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109: Taylor Swift (A)

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)”

108: Dirty Loops (B+)

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+)”

107: U2 (A)

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)”

A History

I’ve decided to make a post each time I update The List with a new artist. Nothing much, just artist, rank, and which number artist they are as I’ve ranked them, chronologically. This makes me feel like I’m doing more on this site, yes, but I think more importantly it gives me a record, aContinue reading “A History”

106: Austin Archer (C→C-)

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-)”

105: PHOX (A-)

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-)”

104: Josh Tatofi (B-→D+)

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+)”

103: Jay Chou (B)

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)”

102: Midland (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-)”

101: Glass Animals (B-→D+)

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+)”