Category Archives: lil baby update

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+)”

Jay Chou in tier list solid, good. pretty samey, and nothing to compensate from lyrics ‘cause I don’t speak mandarin, but not bad and there are a couple songs I do quite like RELISTEN1: I do like him. His first couple albums are really solid. They’re not terribly complicated or clever, but he’s got aContinue reading “103: Jay Chou (B)”

Midland in tier list solid, i guess. consistent and pretty good, but there weren’t any songs I listened to and liked individually, they all blend together. countrey still sounds samey to me EDIT: very immediate first impression on the relisten was pretty good, actually. I think their songwriting is pretty solid and they’re fun. ButContinue reading “102: Midland (B-)”

Glass Animals in tier list not my jam. there were songs that I liked and sometimes I’d feel it, but most often it just didn’t click. maybe it’ll grow on me but I doubt it- my favorite of all their songs was the ‘stripped’ stuff in the first album, and the style of their songsContinue reading “101: Glass Animals (B-→D+)”

Quinn XCII in tier list I actually have no idea, I could see this going way higher or lower, we’ll have to see. I like it, it’s consistent and good and vibing, though I don’t care for his themes. Honestly, most of the time I was listening to this I was wishing it were StillContinue reading “100: Quinn XCII (A-→B-→D-)”