Jul 24, 2024

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Orpheus Vs. The Sirens is an interesting one for me and I'm happy @Ordinary Joel picked it, the slower paced underground lyricist s--- is a lane I haven't really delved into even though I know about multiple artists that do it.

I want to start off by saying I really REALLY like the concept of Ka relating his upbringing and overall life to Greek Mythology, it's super inspired and it leads to a lot of great lines on the album

I've known about Ka for a while but never dove into his work but after listening to this I realized I was missing out on an elite level writer, the double entendres are so slick and effortless that when mixed with the overall concept had me locked in to the album experience trying to pick up as much as I can. One of the easiest connections to understand relating between his struggles and the myth is obviously on the opening track Sirens (relating it to police sirens is so simple but effective) which is one of my personal favorites on the record.

Now one of my small issues was actually a positive for @Justin Trudeau where the production sounds a bit too much like one long song to me, now don't get me wrong it sounds great and it's very cohesive but the similar production throughout paired with Ka's lackadaisical flow on most tracks can lead to things feeling a bit samey, thankfully the run time is pretty short to avoid that becoming a major problem.

Idk how much I'd come back to this or go super hard into this lane unless something is recommended to me cause it's a dense and heavy listen but that doesn't negate the quality of it in the slightest.

Favorite songs: Sirens, Atlas, Oedipus, The Punishment Of Sysiphus

Least favorite songs: N/A (they're all very well made I just like some more than others.

RATING
8/10

 

Jul 23, 2024

Wreckless be like "I really tried but it's just not my style 2/10" 3 minutes after an album gets posted

 

Jul 13, 2024

Standouts: Pretty Fly (for a White Guy), The Kids Aren't Alright, Why Don't You Get a Job?, She's Got Issues
Skips: Feelings, Walla Walla, No Brakes
Score: 7.5/10
Final Thoughts:
I really liked this album. It's a blast from the late 90s punk rock scene with its catchy tracks, clever lyrics, and infectious melodies. The humor might feel a bit old-school, but the core themes and tunes keep it relevant and fun. The lyrics are sharp and often tongue-in-cheek, covering topics like suburban discontent, teenage angst, and societal satire. The production is polished yet still has that raw punk rock edge, making it something I'd imagine both newbies and die-hard fans can enjoy.

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Jul 10, 2024

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Just a heads up I'm gonna hold off posting next week's album "the death of slim shady" until Sunday so it stays on our normal routine. So let's hold off on reviews until then if that's cool. Can discuss album here though if it's easier! Just don't post scores right away!

 

Jul 8, 2024

The Offspring – Americana

This is one of the odd weeks where I get the monday off so I had plenty of time since last night to listen to this.

Favourite tracks - Have You Ever, The Kids Aren't Alright, Walla Walla, The End of the Line, No Brakes
Least favorite tracks - Feelings

This album was an incredibly enjoyable listen from start to finish. While I know The Offspring, like most people, I never really dove into this album specifically, though I did know a few songs.

After 3 play through what stands out to me is the consistency, there aren't any truly bad or absolute skip tracks on this record.

‘’Why Don't You Get a Job’’ gave me flashbacks of elementary school. It was nice and a bit weird to hear a song I hadn’t heard since I was a little kid. The opening line of that song is something everyone loved repeating. Same with the opening line of Under The Influence from MMLP.

Anyway, while I wouldn’t place this album in the prestigious 9 club. I personally hold Smash as the holy grail, this album certainly holds its own. Going with a weird decimal score on this one.

8.7

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Jul 7, 2024

Yeah the forum is actually fun when people participate. Before I first started posting, there were periods of time where the site would go DAYS without someone posting. That’s what really made me step up. It’s great to see the forum a lot more active now even if it’s just for an Eminem album. I hope more people like you start participating in other threads. Too many people join here and only participate in the Eminem threads

 

Jul 7, 2024

@AOTWClub updated main page with myself going this week, eminem put as the following week then I'll edit the schedule to get rid of non participating people sometime this week

 

Jul 7, 2024

Title: Claio - Sling
Standouts: Bambi, Amoeba, Zinnias, Just for Today, Reaper
Skips: Little Changes, Joanie
Score: 8/10
Final Thoughts:
While it certainly is depressing as other users have pointed out, "Sling" by Clairo feels like a cozy afternoon spent reflecting on life. This album is filled with rich, vintage sounds that remind me of older records. Jack Antonoff's production is top-notch, beautifully layering acoustic and electric elements. The lyrics hit home with themes of finding yourself, dealing with fame, and personal struggles. Simply put, it's a beautiful, touching record. And although it's not something I see myself returning to very often, I can imagine it suits well for those introspective moments when you need to feel understood.

