9/10: A hell of an opening to a hell of an album. That chorus is spectacular.
I like noises.
I'm a sucker for a good 80's ballad, especially if violins are involved. This one's strength is in the singer's voice which sounds very earnest and natural, as well as how the guitar sound is produced. It's one of those songs that creates a sense of melancholy without overdoing it. Gotta check this band out. (9/10)
Mr. Bungle - The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
Nice song from Mr Bungle. I like how it starts being calm and soft at the beginning but switches between being that and more frantic as the song goes on. 8/10
Modest Mouse-Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
edited 28th Jun '16 11:46:07 AM by pointless233
Love your hair, hope you win
6.6/10 For some reason, I kept expecting the melody to turn into Alejandro. It was neat, but the chorus bits were a bit too weird for me.
Two Gallants - Despite What You've Been Told
6/10. An okay song. It wasn't bad but there were some elements that didn't mix well.
Tortoise-Cornpone Brunch
edited 28th Jun '16 6:07:24 PM by pointless233
6/10. Cookie cutter pop.
DOUNARUNO?! by SpecialThanks. Randomly popped up as recommended upon browsing YouTube.
edited 29th Jun '16 7:29:40 AM by murazrai
40/100 - Sounds like some fellows trying to make Green Day or some other kind of pop punkish rock but but in Japanese. Does exactly what you expect.
Atlas
Absurdly bleak, almost atonal doom metal. The overall sensation of creeping dread is enhanced by the monotone clean and strained screamed vocals, but there doesn't seem to be much direction - it gets heavier and faster, sure, but overall feels like the overlong tense buildup to a conclusion it never really reaches. 6/10
Mac DeMarco - Treat Her Better
6/10: I'm not completely enthralled with Mac De Marco-he's a little too bro-y for my liking. That said, he knows his way around some good indie-rock jangle. "Ode to Viceroy" is his best, though.
5/10 I appreciate what they were trying to do in this song but personally, I can't say I'm into this. That's just my opinion, though.
Cannibal OX-The F Word
edited 29th Jun '16 5:23:32 PM by pointless233
8/10. Nice jazz rap with a good flow of each involved. Makes me miss the good old days.
(I rated the ATCQ song, don't know why you changed it)
edited 29th Jun '16 7:20:22 PM by UltimateLazer
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50/100 - So so 70's styled metalrock - has the problem of this style that it doesn't quite do metal parts as well as a metal band and its hard rock parts come off as kind of perfunctory and metal lite. There are some neat leads that intersperse the verses but they're hardly enough to make this anything other than barely passable.
6.5/10. Decent song. Not much else to say.
Frank Zappa-My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
6/10 I guess this is relatively straightforward by Zappa standards, and it has some great instrumentation, but it still feels too self-consciously zany for my tastes.
Atlas
So cheesy it actually becomes a sort of enjoyable kitsch. The vocalist has good power and range that makes her genuinely enjoyable to listen to; the rest of the song is so overblown you have to admire their devotion to inflating every aspect of their sound to ridiculous degrees. 6/10
Queens of the Stone Age - A Song For the Deaf
7/10. Good song by QOTSA. I especially like the chorus. It's not one of my favorite songs by them but it's good.
De La Soul-Say No Go
edited 30th Jun '16 11:35:16 AM by pointless233
67/100 - Fun hip hop number with a raw, unpolished production and flat if respectably steady flow.
5/10. It's okay, but not something I'm going to remember in a few minutes.
The Notorious B.I.G. - Respect
7.5/10 A good song by B.I.G.
I'm not really a fan but I do respect him for what he did for Hip-Hop. I feel that the woman on the chorus kinda detracts some points of the song. But that's a small gripe.
Faith No More-Caffeine
I like noises.
One of the reasons I like this album is because synths are an integral part of it, and yet they don't overshadow the rest of the instrumentation. This particular track has wonderful ambience thanks to the synthesizer, and the fierce guitar is pretty much the only thing that keeps this song from being a post-punk experience. Faith No More are one of the most expert genre-mashing bands out there, and that's what I love them for. (8/10)
Nonsense is better than no sense at all.
4/10. I prefer the harder-edged style of Incubus, which is why I don't like their later material.
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6/10. In traditional Disturbed style, the song sounds much like the rest of the ones in their discography (competent instruments that only rarely solo extravagantly, topped with David Draiman's very distinct vocals), so not much to talk about in terms of instrumentation. The lyrics (dealing with the singer going mad with some of cultlike outside influence... I think) fit in well with the music, but other than that, there aren't many other things to discuss.
The Aaron O'Keefe foundation's cover of Pull Me Under.
4/10 I just can't get on with this kind of gothic rock/metal thing, it's not embarassingly bad or anything but I don't see how this appeals to anyone who's not an especially emotional teen.
PJ Harvey - Big Exit
Sing the song of sixpence that goes burn the witch, we know where you live