Reviews by sushirrito89

StankoniaOutKast

Rated 6/10

Ms Jackson! BOB, humble mumble, ? were also great. Did not enjoy the interludes and the rest of the tracks were ok, 3*.

Something different, always good to see. Fresh and different - jazzy but modern. Great vibes, love finding stuff I've never heard of before. Maybe it's background-y, but very enjoyable. 5*

Le TigreLe Tigre

Rated 4/10

Never heard their music, but deceptacon sounded familiar right away.
This sounds very 90s. Not my jam, but I don't hate it, 2*
Highlights: deceptacon, slideshow at free university
Metric came on after this and I was like, ah yes, this is a refined version of le tigre.

It makes me want the harmonization of the Mamas and the Papas. I like the instrumentation but everything else is kind of meh, hasn't held up over time. 2.5* rounded down, I think.

Slipknot drums are badass. Big fan of the more harmonic aspects, less of the screamo aspects in my old middle age.
Highlights: psychosocial

Not sure how I felt while listening to this. 2*, just ok, but didn't invoke anything in me. Maybe proto-other-stuff-I-like, but meh.
Highlight: the killing moon

ViolatorDepeche Mode

Rated 10/10

Oh, this is gonna hit hard on a Friday. Super enjoyable vibes, wish it was longer. 5*. I've been hearing enjoy the silence for forever, but all of this still sounds so fresh. No bad tracks.
Highlights: personal jesus, enjoy the silence (<3)

Second Nick Cave album in two weeks? I guess Murder Ballads is an apt title based on the first song alone; this could be in a horror movie or a depressing musical. This is ok but not my jam, 2*.
This album has Kylie Minogue in it?!
Highlights: the curse of millhaven, death is not the end (for the fee-fees it gave me)

I first heard the title track last week and enjoyed it. Off the bat I'm digging the sound of Flight test. I have not a huge sense of the Flaming Lips coming into this.
This album is a vibe, loved it. 5*
Highlights: yoshimi battles the pink robots pt1, flight test, do you realize

OdelayBeck

Rated 6/10

First thought: I don't recognize any of these titles. Second thought (upon hitting play): oooh I know Devil's haircut! I guess Beck is just always in my subconscious. I don't love Beck's (lack of) singing, but his instrumentals are very catchy. Enjoyed about half the album, 3*.
Highlights: devil's haircut, the new pollution, where it's at

I hear Thundercat in the first track, nice. Thundercat came into my radar thanks to this 1001 albums project.
Hip hop is not a genre I listen to, so I have a hard time rating these albums (what's good? what's not?). Overall I enjoyed this.

Never heard of this before, but then Default came on and it felt like out of the recesses of my mind. Great track. Enjoyable overall.

This album also sounded kinda quiet? The whole subdued voice+guitar/barely audible thing just never slaps.
It was ok, not sure why it's on here, nothing outstanding. 2*

KenzaKhaled

Rated 8/10

Excited any time I see non-anglo music on here.
Could've done without the Imagine cover, but otherwise the album is fun and upbeat. 4*
Not on spotify, and the youtube playlist I found had some skippy tracks, but that's not the album's fault.

I can't not be biased by nostalgia. Britney is my pump-up music these days. As an album it may be too saccharine and not hold up the test of time, but I can't review this album in a vacuum.
It opens very strong with baby one more time, crazy, sometimes, born to make you happy.
Soda pop was surprisingly catchy.