Reviews by meemesker

Sometimes you can judge an album by it's cover.

What? No "Flood"?

It sounds like a 70s Genesis album with an 80s production style. The lead singer might even do a better Peter Gabriel impression than Phil Collins.

I couldn't even get through the Korn album on the actual list, and this was no different.

I feel sorry for that horse.

Only 20 years too late.

I would find this far more impressive if it was from 1994. I would totally shit my pants if this was from 1984. I would question reality itself if this was from 1974. But being from 2004 it's just kinda there.

I'm a big fan of The Boss, and this is his prime, with some interesting versions of these iconic songs with different arrangements, but I'm just not a huge fan of live albums in general, and that second disc with the longer numbers and covers kinda drags.

Surprised this isn't on the list already. I've heard the name before, but I'm a tail-end gen-xer, so this was a little past my time. Not what I was expecting at all. Way more ambitious than your average pop-punk band. Way more range and variety. Like Emo-Prog or something. Often reminded me of Pink Floyd throughout. Shit, I'd say this is a better pop-punk opera than "American Idiot" honestly. I feel like there's more layers and range here. The lyrics surprised me how often they caught me off guard and made me laugh. I'm actually quite impressed, although I must say the general sound is not one I'm a huge fan of. If I were younger this would almost certainly have become part of the fabric of my life, but there's something that holds me back from fully embracing this. A close second to Green Day in the pop-punk realm for me, which, again, is far from my preferred genre. But this is surprisingly listenable and even enjoyable for me. It could even grow on me over time with repeated listens but if I'm being honest I probably won't. Glad to have heard it though.

Unique and not what I was expecting, but as with many artists, the thing that prevents me from fully getting into this is the voice.

Doing the Edgelord's work.

When it comes to Dutch funk, I prefer aged Gouda.

Thee Oh Sees are so prolific and consistent sound-wise that it's hard to pick their best album, so a live set serves to represent their discography well. They have some prog/psych/noise tendencies that separate them from more run-of-the-mill garage rock.

This sounds like the lead singer from Soul Coughing lost all interest in jazz and became obsessed with drugs.

This was a frequently irritating on first listen, but odd and unique enough that I'll punt with a neutral rating.

This album feels like it's building up towards something that never quite pays off.

Am I in a mall, or a made-for-TV movie? Or am I in a mall on a made-for-TV movie? I think the person on the cover was murdered in a mall parking lot, and the body was then dumped in a unmowed section of grass nearby. There will be a true crime TV movie made about it, but it will not feature any music similar to the music you hear on this album - only ominous low synth drones.

I'm an alienated cyborg filled with existential dread, and I'm mildly allergic to modern folk music. This one started off all earthy and vulnerable, but ended up transitioning somewhere in the middle into what sounds like TV show theme songs.

Vous savez, il devrait vraiment y avoir plus d’artistes francophones représentés sur la liste.

Folk boy goes experimental with mixed results. Seldom has auto tune been more unnecessarily applied.