Reviews by magsmusic

Better than I was expecting but nothing overwhelmingly great. I sometimes wish I could go back to albums and listen when they were first introduced. I could see an album like this being super different at the time, but now I feel like it is similar to a lot of other alt rock.

Solid 3...nothing amazing, sometimes it feels like it is trying too hard but I think that is just part of the progressive rock vibe.

I will give it a 3, it was different and but not so weird that it was unenjoyable.

This is how you write an album with somewhat inappropriate lyrics but doesn't bother me. I mean listen to The Seed, and yet I want to be the girl. Just such a fun deep album that changes with each song but still is so perfectly The Roots.

Passion, smooth and sultry, and bops. Good stuff all around

I didn't know if I was floating in water or space but it was pretty. I listened to the second half on my way home in the snow and it helped keep me calm

Yes...to me this is great rap and hip hop. They focus on being good, making their feelings and points known and good beats. Its not all about f@cking or cuss words. Its talent pure and simple!

Smooth funk that makes me wiggle and get into the bass.

I was leary at first but it grew on me. Nothing amazing or life changing but it changed enough and was pleasant to listen to. I didn't feel like I was stuck in the same beat over and over, it grew and expanded bringing me into a pleasant spacey world.

I liked it. I like angry girl rock. What I really like about this one is you can hear the lyrics and really rock out. The guitar is pretty killer as well (Jenny was my favorite)

I found this on YouTube
Umm, I am not sure what this is exactly. Sounds like a soundtrack to a musical, spoken word poetry, a bard speaking singing about events or just the crazy lady in town running around singing and scaring the children.
She was full of emotion and even when I couldn't understand her I could feel the feelings and it went well with the music. Just really not something I ever plan to listen to again.

Meh, the guitar and riffs were cool but they just lasted so long I lost interest after a while. Is there talent, sure but its just not for me.

I like it, but it all starts to sound the same. In retrospect it also could be a 100 bands of this time frame.

I liked Cupid Come. The rest felt like they would be part of a concept art piece and they needed more to me. Maybe it is partially because I still can't hear the vocals or what they are saying most of the time.

Overall it felt kind of amateur. There were some neat moments or some lyrics that were deep (but they would have been better as a poem not a song) but nothing seemed finished or polished. It was small town America meets a poetry or music compition. This guy was the best in his small town, but if you put him up against others he really isn't that great.

I wasn't really sure where we were going when this album started with a skull cracked half open. Not sure I would have started it that way since the rest of the album seemed to have a much different tune (if it weren't for this project I wouldn't have kept going). Musically not sure anything really sticks with me (good or bad). Some of the lyrics are interesting. It is their ode to the place they were from and raised, but honestly it makes Alabama sound super boring, slummy and sad, which then almost feels like a parody. I appreciate that they are try to put in some redemption for the small part of the population that might not be racist, but it just leaves me wondering why I would even want to connect with the state, their music, their people or their world.

Talking heads are different and quirky. I like it in small doses but it started to feel long

Billie Holiday...I love him (IYKYK)
But seriously she has a beautiful voice, her lyrics are deep and the emotion she evokes is just wonderful. My bigger issue is the orchestra that backs her up. It is beautiful and wonderful but I think it almost makes the songs too much, too much emotion that it almost seems like a joke. I wish she just had a small band behind her so her voice was the only star and she wasn't battling with the orchestra for the spotlight.

Very 90's...but it didn't feel unique or like anything special.

Its techno...not my genre so I can't really give it any more of a review then that.