Jan 27, 2026 at 4:02 PM Other than curiosity for Coles album there's really nothing for me, last year was really good for me in terms of releases so I assume it's gonna be dry this year for stuff that immediately speaks to me. I still gotta listen to the new Zach Bryan and I guess the Charli XCX Wuthering Heights soundtrack also counts
Jan 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM Michael Myers - A Late Night Drive No Playboi Carti? Automatic 2/10 Joking of course lmao. I was pretty excited to get into this tape by Myers. The idea of a Night Drive soundtrack sounded pretty interesting. I recognized a decent number of the artists on the tape too, which is always neat. So without further ado, I dove in I have to admit that I wasn't that big a fan of "Heartbeat". It isn't bad, but it isn't really my thing. "All My Friends" is pretty fun, with a pretty good Chance verse (I should probably give Star Line a listen at some point tbh). I've never really gotten too into The Killers, but I thought "Shot At The Night" was pretty neat. Wasn't really a big fan of "Late One Night" sadly. The beat reminded me of the Christmastime LeBron Sprite Cranberry commercials "Blue Moon" was pretty neat, and it's probably my favorite song up to this point. I'm pretty mixed on "Say Something". I think Drake does great, but the beat doesn't work for me sadly. "Run Away With Me" and "Backpack" were decent too. The second half of the tape starts out pretty well with "Life on the Fast Lane". "Rewind" and especially "Actin' Crazy" were pretty d--- good. I'm usually not much of a RHCP guy, but "Soul to Squeeze" was pretty neat. "Nights Like This" was pretty chill, and "Hellraiser" was f---ing awesome. "Just Us" was a pretty good track, and I think the "Mrs. Jackson" sample was dope. SZA is great as always. "Street Lights" is a great closer. I'm a big fan of 808's in general, but this song has always just felt so sad, and it's great. As a whole, I'm a bit mixed on Late Night Drive. There aren't any songs that I would say that I outright dislike, but a lot of the picks just aren't really my style. On the positive side, the songs that I enjoyed, were VERY good, so they're doing some heavy lifting. I do think that the second half is stronger then the first, but that's obviously up to interpretation. Still, big thanks to @Michael Myers for the tape, and yeah. FAVORITES: Blue Moon, Life In the Fast Lane, Actin Crazy, Soul to Squeeze, Hellraiser, Just Us Street Lights Rating: 6/10 @AOTWClub
Jan 28, 2026 at 2:52 AM @AOTWClub @Yeez @Wreckless - Distorted Reality I haven't heard any of these songs that i know of beside the Superheaven one so that was exciting going into this Untitled is a really good opener, ive heard of Interpol but never gave them a decent listen and i really loved it. Not familiar with Katatonia at all but Dispossession is great, didnt like the vocals at first but it really grew on me with more listen and now i really like them. Dope instrumental as well Hum is great, never heard this song but I can add if You Are To Bloom to the list of songs i like from them! Wunderhorse is the biggest surprise of the playlist for me, love absolutely everything about Leader of the Pack and its probably my favorite from the playlist. Really catchy, good lyrics, love the vocals. Total package. In The Mouth A Desert is a weird one for me, it doesnt hit me immediately but i still saved it cause i can see myself revisiting it when im in a specific mood and loving it, singer reminded me a bit of rivers cuomo. The Perfume of Decay is great, guitar lick is crazy and it gives off a 2000s wrestling energy that i always jibe with. Ill need to check out Tigercub Fine Again is also really good, Seether is a bit of a guilty pleasure from all the songs i heard from them. I love all the depressing music from this era even if it is melodramatic. Don't know Tad but dig the vibe, its like a weird inbetween of grungier sounds and almost a metal riff. Very entertaining, can see my brother especially really liking this! I'm biased towards everything Alice In Chains and AIC adjacent so i think Afterglow is f---ing incredible and another frontrunner for my favorite of the tape. Something about the feeling that Jerry and Layne are able to convey with their voices and lyrics has always been mesmerizing to me, arguably the greatest in the genre. Jerry is one of the absolute best to ever do it. Speaking of being melodramatic, the entirety of Staind lmao. I think the lyrics are a pretty hamfisted to mixed results for me on Open Your Eyes but i still enjoy the sound! Guitar riff is great Not too familiar with HIM but Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart is dope, Little Nicky soundtrack a--- song (complimentary). At first I was surprised by two Wunderhorse songs but the vibes between the songs are so different that it fits perfectly, another great song for completely different reasons that Leader Of The Pack. Superheaven is a g.d. cheatcode, I