Still looking for an image. Better first half of the list this week.
Every week Apple Music makes a New Music Mix for users. Each week I will make off the cuff “reviews” of the songs the algorithm “thinks” I will like. I can manipulate this list much easier than the friends list by what I listen to. That being said it loves feeding me Black and Death Metal which for the most part isn’t my thing.
Jack White “What’s the Rumpus?” While not a pastiche of himself it’s close. It’s listenable but unremarkable. Listened to it all.
Dinosaur Jr “Whenever Your Ready” The AC/DC or Slayer of 80s indie rock? Quality reproductions of past glory that don’t get near the heights of the classics. Listened to all of it.
Guided By Voices “Serine King” I wish Apple Music would stop feeding me GBV. This song is pretty good but I have all I need. Listened to all of it.
Loma “Pink Sky” Slinky slightly creepy and laid back. Kind of like Blonde Redhead with more 60s French pop thrown in. Listened to and bought the album, more of a US Broadcast. Listened to all of it.
Water From Your Eyes “Tired of Being Alone” First clunker of the week, modern indie rock aping the 70s California thing fronted by a woman that can’t sing. 36 seconds.
J.R.C.G. “Dogear” Beak> meets Girls Against Boys. Not sure what I think, need to revisit. Listened to the entire album and bought it. Great stuff, unique. Listened to it all.
1349 “The God Devourer” Long time tradition Black Metal vets, it’s fine but not good enough to buy. Listened to it all.
Ripped to Shreds “Perverting the Funeral Rights…” Things I hate about modern metal is that it’s so mechanical and artificial sounding. Death/Grind Grind/Death. 44 seconds.
Nachtmystium “Predator Phoenix” Dull black n roll. 42 seconds.
Loudblast “From Beyond II (The Return)” The music I like, kind of a melodic metallic hardcore, the vocals are that over the top how low can I go growling crap. Listened to it all.
Fulci “Human Scalp” More of the low growling vocals, this time over paint by numbers death metal. 32 seconds.
Mayhemic “Triumph Portrit” Sometime I think metal has completely run out of ideas. 50 seconds.
Dark Angel “The Shadows” The electronic music taking a known band name to cash in. Apple needs to fix this. 22 seconds.
Ceremony of Silence “King of the Mountain” A rip off of early Mastodon but a bit more Death Metal. 55 seconds.
Aeternus “Fire Pendulum” This seems to be a former metal band doing awful EDM. 26 seconds.
Holocausto “Seres Inertes” Kind of entertaining retro thrash. Listened to all of it.
Black Lava “Colour of Death” It’s got to be a drum machine Black metal. Listened to 2 minutes and three seconds.
Swervedriver “Butterfly” Left overs from 99th Dream, probably better than anything that made the record. Listened to all of it.
Swami John Reis “Ketchup, Mustard, and Relish” I want to love this, but I heard this hundreds of time from John Reis. Well done but not needed. Listened to all of it.
X “Ruby Church” X with all the edges sanded down. 1:00.
Ron Keel “Hollywood” Excruciating pop metal country cross over. 27 seconds.
Sacri Monti “Desirable Sequel” I was intrigued by the song, then it started for real. 1:09.
Stratovarious “Heroes” i was hopeing for a power metal cover of Bowie’s “Heroes” for a good laugh. No such luck. 1:32.
dirt “Wreckage” Metal is dead. 23 seconds.
Radon “Azufee” Not sure what this is supposed to be but it’s terrible. 46 seconds.