On The Pulse 2021 #8: Porter Robinson, Greta Van Fleet, The Offspring, AJ Tracey - Album Reviews

In this episode of On The Pulse (alternate title: 'Nurture The Space Garden'), 8485 and Porter Robinson find comfort, AJ Tracey brings more forgettable UK hip-hop, Andy Stott and Dinosaur Jr settle into a comfort zone, Spectral Lore returns to his roots, and we get a trio of punk from Drip-Fed, The Armed, and (unfortunately) The Offspring. Also Greta Van Fleet happen. Join my Patreon experiment:   / spectrumpulse   Intro - 0:00 8485 - plague town - Album Review - 6/10 (synthpop / bedroom pop / emo) - 0:30 Best: ‘hanger’, ‘pure’ Worst: ‘southview’ ft. fish narc AJ Tracey - Flu Game - Album Review - 5/10 (UK hip-hop / drill) - 2:20 Best: ‘Dinner Guest’ ft. MoStack, ‘Eurostep’, ‘Anxious’ Worst: ‘Top Dog’ Andy Stott - Never the Right Time - Album Review - 6/10 (deconstructed club / ambient techno) - 4:58 Best: ‘Away not gone’, ‘Never the right time’, ‘When it hits’, ‘Hard to tell’ Worst: ‘The beginning’ Spectral Lore - Ετερόφωτος - Album Review - 7/10 (black metal) - 7:19 Best: ‘The Sorcerer Above The Clouds’, ‘Apocalypse’, ‘Initiation Into The Mystery’ Worst: ‘The Golden Armor’ The Offspring - Let The Bad Times Roll - Album Review - 2/10 (punk rock) - 10:22 Best: ‘Coming For You’ Worst: ‘Army Of One’, ‘Lullaby’, ‘Gone Away’ The Armed - ULTRAPOP - Album Review - 6/10 (hardcore punk) - 13:59 Best: ‘REAL FOLK BLUES’, ‘ALL FUTURES’, ‘AN ITERATION’, ‘WHERE MAN KNOWS WANT’, ‘BAD SELECTION’ Worst: ‘BIG SHELL’ Drip-Fed - Kill The Buzz - Album Review - 7/10 (hardcore punk) - 18:14 Best: ‘Moonlighting’, ‘24 Hour Fireworks Stand’, ‘Turn on the White Noise’, ‘Kill The Buzz’, ‘Wearing A Wire’ Worst: ‘Stomping Bluebonnets’ Dinosaur Jr - Sweep It Into Space - Album Review - 7/10 (alternative rock / noise rock) - 20:54 Best: ‘To Be Waiting’, ‘I Ain’t’, ‘I Ran Away’, ‘Garden’, ‘And Me’ Worst: ‘Walking To You’ Greta Van Fleet - The Battle At Garden’s Gate - Album Review - 5/10 (hard rock) - 23:09 Best: ‘Broken Bells’, ‘Trip The Light Fantastic’, ‘Light My Love’ Worst: ‘Caravel’ Porter Robinson - Nurture - Album Review - 6/10 (electronic) - 27:07 Best: ‘Sweet Time’, ‘Wind Tempos’, ‘Unfold’ ft. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, ‘Musician’ Worst: ‘Mirror’ Transcript: https://www.spectrum-pulse.ca/blog/on... Spectrum Pulse Social Media or to Support This Channel: https://linktr.ee/spectrumpulse Special thanks to Infinity On Hannah for the outro video design - definitely check out the channel:    / @infinityonhannah   If you want to read the review in text, or check out any additional reviews I've done so far, go to http://www.spectrum-pulse.ca for more. Otherwise, be sure to like and subscribe for more! Thanks for watching! #SpectrumPulse #PorterRobinson #GretaVanFleet