love their work but Jar in particular is an incredible album, love everything about their sound and No One's Deserving is a great pick! I wish i liked Cenotaph more, I appreciate its theatricality in the verses but its the same thing that probably won't make me go back to it. Quite like the instrumental and chorus though! Through and Through is cool, not something id go back to unless im in a specific mood but i dig the performance, its grown on me a lot in subsequent listens. Never heard of Kylesa in my life but Dust was a cool closer, dug the vibe of it and it fits in really nicely with the rest of the tape. All in all the last little leg of songs ended up losing steam a bit in regards to my personal preferences but this is easily my favorite tape of yours and of one of my favorite tapes so far in the club! Really well paced and structured. Favorite Songs: Untitled, Dispossession, If You Are To Bloom, Leader Of The Pack, Fine Again, Afterglow, Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart, No One's Deserving RATING 9.5/10
Jan 28, 2026 at 4:26 AM Glad you liked it, bud, Appreciate the track by track review. Cenotaph and Through and Through were late additions, kinda figured they wouldn’t be favorites. Cenotaph isn’t Nevermore at their best, but most of their catalog is way too heavy to fit the tape. Still a great band though. And yeah, 100% agree on AIC. Absolute legends. Here's another Tigercub track since you mentionned wanting to check them out. Wunderhorse is a fairly new band. Both songs are off the album Cub.
Jan 28, 2026 at 8:55 PM @AOTWClub hey y’all I’m back and would like to be added back to the schedule. I’ll be reviewing the mixtapes I missed, looks like I only missed 3
Jan 28, 2026 at 10:57 PM Thanks jankland you’re a goat too. I’m doing awesome, I’m the happiest I’ve been in years. I hope you’re doing good too!
Jan 28, 2026 at 11:07 PM It’s odd that @Justin Trudeau has been gone so long. Maybe now that I’m back he’ll come back
Jan 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM I got funny feeling dude died. Hope he's ok but not a single log in This is a case for detective @Yeez lol
Jan 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM Not to invade on your guys thread and catch another ban, but just putting it out there that Justin may have actually genuinely been arrested by the FBI.
Jan 29, 2026 at 9:13 AM FBI can't arrest in Canada but they can work with Canadian Police. I'd say if he isn't back within one more month, some digging needs to be done.
Jan 29, 2026 at 9:29 AM Just a quick update on JT (nothing major) Hasn't logged in since January 7th, last post was on the 5th. No activity in the Shelter Discord server.
Jan 29, 2026 at 9:53 AM @AOTWClub Also some quick updates regarding tallying (at least until JT returns). I was going to tally Wreck's tape today, but we only have 3 reviews in so far, so I'll extend the deadline until EOD Saturday. For the most part, the default deadline has been about a week and a half, and since we currently have 8 members for this round (7 mixtapes since Diggle is review-only for this one), the tallying for the tapes will be done when one of these scenarios happens: 1. all 8 reviews are in before the deadline 2. If the deadline passes, the score will be tallied once we have at least 6 reviews If you need an extension (like the one Bigfoot had for Jank's a few weeks ago), please let me know! The delay before this round messed up the flow a bit, but I think the momentum is still going pretty strong. Since the deadline for Distorted Reality got extended, the new tallying for Late Night Drive is going to be next wednesday, and the new tallying system will go in effect starting with this Sunday's tape.. There's no pressure of course, but I think this might make things go a bit smoother. Happy listening, and I hope you are all doing well!!! [also, just so we know in advance, the next round is likely going to be another album round in order to keep the 2-2 pattern we've kept up. If there's any diverging options please let me know!!]
Jan 29, 2026 at 9:59 AM The Shelter is a server that I got sent the invite to a few years ago (I tried to find the PM to see who the member was, but I couldn't find it ) It's essentially like a big S80 server. A lot of members on the forum are on it, and JT posted there pretty frequently. There hasn't really been much activity there recently, and he hasn't said anything. I do think that this disappearance was pretty weird. There are a few members who've left the forum, but kept talking in the server, sot he fact that he isn't active on either is especially strange. Hoping for the best, but there's really no way that we can know the current situation unless JT comes back
Jan 29, 2026 at 10:11 AM Oh I remember that server yh that s--- died. RIP Coti and Durag servers too. JT is either dead, hospital or maybe that female he was talking bout has got him tied upside down making him lick between her toes lol
