The White Stripes in tier list might grow on me? Who knows. A couple classics, but otherwise feels to me like pretty standard rock, doesn’t grab my attention, songs aren’t different enough from each other yet RELISTEN1: they’ve grown on me massively. They’re really simple, yes, but I think it’s in a good way. LotsContinue reading “84: The White Stripes (B-→A→A-)”
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83: Neon Trees (A-)
Neon Trees in tier list consistent, enjoyable, many bangers, may or may not grow on me
82: The Altogether (B+→A-)
The Altogether in tier list consistent and good, consistently pleasant and pretty interesting. I can definitely see this growing on me RELISTEN1: yup, relistened to it with the new album, I really quite like it. Clean and effective with lots of individual songs that I like, and just in general good vibes
81: Tally Hall (B+)
Tally Hall in tier list pretty good, second album is legit. overall some stuff that’s just super okay, some stuff I rather like RELISTEN1: first album is alright, the songs that liked that grew on me, that made me want to do the relisten in the first place, are legit. I like those songs. ThereContinue reading “81: Tally Hall (B+)”
80: Jazz Emu (S-→A+→A-)
Jazz Emu in tier list just total banger after total banger. I think S- is about as high as a comedy band can go for me. Part of it is it’s hard for me to not feel like they’re missing chances to be more, even if they’re doing what they’re doing really well: there’s aContinue reading “80: Jazz Emu (S-→A+→A-)”
On Trust
This is probably self explanatory and unnecessary, but I think it bears mentioning. I enjoy judging artists off of a fairly comprehensive understanding of everything they’ve published. The hitch is that nobody is perfectly consistent, and so you’ll get people who suck but get better, you’ll get people who are better and then suck, and,Continue reading “On Trust”
79: Hayley Williams (A-→A+)
Hayley Williams in tier list lead of Paramore, solo stuff is distinct enough for a separate entry. I really quite like the first album, suspect it will grow on me, second album maybe, too soon to say. Overall solid. RELISTEN1: I like it a lot. I just really like Hayley Williams, I think. She’s anContinue reading “79: Hayley Williams (A-→A+)”
78: Paramore (B+→A+)
Paramore in tier list I can see this growing on me to A- or settling to B, it’s really decent but I’ve yet to decide if it’s repetitive and samey or not RELISTEN1: man, I can’t believe my original listen and rank for this is from almost two years ago… wild. Helps put into perspectiveContinue reading “78: Paramore (B+→A+)”
On Covers
First, definitions. A “cover” is a work that is largely derivative of a different, largely original work. Of course, nothing is original and everything is derivative, but I think this definition is functional when taken in good faith. Also a work that is largely derivative of a different, largely original work is what I’m callingContinue reading “On Covers”
On Performance and Composition
This is brief, but I use these words specifically enough that I think it’s worth making a space to clearly define them. The most concise simplification is to say that performance is execution and composition is design. The two ideas are easy to see as counterparts to each other. What’s supposed to happen and whatContinue reading “On Performance and Composition”
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