2. "breakthrough"
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
3. "project"
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
feel like "artist" is useful sometimes
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
like if you need a non-specific noun for musicians/singers/producers or somethink
4. "hotly anticipated"
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
5. "eclectic"
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
6. "the soundtrack to your summer!"
― These goons are from Galactor and who gives a s*** (snoball), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
7. "Sophomore album" - no, it's their second album.
― Rob M Revisited, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
And in relation to the last one.
8. "Difficult second album".
― Rob M Revisited, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
"buzz"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
10. "Outstanding achievement award" - particularly if related to The Cribs.
― Rob M Revisited, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
"prepping"
― acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
11. "pop leanings"
― :C (crüt), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
"burbling synths"
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
most of you are just reheating the lol dumb journo cliche phrases we have a bunch of threads for already, p sure this was sposed to be something different (if by no means unconnected)
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it is different - is it different to press release blurb too? if so how?
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
12. Hi, how's it going? Just wanted to check you received our download for the new Jip Scrag & the Cellophane Buttz we sent last week. What did you think? Would you be interested in covering it for (insert crappy defunct magazine that you wrote for 3 years ago but has since folded)? They're playing at the Rudley Sprut & Foink next Wednesday night. I have one press ticket left if you would like to come down and cover it? Anyway, hope everything's groovy in your world. Jez x
― dog latin, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
Dog Latin wins
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
https://lh5.ggpht.com/y573JXyQZwrOVWEJPiBN_donStdqJULUwHurG1hSs1ScRo_b071tWppImsl0TpBdP9s=w705
― every soulless meta poster is a ✰ (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
12. "meet 'n' greet"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 09:47 (eleven years ago) link
13. "tastemakers"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:01 (eleven years ago) link
14. land grab
― nan machine (MaresNest), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:02 (eleven years ago) link
15. 360-degree deal
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:06 (eleven years ago) link
16. Brit Awards
― Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:11 (eleven years ago) link
17."one of the great songwriters of our time". 18."a timeless record"
― nostormo, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
― dog latin, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:10 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
should really be "Best, Jez" but otherwise otm
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:15 (eleven years ago) link
do you ever reply to mails like this? (if you don't want to cover the band that is)if yes, how do you response?
― nostormo, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:19 (eleven years ago) link
19. "Long-term development project"
If this was a poll, this ftw.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:28 (eleven years ago) link
"territory"
― Tim, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:34 (eleven years ago) link
21. units
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:57 (eleven years ago) link
22. schmoozing
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:02 (eleven years ago) link
23. sell-through
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:04 (eleven years ago) link
24. plays
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:05 (eleven years ago) link
25. That little miss little miss can't be wrong.
― how's life, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:12 (eleven years ago) link
26. Voted
― dog latin, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:14 (eleven years ago) link
27. Cross-promotional guest spot
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:26 (eleven years ago) link
28. London St. Pancras
― dog latin, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:45 (eleven years ago) link
29. "Noise pop"
― Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:56 (eleven years ago) link
30. For fans of New Order, Electric Wizard, Aphex Twin, The Beach Boys, Daft Punk
― dog latin, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:11 (eleven years ago) link
31. Epiphany
― OG requiem head (Call the Cops), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:35 (eleven years ago) link
32. soulful
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:46 (eleven years ago) link
33. troubador
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:47 (eleven years ago) link
34. songstress
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
just been made aware of this http://musicdescriptions.tumblr.com/ which I think is mostly culled from press releases for dance records. it's germane to this thread I guess inasmuch as they're fairly choice examples of bad journalism with the added weight of dutiful hyperbole
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
that said some of the shorter ones aren't really that bad tbh
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:49 (eleven years ago) link
journalism i don't really include in music industry wankerdom except insofar as it pathetically attempts to ape it, concern itself with its concerns, etc
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:50 (eleven years ago) link
oh jesus, some of those...
“inflicts a sense of urgency whilst simultaneously residing in a backseat slot, a break that suits the coming down lot. Chartered speculation increases a heightened sense of perpetual motion, induced into profound unattached imagery.”
“Its beauty elevates any apathetic subsidence with a soothing tug on a warm blanket.”
