Category: Fun!
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Yumi Arai – “Cobalt Hour” review
Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ The stars have aligned once again; I am feeling capricious, hence I skipped my prose class today (being an English major… MORE!
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Ruth Ruth – “Laughing Gallery” review
Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ It must’ve been July 2023 when I found this CD in the bargain bin of a hole-in-the-wall second-hand record store (that… MORE!
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Marina – “The Family Jewels” review
Final verdict: 9/10 ★★★★⋆˙⟡ Marina has long been one of my favorite artists – through the holy trinity that is her first few albums (the… MORE!
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They Might Be Giants – “John Henry” review
Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ At first I was afraid, I was petrified. Although by the time I got to this album, I’d been only barely… MORE!
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Alacie Tullaugaq & Lucy Amarualik – “Katutjatut” review
Final verdict: 7/10 ★★★⋆˙⟡☆ One thing going over most of these fellow reviewers’ heads is the following; you need to go into listening to a project like… MORE!
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Seiko Matsuda – “Squall” review
Final verdict: 10/10 ★★★★★ Here’s the thing with Seiko Matsuda – I love her beyond imagination and I am actually obsessed with her. I mean,… MORE!
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Haruomi Hosono – “Philharmony” review
Final verdict: 6/10 ★★★☆☆ “Philharmony” is just a weird ass sampling experiment, with a couple of poppier songs thrown in there for good measure. To… MORE!
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Akiko Yano – “ただいま.” review
Final verdict: 9/10 ★★★★⋆˙⟡ Sometime last year, I figured I’d give Akiko Yano a try, and this album specifically was recommended to me – it… MORE!
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Akiko Yano – “ごはんができたよ” review
Final verdict: 10/10 ★★★★★ Could it be, we finally found a double album that’s so great, it actually justifies every single minute of its runtime?… MORE!








