Category Archives: lil baby update

Billie Eilish in tier list I want to like it, lots of interesting sounds, cool stuff, but she takes herself too seriously in a direction I don’t want to go. It’s too much, it feels icky. I don’t want to listen to music that feels icky.

The Last Shadow Puppets in tier list don’t like it as much as Arctic Monkeys, not nearly, but maybe it’ll grow on me. Still good

Stray Kids in tier list hit or miss for me musically, has songs I do quite like but also loads that are just… too much, doesn’t feel like music it just feels like sound. I also am against idol culture and the hyperproduction of the band and the brand- that’s not part of the musicContinue reading “111: Stray Kids (B+→B)”

Big Red Machine in tier list I don’t dislike it, it’s just very specific and I don’t think it hits all the beats it means to, or the beats it’s trying to hit aren’t particularly interesting to me. Also, I love love love Renegade, but I call that a Taylor Swift song (and so doesContinue reading “110: Big Red Machine (B-→B+)”

Taylor Swift in tier list I could see her rising with time and exposure because she’s already grown on me a lot in the two weeks it took to get through everything, but I also know I tend to inflate my interest in artists when I’m listening to just them for a while, when theirContinue reading “109: Taylor Swift (A)”

Dirty loops in tier list consistent, fun, I think they have a lot of cool and fun stuff going on musically but they can get repetitive and weak wrt actual songwriting (ie. structure/lyrics/length of song/repetition). I think their album with Corey Wong was better for this, a little more thoughtful and less aggressively poppy, butContinue reading “108: Dirty Loops (B+)”

U2 in tier list I think it’s not unlikely that were this not my dad’s band, my sister’s band, a family band, it would be around a mid A-. But maybe it would still be up here, and besides, it is a family band, I’ve grown up listening to U2, they’re special. Plus, they areContinue reading “107: U2 (A)”

Austin Archer in tier list I wanted to like him, I like a lot of the things he goes for, the audio diary kind of intros to songs, the clear effort to a theme (and a good theme, too), but he never caught me. Too rough, not enough just plain enjoyment to listen to  EDIT1:Continue reading “106: Austin Archer (C→C-)”

PHOX in tier list only one album but I like it, a little mellow for my tastes but there is a chunk of songs I like and it’s got decent odds of growing on me RELISTEN1: I like ‘em a lot, I’m happy with them as an A-. I’m gonna have to shift them downContinue reading “105: PHOX (A-)”

Josh Tatofi in tier list maybe he’ll grow on me, I dunno. my general impression was that it was all good but pretty samey, and generally too mellow for my tastes- the kind of thing that I wouldn’t mind being played around me, but I wouldn’t turn on myself EDIT: upon overhaul fits better asContinue reading “104: Josh Tatofi (B-→D+)”