Jim Guthrie & JJ Ipsen - The Light in Us All
This reminds me of every single indie folk song that I have listened and criticized for being all the same. Oh here come the claps even. I'm laughing 'cause this is exactly what I imagine I would compose if someone asked me "do an indie song", it's almost like it's made ironically. I want to believe it was made ironically, 'cause that would make it a masterpiece. I'll rate it a little higher just for that being the case (and just to be clear, it's not a bad song! Indie music is not bad, it's just a little boring to me 'cause it all sounds the same).
Score: 5 out of 10
Porpoise Spit - Mary
This one could be in an early 00's movie and it would slap. Like, I don't know, Bring It On with Kirsten Dunst, right? Very generic too, but the vocalist is actually bringing something freshening to the mix. I like it!
Score: 7.5 out of 10
Holy Holy - Believe Anything
Three quarters into the song and it gets really really good. Nice production. I'm getting the same vibes I get from other more mainstream bands like Black Keys or Tame Impala. I'm glad I had to listen to this entirely 'cause I would've skipped it otherwise, the first half was kinda boring.
Score: 7.1 out of 10
The Kinzie Affair - No Means No Mister
Wow this was fun, I don't know if it was becaue my expectations were really low because of the name of the song (in which I was expecting some kind of "clever" lyrics song), but I don't think that's the case; this is pretty fun by itself, a lot of twists in a song that's not prog itself by definition.
Score: 7 out of 10
Haley Heynderickx - Oom Sha La La
Lovely mantra. This is great, nothing else to say.
Score: 8.5 out of 10
Snail's House - Christmas of a Wandering Ghost
I'm listening everything at the office so I'm not watching the videos, but I glanced over this one and had to keep watching. Fuck this is so good! The drums at some point get so mesmerizing, like a christmas marching tune. What a ride.
Score: 9 out of 10
The Flying Stars of Brooklyn NY - My God Has a Telephone
I didn't have something that I trully wanted to bring to the table this time, but I discovered this song this year and Spotify reminded me that I listened to it a lot, so yeah, I hope you like it as much as I did! It's chill, so I listened a lot while working with big databases I think.
Score: Chill out of 10
Pet Lizard - Fixed Gear
Not bad! But not for me. At least they tried a thing with the beat section
Score: 4.5 out of 10
Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard
The variations between sections are too subtle which makes it a little repetitive, but this is me being peeky with my criticism just to justify not calling it 'perfect', but it's very close to perfection from my point of view. What a tune, golly.
Score: 9.5 out of 10
Faramarz Aslani - Shab
Good one, pretty well executed, the bass is subtle but elevates everything else. I'm having trouble now with the scoring 'cause I'm liking too much every song.
Score: 8 out of 10
Quelle Chris - Obamacare
Oh finally, a song I actually dislike.
Score: 2 out of 10
Ic3peak - Грустная Сука
I can't put it into words, but this has something that I actually like. It's difficult to digest for sure, and if I had something bad to say about this is actually the distorted bass, which is weird because of everything else going on with this song. I love how eerie this is.
Score: 6.5 out of 10
