This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:
Cabaret Voltaire: Eight Crepescule Tracks - early insight
Mike & the Mechanics: M6 - symphonic pop
Queensryche: Promised Land - big sound
Genesis: Selling England By The Pound – progressive wankery
The Jeff Healey Band: See The Light - bluesy jams
Kix: Hot Wire – catchy riffs
Ministry: The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste – occasional inspiration
Warrant: Born Again – unnecessary rebirth
Skid Row: Slave to the Grind – classic metal
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This Week In Music: 8/6-8/12
This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:
Redd Kross: Researching the Blues – masterful powerpop
Ministry: The Land of Rape & Honey – industrial metal
Poison: Flesh & Blood – unexpected growth
Mike + The Mechanics: The Living Years – mostly fluff
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Pin Points & Gin Joints – suprisingly upbeat
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – early gems
Medicine: Shot Forth Self Living – repetitive shoegaze
KIX: Cool Kids – expanded sound
Mercury Rev: Strange Attractor – lesser Rev
Parliament: Gloryhallastoopid – songs suffered
Monster Magnet: Mastermind – mighty metal
Mr. Big: Actual Size – lacking originality
Ours: Precious – familiar territory
Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff – grungy goodness
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime II – successful follow-up
Steelheart: Wait – mellow affair
Bloc Party: Four – excitingly diverse
The Posies: At Least at Last – serious undertaking
Jon Chinn and the 1803: The Tiniest Light (Sampler) – want more
Robert Pollard: Moses on a Snail – few clunkers
Stereolab: Peng! – lacks depth
XTC: Drums & Wires – brainy pop
Redd Kross: Researching the Blues – masterful powerpop
Ministry: The Land of Rape & Honey – industrial metal
Poison: Flesh & Blood – unexpected growth
Mike + The Mechanics: The Living Years – mostly fluff
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Pin Points & Gin Joints – suprisingly upbeat
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – early gems
Medicine: Shot Forth Self Living – repetitive shoegaze
KIX: Cool Kids – expanded sound
Mercury Rev: Strange Attractor – lesser Rev
Parliament: Gloryhallastoopid – songs suffered
Monster Magnet: Mastermind – mighty metal
Mr. Big: Actual Size – lacking originality
Ours: Precious – familiar territory
Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff – grungy goodness
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime II – successful follow-up
Steelheart: Wait – mellow affair
Bloc Party: Four – excitingly diverse
The Posies: At Least at Last – serious undertaking
Jon Chinn and the 1803: The Tiniest Light (Sampler) – want more
Robert Pollard: Moses on a Snail – few clunkers
Stereolab: Peng! – lacks depth
XTC: Drums & Wires – brainy pop
This Week In Music: 6/18-6/24
This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:
Monster Magnet: Mastermind – robust stoner
Silkworm: Italian Platinum – bombastic indie
Pretty Boy Floyd: Size Really Does Matter – garage glam
Mike & The Mechanics: Beggar On A Beach Of Gold – forgettably dull
Juliana Hatfield: God’s Foot – lost gems
Watershed: Fifth of July – refined power
Watershed: The More It Hurts, The More It Works – blistering cuts
Watershed: Three Chords and a Cloud of Dust, Vol. 2 – hit-filled set
Watershed: Brick and Mortar – energetic return
HiFi Handgrenades: Carry On – quick bursts
Sponge: New Pop Sunday – missed opportunity
Soul Asylum: Made to Be Broken – jagged energy
The Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania – second rate
Redd Kross: Third Eye – sugary sweet
Glen Hansard: Rhythm And Repose – quiet intensity
Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do – familiar ground
Rush: Clockwork Angels – heavier licks
The Go! Team: B-Sides & Rarities – bouncy mixture
The Wannadies: Before & After – catchy pop
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: She’s The One – solid songs
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Pay Attention – overly long
Monster Magnet: Mastermind – robust stoner
Silkworm: Italian Platinum – bombastic indie
Pretty Boy Floyd: Size Really Does Matter – garage glam
Mike & The Mechanics: Beggar On A Beach Of Gold – forgettably dull
Juliana Hatfield: God’s Foot – lost gems
Watershed: Fifth of July – refined power
Watershed: The More It Hurts, The More It Works – blistering cuts
Watershed: Three Chords and a Cloud of Dust, Vol. 2 – hit-filled set
Watershed: Brick and Mortar – energetic return
HiFi Handgrenades: Carry On – quick bursts
Sponge: New Pop Sunday – missed opportunity
Soul Asylum: Made to Be Broken – jagged energy
The Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania – second rate
Redd Kross: Third Eye – sugary sweet
Glen Hansard: Rhythm And Repose – quiet intensity
Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do – familiar ground
Rush: Clockwork Angels – heavier licks
The Go! Team: B-Sides & Rarities – bouncy mixture
The Wannadies: Before & After – catchy pop
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: She’s The One – solid songs
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Pay Attention – overly long
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