I have some criticism or requests but I choose to put them all aside and instead thank you for finally letting me comment/upvote on mobile! No more having to actually browse to article twice, once to read and once to comment. On the other hand I guess that's less clicks for you so maybe I shouldn't say anything
This is one of my favorite albums ever. I listened to it so many times as a teen. This album was so perfect for me, I was (and still am) afraid to listen to any of their other albums so as to not ruin the perfect image of this band I had in my head.
(The only other album of theirs I've listened to in full is Four, and I absolutely love it.)
Anyhow - What a magnificent album.
Also: I'm very glad that there are festivals like this for those of us who don't live in the States. Every year I look at the US fests' line-ups with great envy, knowing how expensive it will be for me to travel all the way from Europe, but luckily we have Primavera who gives more than a fight to the biggest US festivals. So, thank you Primo guys!
In my opinion Check the Rhime is both ATCQ's definitive song and their best. It's the first choice when introducing someone to the Tribe, and it kills on every single listen.
Notably absent are Oh My God, Steve Biko (Stir It Up), Sucka Nigga, and obviously Can I Kick It (the regular "too obvious for a list" s'gum choice). Still a great list though
Finally, The Low End Theory is such a massive album for me, I find it very hard to pick specific tracks. I always had a thing for "Everything is Fair", probably because of that gunshots part which gets me every time
AOTY: Ty Segall - Manipulator, because holy shit this album is so good.
SOTY: Real Estate - Talking Backwards, though I'm not sure I'm happy with that decision, as Vic Mensa's Down On My Luck and Mac Demarco's Passing Out Pieces were the other contenders, but I wanted to show Real Estate some luv
Kinda bummed by this. I was expecting something a lot better than this after reading it was recorded at Electric Audio, but this doesn't sound at all like anything Albini would produce. Kinda weird he agreed to do this.
Anyhow, this is not a very good song, not to speak about a first single.
Quote Twitter page bio - "Official Twitter Page For The Meow The Jewels Kickstarter.. The money made by RTJ will be donated to the families of Eric Garner and Mike Brown. Contact: MTJisM".
So yeah, that's a donation
Well I'm after more than a few listens and I'm so glad to say that THIS ALBUM RULES. It's so great, it's exactly what I wanted from Weezer at this point. This doesn't suck at all, I'm seriously loving it, every single song is great IMO (not even getting that hate on Back to the Shack, it's definitely the worst track here but it's real fun to my ears).
I think it's really awesome how the Weez are finally back to actually rocking out - I mean, actual guitar solos, twin guitars, what have you. Even the good stuff they've released since Maladroit weren't rocking songs, they were just fun songs with great melodies and hooks. But what I loved most about Blue was that even though it was very pop, the songs were BANGING. so I'm really glad Rivers is (probably) back to headbanging.
Also I would like to say that the Futurescope trilogy thingy is absolutely incredible. Didn't believe they could pull that one off, but it works so well, and it's really banging. super fun while driving also.
=w=
Trainwrecks and Unspoken are both pretty killer. That transition from the acoustic part to the banging guitars at the end of Unspoken gets me everytime. Brave New World and Time Flies are also pretty darn great and everything else is also really good or at least above the average shit they had on Red (don't even get me started on Raditude). the only real duds on that album was Smart Girls, which is a terrible song (Where's My Sex also, but it's kinda better if you don't pay attention to the lyrics).
It also had All My Friends Are Insects as a bonus track which is easily one of Weezer's best post-Pinkerton songs. Not even joking.
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