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Diarrhea Planet – Turn To Gold (with an update from NoCoda)

July 18, 2016by NoCoda. Record Reviews Leave a comment

Diarrhea Planet – Turn To Gold Infinity Cat Recordings June 10th, 2016 What it sounds like:  Balls out (no other word for it) rock n roll which wants more guitar, and […]

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7 Star, Garage, Glam, Metal, Newest Releases, Power, Power Pop, Rock

TobyMac’s Solo Records Ranked Six To One: #3: Momentum

September 11, 2015by NoCoda. Record Reviews Leave a comment

To hear the name “TobyMac” is as familiar to me as breathing.  Jesus Freak was, is, and always will be standard that music is judged against.  Say what you will.  “It’s […]

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7 Star, Christian, Hip-Hop/Rap, Rock, Throwback

TobyMac’s Solo Records Ranked Six To One: #4: Welcome To Diverse City

September 10, 2015by NoCoda. Record Reviews Leave a comment

To hear the name “TobyMac” is as familiar to me as breathing.  Jesus Freak was, is, and always will be standard that music is judged against.  Say what you will.  “It’s […]

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7 Star, Beats, Christian, Pop, Pop-Rock

The Dismemberment Plan – Uncanny Valley

March 24, 2014by NoCoda. Record Reviews 1 Comment

The Dismemberment Plan – Uncanny Valley Partisan Records October 15, 2013 What It Sounds Like:  How does anyone even begin to describe the sound of The Plan?  Let’s try the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious […]

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7 Star, 90s-Style, Experimental, Funk, Indie, Math, Newest Releases, Pop-Rock, Wave

Sleeping Bag – Women Of Your Life

March 7, 2014by NoCoda. Record Reviews Leave a comment

Sleeping Bag – Women Of Your Life Joyful Noise July 16, 2013 What It Sounds Like:  Deadpan delivery and effortless indie guitar rock melodies combine to to sound like Weezer’s […]

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7 Star, 90s-Style, Alternative, Garage, Indie, Newest Releases, Rock, Stoner

Dustin Welch – Whisky Priest

February 18, 2014by NoCoda. Record Reviews 1 Comment

Dustin Welch – Whiskey Priest Super Rooster March 17, 2009 What It Sounds Like:  Austin native comes at us like a younger, rockier, and grittier version of Jakob Dylan with […]

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7 Star, Alternative, Folk/Alt-Country, Random Discoveries, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Southern

The Bloody Beetroots – Rombo EP

February 5, 2014by NoCoda. Record Reviews Leave a comment

The Bloody Beetroots – Rombo EP Dim Mak Records September 9, 2008 What It Sounds Like:  This is what you’d get if you jumped in a time machine and took […]

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7 Star, Across The Pond, Beats, Dance-Punk, Electronica, Past Releases, Synth

The Safety Fire – Grind The Ocean

February 3, 2014by NoCoda. Record Reviews Leave a comment

The Safety Fire – Grind The Ocean Century Media / InsideOut Music February 27, 2012 What It Sounds Like:  Progressive Metal, through and through. As much as I love it, […]

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7 Star, Across The Pond, Hard, Melodic, Metal, Progressive, Random Discoveries, Throwback

Adam Foster – Dreamer’s Escape

January 22, 2014by NoCoda. Record Reviews Leave a comment

Adam Foster – Dreamer’s Escape LLL Records September 6, 2006 What It Sounds Like:  While Adam’s songwriting is rooted in folk, his music exhibits heavy elements of blues and classic […]

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7 Star, Acoustic-Based, Folk/Alt-Country, Past Releases, Southern

Yuck – Glow And Behold

January 20, 2014by NoCoda. Record Reviews Leave a comment

Yuck – Glow And Behold Fat Possum September 30, 2013 What It Sounds Like:  The reformatted Yuck, with a new singer and smoothed out edges, gives us alternative indie-rock that’s […]

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7 Star, Across The Pond, Alternative, Indie, Lo-Fi, Newest Releases, Shoegaze

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10/10: A Perfect and flawless record. Few get this distinction.

9/10: An amazing, must-own record with one or two very minor, ultimately insignificant, flaws (if you could even call them that!).

