Author Archives: Pod

The Oh Hellos in tier list I really like this kind of stuff, there’s definitely a genre preference advantage coming into play here. I really quite liked them, I was surprised by how consistently good I felt they were, I was engaged and pleased the whole time I was listening. For sure nothing groundbreaking, butContinue reading “147: The Oh Hellos (A-)”

Post Malone in tier list not always my jam but plenty of songs I like, pretty solid. Kind of a textbook B, in that I definitely don’t think I’m ever going to be a fan of him, and I don’t see his music growing on me all that much in the future, but I doContinue reading “146: Post Malone (B)”

Radiohead in tier list there are lots of thins I like about Radiohead, lots of things that I like a lot about them. They’re creative, they’re exploratory, they’re weird but only after proving they don’t have to be weird if they don’t want. All things that appeal to me. Unfortunately, I just don’t really likeContinue reading “145: Radiohead (C)”

Chris Brown in tier list this one is tricky for me, I feel he doesn’t quite fit anywhere, I feel like I have to justify why he ended up as my third F rank. Because the thing is, I don’t dislike the music. By and large, it’s fine, it’s decent. It’s not necessarily to myContinue reading “144: Chris Brown (F+)”

Childish Gambino in tier list kay, so this one is tough for me. I’m giving a B for now, but I really do feel like that’s a placeholder rank. I just don’t have the context (musical or cultural) to really listen to it on its own terms right now, and what I did listen toContinue reading “143: Childish Gambino (B→A-)”

Fleetwood Mac in tier list I really am not confident about this ranking at all. I think this B+ will work as a decent placeholder for now, but I definitely foresee some shifting, some rearranging in the future for this one. Partly just because it’s so much, it’s hard to keep a handle on aContinue reading “142: Fleetwood Mac (B+)”

Ariana Grande in tier list I like the music a good bit, actually, pretty consistent, pretty engaging. Occasionally samey/boring, but not as much as I think I expected. But I really am not a fan of the Ariana Grande experience, of her persona, of her themes and lyrics. She’s consistently very sexual, and increasingly soContinue reading “141: Ariana Grande (B)”

Muse in tier list a little tricky to rank, because there are definitely albums where they just hit for me, where listening to them I go, “dang this band rocks”- but there are also albums and strings of songs that make me think they’re kinda just mid. The test is, as I listen more, doesContinue reading “140: Muse (A)”