ill peach – DANDELION

the song has a very "underground music" feeling, especially with the electrical sounds laid out in the background, and the motif surround the prechorus, with the melody sliding up (ba da, da, da da!). The "thorn right in my side" is interesting contrast with the smile or love, which is quite curious. Not bad at …

Madcon – Don’t Worry

Funky and reasonably cool, the song manages to do pretty fine with enough "interruptions" so the chorus doesn't get too sickening overall. (C+)

Jericho Rose | S-Class

though obscure, the song is merely fine instead of breaching past A and into the so called " S class". (B-)

Random matchup: Ulaanbaatar at Night (Tan Wei Wei) vs drivers license (Olivia)

The other day I was comparing the critically acclaimed song by Olivia to my shuffle winners. I couldn't really find much commonality... beyond this interesting Chinese song. On the surface, they couldn't be any more different, especially with almost Mongolian style ballad compared to Olivia's pop song. However, they share much more in common. Firstly, …

Olivia rodrigo – drivers license

With an engine hum background, a car beep creative opening, not to mention a powerful ”bridge chorus”, olivia delivers a passionate and well sung song — though subtleties such as the ”taunting tune” mentioned by others or the unfinished final chord are lost on me. (A-)

Bang a Gong (Get It On) by T.Rex

One of the songs with the best winning landslide in rate your music, get it on is a reasonable blues-style song. However, I feel it's mostly due to the other songs' lack of quality compared to T. Rex. (B)

Herman Gjeitanger – One Like Putin

Could've sworn I reviewed this one. Anyways, it was a somewhat cool song before (despite the four chord progression), but is horribly outdated now. My condolences to Ukraine. (C)

Rasmussen – Higher Ground

Though simple, the warrior theme is not bad at all, and the hook "freeze the arrow in the air" is very unique. I applaud the group for efforts. (B)

Ruth B. – Dandelions

soft spoken and making you long for someone, Ruth gives a very sweet song overall. (B+)

Imagine Dragons – Bones

A catchy cool minor-key pop tune, Dragons surprises me with a remarkably fresh idea. Good work! (B+)