Reviews by socksonfire

If someone put a gun to my head a said “name a member of Can,” I would never have formed the syllables hol-ger-czu-kay in a million guesses. I had to admit I don’t know much about Can except they have some awesome tracks out there!

So, Holger… I gotta say, I loved this album! Weird and funky jams. My kids complained a bit, but not as much as I thought they could. The movie samples were more distracting than additive though.

Yes, I would throw Cars on a set list. Sadly the entire album mostly bored me. Not inspired to dive into this particular rabbit hole any further.

Ugh. This album is perfect. No notes.

I gave a silent fist pump when I saw this album pop up. My exposure to Scott Walker has been from no less auspicious of a bridge than the Spotify recommendations algorithm. The Jacques Brel covers I had suggested to me are so over the top I was just curious to see whether he built his whole career on that level of bombast. I wanted to expkore more but never got around to it. I was glad to find a bit more variety to temper the overbearing orchestral stuff. Strangely dirty lyrics. I think I’m a mini-fan.

I respect the hell out of this, especially coming out in ‘85. I sort of forget about The Jesus and Mary Chain, even though I actually bought this tape twice because the first one got eaten by a tape player, and then the second one got eaten by the same tape player. So I associate a lot of unfair anger and frustration to this album.

A decent album, highlighted by some absolutely ripping tracks, suffers from being a bit bloated. Cute concept to tie an album together with a recurring cities and towns motif.

This guy is cheese: some of his songs are pretty gouda, but a lot of them stink like gorgonzola. Bonus star because Only the Good Die Young is one of my go-to karaoke songs.

Took me a few songs to get into this one, but once it clicked I heard a couple tracks I would put on a setlist. I’ll spin it again.

The production style on this is, frankly, incredible. I guess Q-Tip picked up a trick or two being in one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time.

Not every track is an all-timer, but plenty to enjoy.

My heart sank when this popped up, and I put it off long enough that I forgot about it, until my partner-in-project dropped his glowing review as a part of a desperate bid to catch up on his reviews ahead of a group zoomscotch.

Perhaps expectations played a part, but listening to this album was not the torture I expected it to be. #claptonblows.

So Bjork-inspired that it sounds just like Bjork! I mostly dug it.

The summary page has labelled me as “generous” and as a “cheerleader”. I think because I’ve been doling out 5-stars like candy lately. The truth is, if I have a great time listening, there aren’t that many other metrics I’m paying attention to, and lately the albums have been just damn good. I realize this trend may damage my credibility in the long term.

So Nevermind then. What will this one do for my credibility?

This one is a keeper. The back half of this album is an all-time single side, but this one still tips pretty good in the first half.

This review is off the rails already. Better just to go replay the album.

I was actually sort of happy this popped up.

When Firestater landed in N.A. I pretty much discounted them as a novelty. But in the last few years a lot of newer musicians I like have cited The Prodigy as a big influence. I’ve been meaning to check out whatever I was missing.

So now the news is in! A decent play. Some of it sounded hopelessly dated. Some holds up. I think the biggest issue was that it’s shallow and repetitive. I did like the energy behind it.

It has been many long years since I’ve played this sucker. I still felt familiar. Have a Cigar and some parts of Shine On would fit seamlessly onto Maggot Brain. Roger Waters little rants against UK’s social infrastructure are sadly, still relevant. For me, this is the best Pink Floyd ever got.

I like Joni. One of the distinctive voices. Hejira is not one of her albums I was too familiar with. I did like it. I did I did.
I didn’t really hear many tracks standing out much though, and really not sure it will get much more play around y house.

There is a certain kind of music that I absolutely love. A bit funky, R&B, but old school. This is that exact kind of music. It makes me feel aces.

Randomly generated my ass.

Shit. Shitshitshitshitshitshitshit. Shit! But this is too good.

This record covers a lot ground in 40 minutes. It’s got an easy simplicity that masks a complicated bunch of songs. It sounds like someone with a lot of experience made it.