Trollheart Listens to Every Album on Wiki's List for 2017

Trollheart · 02-18-2018, 10:42 AM

Album title: T-Wayne
Artist: T-Pain/Lil Wayne
Genre: Hip-hop
Nationality: American
Release date: May 18
Position in Discography: First collab
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No but heard of both
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.77
Oddly enough, hard, then impossible to find on Spotify. Nothing under T-Pain, nothing under Lil Wayne, and just to make life more difficult, there's already a rapper called T-Wayne! Finally found it on YouTube. A collaboration between the two rappers, a short mixtape of, again, eight songs, and the second one samples “The Oompa-Loompa Song” from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. ****ing hilarious! “Snap Ya Fangas” is good too, and the final song samples “American Pie” - well, not so much samples it as they use the lyric. Yeah, generally, other than the novelty factor of “Listen to Me”, this doesn't do a lot for me.

Check out more from this artist? No
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Actual Rating:

Trollheart · 02-18-2018, 11:39 AM

Album title: Shake the Shudder
Artist: !!!
Genre: Dance-Punk/Funktronica/Alt Dance
Nationality: American
Release date: May 19
Position in Discography: Seventh
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.88
Sound like Scissor Sisters to me. Dancy and fun I guess; “Wat R U Up 2Day?” features a very annoying sample of some kid singing, but the chorus singing on “Throttle Service” is quite good. Overall not terribly interested though. Not worth one exclamation mark, never mind three.

Check out more from this artist? Nah
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Probably not

Actual Rating:

Trollheart · 02-18-2018, 02:11 PM

Album title: Party
Artist: Aldous Harding
Genre: Folk/Pop
Nationality: New Zealander
Release date: May 19
Position in Discography: Second
Estimated Rating:

Have I heard of this artist? No
Have I heard anything by this artist? No
Average RYM Score: 3.30
Nice blend of kind of gentle pop and folk music, and she has a good voice. Mind you, in the second song she goes a bit wild and her voice sounds like it's almost cracking. Lovely chorus on the title track. Mostly minimal music, the album rides on Harding's strong and powerful and yet at times very low-key voice. A very pleasant album, never gets really above the level of ballads in terms of tempo, but a very good one to relax to I would think. Impressive.

Check out more from this artist? Yes
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Actual Rating:

Trollheart · 02-18-2018, 08:26 PM

Album title: In the Rude!
Artist: The Basics
Genre: Rock
Nationality: Australian
Release date: May 19
Position in Discography: Third live album; seventh overall
Estimated Rating:

Have I heard of this artist? No
Have I heard anything by this artist? No
Average RYM Score: N/A
Pretty basic (sorry) rock; “So Hard For You” is pretty catchy, “Bitten By the Bug” has a semi-reggae feel to it, and there's a good uptempo rocker in “With this Ship”. Not sure whether it's set up or not, but they seem to, during one of the encores, request suggestions from the audience for songs, and the one that's picked, “Home Again” is actually really good. Funny, too, when they keep making a mess of the intro to the last song. Again, I don't know if that's part of the act, but it is quite amusing. Overall though, a decent album but I wouldn't go mad about it or anything.

Check out more from this artist? Might
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Actual Rating:

Trollheart · 02-19-2018, 09:42 AM

Album title: Stop Talking
Artist: Chris Price
Genre: Indie Pop
Nationality: American
Release date: May 19
Position in Discography: Second
Estimated Rating:

Have I heard of this artist? No
Have I heard anything by this artist? No
Average RYM Score: 3.63
Hey, this is very nice. I like it from the first track, but it really comes into its own on the third, the wistful “Pulling Teeth”, which has a very sixties S&G feel to it in ways. Kind of a Supertramp idea mixed in with a shot of Billy Joel then to “Man Down”, and given the relaxed and gentle nature of everything up to then, it's something of a shock when “Algebra in the Sky” rocks everything with a boppy uptempo song. Still relatively uptempo, “Sigh” is a cross between Dan Fogelberg and ELO, with more of the latter in the slower “Darkness”. Great stuff so far, I must say. Yeah, a really pleasant album. Not going to change anyone's world, I imagine, but really enjoyable.

Check out more from this artist? Yes
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Actual Rating:

Trollheart · 02-19-2018, 11:29 AM

Album title: Stubborn Persistent Illusions
Artist: Do Make Say Think
Genre: Post-rock
Nationality: Canadian
Release date: May 19
Position in Discography: Seventh
Estimated Rating:

Have I heard of this artist? No
Have I heard anything by this artist? No
Average RYM Score: 3.34
Ah shut up! I like my post-rock. Mind you, it's always a little hard to review it. All I can say is it's nice and atmospheric, with some good guitar work, a few dramatic pieces: in all, good background music but you're hardly going to be able to analyse it to any degree.

