Album Recommendations

The best way I can sum up my obsessions as a listener is that, if it was played on 120 Minutes, I like it. I like hooky songwriting, strange noises, big fuzzy basses, gnarly drum tones, interesting voices, and bands that know when to end a song. Beyond that, I will occasionally defend butt rock, mom rock, turn of the millennium pop rock, and various other genres considered uncool. I probably also have untapped interest in warped electronica and really lo-fi, crappy hip-hop music. Ask me again in ten years.

The old five-point scale has been retired in favor of just rating stuff 1-10, which allows me a much more nuanced final rating. Still don't take it that seriously. Most of these come from my own collection, so the grades skew rather high. Your results may vary if you send me stuff to review.

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Total number of reviews to date: 213
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My ten most recent reviews:

Year Album Name Artist Score Reviewed
2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Companion Pack Various Artists 6 October 19, 2026
1996 Recovering the Satellites Counting Crows 6 September 21, 2026
2007 Businessmen and Ghosts Working for a Nuclear Free City 8 September 14, 2026
2009 In This Light and On This Evening Editors 3 September 7, 2026
2006 Eisenhower The Slip 9 August 31, 2026
2012 An Awesome Wave Alt-J 6 August 24, 2026
2001 The Golden Hum Remy Zero 8 August 17, 2026
2012 Shaimus Shaimus 8 August 10, 2026
2019 Young in My Head Starflyer 59 6 August 10, 2026
2005 Somewhere Else is Here The Funky Lowlives 7 August 3, 2026

And ten random ones from the archive:

Year Album Name Artist Score Reviewed
1999 Midnite Vultures Beck 9 March 27, 2025
2002 Stargazer Stella Luna 8 April 28, 2018
1992 Automatic for the People R.E.M. 5 July 16, 2020
1993 Electra2000 Hum 8 November 14, 2018
2005 Pikul Silversun Pickups 10 September 10, 2023
1992 Comfort Failure 8 June 6, 2024
2012 Shaimus Shaimus 8 August 10, 2026
1978 This Year's Model Elvis Costello 8 December 15, 2025
1990 Smoke 'em if You Got 'em The Reverend Horton Heat 8 November 17, 2025
1992 Angel Dust Faith No More 8 August 13, 2018