Listening Log Past - Volume 80

What's a Listening Log? Well, the idea is quite simple. It's a monthly segment that consolidates all the mini-reviews Dozens Of Donuts has given on RateYourMusic over the past month (excluding separate, full-length reviews), split between the Past and Present. A straightforward grading scale has been put in place, ranging from A+ to F-, with C acting as the baseline average. There is no set amount of reviews per month, just however many I get around to reviewing. Enjoy! 

April's Full-Length Reviews

King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader

DJ Seinfeld - Time Spent Away From U

Jockstrap - Wicked City

Blur - 13

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Stina Nordenstam
Dynamite
1996 | Singer/Songwriter | Listen

| Stalked Down The Street By A Looming Shadow |

Choice Cut ... 'Little Star'

For Fans Of ... pixie frailty, menacing undertones, distressing Trip Hop

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Bruno Pernadas
Worst Summer Ever
2016 | Jazz Fusion | Listen

| Concierge Service At An Upscale Resort |

Choice Cut ... 'Love Vs. Love'

For Fans Of ... rousing shindigs, affluent port cities, tantalized Jazz Fusion

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Black Dresses
Peaceful As Hell
2020 | Electro-Industrial | Listen

| Scene Kids Growing Out Of Their Skin |

Choice Cut ... 'BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP'

For Fans Of ... angsty teens, industrialized Hyperpop, Death Grips for bronies

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Legendary Pink Dots
Hallway Of The Gods
1997 | Psychedelic Rock | Listen

| Starbound For Alien Colonies, Immolation Imminent |

Choice Cut ... 'All Sides'

For Fans Of ... creepy crawlies, sacrificial cults, space-faring drug overdoses

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Dean Blunt
Black Metal
2014 | Hypnagogic Pop | Listen

| Destitute Streetwalkers On A Stormy Night |

Choice Cut ... 'X'

For Fans Of ... Yves Tumor's foundation, squalid seduction, corner hookers

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泰合志恒
神秘的情人
2015 | Dreampunk | Listen

| Coexisting On The Great Barrier Reef |

Choice Cut ... '没有你'

For Fans Of ... deprecating value, waves of foam, loops at heaven's gate

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J.J. Cale
Naturally
1971 | Blues Rock | Listen

| Sipping Whiskey Alongside Man's Best Friend |

Choice Cut ... 'After Midnight'

For Fans Of ... rocking chair acoustics, simple living, Mac DeMarco's grandfather

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山下達郎
Pacific
1978 | City Pop | Listen

| Sloshing In Waves, Tan Turning To Burn |

Choice Cut ... 'Coral Reef'

For Fans Of ... reef diving, lounging idealism, living under the pier

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Legendary Pink Dots
All The King's Horses
2002 | Psychedelic Rock | Listen

| Locked In A Castle's Crumbling Athenaeum |

Choice Cut ... 'The Way I Feel Today'

For Fans Of ... derelict castles, old man folklore, winding paths to nowhere

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山下達郎
Ride On Time
1980 | City Pop | Listen

| Vivid Nights Under Neon Lights |

Choice Cut ... 'Ride On Time'

For Fans Of ... window shopping, schmaltzy disco bops, inadequate B-sides

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Nmesh
Dream Sequins®
2014 | Vaporwave | Listen

| Inside The Internet's Utopian Mall |

Choice Cut ... 'Kξξp/////This/////'

For Fans Of ... self-mockery, stacked TV's as window dressing, shopping hell

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Tim Buckley
Happy Sad
1969 | Singer/Songwriter | Listen

| Picnic For One, Lovebirds All Around |

Choice Cut ... 'Buzzin' Fly'

For Fans Of ... that longing gaze, love just out of reach, budding acoustics

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