Fish's /daily/ batch of non-reviews. From best to worst:
>The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics!!!
How is it a proto-punk band can kick so much more ass than like 90% of any band ever? Don't listen to the bonus tracks version because they are total lame-sauce. Good fucking shit.
>Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
Actually picked this up at a record show today. Shit's tight. Was in a good mood throughout this whole thing. Nice drums.
>Sleep - Jerusalem
This one goes BWOOOOOOOOOOO way better than Dopesmoker imo. Didn't do on weed though so maybe it'll be even better if/when I do?
>The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
Changed score because I liked it more on 2nd listen. I might do that so be aware. 80s as fuck and I felt like it should've made me very depressed, when I was only kinda depressed.
>Slowdive - Just for a Day
Dreamy and mellow, but uneventful and kinda boring.
>The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
It's indie rock. A bit more detailed and thought out than your average indie record, but not by a whole lot.
>Tool - Lateralus
Came into this expecting to hate it, when I really didn't. Had a lot of kick-ass moments that were drowned out by some cringe-y ones. I liked the detail and production on a lot of these tracks, especially the s/t one.
>The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Should've liked this. All the elements were there:
>Post Punk
>Jangle Pop
>Neo-Psych
and most importantly
>Scaruffi approved
But the songwriting was just so bland. May give a few more tries but left a bad taste in my mouth.
>Beck! - Odelay
Alt-country moments were actually pretty good. Sample-work on the hip-hop tracks were nice, but the production made me want to...uh...stop......listening...to...it......... :/
>Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
Note to self: stop trying tribal ambient, you do not like it.
>Pearl Jam - Ten
It'd be 10/10 if we were measuring by how bad it was lmao. Honestly don't know why I have this on my chart.
>Beck - Morning Phase
Worst thing I've heard all year.