Scott Weiland: 12 Bar Blues
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Scott Weiland: 12 Bar Blues
21 may 13
The first time he was kicked in the ass by the (inferior) Stone Temple Toilets coincided with the release of the only well-crafted thing our guy ever managed to produce during his career. In between one Bowie imitation and another, 12 well-made tracks. The rating would be a 3.8.
Screaming Trees: Invisible Lantern
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Screaming Trees: Invisible Lantern
28 mar 14
With this their third work, the screaming trees, in my humble opinion, reached their zenith. Released for SST, it almost feels like listening to the more psychedelic Doors played by acid Black Flag. A gem. They will repeat at similar levels with the following "Buzz Factory" and especially with the wonderful EP "Change Has Come"....
Sebadoh: Bakesale
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Sebadoh: Bakesale
3 nov 13
After that absolute masterpiece of "Sebadoh III," and the less convincing "Bubble and Scrape," Lou Barlow and company bring forth what will be the last masterpiece of the project, where unlike III, the energy never fades here—it's a completely electric album, and above all, one of astonishing beauty. If III hadn't existed, which is something beyond, this would be at the top of their discography. Meanwhile, J Mascis was making little shits ["Without a Sound"].
Sebadoh: III
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sebadoh: III
23 apr 13
After being kicked out of Dinosaur Jr, Lou Barlow with Sebadoh delivers one of the coolest works ever. A gem of perfect low-fi scrappiness. When the term "Indie Rock" still made sense.
Sigur Ròs: ( )
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Sigur Ròs: ( )
16 jan 13
It fights insomnia better than any benzodiazepine I've ever ingested in my life. But it has its charm. Despite...zzzzzz_Personal rating: 3.5
Sigur Rós: ( )
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sigur Rós: ( )
19 nov 13
I have a conflicted relationship with this album. I must say it’s beautiful, but I can't listen to it all the time. Back then, I found it soporific. Now I love it. And to think it's the only album of theirs that I adore; the others I've listened to leave me completely indifferent. No information about the cover. The booklet consists of semi-transparent white pages of paper, like the kind used to wrap cheese. Strange but quite fascinating.
  • madcat
    19 nov 13
    The same effect it had on me when I bought it, aside from a few pieces (including the stunning opening), I sold it very quickly, I didn’t give it much time.
  • SilasLang
    19 nov 13
    Instead, it got to me after YEARS of gathering dust. Especially tracks 7 and 8 are HUGE.
  • madcat
    19 nov 13
    You're making me want to give it another listen somehow.
  • hjhhjij
    19 nov 13
    Masterpiece, that I don’t listen to too often either.
  • SilasLang
    19 nov 13
    I'm sorry, but a video I found on YouTube is making me feel faint...
  • Lao Tze
    19 nov 13
    I could never stand them; as much as I loved the post-punk Iceland of KUKL and Sugarcubes, I find the music of SR heavy and expressionless. In the end, music is a spark that needs to ignite, and if it doesn't even after years, it’s better to let it go. After Valtari, I definitely told them to fuck off. Instead, I’m really enjoying, and quite a bit, the Iceland of the new folk/lo-fi bands.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    20 nov 13
    Aside from Agaetis Byrjum, their only masterpiece, I can't say I dislike them, but after one song they bore me; they leave me completely indifferent, and I can't make it to the end of the album. They're a good band, but honestly a bit overrated.
  • SilasLang
    20 nov 13
    Agaetis has left me completely indifferent, like the rest of the albums except this one.
  • algol
    20 nov 13
    Total boredom. Even at their concert, I was heavily fed up. Terribly overrated, maybe the only thing I can save from their entire production is track 8 of this inconsistent work.
  • madcat
    20 nov 13
    I quote Lao on music as the spark that must ignite; it is profoundly true.
Six Organs of Admittance: School of the Flower
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Six Organs of Admittance: School of the Flower
16 aug 13
In Ben Chasny's discography, absolutely one of the most beautiful works. The classic mystical/psych psychedelic folk merges here with almost free-jazz digressions. Discone.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    17 aug 13
    among his works, the one I enjoy listening to the most
  • SilasLang
    17 aug 13
    Same. What I absolutely love the most is probably "The Sun Awakens." And the stripped-down "The Manifestation."
Six Organs of Admittance: The Sun Awakens
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Six Organs of Admittance: The Sun Awakens
19 apr 14
Divine album. A solemn work of mystical psychedelic folk, perhaps one of the best works by that genius Ben Chasny, who is also active in the incredibly loud and immense Comets On Fire. And during the lengthy mass of the concluding "River Of Transfiguration," it feels as if one is caught up in a magical ritual in some Tibetan monastery. Under peyote. Huge.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    20 apr 14
    These days I'm listening to "Ascent," beautifully noisy, practically a record by Comets On Fire.
