Listening Log Past - Volume 82

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! 

June's Full-Length Reviews

Charli XCX - Pop 2

Technical Space Composer's Crew - Canaxis 5

Candy Claws - Two Airships / Exploder Falls

Flipper's Guitar - Doctor Head's World Tower

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Morphine
Cure For Pain
1993 | Jazz Rock | Listen

| Heartbreak In The Heartland |

Choice Cut ... 'Cure For Pain'

For Fans Of ... saxophone farts, trailer park drama, subsisting on drugs

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of Montreal
Paralytic Stalks
2012 | Neo-Psychedelia | Listen

| Doused In Gluttony, An Artist Combusts |

Choice Cut ... 'Spiteful Intervention'

For Fans Of ... exhausting theatre performances, self-indulgence, chromatic chaos

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Wolf Alice
Visions Of A Life
2017 | Indie Rock | Listen

| Attracting Love With That Formidable Cool |

Choice Cut ... 'Don't Delete The Kisses'

For Fans Of ... fierce femininity, modest eclecticism, instant enjoyment

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Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges
Clube Da Esquina
1972 | MPB | Listen

| Marketplace Incense Carried By An Ocean Breeze |

Choice Cut ... 'Tudo O Que Você Podia Ser'

For Fans Of ... toes in the sand, beauty in the struggle, lush acoustics

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Beach Boys
Surf's Up
1971 | Pop Rock | Listen

| Feeling The Plight Of Age, Becoming One With Nature |

Choice Cut ... 'Long Promised Road'

For Fans Of ... vocal harmonies, sunburns, conflicting political viewpoints

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Chad VanGaalen
Skelliconnection
2006 | Indie Pop | Listen

| Moonstruck By The Thought Of Settling Down |

Choice Cut ... 'Burn 2 Ash'

For Fans Of ... homesick woes, campfire acoustics, child-at-heart

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Sodastream
A Minor Revival
2003 | Chamber Pop | Listen

| Movie Montage Magic Set To Life's Crises |

Choice Cut ... 'Out'

For Fans Of ... downtrodden Belle & Sebastian, suburban woes, the occasional spunk

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Alessandro Alessandroni
Ritmo dell'industria n°2
1969 | Library Music | Listen

| Playing Tag In-Between Library Aisles |

Choice Cut ... 'Dialogando'

For Fans Of ... combustible rackets, hyperactive children, falling pianos

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Your Old Droog
Packs
2017 | East Coast Hip-Hop | Listen

| Embellishing The Day-To-Day Grind |

Choice Cut ... 'You Can Do It! (Give Up)'

For Fans Of ... backpackers, the art of rap, street fealty

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Flipper's Guitar
Three Cheers For Our Side
1989 | Shibuya-Kei | Listen

| Butterflies In A Tizzy In Your Stomach |

Choice Cut ... 'Goodbye, Our Pastels Badges'

For Fans Of ... chivalrous chaps, rowdy acoustics, summer love

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Crass
Penis Envy
1981 | Anarcho-Punk | Listen

| Disorienting Punk In The Urban Jungle |

Choice Cut ... 'Where Next Columbus'

For Fans Of ... anarchistic feminists, satirical lyrics, femme fatales

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