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Jul 6, 2024

Sling - Clairo REVIEW

Score: 9.0

Tracklist Ranking:

1. Bambi
2. Amoeba
3. Blouse
4. Management
5. Reaper
6. Little Changes
7. Just For Today
8. Harbor
9. Wade
10. Partridge
11. Zinnias

First Listen Review:
I wanna start by saying that Clairo has one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard in music. I find it an actual tragedy that I took this long to get to this album, I remember when the cover got revealed and I was like “I’ll check it out shortly after it drops” and my jaw dropped when I realized it dropped nearly 3 years ago. I get these reviews in last minute but be thankful I don’t take years to get to them! Anyways, this album was absolutely gorgeous to listen to. It starts very strong, but there’s parts in the middle where I found myself not as engaged, which is why I can’t give it a 10. I loved every single track, but it lost my attention at points. The singing, the instrumentation, the songwriting, how certain sounds/vocals would come in at points and be panned to different ears, just absolutely gorgeous. I have no major gripes with this album. Wow. Can’t wait for her new album next week, it’ll be perfect to listen to between listens of TDOSS as a palette cleanser! Thanks for the pick @Ripper Roo !

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My Rankings:

1. Sling - 9.0
2. Cilvia Demo - 8.5
3. Melodrama - 8.5
4. When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 - 8.0
5. All My Heroes Are Cornballs - 7.5
6. Big Conspiracy - 7.0
7. MID AIR - 6.5

DiggleDogg’s Rating Average: 7.86

 

Jul 6, 2024

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Favorite Songs: Bambi, Amoeba, Blouse, Harbor, Management

Least favorite: Joanie (there's nothing wrong with this song at all it's just that I like the instrumental so much I'm mad she didn't sing over it lmaoo)

I've had a busy week so I didn't get as much time as I wanted with this album but there's a positive! The positive is that I really enjoyed it and will be spinning this and her other projects in the future.

One thing that I noticed from the style immediately is that this specifically resembled the more warm and full sounds of a singer/songwriter album specifically, to make sure I wasn't going insane I looked up her influences and Bill Withers and Joni Mitchell were there so I'm spitting.

She has a very calming voice and an engaging bull chill writing style that makes for easy brain off and brain on listening, some of the lyrics are pretty depressing especially in songs like 'Blouse' but the melancholy way she sings almost makes it sound complacent which is even more depressing lol.

I usually think acoustic Jack Antonoff is quite boring but it really fits on this album. Since I did feature suggestions with Paris Texas I also want to say I think Clairo would fit perfect on a song with any of the Boygenius members, Hayley Williams solo work, or maybe even Big Thief

This isn't something I can listen to all the time but I can really see myself hitting a sad stint in the fall/winter and bumping this album heavy and it's gonna grow on me lol

RATING:
8/10

 

Jul 1, 2024

@AOTWClub with the news of the eminem album dropping after @Ripper Roo's week lets let the hype roll on The Death of Slim Shady.

Death of Slim Shady weeks will run from.the 8th-21st

Let's all Review the album and let the Smoke Clear on that album and I'll update the schedule and we can resume our regularly scheduled programming on the 22nd.

 

Jun 30, 2024

I KNEW IT

 

Jun 29, 2024

this is the first album that made me feel old cause I literally thought to myself "what is this racket?" on the first track

 

Jun 29, 2024

hargydon’s Review of MID AIR

Firstly, I feel like MID AIR attempts to encapsulate a sense of disorientation & turbulence. These themes/concepts are at the same time intriguing, & ambitious. So I immediately appreciated the original style attempts, a niche I desperately want to hear more attempts at. Going into this I was curious, as this is the first time I’ve heard of this duo, but after multiple spins of the record, I’m not sure they have a big enough flare as performers or writers to pull this one off, at least yet. I thought the production, blending gritty, distorted guitars with heavy, trap-inspired beats completely overshadowed their capabilities. I actually found their performances quite annoying lol.

