Reviews by mark-bionix

OKTalvin Singh

Rated 2/10

The music seems to always be in a rush to get to the next thing, which makes it doubly surprising that it's all so boring.

GueroBeck

Rated 6/10

I've always enjoyed this record, but I just remembered why I never really listened to the back half of it.

xxThe xx

Rated 8/10

Their music is cool as hell and it's wild to me this came out almost 20 years ago.

There's a point on this record where motherfucker shouts out "How 'bout some rock n' roll?" Problem is that "Do You Feel Like We Do" is the only song that even seems to understand that live music can even approach the concept of kicking some ass (it barely does, and that's the only reason this snoozefest is getting two stars). By the way, this record is a perfect argument for editing out all crowd noise from live albums. It's like these folks watched some comedy bit about how white people always clap on the 1 and 3, so these morons decided to clap on the 1, 2, 3, AND 4. Your hands are gonna get sore, fam.

ParklifeBlur

Rated 8/10

Some nutty shit on this album, but a lot of great songs too. I wore this thing out in high school.

Really solid disco record that kind of drags on side two. (Context: I've never heard of this artist and know nothing about his personal life.)

En-TactThe Shamen

Rated 4/10

I didn't mind it. Can't tell if these guys are on here because they're in some way influential, but to my electronica-averse ears I didn't hear much of anything unique.