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The best way I can sum up my obsessions as a listener is that, if it was played on 120 Minutes, I like it. I like hooky songwriting, strange noises, big fuzzy basses, gnarly drum tones, interesting voices, and bands that know when to end a song. Beyond that, I will occasionally defend butt rock, mom rock, turn of the millennium pop rock, and various other genres considered uncool. I probably also have untapped interest in warped electronica and really lo-fi, crappy hip-hop music. Ask me again in ten years.

The old five-point scale has been retired in favor of just rating stuff 1-10, which allows me a much more nuanced final rating. Still don't take it that seriously. Most of these come from my own collection, so the grades skew rather high. Your results may vary if you send me stuff to review.

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Total number of reviews to date: 213
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My ten most recent reviews:

Year Album Name Artist Rating Reviewed
2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Companion Pack Various Artists 6 October 19, 2026
1996 Recovering the Satellites Counting Crows 6 September 21, 2026
2007 Businessmen and Ghosts Working for a Nuclear Free City 8 September 14, 2026
2009 In This Light and On This Evening Editors 3 September 7, 2026
2006 Eisenhower The Slip 9 August 31, 2026
2012 An Awesome Wave Alt-J 6 August 24, 2026
2001 The Golden Hum Remy Zero 8 August 17, 2026
2012 Shaimus Shaimus 8 August 10, 2026
2019 Young in My Head Starflyer 59 6 August 10, 2026
2005 Somewhere Else is Here The Funky Lowlives 7 August 3, 2026

And ten random ones from the archive:

Year Album Name Artist Rating Reviewed
2014 Maps of Us c.layne 9 May 30, 2025
1993 Electra2000 Hum 8 November 14, 2018
2016 Strange Little Birds Garbage 6 February 11, 2022
2002 these are color days John Gold 9 March 18, 2024
2026 Forward Ether Silent Music 7 June 22, 2026
2020 Sayonara Midwestern Dirt 7 August 18, 2023
2006 Working for a Nuclear Free City Working for a Nuclear Free City 9 September 8, 2024
1996 Recovering the Satellites Counting Crows 6 September 21, 2026
2014 No Man is an Island Clockwork Radio 6 October 13, 2025
2006 Carnavas Silversun Pickups 10 August 11, 2018

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