Post-rock has really turned into a bland genre. It's become completely awash with bands that pump a formula into their music and get a post-rock album. Heavily delayed guitars, predictable climaxes, there's a post-rock formula now, and it can get boring to listen to what sounds like the same thing over and over again. But every now and then, a band will create something great, and that's what Caspian's done. They've created great post-rock before (see: Waking Season) and with this, they've done it again. This isn't anything "new" necessarily, but they've made an album that's a glimmer of hope in the post-rock genre. They're not afraid to lay off the wall of guitars, they've composed everything very carefully and very particularly and it's that compositional skill that makes this album a top-notch post-rock album. _________________ Progressive Rock
The Sheepdogs just kind of are what the are at this point. They're old-school rock and roll, reminiscent of bands from the 70s like Little Feat. It's nothing new, it's nothing groundbreaking, but it's not bad either. Their self-titled is better than this one is, but this one is still fine if you're into traditional 70s-style rock. _________________ Progressive Rock
This is Sunn O))) doing what they do best. Creating a transportive atmosphere with drone metal and Gregorian-like chants. They've always been excellent at crafting impressive soundscapes, it always feels like every Sunn O))) album is an experience, it's always a cohesive unit rather than a collection of tracks. This isn't exceptionally long, only 35 minutes, but the experience of this album is definitely rewarding. The vocals are slow and broad, like Monk chants, and form words that are fairly indistinguishable and just blend into the rest of the music. If you've heard Sunn O))) before, you know what to expect from this album, and this is definitely one of their better albums. _________________ Progressive Rock
Busdriver is, without a doubt, one of the most interesting and creative rappers out there right now. He really showed that with Perfect Hair and is showing it again with its sequel. From a music perspective, the beats are some of the most interesting that I've heard. The variety is impressive, every single song is unique and every beat is carefully crafted. Busdriver as a lyricist is, as he's shown in the past, incredible. His flow is fantastic, he inserts his eccentric personality into just about every song and it's what makes him stand out from the crowd so strongly. He's clever, smart, and quick, and that makes for an intellectually dense hip-hop album, which is what Busdriver is so good at. _________________ Progressive Rock
I've typically been a Coldplay apologist. I've liked the stuff they've done recently, even Ghost Stories, I thought, was a really nice look into the emotional turmoil that Chris Martin was going through following his divorce. I won't deny that they've progressively been getting poppier and poppier, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but with this album, they've gone about as plastic as they've ever been. Maybe it's the heavy inclusion of Stargate in their writing, maybe is the massive collaboration, which includes Beyonce and Noel Gallagher for whatever reason, but this is about as synthetic as Coldplay's ever been. There are some good songs, stuff like "Hymn For The Weekend" and "Amazing Day" aren't bad songs, but as a whole, this album is just slightly above average. There's nothing "bad" about it per se, it's just not that good either. It's completely and entirely unoffensive in just about every way you can imagine. Not a bad album, just a disappointing one. _________________ Progressive Rock
In my opinion, Red, Yellow & Blue is one of the best indie rock/pop albums I've ever heard. It's just strange enough to be uniquely Born Ruffians, but still easily accessible. And then with each album, Born Ruffians just kind of kept doing the same thing. It's almost as if their creativity just kind of sputtered out. The second album was still good, the third was fine, and this one is just alright. It's still not a bad album, it's a fun indie pop album and it still maintains the Born Ruffians identity, but it lacks anything new or different. It's just kind of the same old thing. It's not a bad album, just slightly above average. _________________ Progressive Rock
Finally gave this a second chance, and I'm glad I did, it's finally grown on me. The entire music world has written ad nauseam about this album, so it's hard for me to say anything new. I give Grimes a lot of credit for making as big of a stylistic switch as she did with this album. Everyone was looking for Visions Part II and she gave us something entirely different, and probably better than whatever Visions Part II would've sounded like. At first, this kind of sounds like an over-the-top attempt at art pop, but as you listen, you realize that this is Grimes' commentary on pop music. We cover just about every style of pop, from dark synth-pop, to singable, glossy pop, to straight-up club tunes, you've got it all here, and it kind of feels like a retrospective on modern pop music. This works equally as an artistic statement, and as a pop album, and that's what makes it so unique and so interesting. _________________ Progressive Rock
Meh. Honestly, there's nothing spectacular about this album. The beats are fine, the songs are mediocre to boring, the album as a whole is just ok. That's all. It didn't really elicit any kind of reaction from me, it felt completely lukewarm and uninteresting. _________________ Progressive Rock
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