shazwagon
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Album Ratings 110
Objectivity 58%

Last Active 09-20-09 2:55 pm
Joined 09-20-09

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Average Rating: 3.93
Rating Variance: 0.34
Objectivity Score: 58%
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5.0 classic
Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas
I would have given in "Excellent" but consider this an attempt to counter that "1" rating.
Radiohead Kid A
Radiohead OK Computer
Tom Waits Rain Dogs
Yo La Tengo And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside...

4.5 superb
Asobi Seksu Fluorescence
Battles Mirrored
Bear in Heaven Beast Rest Forth Mouth
Bjork Homogenic
Bjork Selmasongs
Broadcast Haha Sound
She passed away today... Such a sad, fucking news. R.I.P Trish Keenan.
Cocteau Twins Treasure
Crystal Castles Crystal Castles II
Deerhunter Halcyon Digest
Destroyer Destroyer's Rubies
Destroyer Kaputt
Gang Gang Dance Eye Contact
First Tune-Yards and now this...

I mean...just...WOW!
Julian Lynch Mare
Meursault All Creatures Will Make Merry
One of the most unique albums I've heard this year. Whoever reads this must check it out.
My Morning Jacket It Still Moves
Radiohead Amnesiac
Radiohead Hail to the Thief
Radiohead In Rainbows
Radiohead The King of Limbs
Ramona Falls Intuit
Refreshing, unpredictable, lush yet sparse....I am absolutely loving this album!
Raphael Saadiq Stone Rollin'
SBTRKT SBTRKT
Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Sufjan Stevens The Age of Adz
The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends
The National High Violet
Times New Viking Born Again Revisited
A great discovery for me last year. Someone should review this, like, NOW!
tUnE-yArDs w h o k i l l
Yellow Swans Going Places
Yo La Tengo I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

4.0 excellent
Active Child Curtis Lane
Absolutely brilliant! I can't recommend this enough.
Air France No Way Down
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today
Balam Acab Wander/Wonder
Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot
Bjork Post
Bjork Debut
Bjork Biophilia
Broadcast Tender Buttons
She passed away today... Such a sad, fucking news. R.I.P Trish Keenan.
Broken Social Scene Forgiveness Rock Record
Cass McCombs Wit's End
Craft Spells Idle Labor
Destroyer Archer on the Beach
Dum Dum Girls I Will Be
The rating is only on the first listen. I more likely to increase it!
Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
Grouper A I A
John Maus We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
Lykke Li Wounded Rhymes
Memory Tapes Player Piano
I, for one, quiet agree with The Tao. Great tunes too!
Minks By The Hedge
Mogwai Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Nicolas Jaar Space Is Only Noise
Owen Pallett Heartland
Parts and Labor Constant Future
This is the first time I've heard this band I am really, really liking this album.
PJ Harvey Let England Shake
Spiritualized The Complete Works Volume One
St. Vincent Strange Mercy
Sun Airway Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier
The Clientele Suburban Light
The Decemberists The King Is Dead
The Flaming Lips Embryonic
The Weeknd House of Balloons
Twin Shadow Forget
A recent listen reveals that this is an even better album than I credited it for.
Weekend Sports
Wild Nothing Gemini
Wolf Parade Expo 86
Yellow Swans At All Ends

3.5 great
Architecture In Helsinki Moment Bends
Asobi Seksu Citrus
Bibio Mind Bokeh
Broken Social Scene Lo-Fi for the Dividing Nights
Built to Spill Ancient Melodies of the Future
Deerhoof Deerhoof vs. Evil
Dntel Life is Full of Possibilities
Gold Panda Lucky Shiner
Gonjasufi A Sufi and a Killer
This is just on first listen. I might increase it later.
Holy Ghost! Holy Ghost!
Lykke Li Youth Novels
Matthew Dear Black City
Orbital Wonky
Scritti Politti White Bread Black Beer
The Dodos No Color
The Joy Formidable The Big Roar
The Radio Dept. Pet Grief
The Radio Dept. Clinging to a Scheme
The Soft Moon The Soft Moon
Toro Y Moi Causers of This
TV on the Radio Nine Types of Light
Some of it is, no doubt, great! But some of it is...I don't know...unsatisfying?
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Unknown Mortal Orchestra EP
Yo La Tengo Painful
Yo La Tengo Popular Songs

3.0 good
Battles Gloss Drop
I've just heard it once and it hasn't grabbed me much. I 'll listen to this a few more times before rating it. I HOPE I like it more than Mirrored.
Bjork Volta
Bright Eyes The People's Key
Chrome Hoof Crush Depth
Foals Total Life Forever
M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
At least, that's what it sounds like first time around. Too simplistic with some great moments. Of course, being a double album it deserves more careful listens.
The Morning Benders Big Echo
Okay, I am forced to change the rating. But still, for me, this is just pleasant music and nothing more yet.
TR/ST TRST

2.5 average
Beady Eye Different Gear, Still Speeding
Dead Letter Circus This Is The Warning
Panda Bear Tomboy
Can't connect to this record AT ALL.rTo me it comes across as strained, self-conscious, repetitive and empty.
Times New Viking Dancer Equired
Tyler, the Creator Goblin
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