Reviews by somelocalloser

Hair metal and Reggae influenced Punk? I’ll listen to that any day.

All these songs blend together. Every song is sung the same. The draw might be the covers - but they’re not very inspired. Dunno.

Up there as one of my favorite Beatles record. Not too much Paul. Musically you can hear them stretching. Might have gone too far on the stereo mixing.

Maybe the most accessible Morrissey record I’ve encountered. He’s still a prick.

Such a classic record. I think the A Side is stronger than the B. But still a great listen.

Beyond Sweet Dreams this record is ho-hum. Annie Lennox saves what would otherwise be a terrible album.

Nina’s got one of those voices that is impossible to ignore. She goes in so many unexpected ways with these songs. I love Lilac Wine.

I Believe in a Thing Called Love is fun. The rest of this record doesn’t work out as well. It feels like there are moments in all these songs that work - but then the rest of the song is either too kitsch or not kitsch enough.

When I get excited my little China girl says “oh baby just you shut your mouth.”

Life’s too short for EDM. Especially with Iggy Pop on deck.

Not sure what to say about this other than it’s an experience. Joni’s voice is ethereal and haunting. Great listen on a fall day.

Can’t really go wrong with Billie. This pretty vanilla, but her interpretations are always top notch.

More Glam than New Wave - but you can hear how the bands stole this sound.

Maybe it’s because we’re living during the rebirth of fascism and that I don’t speak German - but this felt like it could be co-opted by a bunch of Nazi Incel Fucks.

So it’s a no from me dawg.

This smells like a white guy with dreads.

I’m not sure what exactly is stripped from this. It’s packed with over production and a running time of 1 hour 17 minutes. There’s a sameness to most of these songs. XTina is at her best as a boisterous presence using her full vocal range. For me the slower songs veer too much into trying to sound like Whitney Houston.

Love the one you’re with brings this to 2 stars. Despite its hippie cheesiness. The rest just makes you with you could hang out with Neil Young instead.

Riot Grrl at its finest.

Forgettable late 90s too sincere singer-songwriter.

Was excited by the Shoegaze tag, but dear reader this is more Stone Roses than My Bloody Valentine.