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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.

I now have an RSS feed for these reviews! If you'd like to know when I write a new one, feel free to feed your reader with it. If you don't know what RSS is, it's a way to see site updates and articles without needing Twitter. Here's some recommendations for good RSS readers, ones for retro PCs notwithstanding.

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Total number of reviews to date: 183
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My ten most recent reviews:

Year Album Name Artist Score Reviewed
1978 This Year's Model Elvis Costello 8 December 15, 2025
2018 In The Future Your Body Will Be the Furthest Thing From Your Mind Failure 8 December 8, 2025
1995 ...I Care Because You Do Aphex Twin 5 December 1, 2025
2004 With the Lights Out Nirvana 7 November 24, 2025
2005 Sliver: The Best of the Box Nirvana 5 November 24, 2025
1990 Smoke 'em if You Got 'em The Reverend Horton Heat 8 November 17, 2025
2005 ...Something to Be Rob Thomas 7 November 10, 2025
2016 The Secret Sessions My Vitriol 7 November 3, 2025
1973 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 7 October 27, 2025
2024 Lust for Gold Starflyer 59 9 October 20, 2025

And ten random ones from the archive:

Year Album Name Artist Score Reviewed
2006 Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers Irving 8 October 30, 2019
2002 these are color days John Gold 9 March 18, 2024
1999 Point #1 Chevelle 7 October 6, 2025
1997 Dare to Be Surprised The Folk Implosion 10 December 21, 2018
1999 Midnite Vultures Beck 9 March 27, 2025
2014 Warpaint Warpaint 8 September 29, 2025
1994 Mellow Gold Beck 8 July 29, 2023
2012 Neck of the Woods Silversun Pickups 8 September 10, 2023
2003 The Avenues E.P. Earlimart 7 June 20, 2023
1995 Kids Various Artists 7 June 28, 2023