This means WARR
No, not war, as in "we're going to send U.S. troops to occupy a third-world country." I'm talking about WARR, or Wilson and Alroy's Record Reviews. It's a great music site that I've been enjoying over the past couple weeks.
Basically, Wilson and Alroy are a couple dudes in their late thirties who really like music. So they've set about to review a few hundred (thousand?) albums. They have strong opinions, which I like, even if I don't agree with them.
The best things about the site:
- For the most part, they try to review an artist's complete catalogue. So if you want to know what the key Rolling Stones albums are, you can figure it out.
- They are largely immune to hype, and aren't afraid to call out artists who they think are overrated, regardless of the brilliance generally attributed to that artist.
- The reviews are thoughtful, and really have a sound musical basis. (In fact, I kind of get lost in some of their musical discussions.) In addition, they have a broad knowledge of early rock and the music that led to rock (blues, etc), so they can call out artists who imitated more than they innovated.
- All the reviews are written by the same two guys (they each write their own reviews). You get two perspectives, but it's two consistent perspectives, rather than reading the opinion of whatever random Entertainment Weekly staffer was assigned to review Santana that week.
The drawbacks:
- The reviews are rather short, and often don't contain as much explanation of the opinions as I'd like.
- They focus more on old stuff and don't have as much content on more contemporary selections.
However, I highly recommend this as a resource for learning about classic rock and picking which albums you should buy.
Basically, Wilson and Alroy are a couple dudes in their late thirties who really like music. So they've set about to review a few hundred (thousand?) albums. They have strong opinions, which I like, even if I don't agree with them.
The best things about the site:
- For the most part, they try to review an artist's complete catalogue. So if you want to know what the key Rolling Stones albums are, you can figure it out.
- They are largely immune to hype, and aren't afraid to call out artists who they think are overrated, regardless of the brilliance generally attributed to that artist.
- The reviews are thoughtful, and really have a sound musical basis. (In fact, I kind of get lost in some of their musical discussions.) In addition, they have a broad knowledge of early rock and the music that led to rock (blues, etc), so they can call out artists who imitated more than they innovated.
- All the reviews are written by the same two guys (they each write their own reviews). You get two perspectives, but it's two consistent perspectives, rather than reading the opinion of whatever random Entertainment Weekly staffer was assigned to review Santana that week.
The drawbacks:
- The reviews are rather short, and often don't contain as much explanation of the opinions as I'd like.
- They focus more on old stuff and don't have as much content on more contemporary selections.
However, I highly recommend this as a resource for learning about classic rock and picking which albums you should buy.
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