― fandango (fandango), Monday, 3 October 2005 22:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Monday, 3 October 2005 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Monday, 3 October 2005 23:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 3 October 2005 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 October 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Monday, 3 October 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Monday, 3 October 2005 23:51 (eighteen years ago) link
The rest is compressed brilliance
I heard Surfjan for the first time today. It was as underwhelming as I'd expected.
― fandango (fandango), Monday, 3 October 2005 23:52 (eighteen years ago) link
(perhaps not coincidentally, I've lived my entire life in either Michigan or Illinois.)
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Monday, 3 October 2005 23:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 October 2005 23:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 00:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 00:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 01:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 01:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 01:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 01:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Uh, me too, but I'd like to think that that's not the only reason I like Sufjan so much. Robyn has some really good songs ("Be Mine" is the clear standout here), but sorry, Illinois > Robyn.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 01:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 01:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 01:21 (eighteen years ago) link
Actually, there's a lot more >'s to go, I just got a little tired of leaning on that key.
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 01:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 01:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 01:27 (eighteen years ago) link
oh scottpl, today's issue makes me cry!
― marc h. (marc h.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 01:29 (eighteen years ago) link
The new Fiona Apple CD is crap, though, Matthew.
But anyway, ROBYN -- 8.2 was definitely too low. And it's a serious issue, because Pitchfork readers only seem to flock to mega-ratings -- and WHY DID THIS NOT GET A MEGA-RATING. While I'm content to yell about this album to an indie-rock brick wall, veryone would love this album if it was hip.
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 06:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― zeus (zeus), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 06:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 06:52 (eighteen years ago) link
PFM gives out a gazillion reviews in the 7-8.4 range. Thus, if an album is in a genre you don't normally listen to (eg: pop), and it gets one of those generic 'pretty good' ratings, I can't imagine someone going out of their way to hear it. If it rates a 9.7, say, there's something compelling there - "maybe this is actually good and worth hearing, even if I don't normally like that stuff".
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 07:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 10:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 11:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 11:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 12:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 12:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― vinegar (Koens), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 12:43 (eighteen years ago) link
ALL HAIL EMPEROR SNOOZANS!
Sean, "Tymps" is actually probably the best argument in favor of Elizondo's version, and the relative flatness of Brion's arrangement!
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 13:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Broken Social SceneFranz FerdinandWolf ParadeDevendra BanhartSerena ManeeshKanye WestSuper Furry AnimalsThe New PornographersSufjan SnoozansWildernessClap Your Hands Say YeahIsoleeArt BrutSleater-KinneyStephen MalkmusThe Hold SteadyArchitecture In HelsinkiRosebudsSigur RosJóhann JóhannssonJason ForrestBlood on the WallBloc PartyBell OrchestreKalikak FamilyKompakt 6Part ChimpField Music
Well, I guess I shouldn't be very shocked by any of this.
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 13:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― zeus (zeus), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link
I think there was originally some conflicted half-assed "I have reservations" stuff in that review, too, but they weren't clear and precise enough to survive editing.
― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Come to think of it, it sounds like an Eels cover, which isn't really a plus or minus either way.
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 15:51 (eighteen years ago) link
:(
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 20:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 14 October 2005 20:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 14 October 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Friday, 14 October 2005 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 14 October 2005 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 14 October 2005 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Friday, 14 October 2005 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link
Heh, didn't notice this, BUT "Anytime You Like" (ie the last track) sounds REALLY Bush-like to me – both in the voice (incl the stereoed refrain-thing) and especially the instrumental backing, which (at least at the start) is some sort of twin of "Watching You Without Me" from The Ninth Wave.
― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link