they could actually do some reporting
music writing's epitaph
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 4 May 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
i think most of the right things said above basically trace back to the motive for writing/publishing: 'we need a thing—well, here's a thing, say shit about it'
― j., Sunday, 4 May 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
it's like vanessa-mae never existed
― katherine, Sunday, 4 May 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
basically it's the old "classical crossover! it's classical, but like with POP! and DANCE! and NOT VIRTUOSIC!" saw with an added dash of "but teenage girls like it?" (which is weird, since it's usually "but middle-aged women like it?")
― katherine, Sunday, 4 May 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
you guys probably don't read metal magazines so you might have missed the worst music writer interview ever. hahahaha!
https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/10325402_10152402830090908_8747120128821642114_n.jpg
― scott seward, Monday, 5 May 2014 00:29 (ten years ago) link
are those your kids? those kids look awesome.
― sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 May 2014 05:26 (ten years ago) link
You shd frequent WDYLL
― Drugs A. Money, Monday, 5 May 2014 07:34 (ten years ago) link
HeyAre you a fan of The Replacements, Archers of Loaf, Nerf Herder, Smashing Pumpkins, Bottle Rockets, Urge Overkill, Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies, The Cult, Jane's Addiction, Fountains of Wayne, Ween, Garage version of Chixdiggit, Wilco, Modest Mouse, the Smithereens, The Del Fuegos, Talking Heads, Dinosaur Jr., Against Me, Modern Baseball, Tripping Daisy, etc. Mid-90's stew, Thin Lizzy, some Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, Sloan's Chris Murphy straight-edging his way into The Queers-a slight Foo Fighters/Queens of the Stone Age vibe, but they sound more DIY.-a funnier and more upbeat version of Tigers Jaw or the Front Bottoms-like if Jon Spencer was trapped in a PopPunk band before discovering the Blues.We try to harness the power of the Who (which comes naturally to us), the musicality of Wilco (everyone knows how good they are), and the lyrical genius of Ween (though we don't even come close to doing the amount of drugs they do/have done, and therefore probably won't come close to the level of Buenos Tardes Amigo, Stroker Ace, or Piss Up a Rope). That said, when people say we sound like Pavement, Spoon, or The Hold Steady, we don't disagree. Pavement was awesome. Spoon makes cool records. Craig Finn sings nice. Those are our aspirations as well. Our music isn't heavy metal, though at times we get pretty heavy. It's kinda Indie Rock, but without all the irony. And it's kinda punk, though you wouldn't think that from looking at us. It's hard to look punk and not get thrown out of PTA meetings so we keep our punk on the inside.
― scott seward, Monday, 5 May 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link
i know i know i got it in an e-mail, but still...
― scott seward, Monday, 5 May 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
Wilco (everyone knows how good they are)
I claim this song title.
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
wilco (everyoneknowshowgoodtheyare)
― j., Tuesday, 6 May 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link
Nobody seems to wonderWhat my band sounds likeI gotta find a wayfor this blurb to sayhow we sound,Everybody knowswe sound like Wilco
nah nah nahhhhh, nah nah nahhh nahhhhhh(Everybody knows)nah nah nahhhhh, nah nah nahhh nahhhhhh(Everyone knows how good they are)
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 17:34 (ten years ago) link
A slight Foo FightersNOT SO MUCH!!!A trapped Jon SpencerHE'S OUT OF TOUCH!!!Kinda indieWE'RE EXPOSED!!!Everybody knowswe sound like Wilco
― Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
it comes naturally to uswe don't even come closewe don't even take drugswe don't piss up a rope
that said, we don't disagreethat said, there's no ironythat said, we're pretty heavythat said, we're kinda indie
nah nah nahhhh....
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/tyrese-is-hip-hops-first-billionaire/
― scott seward, Friday, 9 May 2014 22:35 (ten years ago) link
WEIRDEST story and headline anyway. since they are actually talking about dre.
― scott seward, Friday, 9 May 2014 22:36 (ten years ago) link
i guess it's a joke.
― scott seward, Friday, 9 May 2014 22:37 (ten years ago) link
but i don't get it.
haha that thing is hilarious
― some dude, Friday, 9 May 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/15274-coldplay-ghost-stories-review
Dunno if the Mr. Agreeable character was ever actually funny (not since I've been aware of it) but this is tiresome and unpleasant in ways quite far from the kind of deflation of celebrity I suppose it's trying to be. "Gwyneth Paltrow, that ghastly, gulping, giraffe-necked, sick-making long drink of carb-averse goop"?
― Merdeyeux, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
Lefsetz loves it
― grindie cindy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
I finally read that NYT Mag piece by Austerwhatzis from April -- so THAT's what poptimism is! like lool at living in a pitchfork dominated era and thinking 'poptimism' (however defined) somehow won
No one I know outside of the hardcore music fans are acquainted with Pitchfork, everyone knows that Justin Timberlake is "a great artist." Pee-mism has won.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 19:50 (ten years ago) link
stop
― grindie cindy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
done.
