Reviews by scribeben

Chill old school hip hop with some notable features. I wish the tracks were on the whole a bit shorter, as they often overstayed their welcome.

Had never given these guys a proper listen despite having friends in high school who loved them. Thoroughly enjoying this now in large part due to being reminded of those people. Fun, irreverent, frenetic, and clever punk rock. Second half is more interesting than the first.

Chill electronic music with varied and interesting sounds that aren’t too dated over 30 years later.

They were telling us what all honest people now know and rocking as hard as anyone has ever rocked while doing it. Tom Morello’s guitar work is at its creative peak. I also forgot that Maynard James Keenan is on “Know Your Enemy”. Could this possibly be his only appearance on this list? Would still be a crime, but better than nothing I guess.

Probably Sonic Youth’s most accessible record and that’s not a bad thing at all.

Love Method’s flow and RZA’s dark jazzy beats. That said there aren’t that many truly great tracks on this.

There are some okay elements in this but I just can’t deal with the super affected vocals. It’s kinda like if The Cure only had happy songs and no subtlety. Ugh I still have one more album of these guys in my backlog.

Missing oink record for me in the history of punk. Very fun, lighthearted and rocking with a nice dash of satire. Love the pro wrestling-esque album cover and in-record references too.

This is fantastically wonderful. I love that the reviews on here describe the record as well if not better than the positive ones. Video game boss villain aliens invading the Catholic Church indeed!!!

I’ve always felt a vague antipathy for this band. Listening to the whole record it’s not all that bad and the guitar sound is cool but the songs still don’t click with me. I wonder why the Japanese loved them so much.

Has some good moments,especially lyrically, and has some charm and jazzy flourishes, but way too 80s smooth for me to wanna to listen to much beyond this.

Unrivaled frenetic artistry in this band. Wasn’t quite as familiar with this record as the others but it didn’t disappoint. Wish the album cover weren’t so garish.

More interesting than your standard 80s fare.

Imagine having the raw vocal talent of Mariah Carey and using it to make music this vapid. Extra star for Bone Thugs.

Some great songs on here that unfortunately have almost all been co-opted for commercials. Rather forgettable middle section of tracks otherwise.

Discovered this band from tribute albums to JLP featuring Mark Lanegan, David Eugene Edwards, and Nick Cave. This record is like a Rosetta Stone for understanding where some of my favorite music came from and it is in itself a work of understated beauty.

Uniquely demented badassery. Does grate on the nerves a bit after awhile though.

I was a bit bored at first but it grew on me. Some great melancholy folk songs. The ones Linda sings are the best, particularly the title track and “The Great Valero.” At some point I was thinking “Mark Lanegan must have lived this record” and sure enough “Together Again” in the bonus tracks is a tune he covered.

I really should like this band more than I do, given all the various elements of their sound and their political prerogative, but I just find the singer obnoxious. “Spiders” is kind of a cool track though. “P.L.U.C.K.” is okay too.

There’s a lot going on here. Most of it is bad. Sinead O’Conner’s appearance on track one notwithstanding.