The acoustic version of the Smashing Pumpkins has become one of the band’s favorite songs, complete with public endorsement from Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks herself.
Kidnapped – Nowhere is Sterile – 2021 – [Powerviolence] – Rating 71/100
Brutally intricate. Aggressive as needed. Heavy, no doubt. Loud and noisy. But also epic and very intense.
Rating 63/100 • not a great one for Melvins
Rating 79/100 • A wonderful record
Chris Brokaw Puritan
80/100
Rating 73/100 Best Song: It’s What I Want To Do, Mum Mogwai As the Love Continues Temporary Residence 2021 New Mogwai.A little too much true to themselves, could be felt as a sort of little homework. But basically is a decent themself, like when you order tiramisù at a restaurant: Read more…
Black Country, New Road For the First Time Ninja Tune 2021 Rating 66/100 Best Song: Instrumental Really edgy. Nothing wrong with it, edgy LPs you can get use to are filling music history. Some are even amongst the best ever. Just think about the first time you’ve heard Dylan’s voice, Read more…
Rating 82/100 Best song: Bismilahi Atagah Mdou Moctar Afrique Victime Matador 2021 A great record. Stay away from it if you don’t stand Psychedelia or African music. Or if you have pressing deadlines at work. Tishoumaren, they call it. Also Desert Blues, electric guitar-led North African music, emerging from traditional Read more…
Rating: 74/100 Best song: In Better Times The gentleman here made a nice record. He had never got one wrong, however. Nothing new, nothing revolutionary, very true to himself, with sprinkles of adaptation to the times we’re all living in, with no kind of derailment or disturbing move. When as Read more…
