Beautiful, on the edge, full of vibrancy and something bittersweet.
446. Blonde Redhead – 23
The seventh album from Blonde Redhead, 14 years into their existence, is a powerful, taut, and confident record that serves as much as a rabbit hole as it does a musical endeavor.
447. Audioslave – S/T
It’s difficult to frame any discussion regarding Audioslave without mentioning the former bands of those involved, Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine.
448. Zoot Woman – Zoot Woman
The world created by Zoot Woman, inhabited by electronic spirits, and punctuated with vibrant, hypnotic colors, is not ours.
449. Pretty Girls Make Graves – Good Health
Wild but tight. Furious yet composed.
451. Goldheart Assembly – Wolves and Thieves
This is a very polished record, bursting forth with an impassioned sound from the jump.
452. Blind Melon – S/T
If anything, Blind Melon signaled a hopeful future, a promise of better things to come. A promise, tragically unfulfilled.
453. Morcheeba – Who Can You Trust?
Who Can You Trust? achieves something quite rare in music.
454. Judas Priest – British Steel
While Judas Priest is not in the conversation as originators, their 1980 release, British Steel, is one more argument that during its zenith, metal’s flag was firmly planted in U.K. soil.
455. The Ladybug Transistor – S/T
What I fell in love with remained, still sweet yet somehow forlorn.