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Lady Gaga - Mayhem Album Review

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20.00% Genres: Pop, Dance-Pop, Pop, Club/Dance / Release Date: March 7, 2025

Review:

All the songs sound the same. You could swap one for the other, instruments or lyrics and the listener would barely notice. It's like they recycled the same beat over and over again. It is fatiguing to listen to this album.

Her previous efforts, especially 'Joanne' were much superior than this one dimensional mess, where not a single song stands out.

Beirut - Disappearances and Losses Album Review

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82.00% Genres: Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Folk, Indie Rock Release Date: Apr 18, 2025

Review:

This reminds me of Zach first album "The Joy of Loosing Weight ", amazing and nostalgic ethereal vibes!

Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE Album Review

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78.00% Genres: Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk, Alternative/Indie Rock / Release Date: Apr 11, 2025

Review:
Return to form and Vernon's roots. At times, stunning and beautiful. In between a bit of weirdness for which his last two albums indulged in. Real talent.

Similar albums:
*Marlon Williams - Make Way for Love
*Jake Bugg - Hearts That Strain

Pixies - The Night The Zombies Came Review

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80.00% Genres: Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock / Release Date: Oct 15, 2024

Review:

I’ve loved the Pixies since they arrived on the scene. This latest effort was initially a bit underwhelming, as it’s certainly not a ‘Surfer Rosa’, or‘Doolittle’. However those records were made when the band were in their 20’s. If they attempted to sound like an earlier incarnation, they’d be at risk of sounding laughable. What we have here is very different, but still very Pixies. To ‘keep on running instead of standing still’ should be applauded imo- even if it doesn’t work at times. No- it’s not the band’s best album, but it wouldn’t surprise me if some people hear this and discover the band’s earlier material as a result.

Brat - Charli XCX Review

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71.00% Genres: Pop/Rock, Left-Field Pop, Pop / Release Date: June 7, 2024

Review:
In an effort to secure herself as a pop stand-out and because she is feeling like nothing special, this British brash bad-girl-but-not-really is pushing herself to look like an icon and finds the answer in the same syncretism that was responsible for the evolution of pop since its inception. She finds a stable enough place somewhere between EDM, club-pop and dance with just the right touch of industrial to let you know she's worthy of attributing herself to the self-deprecating single-word description that is the album title. The result is something not special enough to make all this effort worth it or make pundits bother finding out what all the fuss is about. But it doesn't matter. Because for you and me the result is the kind of pop music eventful enough to make it interesting and therefore distracting from whatever dark liminal space reality frustratingly keeps setting us in.

Grandaddy - Blue Wav album information

Grandaddy is back with a fresh album titled “Blu Wav”. This musical offering, set to release on February 16, 2024, via Dangerbird Records, explores an intriguing blend of bluegrass and new wave genres. The album’s title itself is a literal fusion of these two distinct styles.

Here are some key details about “Blu Wav”:

Release Date: February 16, 2024.

Number of Tracks: 13 songs.

Musical Exploration: Grandaddy combines the twang of bluegrass with the electronic vibes of new wave.

Pedal Steel: Seven of the album’s tracks are waltzes, featuring an “inordinate amount of pedal steel” according to frontman Jason Lytle.

Emotional Context: The album also carries the weight of heartbreak, including the loss of long-term Grandaddy member Kevin Garcia, who passed away suddenly in 2017.

Review Scores: 79/100

IAMX - Album Discography

IAMX is the solo musical project of Chris Corner of the band Sneaker Pimps. Founded in 2004 in London, it is an independent music project which also focuses on and experiments with visual art. Musically, IAMX spans multiple genres from electronic rock and dance music to burlesque-influenced songs and emotional ballads. Corner's striking and wide-ranging voice, and his way of programming sounds and beats, make up the obvious characteristic of the IAMX sound.

Blackfield - Album Discography

info: Blackfield is a collaborative music project by the English musician and founder of Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson, and Israeli rock singer Aviv Geffen. Together, six albums have been released under the moniker. The first two records, Blackfield and Blackfield II, saw Geffen and Wilson working together as equal partners, while the third and fourth, Welcome to my DNA and Blackfield IV, saw Geffen take on a leading role, writing all but one track across both albums and providing a significantly increased share of lead vocals. Despite initially announcing his intention to leave the project in 2014, Wilson instead worked again as an equal partner on a fifth album, Blackfield V, which was released on 10 February 2017. A sixth record, For the Music, was released on 4 December 2020, with Geffen again taking a leading role.

The discography of Weezer, an American rock band, consists of 15 studio albums, two compilation albums, one video album, nine extended plays, 37 singles and 40 music videos. Weezer's self-titled debut studio album, often referred to as The Blue Album, was released in May 1994 through DGC Records.

The album was a commercial success, peaking at number 16 on the US Billboard 200 and spawning the singles "Undone – The Sweater Song" and "Buddy Holly", both of which were responsible for launching Weezer into mainstream success with the aid of music videos directed by Spike Jonze. It has sold 3.3 million copies in the United States and has been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), becoming the band's best selling album to date. Following the success of their debut album, Weezer took a break from touring for the Christmas holidays.