― dog latin, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:50 (eleven years ago) link
PR copy is this weird double-reflexive doppelganger that apes music journalism in an attempt to get actual journalists to ape it in turn
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
^yes I was trying to find the right words for this
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
35. discovery
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
36. long-player
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
37. Space cows
― glumdalclitch, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
38. pizza
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
39. home listening
― Call the Cops, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 09:05 (eleven years ago) link
40. Home taping
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 09:16 (eleven years ago) link
41. Experimental
― Call the Cops, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:37 (eleven years ago) link
42. Seminal
― dog latin, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:38 (eleven years ago) link
43. Mastermind44. Effortless45. Not your average...
― dog latin, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
46. Influential
― .... the rest look like Dudley Sutton (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:46 (eleven years ago) link
47. Content.I had a press release yesterday promising "more content soon", by which they meant music.
From the Tumblr DJ Mencap mentioned, my favourite is “Congealed dreams get dispersed into jazz sensibilities”. Congealed?
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:49 (eleven years ago) link
How to you disperse something into sensibilities of any type? I feel like a diagram would be helpful here.
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
48. "drops"
― john. a resident of chicago., Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:59 (eleven years ago) link
On second reading that "congealed dreams" line reads like ad copy for a surreal cleaning product.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 13:05 (eleven years ago) link
49. stealing music
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
I frequently disperse rage into sarcastic, bitter, and just plain aggressive sensibilities, if that's any help.
― Call the Cops, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 13:35 (eleven years ago) link
― dog latin, Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:11 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Similarly, usually when the band is "indie" and completely generic it is either Radiohead, Pavement, or The Shins.
― Evan, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
A congealed jizz-stain of E-40, PJ Harvey and Juan Atkins
― lo! dating (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
"visual." "reveal." "share." "exclusive." "teaser." "trailer."
― katherine, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
especially "visual." there is possibly no promotional term that gets more on my nerves. IT'S A MUSIC VIDEO. this is like "creative" becoming a noun/verb/adjective/who knows maybe even interjection.
― katherine, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
if it doesn't leave trails or "breathe", it's not a visual, imo.
― how's life, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
50. "magnum opus"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
51. "forward-thinking"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
52. "game changing"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
53. "David Fricke"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
54. "it transcends"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
55. "the (insert name of influential artist of the past) of our generation"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
56. "the ultimate interview" (it usually isn't)
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
57. "return to form" (it usually isn't)
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
58. "groundbreaking"
"cuts"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
"Our site only publishes short poems about records I like. If recent history is any guide, I update every nine months or so. All best, UA"
― not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
"two door" referring to "two door cinema club"
john wurster skewers this shit particularly effectivly
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 26 May 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link
"performance"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 February 2014 11:35 (ten years ago) link
"vocal"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 February 2014 12:20 (ten years ago) link
music industry wanker words
― the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music (stevie), Friday, 7 February 2014 12:54 (ten years ago) link
surprised "leak" isn't in here yet
― lex pretend, Friday, 7 February 2014 12:56 (ten years ago) link
i mean "vocal" the singular, not plural, noun. i.e. "hmmm nice vocal"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 February 2014 12:58 (ten years ago) link
Performance, though??
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 04:28 (nine years ago) link
59. Renowned
― Moka, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 08:09 (nine years ago) link
60. drop
― Mark G, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 09:14 (nine years ago) link
61. "collab"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 09:52 (nine years ago) link
62. "promo" as in "doing promo"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 09:53 (nine years ago) link
"can we get some promo?"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 10:18 (nine years ago) link
"promo" is by no means confined to the music industry
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 10:25 (nine years ago) link
true
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 10:31 (nine years ago) link
"album cycle"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:18 (six years ago) link
"legendary"
usually used to describe some also-ran who they're trying to resuscitate
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
Performance, though??― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, October 14, 2014 5:28 AM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, October 14, 2014 5:28 AM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
YES
GOD YES
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
"oh my god i went to see carly rae jepsen last night"
"no way"
"seriously!!"
"was it amazing?"
"it was such a good performance"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
BWIP BWIP BWIP BWIP
the music industry wanker word police arrive, their detector box flashing, they shake their heads as they stuff you into their black maria, which they pedantically explain the pronunciation of
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link