REVIEWS


1970s

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The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
The Stooges
1973
Suicide - First Album (1978)
Suicide
1977

1980s

The decade I was born in. Most of the alternative music that I would discover and identify with well into adulthood would be discovered here. We spent the '90s pretending the '80s didn't exist, then spent the 2000s revisiting all the music that came out in the '80s.

Soft Cell - Non Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981) Review
Soft Cell
1981
Swans - Filth (1983)
Swans
1983
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy (1985)
The Jesus & Mary Chain
1985
Big Black - Atomizer
Big Black
1986
Dinosaur Jr - You’re Living All Over Me (1987)
Dinosaur Jr
1987
Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Godflesh
1989
The Birthday Party - Live 81-82
The Birthday Party
1999

1990s

Ten years that were home to some of the best records ever made, assuming you are into shoegaze, alt-rock and big beat techno, as I very much was. If this section seems a tad bare, it's because much of my '90s record reviews are compiled for GLIDER, a shoegaze/noisepop focused zine I write.

Boo Radleys - Ichabod & I
Boo Radleys
1990
Swervedriver - Raise (1991)
Swervedriver
1991
Daisy Chainsaw - Eleventeen (1992) Review
Daisy Chainsaw
1992
Lilys - In the Presence of Nothing (1992)
Lilys
1992
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman (1993) Review
Underworld
1993
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (1994) Review
The Prodigy
1994
Placebo - Placebo (1996)
Placebo
1996
U2 - Pop (1997)
U2
1997
Praga Khan - Pragamatic (1998) Review
Praga Khan
1998

2000s

Unlike prior decades, the '00s were the first time I was around and conscious of these records as they were released; even saw some of these bands live! Garage rock revival, electro and witch house were all booming then. I was in college during the late '00s, so this was the era that solidified most of my musical tastes. This would be the last decade for which I could say that I had the pulse of what was cool or not.

Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
Primal Scream
2000
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - S/T (2001)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
2001
The Faint - Danse Macabre (2001)
The Faint
2001
Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)
Muse
2001
The Vines - Highly Evolved (2002) Review
The Vines
2002
The Kills - Keep on Your Mean Side
The Kills
2003
The Darkness - Permission to Land
The Darkness
2003
Ladytron - Softcore Jukebox (2003)
Ladytron
2003
Scarling - Sweet Heart Dealer
Scarling
2004
Asobi Seksu - Asobi Seksu (2004) Review
Asobi Seksu
2004
Amusement Parks on Fire - S/T (2004) Review
Amusement Parks on Fire
2004
The Kills - Now Wow (2005) Review
The Kills
2005
Manhattan Love Suicides (2006) Review
Manhattan Love Suicides
2006
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is (EP)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2007
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls with Sand
The Angelic Process
2007
The Horrors - Primary Colours (2009) Review
The Horrors
2009
The Vandelles - Del Black Aloha
The Vandelles
2009

2010s

Real life arrives. I'm in grad school, and later in the workplace. I'm no longer tending to my garden of last.fm listens with the meticulous care and effort that I used to. I'm still listening to records, but finding time to write reviews is hard.

You Love Her Coz She's Dead - Self-Titled (2011) Review
YLHCSD
2011
Dirty Beaches - Badlands (2011) Review
Dirty Beaches
2011
September Girls - Wanting More (EP) Review
September Girls
2012
TR/ST - TR/ST (2012) Review
TR/ST
2012
My Bloody Valentine - M B V (2013) Review
My Bloody Valentine
2013
Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
Cut Copy
2013
Trevor Something Does Not Exist (2014) Review
Trevor Something
2014
The Horrors - Luminous (2014) Review
The Horrors
2014
The Faint - Doom Abuse (2014) Review
The Faint
2014
Slowdive - Slowdive (2017) Review
Slowdive
2017
Carpenter Brut - Carpenterbrutlive
Carpenter Brut
2017
Ollie Wride - Thanks In Advance (2019) Review
Ollie Wride
2019
Alvvays - Antisocialites (2017) Review
Alvvays
2019

2020s

The worst timeline

Mareux - Predestiny EP
Mareux
2020