Reviews by scribeben

This one is pretty good

Beautiful, inventive minimalist songwriting on this. I waited way too long to give this band a proper listen. Will now give repeated ones. Chord progressions did feel a bit repetitive towards the end though.

Jangly twaddling. The strings on “For You” are nice though.

Woo hoo

Despite lacking anything as iconic as “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” or “Whitey on the Moon” this record is far more musical and even given Heron’s obvious vocal limitations, this is just oozing soul.

Solid blues

Utter fucking tripe

I can’t believe I never heard of these guys before. I feel like they should be spoken of in the same breath as Talking Heads, Television, etc. This is a brilliant record with a distinctive sound, yet also ranging across the entire punk/post-punk spectrum. Clearly highly influential as diverse as Radiohead, Sopor Aeternus and Of Montreal.

This is good for what it is but really not my thing.

This was better than I expected. I like a lot of the sounds and the sleazy vibe. Most of the tracks go too long and get a bit boring though.

This isn’t super original and it’s a mistake to call it jazz but it’s super chill and funky. I take it over any of the hundreds of mediocre brit-rock bands on this list.

This is mostly uninteresting but well executed and produced rock and roll. The lyrics have a depressingly horny desperation. “Legs” is perhaps the mostly insipid male-gazey song of all time (appropriately WWE’s Stacey Kiebler used it as her theme music). “She’s got legs and knows how to use them). Yes, like most non-aquatic animals.

This is a top ten Bowie album for me. I love everything on it except “Changes” which is one lf the only Bowie songs I actively dislike.

Whatever you think of Lennon’s personal behavior, “Imagine” is a profoundly important political anthem. The rest of the songs are good to great.

I don’t always love Sonic Youth, but I do love this record. That is, perhaps, typical.

Yeah this is some pretty good shit. His voice wears on me after awhile. It’s best with the big rock instrumentation rather than just the quiet acoustic tracks.

Liked this more than expected. A bit of Pixies and MBV in there with the folksy stuff.

The VU may be the most overrated band of all time. “Venus in Furs” is a jam though and I also like “Sunday Morning”.

Pleasant enough but unremarkable and some of her vocal flourishes are annoying.

He sure does