Reviews by somelocalloser

What if Kraftwerk and King Crimson had a baby who occasionally sang like the guy from Rammstein?

You’d get Tubular Bells.

Big talk from the Hives here. I will say for the record they are not my new favorite band.

This frat boy vibe is tough to listen to all these years on. While there are some hints of the Beasties to come it’s really just a less offensive Eminem record.

Also not a fan of this Rick Rubin sound, on this record.

Fishbone’s mix of Funk, Ska and Soul brings me back to being a ska kid in the late 90s. I used to rock my Fishbone shirt and skank around to the beat.

This album is a great mashup of their influences and their unique sound. Every 3rd wave ska band tried to sound like Fishbone.

That being said it’s an up and down record for me. 3 stars.

Feels like a bridge between the more experimental early VU and the later Loaded era.

After hours feels like it was written yesterday.

The worst of boomer rock.

Look - I get the Morrissey hate. He’s a massive wanker to use the UK parlance of our time.

BUT - this fucking record slaps. Not a bad note in it. Really just mopey hit after mopey hit.

Rage is probably the only nü metal band I can hang with. Super leftist lyrics, the palpable rage and unchanging US politics makes this still feel fresh.

What’s not to like here? Even if you’re not a fan of country - at a tight 27 minutes this is an easy and fun listen. Black Rose is the highlight for me.

Just a solid live album. Johnny and June are great and the band is tight. The audience is a major character throughout.

Something so campy about this that I find endearing. Also weird that this guy has at least 2 records on the list.

My favorite Elvis Costello record. So many good tunes. The B side has a few misses. But you can’t ever go wrong with Radio Radio.

I don’t like this as much as Surfer Rosa or Doolittle. Their sound is incredibly clean on this one - which distracts as it loses the rawness of the previous two albums.

I will say it sounds like the 1990s. You can hear snippets of all the different sounds that will come in the decade.

Velouria and Digging for Fire slap.

Fuck this rapist. His music and schtick suck anyways.

Fun LA punk. Swift half hour of just classic early west coast punk.

Beautiful queer album. The Art Teacher might be the highlight for me.

This album was everywhere in the early aughts. 20+ years on it’s fine. Jones’ voice is soothing, the easy listening jazz accompaniment is as boring as ever. But I think in the early post 9/11 world soothing and boring were what people wanted.

Very 70s. Very Dad Rock. Very Yacht Rock.

At times this is a kitschy yet earnest covers album - at other times the covers are pretty great.

Such a nostalgic record for me. Funny to think when I first became aware of Blister in the Sun it was already 10 years old.

This now 42 year old album still sounds fresh and fun.