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"Beautiful album. Not sure what genre I'd call it, everything about it seems to indicate shoegaze, but when you dig deep, you find there's metal at its heart."Reply
"(Lovers of Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers and The Sex Pistols and good, lively Garage punk albums of yore then you will love this... I think so. I mean, I do. This album fucking kicks ass!!!) As I listened to this album for the thousandth time and noticed I was putting on my stink face and...""(Lovers of Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers and The Sex Pistols and good, lively Garage punk albums of yore then you will love this... I think so. I mean, I do. This album fucking kicks ass!!!)
As I listened to this album for the thousandth time and noticed I was putting on my stink face and was bobbing my head like I was 16, I felt a sense of joy and returning. Its been awhile since I heard a brand new album that even remotely got me into that L.A.M.F./1977 Punk rock state-of-mind. Its an almost purely somatic experience, where my whole body feels like a mad dog ready to say "fuck off" to every authority figure within 6 square blocks. Its a bloody great feeling!
Now, I'm a bit like Freddie Gibbs, still livin' like I'm 16, but not completely. I have so few moments even within this hobby of music listening when I feel like a teen again, that when an album reminds me of that feeling I for sure appreciate it. I had a somewhat similar experience in January when I heard Shame's 2021 album Drunk Tank Pink. But even on that album, there was a bit too much art punk, Talking Heads and Gang of Four going on to fully transport me to that time and place. This new Amyl and the Sniffers eschews the post punk/art punk offshoots and instead sinks its teeth fully into that first couple years of pure punkr ock and roll and its glorious.
This album has some sick simple heavy badass punk riffs. lol "some" ... no, it has LOADS. It has some of those fiery, imprecise, 100% passion Thunders solos, it has some garage punk in its bristly simplicity, it has some Garage Rock Revival in it with stomping swaggering badassery somewhat similar to The Hives. Hell it even has a little bit of Maiden that crops up briefly with that chugging old school heavy metal riff on "Capital"! But most importantly this album has Amyl. Or rather real name Amy Taylor. Let me tell ya something about Amy: she is a total badass motherfucker and you do not want to mess around with her or you may be stabbed. This woman is so damn sexy, feral, so damn filthy and slovenly and gives so little fucks it should be a crime. Something about how brash and bold she sounds on these pure punk bangers, it blows me away. Her thick aussie accent just absolutely tears into these songs like no one else. She is a badass and the MVP of this album without a doubt. I love her.
The songs here are incredible. "Security" is probably my most listened to song of the year, perfect garage punk anthem. the aforementioned "Capital" and "Maggot" just drip with furious raging anger. "Hertz" is that garage rock revival sounding song, but damn it has a brashness and coolness that is unmatched and a chorus that reaffirms my love of punk rock. "Choices" is a badass song all about saying fuck you to people trying to control you and tell you what to do. Yeah its as simple and simply perfect as that. Etec etc, there are more brilliant punk jams here. Its a solid through and through hard pummeling balls to the wall adrenalized punk rock album of albums.
If you love '73-'78 Johnny Thunders/Heartnreakers/NY Dolls projects, early Sex Pistols (lol, I like saying early pistols), Saints, Dead Boys, Radio Birdman, X-Ray Spex etc ... or Garage punk and Garage Rock Revival bands like Jay Reatard, King Khan, or early Hives, etc... then you will like this a lot methinks. Its just so great!"[+]Reply
"After all these years I still love this album to death. It's one of a kind, and absolutely deviates miles from the mainstream music, categorizing itself under the alternative rock/pop label. But that doesn't speak to the various genres on this record actually; it's rather colourful. It's emotiona...""After all these years I still love this album to death. It's one of a kind, and absolutely deviates miles from the mainstream music, categorizing itself under the alternative rock/pop label. But that doesn't speak to the various genres on this record actually; it's rather colourful. It's emotional and sometimes very deep. Albeit the lyrics are mainly nothing but about love (which would make lots of people dismiss it as a casual pop album), there's nothing wrong with it, and the musical content delivers nutrition. At times, the complicated arrangement containing strings and piano among other instruments can be very grand.
