My Chemical Romanceās āThree Cheers For Sweet Revengeā has been my go to album for a couple of weeks now. Itās honestly such a perfect punk rock album, that even the most casual fan could enjoy it, knowing the intended storyline just adds more to an already great album. I truly and honestly believe the My Chem guys are like this generationās Beatles, theyāve pioneered so many things in the music scene and no one can truly do it like them.
Jan 15, 2025
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āGish,ā the 1991 debut, remains an underrated psychedelic classic.
Billy Corgan was less Darth Vader here (these days he wears a cape onstage and is giving serious Empire vibes) and more pretentious, insecure suburban Chicago asshole who could nevertheless play the holy Jesus out of his Strat. šø (There's a great video on the YouTubes about a three decade quest Billy undertook to get this yellow "Gish guitar" back after it was stolen from him backstage at a gig in Detroit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyjBDmEcKAE).
There's not a bad song on this album and the original quartet were an absolutely š„ live band. I remembering seeing them play at a 1000 person club in this era and they totally slayed.
Feb 9, 2024
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Pavement? Great records! the Rolling Stones? They whip! The Misfits? Completely singular! The Cure? What a band!
Donāt have to love them all but please approach with open hearts and ears.
Jan 25, 2024
Iām cheating because I definitely have admitted to this, in fact I vehemently defended them on a podcast once. I donāt really have any pleasure I find guilty (I am cringe and I am free). But theyāre one of the bands in the U.K. thatās cool to hate. And people are often weirded out when I say they were a big influence. Samās Town is one of the best albums of all time and I WILL fight you on that.
Apr 5, 2024
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Peach Pitās sophomore album āYou and Your Friendsā is such a perfect album. No skips at all, all the songs are so catchy and beautiful. My favorite tracks on it have to be Puppy Grin, Brianās Movie, and Shampoo Bottles. I feel like a lot of the songs on it are very nostalgic? Itās hard to explain, theyāre all about past relationships, platonic and romantic (probably where the album name comes from). Itās very easy to attach songs to experiences youāve lived.
I think the song Iāve most resonated with is Puppy Grin, just the fact itās about hopelessly devoting yourself to someone thatās not even yours to begin with.
Very easy to listen to, hope to get the vinyl soon, canāt wait to see Peach Pit this summer!!
Jan 15, 2025
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I love taking a good nature walk. Back in high school I had to wait upwards of 3 hours for my dad to come and pick me up (come late junior and senior year they told me to just take the bus home), I made it a bit of a habit of walking along the backyard of my school, it was this huge grassy space with trees and a river further back. Thinking of it now, it wasnāt very big, but man the self reflection I did there was crazy.
Now I frequent downtown a lot because of school, so I just walk around getting lost, occasionally going to the parks nearby and just sitting and thinking.
Jan 15, 2025
Remembering when I visited an old friend in Indiana last summer and they took me to this quarry, I was asleep on the ride there so Iāll never know where it is, it remains a mystifying memory. A moment suspended in time. Even as someone very afraid of both water and heights, being at the very top was so breathtaking (in a good way).
Apparently the Empire State Building is constructed entirely with limestone from Indiana.
Feb 22, 2025