  • hjhhjij
    20 apr 14
    They must be mine. At my next hit, Psych.
  • De...Marga...
    20 apr 14
    My ignorance on the matter is starting to worry me as well; it's urgent to take cover!!!
  • SilasLang
    20 apr 14
    "Ascent" is the latest, it has nothing to do with the others... it's beautifully tough and acid rock. In fact, it features the Comets in full. A great album, even if my favorites are others, above all this one, then that other black mass in music of "The Manifestation," the self-titled debut from 1998, and "School Of The Flower," where they also play with certain free jazz atmospheres. Anyway, it's an enormous project.
Skywave: Synthstatic
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Skywave: Synthstatic
7 jan 15
Great album by a band that went almost completely unnoticed, straddling the '90s and the early 2000s. This was their epitaph. Noise (a lot) pop-shoegazing, as loud as it is enjoyable. From the ashes of Skywave would arise the much more well-known A Place To Bury Strangers...
Slint: Spiderland
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Slint: Spiderland
27 mar 14
Today, this little "disc" turns 23 years old. Honor
  • GIANLUIGI67
    27 mar 14
    this album is a masterpiece. the people who listen to it for the first time in 2014, and say it's worthless, have understood nothing. These gentlemen have sown.
  • hjhhjij
    27 mar 14
    Who says what?
  • Goldfinger
    27 mar 14
    Ordered the vinyl just today, I can't wait to have it.
  • macaco
    27 mar 14
    Damn, even the album anniversaries, huh? So the THC hasn't wiped out all your memory.
  • tia
    27 mar 14
    Happy birthday, Slint! Essential, not just a seed... I enjoyed their magnificent live reunion years ago in Bologna. An album among the top 10 of all time.
  • SilasLang
    27 mar 14
    @macaco...look maybe! I randomly read it today on some page, ahahah
Slowdive: Souvlaki
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Slowdive: Souvlaki
13 may 22
Evaporate! Damn.
Sly & The Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Sly & The Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On
9 jun 13
THE DISCO Funk
  • Psychopathia
    9 jun 13
    I'll tell you... it was a tremendous disappointment for me. Is that it? I thought after hearing so many good things about it. It seems a bit lame to me, nothing like what I read. To tell you, I like James Brown much, much more, and he certainly wasn't a subversive... what do you think?
  • Lao Tze
    9 jun 13
    the FUNKIEST record of DESPAIR in history, in fact... this record has the merit of being: Funk and at the same time the opposite of the most conventional Funk. And it’s also the exact opposite of "Dance To The Music": for the lyrics, for the music, for the vibe when it came to light. There’s no optimism here, no revolution etc etc - it’s all black.
  • ranofornace
    9 jun 13
    "Disco denunciation." Remarkable work, with brilliant funky and psychedelic-soul peaks, much more tense than in the past; it's important not to be deceived by the "bland blues" to appreciate the various hues and richness of the arrangements.
  • SilasLang
    9 jun 13
    @Psychopath I think tastes are tastes; if you don't like it, nothing wrong with that! As for the rest, Lao Tze said it all.
  • Psychopathia
    10 jun 13
    yes... maybe it's too soul for my tastes... and the anger is more in the lyrics than in the music. anyway, one day I'll give it another try.
  • March Horses
    10 jun 13
    just bought it, I have to listen to it!
Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
The Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream
10 mar 13
The only pumpkin job that I really liked from head to toe. I would give it a solid 4.5. The only drawback in here is the unbearable squeaking of the (not yet) bald one..
  • Taxirider
    12 mar 13
    I agree that it's the best of the pumpkins. However, "Gish" and "Mellon Collie..." still remain great albums. Then again, oh, maybe it's because I've been a fan of theirs since childhood.
  • SilasLang
    13 mar 13
    Mellon Collie is the last worthy of their name in my opinion, but this is far superior. I think they should have released just one album, with the most beautiful tracks. It could have turned out to be another masterpiece on par with Siamese Dream..
Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
CD Audio I have it ★★★
The Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
28 jan 14
Oh, melloncolli.. even though I've never been a "fan" of pumpkins, I've always considered Siamese Dream a great album. Its successor, this double one, I've always found too long and rambling. It could have been another excellent album, condensed into one, but Uncle Fester's ego is well known to be uncontainable. Anyway, 3.5. After this, there won't be another one... What a shame. Now just shoot me.
  • Psychopathia
    28 jan 14
    Can you believe it... I have the 5 CD version!!! And still, I agree, I'm not a fan either, I prefer other stuff from the '90s. But I've never listened to Siamese Dream. Is that bad?
