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Random Album of the Day #127 – Sunday, September 20, 2026

Posted by jayne k on September 20, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Out of Time from R.E.M.. Well it’s R.E.M. so its Alternative Rock or Jangle Pop even.

I am either weird or I have this thing with R.E.M. where I love the obvious songs but the rest kind of bores me. So I find them good but not great I guess. But I like Document a lot so maybe it’s just later R.E.M. that is more hit or miss with me from song to song. Or maybe it is the kind of music that grows on you the more you listen and I don’t listen enough.

Rating: 8.0

Favorite Track(s): “Losing My Religion” is great. “Shiny Happy People” is good. “Belong” and “Half a World Away” are ok. “Me in Honey” I like.

Keep or Trash: Keep but honestly it’s not an obvious keep for me. But there are a couple songs I really like so worth keeping.

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Random Album of the Day #121 – Monday, September 14, 2026

Posted by jayne k on September 14, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Somebody from The Kyle Sowashes. They are basically Indie Rock though RYM lists them as Alternative Rock. The distinction is a fine one anyhow.

Ive been partial to them since I saw them live in Pittsburgh many years ago. They were good live and I bought a couple of albums. I think their sound most likely translates better live than on recording. But the recording is solid enough. But that describes it. It’s not top tier for me.

Their sound is clean. Sometimes almost garage rock but not quite. Very much Indie Rock to me.

Rating: 8.4

Favorite Track(s): “Bloomington, IN” works for me. It’s a bit garage rock. There is a line about the time in Bloomington that makes me laugh because parts of Indiana use Daylight Savings Time and so don’t or at least it used to be that way. Anyhow it was always confusing. “Out Behind the Sun” is solid enough. They deserve credit for making a song about “cholesterol”. “Sheen’s Down” rocks but apparently not about Martin Sheen. Overall I feel it’s a good album.

Keep or Trash: Keep. Solid enough.

I could not find the full album streaming but here is a sampling from the album…

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Random Album of the Day – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Posted by jayne k on August 18, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Numerals from Disco Doom. Disco Doom is considered Noise Pop or Indie Rock. On Rate Your Music it also gets tagged with Experimental Music and Alternative Rock. I’m not sure how experimental this album is though…

I thought I recalled liking this album. But I didn’t particularly care for it until half way through. It’s fine music at the start, just not music that I love. Things get interesting though when it gets louder. I swear I’m not just addicted to loudness. Honestly they are at their best when they engage their amps. Things are ok outside of that but it seems like they save the most interesting riffs and melodies for those moments.

Those are my opinions on it after one listen (the first in years) for what it is worth. It is possible I’m totally misjudging this album so maybe it needs more listens to fully assess. My mood can affect how I receive music so much.

Rating: 7.5

Favorite Track(s): “Rock Yeah” picks things up a bit. But “Love 77” gets better and then “Zonk” even better. “Dead Eye” is solid too. And “Shannon” is an example of slow excellence. I genuinely like “Rice & Bones”.

Keep or Trash: Keep. For now. It’s borderline honestly but we do have on vinyl so I figure give it more listens and see if my wife likes it more than I do. But if she doesn’t love it I may unload both the digital and vinyl.

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Random Album of the Day -Saturday, July 11, 2026

Posted by jayne k on July 11, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is the Violent Femmes Self-titled Album. Of course this is a well known classic. So much obscure stuff comes up on the Random Album of the Day it throws me off when its something this well known.

There isn’t much that needs to be said about this album. It is a classic album and it’s very good.

Rating: 10

Favorite Track(s): “Blister in the Sun” is of course a classic. “Add It Up”. “Please Do Not Go”. “Prove my love”. “To the kill”. etc… Too many good songs,

Keep or Trash: Keep. I love this unsurprisingly.

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Random Album of the Day – Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Posted by jayne k on June 24, 2026
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Today’s Random Album of the Day is Novelty from Jawbox. I honestly never listen to this but there is no particular reason. This album is considered post-hardcore or alternative rock.

This is solid music. Some nifty guitar riffs in this. Occasionally hard hitting, sometimes inventive instrumentation, and overall good music. Not every song was great, but I liked it overall.

Rating: 8.8

Favorite Track(s): Cutoff, Static

Keep or Trash: Keep. Definitely worth keeping.

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