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The National Parks in tier list pretty good, decent. started folkier and moved toward pop, which I think was not the move for them. I suspect that if they grow on me it will be in their first album- others are fine but very much only fine. They definitely feel like a little bit ofContinue reading “99: The National Parks (B-→B+)”

Ingrid Michaelson in tier list solid, pretty good, but rarely interesting and no songs I really really liked, just decent

Hunter Hayes in tier list good, fun songs. country all sounds the same to me. maybe that’ll change as I listen to more of it but for now all I can really say is that this was pretty good, seemed like pretty good country. not particularly impressive to me, but it’s not like it soundsContinue reading “97: Hunter Hayes (B-→B+)”

The War on Drugs in tier list I like this band, I like the sound, I hear quality- but, but, they are long and they are too content. Average songs in albums are often at least 5 minutes, at least, and those are not a dense 5 minutes, they are spread out and airy. ItContinue reading “96: The War on Drugs (C+)”

Counting Crows in tier list not sure, they could well get better or worse with time. I like August as an album, but few of the individual songs, and none of the other albums are as good, they all feel pretty meh, just alright. We’ll see EDIT1: individual songs blend together, don’t love it. BumpingContinue reading “95: Counting Crows (B→B-→D)”

The Happy Fits in tier list fine, good. doesn’t really catch my attention though, and not really any songs that stand out RELISTEN1: when I first listened to Happy Fits they made almost no impression on me at all, but they’ve definitely grown on me. The biggest change came when I saw them live inContinue reading “94: The Happy Fits (B+→A)”

Dave Matthews Band in tier list Solid. A couple albums with songs that average way too long, but for the most part within reason. A couple albums I really quite like (Under the Table and Dreaming, Everyday), and everything else is pretty good. Might grow on me, might not RELISTEN1:  With their first three orContinue reading “93: Dave Matthews Band (A-→A)”

Kaiser Chiefs in tier list I like the first 2 or 3 albums, and then after that they’re just pretty meh  EDIT1: upon overhaul I moved them down to D range, though I’m curious enough about them that I’ll likely do a relisten at some point  RELISTEN1: so I started these guys at a B-Continue reading “92: Kaiser Chiefs (B-→D+→B+)”

Lawrence in tier list might grow on me, but my first impression is that they’re kinda bland, they’re fun but kinda bland, we’ll see if they stay that way to me. I suspect it’s more likely I grow to like them less than more EDIT: yeah, as I predicted, after more exposure fun but kindaContinue reading “91: Lawrence (A-→B+)”