albumLive @ HellfestGod Is an Astronaut4.5★Watched the ARTE stream twice before admitting to myself I was never getting to Clisson, so this is as close as I get. Jo Quail's cello is the reason to take this over the studio versions, she fills the space the second guitar usually would…Aug 20
albumB Sides Win Vol. 3 2003-2011Sloan5.0★The joke about Sloan is that their throwaways are built better than most bands' singles, and vol. 3 is where that stops being a joke. Half of it is Action Pact era, the record their own fans still argue about, and Step On It Jean was a 7-in…Aug 6
albumLost Not Forgotten Archives: Live In Tokyo, 2010Dream Theater4.5★Six songs and one of them is twenty-one minutes, so you know what you're in for. The clean stretch in the middle of The Count of Tuscany is the reason I keep coming back, Petrucci quits shredding for two minutes and just lets the arpeggios …Jul 13
albumYamatoSabaton4.5★Way outside what I normally spin. I'm a basement-show twinkly-guitar guy and this is a battleship set to a stadium chorus. Put the Bismarck follow-up on half as a joke and the chorus just got me. It's paint-by-numbers Sabaton, you can watch…Jul 5
