B-Side Guys

Steve Lampiris

Steve Lampiris’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 5 reviews, going back to 2013, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Rock 60%
  • Indie & Alternative 20%
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 20%

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Their favorites

  1. Pearl JamGigaton 80 The Line of Best Fit
  2. John MayerThe Search for Everything 75 Spectrum Culture
  3. Jay-ZMagna Carta Holy Grail 70 The Line of Best Fit
  4. Pearl JamLightning Bolt 65 The Line of Best Fit
  5. Foo FightersConcrete and Gold 50 Spectrum Culture

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

Every review

Outlet
Pearl JamGigaton“Gigaton is Pearl Jam's most experimental album to date, and deflects skepticism that they don't have anything new to offer thirty yeras into their existence.”The Line of Best Fit80 8/10772020
Foo FightersConcrete and Gold“When we last left our heroes at the end of 2015, Foo Fighters had just put out a free EP called Saint Cecilia in the wake of the Paris attacks…”Spectrum Culture50 2.5/5712017
John MayerThe Search for Everything“John Mayer gets a lot of shit for being John Mayer.”Spectrum Culture via Wikipedia75 3.75/5762017
Pearl JamLightning Bolt“An expertly composed record though it is, there are few moments here that could stand next to the band's true classics.”The Line of Best Fit65 6.5/10712013
Jay-ZMagna Carta Holy Grail“Hova returns with a record that's inconsistencies can be forgiven thanks to the immaculate nature of its peaks.”The Line of Best Fit70 7/10612013

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