Reviews by scribeben

Somewhat interesting experimental music. Didn’t feel like the concept really survived throughout it.

I love her voice and the production is cool. The songs don’t really hook me on first listen but maybe repeated listens will prove otherwise.

Another one by these guys. Less lovely than the other one I think.

This band is kinda like if Prince sucked. “Karma Chameleon” is still okay though. It’s one of the first popular songs I remember knowing as a child.

This record is a mixed bag but it has some of gis best tracks. “Southern Man” is an absolute banger. “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” is great and “When You Dance You Really Love” is fun too.

The guitar playing is phenomenal but J. Mascis’ voice is just a bit too whiny for me to ever really love this band.

Rather unremarkable country/folk

I can see why some people really love this. It’s not for me, though.

Cool dynamic hip hop. Always nice to hear Jill Scott, who’s featured on “Complexity”.

Mediocre 70’s rock and too much of it. There is some good playing but it doesn’t save the songs. The only track I really liked was “Bound To Fall” and was unsurprised to learn that was the one song Stills himself didn’t sing.

I feel bizarrely ambivalent about this. I mostly hate it but a couple of tracks draw me in and I find them rather beautiful.

This was never my favorite Pixies record, but listening to it now it is genuinely brilliant and you can totally hear the next 10 years of alternative rock music within it. The second half kinda goes off the rails but the first half easily makes up for it.

How many more records by this insipid toad must I endure. This is number 5 at least on here so far and I have two more in my backlog. This one is not made better by the clownish Bowie impersonation and Nazi references.

The uptempo tracks are tremendously fun. The ballads are a bit cheesy, but overall this is great.

Decent modern pop record with Adele’s powerful, earnest voice.

Music doesn’t get much more beautiful than this.

Deep trip-hop with hidden complexity and wonderful vocals.

Rich with beauty and intimacy. This definitely deserves further listens.

Morrissey but not as interesting. At least it’s short.

My third Dylan record in just the past min. This one’s pretty good.