Forum: General Music
10-30-2017, 12:25 AM
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09-06-2017, 07:15 PM
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07-25-2017, 02:13 AM
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Forum: General Music
07-08-2017, 06:54 AM
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Eternal Elysium - Spiritualized D
A solid...
Eternal Elysium - Spiritualized D
A solid album, and while it's not rocket science, who cares when there are riffs that phat. The psychedelic colourings push many of the tracks into outer space,...
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Forum: General Music
07-03-2017, 06:47 AM
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Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
This feels like...
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
This feels like a high quality release and has a coherent vibe that's probably perfect for the right moment. For my taste I prefer my folksy singer-songwriter stuff to...
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Forum: General Music
06-25-2017, 01:48 AM
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Rings of Saturn - Lugal Ki En
I haven't spent a...
Rings of Saturn - Lugal Ki En
I haven't spent a lot of time listening to deathcore so this was pretty unusual territory for me - before this the only deathcore band I've listened to more than twice...
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Forum: General Music
06-16-2017, 05:22 AM
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Pretend - Tapestry'd Life
I'm really digging...
Pretend - Tapestry'd Life
I'm really digging this. It possibly goes on too long but that opinion might change, this album clearly deserves more than the 2 listens I've had a chance to give it. I...
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Forum: General Music
06-09-2017, 04:56 AM
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Miranda Sex Garden - Suspiria
I've always...
Miranda Sex Garden - Suspiria
I've always been a fan of this album. Miranda Sex Garden started as classically trained singers of Elizabethan madrigals. Their first album in fact was nothing but...
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Forum: General Music
06-02-2017, 06:14 PM
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Moondog - Moondog
I'm glad ISB chose this...
Moondog - Moondog
I'm glad ISB chose this for the album club, I'd never heard it before.
I really hate giving a score of 10/10. For that score to have any meaning it has to be reserved for a...
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Forum: General Music
05-26-2017, 04:54 AM
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Forum: General Music
05-25-2017, 10:52 PM
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Forum: General Music
05-20-2017, 04:09 PM
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N.A.S.A. - The Spirit of Apollo
I only have...
N.A.S.A. - The Spirit of Apollo
I only have time for a brief review - some good stuff but not a coherent overall vision. Too often the hip hop side of things lacked teeth and the funk side of...
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Forum: General Music
05-15-2017, 07:33 AM
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Forum: General Music
05-11-2017, 09:45 PM
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Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine
I guess you...
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine
I guess you could say I'm a prog metal guy - my favourite band in the world is Enslaved and I'm pretty fond of Gojira, Deliverance era Opeth and others.
First...
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Forum: General Music
05-05-2017, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 1,732
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Admittedly I didn't bother to check the writing...
Admittedly I didn't bother to check the writing credits. It's just that I loved some of the album and wanted to give it a 9/10 but some of the covers let it down for me. I've certainly never heard...
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Forum: General Music
05-05-2017, 05:25 AM
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Replies: 1,732
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We Are They Who Ache With Amorous Love - Half...
We Are They Who Ache With Amorous Love - Half Japanese
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. I'd heard that they were a band who didn't know how to play their instruments, in actual fact...
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Forum: General Music
04-30-2017, 07:50 AM
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Forum: General Music
04-21-2017, 05:08 AM
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Patsy Cline - Showcase
I came into this...
Patsy Cline - Showcase
I came into this expecting the worst, but was pleasantly surprised in the sense that it was a lot more pleasant than most modern country I've heard - although that's like...
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Forum: General Music
04-15-2017, 05:24 AM
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Replies: 1,732
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The Gris Gris – The Gris Gris
I really...
The Gris Gris – The Gris Gris
I really wanted to like this album more than I did. I really admire the sense of freedom and some of the unexpected choices they made in the sounds and...
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Forum: General Music
04-07-2017, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 1,732
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Museum Mouth - Popcorn Fish Guinea Pig
This...
Museum Mouth - Popcorn Fish Guinea Pig
This was well done overall, but to me it doesn't add much to a lot of other similar but better indie rock bands. So while I liked it I'm not sure if I'd go...
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Forum: General Music
03-30-2017, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 1,732
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Mindless Self Indulgence - Frankenstein Girls...
Mindless Self Indulgence - Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy
hmm ... most of what I think has been already said. To its credit the music grooves in its own way, the vocalist locks in to...
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Forum: General Music
03-23-2017, 10:48 PM
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God Bullies - Mama Womb Womb
I was straight...
God Bullies - Mama Womb Womb
I was straight away reminded of Butthole Surfers, both in sound and humour - obviously not a unique revelation as several others have mentioned it already. I liked...
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Forum: General Music
03-18-2017, 05:02 AM
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Replies: 1,732
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Bat-Bike - Getting Back
There's some great...
Bat-Bike - Getting Back
There's some great creative stuff on this album, moments of magic where the improv really created a spark. Then there's other stuff that just sounded pretty sloppy to me, or...
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Forum: General Music
03-09-2017, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 1,732
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Zach Hill - Face Tat
I found this record...
Zach Hill - Face Tat
I found this record challenging in a good way. It pushed my mind to places I didn't think it wanted to go, but in the end pretty cool places. Trollheart is right that it bears...
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Forum: General Music
03-02-2017, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 1,732
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O.L.D. - Old Lady Drivers
This album was great...
O.L.D. - Old Lady Drivers
This album was great to listen to from a historical perspective, being just a year after Napalm Death's scum. However without ND's politically driven intensity behind the...
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