Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Age of Vulture Culture
At some moments it sounded like they had a 16-bit limitation rather than being an orchestra (they are an orchestra right?), but I liked the cumbia/ska mix! It's weird, I really liked a bunch of elements on their own, but not that much mixed together.
Score: 6.5 out of 10
Inchiuvatu - Matri Addulurata
Legitimately scared.
Score: 1 out of 10
Foals - Inhaler
I thought it was pretty boring until the chorus, loved the guitar of that section in particular. And the ending! I think that the thing that bored me was the lead singer now that I think of it.
Score: 5.5 out of 10
October Project - Bury My Lovely
What a captivating voice. I don't know if it's doing something for me, but I like the chord progression, very creative.
Score: 6 out of 10
Miranda! - Mentía
Not a big fan of pop music myself, but I always loved what this fellas did back in the 00's 'cause they went against everything in a very rock influenced country like Argentina. I'm actually bringing them here because they made a bunch of remakes of their older songs in a new album, "Hotel Miranda!", and I highly suggest giving that album a try. They reinvented themselves adequately making collabs with the most trendy latin singers of today, mixing the new generation style with their own. I wanted to bring the new version of "Uno Los Dos" with Emilia Mernes, but that song's lyrics are the best part of it and I know that the language barrier can be a hassle.
Score: Pop out of 10
The Callous Daoboys - What Is Delicious? Who Swarms?
I wanted to hate it but I couldn't, the video made a lot for me to let it in. Is this my heavy metal gateway drug?
Score: 4 out of 10
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - Caution: Dangerous Curves Ahead
Song Contest: where half the songs submitted start with someone shouting into your ear. Other than that, the instruments' arrangement is quite good, this would have been a great song without all the shouting.
Score: 4.5 out of 10
David Poore - Springwatch Theme
Nice tune. I liked the melodicity of the two guitars just before the fiddles came in.
Score: 6 out of 10
Parius - Dimension Y
Unremarkable for me, maybe because the bass at the begining raised the bar and then didn't deliver. It's a nice a song.
Score: 5.5 out of 10
Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
Yeah metal fatigue was exactly what I was feeling before listening to this song. Loved everything about it, the combination between jazz and prog rock here is so well executed thanks to a really talented drummer. This is what I'm here for. The only reason why I'm not going to go listen more of this guy is because I see a Bob Dylan song incoming.
Score: 10 out of 10
Edit: I listened Eliodon, one of his compilation albums, and had to read a little more about this guy 'cause it was so mesmerizing. I now realize that my first impression about him was justified: dude's a musical prodigy.
Caroline Polachek - Pretty In Possible
I was thinking "I'm really disappointed 'cause she seems to have a good voice and it feels like she's holding herself back" and she IMMEDIATELY went all sopranoy in that 1 minute mark section. It's like Alanis Morisette and Imogen Heap had a baby and she got the best part of their genes mashed together.
Score: 8.5 out of 10
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
Hello Bob. Just imagine how would it feel to think even for a second "is this about me?" lol this is as good as it gets if we're talking about diss tracks
Score: 9,5 out of 10
Note: I'm not giving this a 10 out of 10 'cause I already knew the song, but assume that it's a 10 out of 10 for me. This song is brutal coming from a lyrical beast like Dylan, and it contrasts so well with his usual poetic writing; this one is as straightforward as it comes, like a furious letter trying to avoid any double interpretation. With these kind of songs, Dylan showcased to everyone that you could write about ANYTHING in your songs, something that influenced many songwriters during that time (cheers to you, Lennon). The only detail I could say about this song is that it's too similar to Like a Rolling Stone, both in structure and musically speaking. Is that a bad thing?
Holly Humberstone - Falling Asleep at the Wheel
I appreciate what she tried to accomplish but it's not doing it for me. It's still good, nonetheless
Score: 7 out of 10
Khai Dreams - Rats
I don't have much to say about this one. It's not bad, but I don't like it.
Score: 5 out of 10
Polish-Lituanian Commonwealth
Buck-Tick - Die
Soporific, but in a good way. I entered a trance while listening this song and when I "woke up" it felt good.
Score: 8 out of 10
