by Jefff » Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:28 pm
Whoa shit. I made it through all of them. Apologies for being a dickhole, if I was one....
Add, PfM, and JBB - I had a part in all of these and think they rock.
Caravan Ray - Crowd-pleaser. Solid groove. I like your grumbling a lot more than your singing. You sound like Mark E. Smith there at the beginning.
Parsons - I like the noises - electric guitar and shakers - but the falsetto got old fast. I wanted a change long before the change happened.
High Density - I love your pretty piano songs.
Blue Spud Shoes - This is a cool recording. The instruments and Spud's voice all sound so good together.
Paco Del Stinko - The intro made me think I was gonna hate this, but hey... this is pretty good. Could stand to rock a little harder though. I get the feeling you can do this stuff in your sleep.
Special Relatives - Totally okay. If it were half as long, it would be twice as good. Hits the interlude sweetspot.
The BeWells - Production is skilled, playing is great, singing is great. Some of the lines are pretty good too. On the whole, it's a little sappy for me.
Phillipsox - Nice groove, dopey song. I dug the solo.
Fluxxum Florum - I like the guitar and bass. I hate the vocals and drums.
Rone Rivendale - The chorus sounds like a deflated Spud. Is that what you mean by "Roned"?
Tam Lin - Yeah, it seems like this song was originally called Dark Heart. Which is completely lame but oh well. This is fine. It needs more - maybe more atmosphere? It sounds like it's trying to be more intense than it really is.
Bjam - In those gaps where you forget the words, I imagine the dirtiest things.... and feel horrible about myself.
Primitive Screwheads - Is this one danceable? No, not at all. This is kind of good, but sort of boring with the sparse arrangement. Vocal needs more to hold it up.
Stueym - Not quite as charming as in-person, but still thoroughly charming.
Bonfire of the Manatees - Good song. I especially like the drum track and the whole herky-jerky stop-start thing.
Klownhole - The rocking level is pretty good, but it gets boring.
Dave Patrol - Dumb intro and lame outro. Your rocking gets boring too, but at least you have a chorus.
Guitarotica - I guess this is ok for messing around.
Sockpuppet - Awkward phrasing? Gimme some of that awkward phrasing. Aw yeah, there's the awkward phrasing. (>_<)
Noah McLaughlin - Sorry, it's hard for me to get past that guttural stuff.
Seamus Collective - That melody came in, and I smiled with recognition immediately. Awesome. Love the lead guitar tone.
Eclectic Spoons - Your vocals are noisy and not very good and completely lose me. I like those guitar lines.
Melvin - Sometimes your voice hits a sour note ("great companion") but then you get some really great harmonies. This is a nice song.
Ross Durand - "If it was the nineties, they'd have taken the blue." Cute.
Thanks for the Frisbee - Something in the doot doots is off, and you lose the beauty you're building up. Aside from that, it gets whiny and trips my emo alarm. Needs some sack.
Glenn and Rachael - I think this is way more tender than necessary for a song about a naked dude.