

Very smug and self-satisfied, and nearly good enough to get away with it.

Maybe the first folk opera I have heard, but a clever idea, well executed

Pretty good, and completely new to me. A really good suggestion

Flawless

Bad, with one great song

Like Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Joy Division, and At The Drive-in had a jam session in Manchester in 1980, then sent the results through time to be polished and produced to modern standards.
A great suggestion, by a band I am looking forward to exploring more

Mubert-style backing tracks; might be ok once they finish the songs

Soundscapes rather than songs, with barely any vocals, but all the more evocative and atmospheric as a result.

Smooth as silk and really relaxing, a very accessible album of jazz ballads, and one I thoroughly enjoyed

No

Nonsense

I'm still not sure live albums have a place on the list, but this is decent

At times, any or all of: beautiful, haunting (even if you don't know Scott's story), sweary, funny, very very Scottish, and absolutely wonderful. A great suggestion

Shite, but mercifully short

Rubbish