I still hope Dido will release a record as stunning as this. However, this won't happen very soon if not never, considering the lengthy production cycle of each of her album release."[+]Reply
"There would be plenty of reasons to be growing tired of Peggy‘s shtick. Last year's Scaring the Hoes had its moments, but an overly online vernacular and ropey finish stopped it from staying amongst my favourites of 2023 – not to mention his fawning over Kanye earlier this year when offered a pro...""There would be plenty of reasons to be growing tired of Peggy‘s shtick. Last year's Scaring the Hoes had its moments, but an overly online vernacular and ropey finish stopped it from staying amongst my favourites of 2023 – not to mention his fawning over Kanye earlier this year when offered a production gig signaled his previously stringent antifascism didn't extent to his musical idols (and no doubt a hefty chunk of change).
I Lay Down My Life for You came as a real surprise then; I think this is the first time since 2019's All My Heroes… that his sampling has sounded truly joyful (even if "Sin Miedo" totally rips off that one "Heads Will Roll" remix). Even more of a surprise comes in the form of "Either on or off the Drugs" and "I Recovered From This", where Peggy is, against all odds, sincerely vulnerable.
From my Top 20 Albums of 2024: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=79692"[+]Reply
"Not as shitty as some say, but not as good as the sales and the Grammy would say either. Average work by an unoriginal band. Listen to Fleet Foxes instead."Reply
"Bricolage opens pretty simply. A neatly arranged slowly paced track based around a smooth as fuck jazz baseline. The neat and laid-back nature of stoney-street lets you know that Tobin is into jazz, and that he's just as happy to make use of cool-jazz and smooth jazz as he is to implement the int...""Bricolage opens pretty simply. A neatly arranged slowly paced track based around a smooth as fuck jazz baseline. The neat and laid-back nature of stoney-street lets you know that Tobin is into jazz, and that he's just as happy to make use of cool-jazz and smooth jazz as he is to implement the intensity of hard bop and post-bop, but this hardly prepares you for what is to come. I guess this get classified as drum'n'bass with heavy influences from elsewehre, but with that influence coming from everywhere from nu-jazz to hip-hop to classical, Bricolage doesn't really function as a masterwork of melding together different genres so much as it does as a piece of music with its foundation laid in a plethora of genres but that amounts to something entirely unique form (and far greater than) any of the individual cogs from which it is composed. Easily sliding from a hypnotic cool-jazz melody to an erratic onrush of perfectly placed beats and noises, Bricolage seems to run across the mind of the listener, ravaging every synapse and almost immediately recreating the mental apparatus into something greater, just in time for it to repeat the process with an entirely different approach, and with and entirely different end result on the listener (though with the same lasting impact) as each previous time. At times, relaxing, romantic, energetic, smooth, frantic, organic, distorted, blah blah blah Bricolage is a symphony of paradoxes that not only flow into each perfectly, and with remarkable ease (defying whatever I used to think logic was). But as I said, this isn't an album made singular just for it's ability to make the juxtaposition of what one would think to be harshly opposing or just entirely unrelated elements seem completely natural, but for it's ability to take each of those individual elements and derive from them something peerless; something to which no accurate parallels can be drawn, and in the end, something that is just massive fun to listen to.
So yeah I sort of disagree with outlaw"[+]Reply
"This was Prince's first full album with the New Power Generation. It's a very good album that sounds totally fresh. My friends sometimes ask how I can have a billion albums by Prince and David Bowie and the like, I guess they think it must all sound the same because they're solo artists and they ...""This was Prince's first full album with the New Power Generation. It's a very good album that sounds totally fresh. My friends sometimes ask how I can have a billion albums by Prince and David Bowie and the like, I guess they think it must all sound the same because they're solo artists and they only have one creative vision to work with. But this shit never gets old, talented musicians always find ways to keep you coming back."[+]Reply
"One can hardly accuse King Crimson to be coquettish and play on safe keys. Very often the group has given even the most beautiful melodies a twist or edge which contrasts the ugly and the beautiful. This tendency, or intention, is also very evident in this, the group's fourth album. The group mix...""One can hardly accuse King Crimson to be coquettish and play on safe keys. Very often the group has given even the most beautiful melodies a twist or edge which contrasts the ugly and the beautiful. This tendency, or intention, is also very evident in this, the group's fourth album.
