Spain – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: This is pretty neat, if a bit overlong (B+)
Moldova – The Dear Hunter: Just not that interesting. (B-)
Finland – Vixx: Fine, but not great. (B)
Burkina Faso – Mass Gothic: Dullllllllllllllllll (B-)
Guyana – Unknown Error: Fine but overly repetitive (B)
Iceland – David Maxim Micic: This was good, not great. (B)
Hungary – Leander Rising: This. This is sick. AW SHIT AND THEN IT RUINS IT WITH THE SCREAMING ugh. IT WAS SO GOOD UNTIL THAT. (B)
Central African Republic: I have heard this song a bajillion times. (C)
Portugal – Jaga Jazzist: I might actually be in love with this? (A)
Latvia – Aesthetic Perfection: This is pretty excellent. I dig it. (A)
Netherlands – Brown Bird: Oh my god. Give me more of this forever. (A)
Suriname – Judah & The Lion: this is also quite good (A-)
Bhutan – World Order: This was pretty decent. (B+)
Cote d'Ivoire - Nano: VERY ANIMU (B+)
Mali – Laura Marling: ehhhhhh (B-)
USA – Sokoninaru: This is fine, but not special (B)
Greece – Bitter:sweet: Fine, but not terribly interesting (B)
Belarus – David Housden: This sure is a soundtrack. It's fine for what it is. Not great for just listening without context. (B)
India – Gal Costa: This is fine I guess? Just old (or old-sounding) and not awesome enough to make up for that. (B)
Sri Lanka – Whyte Horses: Eh. Trying a bit hard, IMO. (B)
New Zealand – Tha Los: This feels very generic. Not interesting. (B-)
Gabon – Ruth B: This is pretty good. (B+)
Mexico – Last Dinosaurs: Not that unique or original, but pretty good for what it is (B+)
Chad – I See Stars: Screaming. Blergh. The vocals on this track are made of things I hate. (C)
