Category Archives: update

Beck in tier list he’s kinda all over the place and I love it (hot take I know). I like that he experiments on the scale of albums, albums are still cohesive and unified. I like lots of specific things that he’s done, and I like his general vibe and approach and quality. (also IContinue reading “87: Beck (A)”

The Academic in tier list consistent, pretty good, nothing bad but also nothing super great, so not much of them sticks out in my memory, but yeah pretty good RELISTEN1: these guys made it onto my relisten list as a “likely to be lowered” and I unfortunately stand by that. I think I nailed themContinue reading “86: The Academic (B+→B)”

Jack White in tier list really interesting and really good, I dunno if there’s just stuff I’m not hearing in White Stripes but I quite like White’s solo stuff, and I think it’s getting better. I also just get the vibe that White is an interesting guy, I like his vibe RELISTEN1: wow, Blunderbuss isContinue reading “85: Jack White (A→A+)”

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-)”

Neon Trees in tier list consistent, enjoyable, many bangers, may or may not grow on me

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

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+)”

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-)”

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+)”

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+)”