  • SilasLang
    28 jan 14
    If they had reduced it to just one album... with the best tracks and maybe some outtakes that you might have in the deluxe edition (I've heard a bit of those pieces and they are better stuff than what ended up in this pseudo-prog meatloaf). Well, Siamese Dream yes, it's a great album. The only downside, for me, is Uncle Fester's squeak, but on Siamese Dream it's very bearable, given the wall of guitars always in the foreground and the vocals much more blended into the mix. Yes, Siamese is a great album.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    28 jan 14
    I also liked "Adore," a very underrated album.
  • Mr. Money87
    28 jan 14
    In fact, I don't mind Adore either. Inferior probably even to this one, which in my opinion is worth a good 4 stars.
  • SilasLang
    28 jan 14
    I liked a couple of pieces from Adore... This I repeat, in my modest opinion, could have been much better... if made a bit "slimmer" by cutting out certain tracks and perhaps including some outtakes from the same sessions [I’m referring to songs inexplicably left out like "Medellia Of The Grey Skies", "Rotten Apples", etc.]
  • Lao Tze
    28 jan 14
    a classic band that requires immense patience... if you try to digest it all at once (I didn't even attempt that, there must have been someone...) you reach a point where you would have preferred to watch Lawrence of Arabia in its restored version... but if you take it slow-slow-slow... bit by bit (again) the great album it is starts to emerge. Sometimes (rarely) greatness lies in verbosity as well. But it should be approached with caution. I’m speaking as a non-fanatic, although I appreciate them quite a bit.
  • Lao Tze
    28 jan 14
    There are many who just can't stand Corgan... some don't mince words and consider him a good (only? come on...) author with a voice like an idiot. It's a discourse that goes straight for the sensitivity, for the stomach, his... you have to dissect it in all its details. Adore isn’t liked by many, but in my opinion, it has all the traits of a great album, as I said some time ago, and in abundance... Tear, on its own, is a masterpiece.
  • Lao Tze
    28 jan 14
    -in abbonDanZa-
  • SilasLang
    29 jan 14
    In fact, "Tear" is one of the few from Adore that I like. The others are "For Martha" and "Blank Page."
Sonic Youth: Sister
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Sonic Youth: Sister
4 nov 13
Another masterpiece by SY, and I even prefer it to the much-lauded (and let’s be clear, beautiful) Daydream Nation. And every time "Cotton Crown" starts, with its heroin-like cadence, a tear falls down. An album for the ages. A band for the ages.
  • Spettinami !
    4 nov 13
    "heroin addict" enters the charts
  • hjhhjij
    4 nov 13
    Well? You enter the ranking every time you write a word, you are the master. Sorry for the intrusion, Silas.
  • SilasLang
    4 nov 13
    hahah oh but you're a legend, really... I can't believe it. keep spouting nonsense even if no one cares, ahaha. keep it up, keep it going!
  • hjhhjij
    4 nov 13
    Yes, we’re getting screwed over; the whole site has been making a fool of him for years!
  • Spettinami !
    4 nov 13
    Am I serious and you're laughing? The stride of a heroin addict is art (to me).
  • SilasLang
    4 nov 13
    Hey, calm down, what invasion? If anything, it's pata which is as invasive as a colonoscopy, but in the end, I don't give a damn anymore, from this comment on, let him have fun. It's actually funny and it also lifts your spirits.
  • SilasLang
    4 nov 13
    Pata, you flatter me so!
  • hjhhjij
    4 nov 13
    Yeah, but this nickname doesn't have much time left in my opinion, I'm waiting for the new one.
  • madcat
    5 nov 13
    I've never been entirely convinced by it; there are 4 amazing tracks (I don't remember the titles right now, but one was definitely "Cotton Crown"). However, the rest disappointed me. I got it right after "Daydream Nation," and it felt like there were galaxies between the two. I had read a lot of good things about it, but for me, "Evol" is much better. I think the weak point in this album lies in the songwriting, but in the end, it's just a matter of taste, as always.
  • Darkeve
    5 nov 13
    I go crazy for Catholic Block, with that damn intoxicating riff that goes out of sync with the voice at the end of each loop. It's too sick, it scrambles your brain; I think playing it and singing it at the same time would make you dizzy.
  • Darkeve
    5 nov 13
    For me, it's a great album (even if it doesn't reach Daydream), the only flaw is that awful cover of Hot Wire My Heart... I really can't stand it.
  • hjhhjij
    5 nov 13
    For me, it's on par with Daydream, and below the first two (for me, immense) and Evol. It's worth mentioning that the Sonic Youth up to and including Daydream Nation (obviously) are perfect in my eyes. And after that, they don't exactly suck.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    5 nov 13
    With Daydream Nation, they became an institution of the alternative, with pseudo-intellectual radical chic poses. I much prefer this work.
