Worst to Best Weezer Albums

Weezer have always been a running joke in the music press. A band that had an unbelievable start in the mid-nineties before crashing, trying a more mainstream sound and failing miserable with a sadly accurate period dubbed the decade of decline.

Sure, frontman Rivers Cuomo still sounds like a lovelorn twentysomething fresh off the campus scene over twenty years since the band's debut album and, whilst the band should be applauded for at least trying new things, they're undoubtedly at their strongest when sticking to their formula of killer riffs and nerdy lyrics.

A Few Words on... Animal Collective - Painting With

Whilst Animal Collective's last album did become a grower in the surprising amount of time between it's release and their latest, album ten Painting With sees the band drift further from their experimentation routes to a more formulaic brand of pop (if such a thing was possible with them).

Kanye West - The Life of Pablo Review

Note: This review is for the version of the album available on 28/03/2016. If it's edited even more after this date, I may come back to this review with an update.

In the aftermath of Yeezus, Kanye West's ongoing battle with megalomania took more downward swings. He finally put a ring on Kim Kardashian despite his obvious crush on Beyoncé, he had another kid and gave him a stupid name because of course he would, he jokingly threatened to invade Beck's Grammy award before revealing in an interview afterward that he should have because he didn't respect artistry (yep, that Beck) and so much more that I'm keeping it to this paragraph.

He also kept talking about his new album called Swish like it was going to be the greatest thing in the history of ever.

A Few Words on... Firewatch

Whilst it's easy to blame Telltale's Walking Dead series for reintroducing interactive novels/point and click adventure hybrids to the market, they always delivered an interesting story. So the first release of the first season of that particular franchise as a new studio, along with impressive looking trailers, was enough to make me purchase Firewatch on day one.

Bloc Party - Hymns Review

2012 should have been a second renaissance for Bloc Party. After taking a hiatus and every member going off for a solo career/side project/becoming Ash's touring guitarist, the band re-convened, released a balls-to-the-wall rock album (which I ranked the best album released that year), nearly completed a successful tour and was already planning to release new material quickly after.

A Few Words on... Steven Wilson - 4 ½

Calling Steven Wilson's latest release an album is a disservice to his previous releases. Despite clocking in at just under forty minutes, 4 ½ consists of six tracks and mostly consists of material deemed unsuitable for either The Raven That Refused to Sing, Hand. Cannot. Erase. and a re-recording of Porcupine Tree's Don't Hate Me.

David Bowie - Blackstar Review

We should have seen it coming. It should never have been a surprise.

Back in 2013, David Bowie shocked the music world by daring to release a comeback album. A decent album, let down by it's length and normality. At fourteen tracks, it was a long journey from beginning to end, but it was good nonetheless, not his best comeback but miles better than say, Black Tie White Noise.