This was quite a disjointing experience because I tried to like it so bad but it just never happened.

Rating: 5/10

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Jun 29, 2024

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Paris Texas - MID AIR

Standouts: Nüwhip, PANIC!!!, Everybody's Safe Until, Full English, Lana Del Rey

Skips: tenTHIRTYseven, Split-Screen, Ain't No High

Best Features: Teezo Touchdown

Score: 5/10

Final Thoughts (Skit): ngl I thought I was gonna hate this after listening to the first two tracks but then it became a more enjoyable experience as it went on, it didn't change my life but it didn't make it worse either, I guess it was ok

 

Jun 28, 2024

Paris Texas - Mid Air

Favorite songs: DnD, Sean-Jared,Lift Off, Earth-2,… We fall, ain’t no high
least favorite songs: closed caption, bullet man

I liked the album overall, had some highlights that caught me off guard cause I can’t stand rock rap most of the time. I replayed a few of the songs a lot last week, the whole things got real repetetive real quick though. For me a project like this goes hard cause it scratches an itch in a way; it hits harder than you would expect it to but it definitely isn’t something I’d pick up daily. Paris Texas sound like they could evolve and eventually drop a great album, they just need to focus cause some of the songs have weak writing and weirdly realized song structures.
6/10

 

Jun 27, 2024

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Favorite Songs: DND, Sean-Jared, Airborne, Everyone's Safe Until.., Ain't No High,...We Fall
I actually quite enjoyed my time with this album, a bit of the production can be a little samey in the first half and a couple songs probably could've been cut for time but overall it was a fun and charming listen.

I can see why some wouldn't like their writing since it's simple but their sense of humor really pulled me through it, idc what anyone says "She tryna meet/meat up like a Bluechew" is hilarious lmaoo.

I saw some dislike for Earth-2 and I see why but the instrumental reminds me a bit of Bloc Party so I'm legally obligated to not dislike it.

Also in the last couple tracks I got a little more personal lyrics than I was expecting which was really appreciated.
There's barely any features but I like Teezo so I thought he did good for the 5 seconds he was there and Kenny Mason f---in killed his verse. In the future I'd like to see these guys collab with Baby Keem, they give me similar vibes at points

I hate when people get specific with decimal points for album ratings but I'm really struggling on what to give it so......

Rating 7.3/10

 

Jun 27, 2024

Paris Texas - MID AIR

OVERALL RATING: 7/10

I liked it, it kinda reminded me of early xxxtentacion and ski mask music. It just didn’t affect me enough to give it a super high score or have deep thoughts on it, but a 7/10 is still a good album. I feel like I’ve been giving most of these albums 7s or 8s lol. Some of these songs definitely went on my workout playlist. I feel like this could grow on me throughout time

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Jun 24, 2024

Title: Three 6 Mafia - When The Smoke Clears
Standouts: Sippin' on Some Syrup, Who Run It, Tongue Ring, I'm So Hi, Who Run It
Skips: Mafia N****z, Barrin You b------s, Touched Wit it,
Score: 7/10
Final Thoughts:
IMO this album effectively showcases Three 6 Mafia's dark, gritty style. Blending horrorcore themes with hardcore Southern hip-hop, the production by DJ Paul and Juicy J create a haunting atmosphere with heavy bass lines, sharp snares, and eerie synths. Lyrically, the group delves into dark and controversial topics like drug use and violence. The album solidifies Three 6 Mafia's place in the rap game with its dark, gritty, and unapologetically raw sound. It's an excellent example of Southern hip-hop and horrorcore, bringing a unique sound that stands out from the mainstream. While it may not be for everyone, and it can feel repetitive or filler at times, if you're a fan of gritty, hardcore hip-hop, you won't be disappointed.

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