TalonsOfFire
Benjamin Kuettel
Emeritus

Reviews 107
Approval 96%

Soundoffs 127
News Articles 30
Band Edits + Tags 62
Album Edits 78

Album Ratings 3493
Objectivity 66%

Last Active 01-12-23 5:14 pm
Joined 08-27-12

Review Comments 20,969

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01.15.19 50th Anniversary of King Crimson 12.20.18 Top 25 Records of 2018
12.19.17 Talons' 2017 Favorites 09.13.17 Top 100 albums since - 2000 - Ratings f
08.26.17 Talons' 5 Year Sputversary 03.30.17 Concerts I've Attended
12.08.16 Talons' 2016 Favorites 02.08.16 Snow day jams
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Recent CD Purchases/Last.fm Scrobble/Computer help

I found some gems in an old record store in Gloucester, MA in Cape Ann called Mystery Train during a day trip with my family. I tried checking out a few sput essentials, hopefully they'll click for me. Also if anyone knows about last.fm, I reformatted my hard drive for my Mac and it's no longer scrobbling for my iPhone. Spotify (free) has also been acting up for me, it won't play anymore even though songs will show the green bar. I recently had to reinstall and update the apps on computer and iPhone, they all went fine but might be causing this. Anyone who's had these problems know of any solutions? Shoutbox me or comment any responses, thanks.
1Glassjaw
Worship and Tribute


I was immediately struck by the album art, it basically simulates a turntable with a record in a clever way. I'm excited to try this one, not big on hardcore but I'm pretty sure this is considered one of the best of the genre.
2Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven


One of my favorite recent discoveries, obviously due to this site. I was very pleasantly surprised to find this one and am excited to finally own it, as versions of this to download are very hard to come by.
3Interpol
Turn on the Bright Lights


One of my favorite indie/post-punk albums, this was essential.
4Interpol
Antics


Not quite as good as the debut but still very solid, couldn't pass it up.
5Isis
Panopticon


Happy to stumble on this one, the album art is beautiful and can be folded out to uncover an expanded bird's eye view of a landscape. There are a few philosophical quotes within. I also found a Not in Rivers, But in Drops single which included remixes, and a very cool album cover that I can't even describe.
6Jimmy Eat World
Futures


Haven't heard much of this, but liked it and realized that there was another side to this band not in their pop hits played on the radio.
7Lush
Spooky


There were 5-10 Lush albums in the L section, which was surprising as I had thought they were a pretty rare band.
8Minus the Bear
Highly Refined Pirates


My rip of this was corrupted, so lucky find.
9My Morning Jacket
Z


Lay Low is the best song ever.
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