  • hjhhjij
    5 nov 13
    "with pseudo-intellectual radical chic poses." Sorry, but these are just random words, especially when referring to an album like Daydream Nation which is simply a masterpiece. Yes, they became famous (in the alternative scene), but not at the expense of quality. Setting tastes aside, I believe that sometimes your ears only adjust according to the popularity of an album and not its actual quality. Just my impression, of course.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    5 nov 13
    you’re not the first one to tell me this... fundamentally true.
  • SilasLang
    5 nov 13
    I like almost everything by Sonic Youth; the only ones I love less are Goo and those after Murray St. But the coolest ones are undeniable; I identify them in Confusion is Sex and Bad Moon Rising. Anyway, it's pointless; this has always appealed to me much more than Daydream, which remains a masterpiece, and there’s no question about that...
Soundgarden: King Animal
CD Audio I have it ★★
Soundgarden: King Animal
16 dec 14
WHY?!? Ps. half a little ball just for 'A Thousand Days Before', which sounds like an outtake from "Down on the Upside", if the final master had been more 'human' and less glossy and polished, maybe it wouldn't have looked out of place on that record...instead, damn, what lousy sounds...so sterile that not even Madonna. Why, for fuck's sake? Fine..
  • De...Marga...
    16 dec 14
    All true, all right what you say; the only thing I save from the album is the beautiful cover and nothing else. An album whose meaning I'll never be able to understand after years of separation; Chris never pushes with his voice. A sweetened, clean sound, without even the slightest "jolt" in the listening...BUT WHY???????
  • SilasLang
    16 dec 14
    I marvel at Kim Thayil, always reluctant to reunite. In the end, he must have done it just for the money. Ahahah...
Spacemen 3: Sound of Confusion
Vinile I have it ★★★★
Spacemen 3: Sound of Confusion
5 apr 14
The debut of Spacemen 3, still enveloped in a shroud of feedback and amphetamine noise before the opioids take over in the subsequent wonders, is already a half masterpiece. 4 and a half stars. Amen.
  • darth agnan
    5 apr 14
    I approve. The cover of "Rollercoaster" by 13th Floor and the last track drive me crazy.
  • madcat
    5 apr 14
    I have perfect prescription and playing with fire, I don't know this one.
  • Psychopathia
    6 apr 14
    Silas, would you recommend a title to me, one that is the most significant and/or unmissable? (Hoping it's still available...) Thank you.
  • madcat
    6 apr 14
    I don't know if Silas would agree, but I think that if you want to listen to something by them, the starting point is "the perfect prescription psychopathia."
  • GIANLUIGI67
    6 apr 14
    follow "Play With Fire" and you can't go wrong.
  • Psychopathia
    6 apr 14
    As soon as I can, I'll go hunting! Thank you all.
  • SilasLang
    6 apr 14
    I agree, Madcat. Go with "The Perfect Prescription".... but they’re all really good.
Squarepusher: Music Is Rotted One Note
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Squarepusher: Music Is Rotted One Note
14 sep 13
Squarepusher goes JAZZ
Squirrel Bait: Skag Heaven
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Squirrel Bait: Skag Heaven
15 nov 13
An album that radiates freshness and youth from every pore. One of the most beautiful works in that genre that would later be rebranded as post-hardcore. Ten songs, each one more beautiful than the last. A perfect record. It's a must-have, as well as the self-titled EP from 1985, which may not reach the unparalleled beauty of these songs, but is beautiful nonetheless...
Stereolab: Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Stereolab: Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
15 jul 13
It was love at first listen with this album.
  • Psychopathia
    15 jul 13
    As valid as the subsequent ones (Mars Audiac Quintet and Tomato above all), nothing beats this. Out of the box and out of your mind: a masterpiece!
  • GIANLUIGI67
    15 jul 13
    I still prefer Emperor Tomato Ketchup.
Stevie Wonder: Innervisions
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Stevie Wonder: Innervisions
4 may 15
A gem of badass black music. Creativity in spades here.
Sublime: Sublime
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sublime: Sublime
21 jul 13
Perhaps my favorite album "Ska" (it's an understatement to call it that...) R.I.P. Bradley Nowell
Swirlies: Blonder Tongue Audio Baton
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Swirlies: Blonder Tongue Audio Baton
3 feb 22
Another dischello, alas not very well known, especially here among us, that would have deserved a much more substantial dose of ears. A handful of silly songs that barely stand on their own, little tunes that hover between the silly and the sugary, spastic metronomes, and an ocean of noise.
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