Reviews by somelocalloser

Guitar heavy dynamite. Sounds fresh as hell despite being close to 40 years old.

Melting Barbies aside this is a slog. I know, I know - “something, something grunge.”

But maybe the most interesting part of this is Chris Cornell’s voice? Dude had some pipes.

A solid debut. Dense art rock is a mood and it took me a couple of starts to make it through.

I am not a Clapton fan. That being said this might be the least painful of his records on here. (Dear Reader, that’s a low bar)

Layla is a great listen, especially while being chased by the police whilst high on concaine. I’ll give Bell Bottom Blues some love too.

But man this record gets long in the tooth.

Not as good as his old man. This also suffers from the overproduction found in many 80s and 90s records.

Baby Tom Waits holding court as a lounge lizard. It’s vibe. Not necessarily my favorite of his Asylum records - but lays the groundwork for Small Change.

22 minutes of decent Little Richard covers from noted incestuous pedophile.

This does not sound like it’s 30+ years old. Fresh as hell. PJ is amazing.

“It’s a Sin” is the sole reason this record is on the list. Not sure if it truly is list worthy - but hey you need to fill out 1001 records somehow.

Damn depressingly beautifully haunting concept album.

This record grows on me every time I listen to it. Not sure if it will ever be my favorite YYYs record but it’s an another solid offering from Karen O and the boys.

This album was everywhere when it came out. Now a decade plus later it feels very twee and cute.

Certainly not as fully formed as Loveless. It’s solid shoegaze, but is missing the spark that makes Loveless iconic.

Sort of campy, sort of punk. A lot of attitude.

This sounded like the poor man's Doors. Which is like 5 steps removed from anything I'd want to listen to.

This band is great. Northern Irish Pop Punk from the 70s. Just an awesome listen.

Not a bad song on this.

Only so much of this kitsch I could take.

Yeah, it’s Megadeth. Still better than Metallica.

Not having listened to this in a long time I was struck by how it really sounds like a bunch of friends just jamming and having fun playing music together.

The Weight is obviously a classic. But there’s more to this record than that - Tears of Rage, We Can Talk About It and Long Black Veil are the other standouts for me.