Reviews by sterry2289

Nice listen. Curious if there will be any Cash comps in our reviews. Another blind spot for me but have friends that reference him a good deal. Favorite was probably Omaha.

Enjoyed a lot of this, mostly the songs that sounded more traditional. I shared this with a friend who loves all things Ireland, music as well. He was familiar and a big fan already. Generally not my favorite genre but I was pretty impressed, primarily by the lead vocals.

This is the gritty indie movie everyone is telling you about but you just don’t want to watch.

Enjoying this (almost done) but it occured to me, we're spending an awful lot of time understanding the origins of punk, which is basically a sideshow/dead end of popular music. If punk never happened would the world be all that different? Is that nihilistic?

Listened to this driving from the Cape to Boston, a ride I have done 100's of times, which during my early years almost certainly were done listening to these tracks via WZLX. Very similar in many ways to The Cars as far as its place in the Boston rock history. Both bands really clash with most other Boston culture and stereotypes. Boston is many things, but it is not glamorous, highly refined and all that upbeat. The Standells "Dirty Water" is more accurate, and of course they're from California. My point is, we could have used our own Springsteen but instead got BOSTON and this band sucks!

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Man, what a closer. The rest of this I could do without. Surprised the Talk Box didn’t take off, pretty cool. I think it just looks too dumb. My Dad always rails against this album for the mixing and crowd noise but I still don’t really get that complaint. Sounds lively and doesn’t take away from the music. Great guitar playing.

Between 2 and 3 but i think it's deserving of more so going 3. I think im just a little burnt out on this style. A couple of songs were cool and create the sense of forward momentum, made me wonder if thats why blues is so popular. Sounds like a train or something, like you're going somewhere. Track I'm thinking of is Beyond and Back. Need to think about that some more.

This made me want to go listen to proggy music, but not this one. I was intrigued by the whole thing but never really connected. New name for me so good to know.

I listened to this 4 or 5 times in mild disbelief at how good this was. The title track fucking rips, particularly the drum sound, they hold off on the soulful back up vocals just long enough. It also moves so fast, hard to believe 40 minutes have gone by when it’s through. Before this I would definitely say I was a Rod detractor. I thought of him as a sort of 70’s rock poser. One of hundreds, but this changes that. Kind of like a light weight Exile? Haven’t checked the dates but this sounds almost like a direct response.

I'm punk curious and I undrestand DC Punk is very important but not sure I see what makes this particularly special.

Pretty cool, Dumb Waiters was my favorite I think.

This Who album kinda sucks? They're also kinda turning me away from concept albums. I like the CONCEPT of a concept album, but its often not executed. The Kinks "Arthur" nailed it. Pet Sounds sonically nailed it. Dark Side etc. Maybe its just The Who.

Listened to it twice and I still don’t understand. Roxy Music is…. good?

You've come a long way from Better Living Through Chemistry LOL!!! Seriously though, this is much better. The hits speak for themselves, but what it becoming clear is his ability to create/communicate a very specific personality through this limiting style. "We got to kick that gangster shit!" over a very light and upbeat horn section, which i just learned is from Ann Robinson (deep cut), has a lot of personality to it. Other records in this genre or adjacent genres often feel faceless and aimless. Listening to this I feel like I know who Fatboy Slim is, for better or worse. Many songs are repetitive and this doesn't need to be 60 minutes.

Not much to say about this one other than I hated it, so I’ll review The Strokes concert I saw Tuesday night.

3/5 stars. Not a die hard by any stretch but each year appreciate them more and more. Only knocks on this show are the sound quality at TD Garden, it’s hourendous and Casablancas has SUCH a nonchalant attitude it’s bordering on indifference. The acoustics are echoey and every songs sounds like noise rock. They can play some really straight forward tunes which helps a lot but the vocals never sounded right. As for his attitude, it’s definitely “rock star” but he’s skinny fat and a total prick. Dropped a couple Boston is racist comments that always bother me. He ain’t perfect either. Let’s talk about you Julian!!! Let’s talk about you! On the positive side the new guitarist kinda stole the show. Sick aesthetic and sounded great. Also, the set and lights/visuals I’ve noticed are across the board way better. No exception here. They have so many hits. Reptilia RIPS. If they come to your town and play a half decent venue (not a basketball arena) I’d strongly recommend.

This made me feel nothing

Loved this! Could not have been a better evening for it. Shocked I have never heard of Nanci, probably been a little too tuned out of country.

Admire the effort. The hip move would be 3, but the reality is this is mostly unlistenable.

Ok, we get it. You don't rap about guns. Congrats.

Some good ones in here though. Not exactly sure why this band carried so much weight back in the day.