Check out more from this artist? Yes
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Actual Rating:

**Frownland** · 02-19-2018, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

What does this mean?

The Batlord · 02-19-2018, 11:35 AM

Woo-hoo?

Trollheart · 02-19-2018, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

What does this mean?

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Woo-hoo?

Check the OP ya lazy git. Or if you couldn't be bothered going back that far, check the May index.

The Batlord · 02-19-2018, 01:05 PM

Why would we think to check the OP? You just kind of started using that pic randomly.

02-18-2018, 10:42 AM	#1921 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: T-Wayne Artist: T-Pain/Lil Wayne Genre: Hip-hop Nationality: American Release date: May 18 Position in Discography: First collab Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No but heard of both Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 2.77 Oddly enough, hard, then impossible to find on Spotify. Nothing under T-Pain, nothing under Lil Wayne, and just to make life more difficult, there's already a rapper called T-Wayne! Finally found it on YouTube. A collaboration between the two rappers, a short mixtape of, again, eight songs, and the second one samples “The Oompa-Loompa Song” from Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. **ing hilarious! “Snap Ya Fangas” is good too, and the final song samples “American Pie” - well, not so much samples it as they use the lyric. Yeah, generally, other than the novelty factor of “Listen to Me”, this doesn't do a lot for me. Check out more from this artist? No Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating:** __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-18-2018, 11:39 AM	#1922 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Shake the Shudder Artist: !!! Genre: Dance-Punk/Funktronica/Alt Dance Nationality: American Release date: May 19 Position in Discography: Seventh Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 2.88 Sound like Scissor Sisters to me. Dancy and fun I guess; “Wat R U Up 2Day?” features a very annoying sample of some kid singing, but the chorus singing on “Throttle Service” is quite good. Overall not terribly interested though. Not worth one exclamation mark, never mind three. Check out more from this artist? Nah Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Probably not Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-18-2018, 02:11 PM	#1923 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Party Artist: Aldous Harding Genre: Folk/Pop Nationality: New Zealander Release date: May 19 Position in Discography: Second Estimated Rating: Have I heard of this artist? No Have I heard anything by this artist? No Average RYM Score: 3.30 Nice blend of kind of gentle pop and folk music, and she has a good voice. Mind you, in the second song she goes a bit wild and her voice sounds like it's almost cracking. Lovely chorus on the title track. Mostly minimal music, the album rides on Harding's strong and powerful and yet at times very low-key voice. A very pleasant album, never gets really above the level of ballads in terms of tempo, but a very good one to relax to I would think. Impressive. Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-18-2018, 08:26 PM	#1924 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: In the Rude! Artist: The Basics Genre: Rock Nationality: Australian Release date: May 19 Position in Discography: Third live album; seventh overall Estimated Rating: Have I heard of this artist? No Have I heard anything by this artist? No Average RYM Score: N/A Pretty basic (sorry) rock; “So Hard For You” is pretty catchy, “Bitten By the Bug” has a semi-reggae feel to it, and there's a good uptempo rocker in “With this Ship”. Not sure whether it's set up or not, but they seem to, during one of the encores, request suggestions from the audience for songs, and the one that's picked, “Home Again” is actually really good. Funny, too, when they keep making a mess of the intro to the last song. Again, I don't know if that's part of the act, but it is quite amusing. Overall though, a decent album but I wouldn't go mad about it or anything. Check out more from this artist? Might Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-19-2018, 09:42 AM	#1925 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Stop Talking Artist: Chris Price Genre: Indie Pop Nationality: American Release date: May 19 Position in Discography: Second Estimated Rating: Have I heard of this artist? No Have I heard anything by this artist? No Average RYM Score: 3.63 Hey, this is very nice. I like it from the first track, but it really comes into its own on the third, the wistful “Pulling Teeth”, which has a very sixties S&G feel to it in ways. Kind of a Supertramp idea mixed in with a shot of Billy Joel then to “Man Down”, and given the relaxed and gentle nature of everything up to then, it's something of a shock when “Algebra in the Sky” rocks everything with a boppy uptempo song. Still relatively uptempo, “Sigh” is a cross between Dan Fogelberg and ELO, with more of the latter in the slower “Darkness”. Great stuff so far, I must say. Yeah, a really pleasant album. Not going to change anyone's world, I imagine, but really enjoyable. Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-19-2018, 11:29 AM	#1926 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Stubborn Persistent Illusions Artist: Do Make Say Think Genre: Post-rock Nationality: Canadian Release date: May 19 Position in Discography: Seventh Estimated Rating: Have I heard of this artist? No Have I heard anything by this artist? No Average RYM Score: 3.34 Ah shut up! I like my post-rock. Mind you, it's always a little hard to review it. All I can say is it's nice and atmospheric, with some good guitar work, a few dramatic pieces: in all, good background music but you're hardly going to be able to analyse it to any degree. Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018