(this is just like one of those internecine firefights btwn film critics that none of you know about)
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
That review of Ghost Stories made me chuckle.
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
So is Ghost Stories somehow related to the new Call of Duty game?
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 20:55 (ten years ago) link
Enjoy...http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/05/21/10-reasons-why-1994-was-the-best-year-for-music?showFullText=true
― Rocky (ku4u1u), Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
they save the best for last too @ #1
― ۩, Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link
it's a compelling argument tbh
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:30 (ten years ago) link
no mention of Bee Thousand in the indie section
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:31 (ten years ago) link
suzy is mr agreeable?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
guys don't click come on you're just encouraging them
― maura, Thursday, 22 May 2014 01:37 (ten years ago) link
aaaand from my hometown "alt" weekly:
Miley Cyrus and Morrissey are basically the same person. One is a lyrical genius shrouded in sexual mystery who speaks on behalf of intellectualism, animal rights, and sordid youths, defying borders and generations. The other is famous for a butt that resembles uncooked turkeys, being naked, and sticking her tongue out.
When Morrissey was 23, he was "celibate." When Miley puts on a Michael Jordan jersey, she's rumored to have sex with Mike Will Made It. They both have signature hair styles. They both have rabid fan bases. They both love to annoy the opposition.
The likeness is striking. And now they both given it their all on stage, singing "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 May 2014 02:15 (ten years ago) link
Was certain the first graf was gonna pull the "and the other is Morrissey" switcheroo.
― Devilock, Thursday, 22 May 2014 03:06 (ten years ago) link
what is this magical rumor-granting jersey (and does it work in reverse?)
― katherine, Thursday, 22 May 2014 04:02 (ten years ago) link
― Devilock, Wednesday, May 21, 2014 11:06 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes, the old unswitched-switcheroo switcheroo.
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Thursday, 22 May 2014 05:06 (ten years ago) link
not sure what's supposed to be egregiously bad about that 1994 listicle thing. there's no good reason for it to exist but on that basis about 95% of contemporary music writing should be pasted here
― From Tha Crouuuch To Da Palacios (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 22 May 2014 07:52 (ten years ago) link
agree. compared to that telegraph britpop thing it's a shining voice of reason. also have to give props for juxtaposing darkthrone with ace of base in 10 and 9.
― now I'm the grandfather (dog latin), Thursday, 22 May 2014 08:15 (ten years ago) link
i think AG is like a vietnam vet he has flashbacks and freaks out at any mention of britpop
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 May 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
1994 was pretty sweet and there's plenty of good music mentioned but citing Counting Crows and Cranberries as evidence in your favor is odd.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 22 May 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
I dont like posting negative things, but i cant not post this - this is just jaw droppingly wrong and stupid, delivered with the authority of the expert who really has not the first clue. Each wrong headed assumption resting on another, this is easily the worst review ive ever read.
http://thequietus.com/articles/14332-various-hardcore-traxx-dance-mania-records-1986-1997-review
― anvil, Sunday, 25 May 2014 06:19 (ten years ago) link
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr277/kadield/KickDog.gif
― Groovy Wordbender (soref), Sunday, 25 May 2014 09:12 (ten years ago) link
An inherent problem with dance retrospectives is that unless you already happen to have a vested nostalgic or archival interest in the era, it can be hard to find reasons to dip in. While it's not unusual for new ears to get turned on to latter-day rock and pop via oldies radio, compilations and the like, the forward thrust of electronic music leaves a scorched trail that proves tricky to travel back down. Dance fans are not expected to know their history.
lmao what
― My god. Pure ideology. (ey), Sunday, 25 May 2014 09:26 (ten years ago) link
its every line as well of it, you cant even isolate just one line. So authoritatively and definitely delivered! To be so sure, when you have so little clue
― anvil, Sunday, 25 May 2014 09:34 (ten years ago) link
But did you like my other reviews, anvil?
― now I'm the grandfather (dog latin), Sunday, 25 May 2014 10:45 (ten years ago) link
Reminds me of this classic Momus review:
"... this capsule encyclopaedia entry for Charlie Parker at first seems a model of lucidity and concision. Its air of infallible authority, though, is only skin-deep. I just don't accept that Parker's main contribution is in having shifted jazz from 'arpeggionic flurries' to 'chromatisism', and it doesn't help that one of those terms is mis-spelled and the other made up. There's nothing worse than authority trying to blind the reader with science which turns out, on closer inspection, to be voodoo."
― Sausage Party (Bob Six), Sunday, 25 May 2014 10:54 (ten years ago) link
This thread isn't for posting every article that you disagree with.
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 25 May 2014 11:19 (ten years ago) link
It's not like the issue is the writer's Controversial Opinions, it's that...he appears to not know very much about what he is writing about.
I mean there are a bunch of downright factual inaccuracies all over it.
― My god. Pure ideology. (ey), Sunday, 25 May 2014 11:34 (ten years ago) link
Well you can ask him, he's right here
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 25 May 2014 11:36 (ten years ago) link
I ain't getting into the mix of uk folx arguing dance stuff