The group mixes genres in new and challenging ways, and while some passages may be an ordeal for many to give ear to, other pieces of the same track can be melodic beauty and sheer pleasure.
On this album, my two biggest favorites both have these extremes. The opening track "Formentary Lady" has a nice, slightly gloomy intro, played on cello and it builds up very classically inspired. The actual song is melodic, and you easily find yourself humming lines from the delicate and catchy melody. The song gradually develops towards the more discordant, and towards the end the saxophone play notes that may behard to grasp. Although many probably would feel it an assault on the track, I have chosen to make my own edited version - down to about five minutes; then my family wil also be able to be nearby when the track is playing.
The same thing could be done to "Ladies on the Road" which is my absolute favorite. Like "Formentary Lady" the song takes a similar turn towards the end. Still "Ladies on the Road" has everything you could ask for: a bluesy half-acoustic intro, great electric "Come Together" verses, and a beautiful chorus, which reminds me a lot of Pretty Things' "Parachute" album. The saxophone takes over towards the end, and "ruins" some of the song's beauty - some would feel
There are two instrumental, with the "Sailor's Life" as the most exciting, but also the most challenging for the listener. Again experiments on saxophone and later the electric guitar playing notes I have never heard other places.
"Prelude: Song of the Sea" is a very quiet classical number, which could very easily be overlooked. Nice but not really memorable
The title track is another quiet number which is really very nice, but which perhaps lacks a real memorable melody.
"The Letters" has good element but the song does not really hit me.
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"Album Rating: 77.75 (933/12) Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Sable, Fable 11.04.2025 A bit glitchy at times, it’s still probably my favourite of Justin Vernon’s output, other than perhaps 2011s ‘Bon Iver, Bon Iver’. Could imagine drifting along the fast lane of the autobahn, thinking of spent sun ...""Album Rating: 77.75
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Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Sable, Fable
11.04.2025
A bit glitchy at times, it’s still probably my favourite of Justin Vernon’s output, other than perhaps 2011s ‘Bon Iver, Bon Iver’. Could imagine drifting along the fast lane of the autobahn, thinking of spent sun tan lotion and oregano-flecked feta, whilst a 4-mile tailback of angry Alpina drivers are flicking v’s with reckless, bodykit-fuelled abandon. Expansionist, but not in an invade Greenland sort of way. The skies may never close but, when Michael Laudrup’s hair bounces in the wind, top down and product free, there is little as soothing in 2025. No one dares undertake.
1.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Things Behind Things Behind Things 80
2.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - S P E Y S I D E 84
3.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Awards Season 79
4.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Short Story 78
5.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Everything Is Peaceful Love 83
6.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Walk Home 70
7.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Day One (Feat. Dijon & Flock Of Dimes) 73
8.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - From 70
9.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - I’ll Be There 83
10.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - If Only I Could Wait (Feat. Danielle Haim) 83
11.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - There’s A Rhythmn 83
12.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Au Revoir 67
Ranked in order:
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - S P E Y S I D E 84
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Everything Is Peaceful Love 83
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - If Only I Could Wait (Feat. Danielle Haim) 83
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - I’ll Be There 83
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - There’s A Rhythmn 83
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Things Behind Things Behind Things 80
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Awards Season 79
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Short Story 78
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Day One (Feat. Dijon & Flock Of Dimes) 73
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Walk Home 70
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - From 70
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Au Revoir 67"[+]Reply
"When Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far mo...""When Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor."[+]Reply