8/10: A great, impressive record that stands out from the rest of the pack – certainly better than average.

7/10: This is my go-to score for a record that I can throw on and enjoy from start to finish at any given time. Very good!

6/10: Average. Enjoyable.

5/10: There are more than likely some strong tracks here, but there are also enough weaker or “run of the mill” cuts to drive the score down.

4/10: It’s not a complete throwaway, but there’s room for a tons and tons of improvement. The throwaways start to outnumber the stronger tracks here.

3/10: A throwaway. There may be one or two strong tracks, but not nearly enough to save the record as a whole.

2/10: Bad.

1/10: Terrible.

0/10: Not worthy of ever even being recorded.

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Latest Records Reviewed

  • Diarrhea Planet – Turn To Gold (with an update from NoCoda)
  • TobyMac’s Solo Records Ranked Six To One. #1: This Is Not A Test
  • TobyMac’s Solo Records Ranked Six To One. #2: Portable Sounds
  • TobyMac’s Solo Records Ranked Six To One: #3: Momentum
  • TobyMac’s Solo Records Ranked Six To One: #4: Welcome To Diverse City
  • TobyMac’s Solo Records Ranked Six To One. #5: Tonight
  • TobyMac’s Solo Records Ranked Six To One. #6: Eye On It
  • Kevin Max – Broken Temples
  • The Monsieurs – The Monsieurs
  • Adam Foster and The Phantoms
  • The Dismemberment Plan – Uncanny Valley
  • Sleeping Bag – Women Of Your Life
  • Bambara – Dreamviolence
  • Dustin Welch – Whisky Priest
  • Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience: The Complete Experience
  • The Bloody Beetroots – Rombo EP
  • The Safety Fire – Grind The Ocean
  • Teeth Of Lions Rule The Divine – Rampton
  • Michael Sweigard Band – The Culprit EP
  • Janelle Monae – The Electric Lady
  • Switchfoot – Fading West
  • Crocodiles – Summer Of Hate
  • Adam Foster – Dreamer’s Escape
  • Yuck – Glow And Behold
  • John Schlitt – Shake
  • Engineers – Engineers
  • OneRepublic – Native
  • Iran – Dissolver
  • Derek Webb – I Was Wrong, I’m Sorry, And I Love You
  • Chvrches – The Bones Of What You Believe
  • Luna Halo – Luna Halo
  • Aaron Sprinkle – Water and Guns
  • Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves
  • Wolf Parade – Apologies To The Queen Mary
  • Jars Of Clay – Inland
  • Diarrhea Planet – I’m Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
  • Sleigh Bells – Bitter Rivals
  • Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt
  • Kingmaker – Sleepwalking
  • Editors – The Weight Of Your Love
  • The Replacements – Tim
  • Norma Jean – Wrongdoers
  • Fall Out Boy – Save Rock And Roll
  • The Chain Gang of 1974 – Wayward Fire
  • Speedy Ortiz – Major Arcana
  • Relient K – Collapsible Lung
  • CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy) – Planta
  • Blessed By A Broken Heart – Pedal To The Metal
  • All Star United – The Good Album
  • My Best Fiend – In Ghostlike Fading

What Is NOCODA? Who is NOCODA?

My name is Brandon, and I am a connoisseur of music from Nashville, Tennessee.

Here, you will find one to two minute record reviews that strive to give you, the reader, a dose of reality when it comes to the never-ending plethora of musical options that we, as the general public, have available to us. I love nostalgia, so I'm sure you'll get some personal relations to the records along the way as well.

Also, it is important to note that I am a firm believer in holding a physical copy of a record in my hands before I review it, so any review you see posted, rest assured that I didn't simply stream it off Spotify. I paid money for it, and not in the form of a download.

I strive to be transparent, readable, and entertaining. You won't find me writing for Pitchfork and trying to convey to you how some bass player from some underground indie/rockabilly/shoegaze band has a playing style that relates to another indie/rockabilly/shoegaze band from 1983 that never even released a proper record and only played 5 shows in the course of their "career".

Yes, that sentence was too long.

Yes, I will attempt not to do that in the reviews.

Thank you for reading.
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