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« Reply #4080 on: January 23, 2012, 04:05:47 PM » |
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IDK, but it is the kind of comment that takes a swipe at the band and its fans at the same time.
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« Reply #4081 on: January 23, 2012, 04:12:24 PM » |
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We wouldn't want to imply that problems with the music are the listener's fault, after all. I'm not sure I'm following the connection, and I'm not sure I care to, either. I will say that sometimes, when the music doesn't connect, it's not exactly the listener's fault, but there's the distinct possibility that it's not really anything the band is doing wrong, either. I don't know anything about this band, btw, so I have no horse in this one. |
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« Reply #4082 on: January 23, 2012, 04:22:31 PM » |
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Listened to the new Of Montreal album today. Dude clearly has issues, but he's often compelling.
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« Reply #4083 on: January 23, 2012, 04:27:40 PM » |
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I'm not sure I'm following the connection, and I'm not sure I care to, either. I will say that sometimes, when the music doesn't connect, it's not exactly the listener's fault, but there's the distinct possibility that it's not really anything the band is doing wrong, either.
I can think of times when you've been uncharitable specifically toward a band's fanbase. That's all I'm saying. In those cases it's usually more of a known entity, like a favorite "bro rock" punching bag (and often I agree with you that the music being made tends to attract a lot of the dullest knives in the drawer). I'm just surprised to see you come out on the other side of this one, though I guess it's fair to give the benefit of the doubt when you don't know squat about the band in question. (And neither do I.) Anyway, I took "boring moody college kid band" to be a reference to the people in the band, not the people listening to it. As in, these are boring people making moody music that sounds like the kind of thing college kids would make. |
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« Reply #4084 on: January 23, 2012, 04:36:45 PM » |
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I can think of times when you've been uncharitable specifically toward a band's fanbase. That's all I'm saying. In those cases it's usually more of a known entity, like a favorite "bro rock" punching bag (and often I agree with you that the music being made tends to attract a lot of the dullest knives in the drawer). I think a lot of those bands just attract a largely young and impressionable fanbase that doesn't know better. High school kids dictate what's popular, but hand it to college kids, who seem to have a better grasp of what's good. Anyway, I took "boring moody college kid band" to be a reference to the people in the band, not the people listening to it. As in, these are boring people making moody music that sounds like the kind of thing college kids would make.
This is possibly what he meant, but it's not what I took it to mean. |
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« Reply #4085 on: January 23, 2012, 05:41:58 PM » |
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I think a lot of those bands just attract a largely young and impressionable fanbase that doesn't know better.
High school kids dictate what's popular, but hand it to college kids, who seem to have a better grasp of what's good. College students are largely still quite young and impressionable, at least by my estimation. They're likely to explore more and care less about what's "cool", but man, I sure knew a lot of people in college whose tastes were rather lemming-like. I liked some stupid mopey college kid stuff back then. (And some stupid overly chirpy youth groupy CCM stuff.) I'll cop to it. Anyway, there are plenty of adults well into middle age and beyond who have a lot more disposable income and who fall for whatever low-hanging fruit they stumble across due to a lack of awareness or interest in searching out what's actually good. Personally I don't think any one age group merits the blanket defense. If you ask me, most people of any age have rather superficial tastes in music. About the only blameless group I can think of is little kids, simply because they don't have the buying power, the cultural influence, or really any expectation on them to think deeper about it. I know at times I've been uncharitable towards an artist's perceived target audience. I think that's a natural inclination within a lot of us when we don't like music, to wonder "Who likes this stuff?" and try to figure out why that does something for them that it isn't doing for us. I'm trying to be better about not doing that, especially in the indie realm where a lot of artists may not in fact give a crap about any "target audience". There are times when I will chalk my not getting it up to a cultural difference, but not mean that disparagingly toward the people who do "get it". This is possibly what he meant, but it's not what I took it to mean. I'll give the benefit of the doubt unless he states otherwise. |
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« Reply #4086 on: January 23, 2012, 05:58:09 PM » |
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You guys should check it out. Mike McCarthy, who produced several sthingy albums, produced the White Rabbit album. It's not great but it is good. It's definitely not boring. I reserve boring for the Lana Del Rey album..unfortunately
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« Reply #4087 on: January 24, 2012, 11:27:15 AM » |
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The White Rabbits album is good enough, but it's still intended for moody college kids and I personally find it boring. You know what? I'm actually thinking of Frightened Rabbits. My bad!  Listening to the Lana album right now, 4 songs in and it's 4 for 4.  |
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« Reply #4088 on: January 24, 2012, 11:42:03 AM » |
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Rabbits do propagate fast.
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« Reply #4089 on: January 24, 2012, 11:45:23 AM » |
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First 5 songs from Lana were great, it's in a slight medsection slump now  Radio a nice rebound though |
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« Reply #4090 on: January 24, 2012, 05:41:59 PM » |
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M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. I'd place their sound somewhere in between Empire of the Sun and Animal Collective. This isn't a bad thing. With 22 tracks between the 2 discs, I don't mind that many are just instrumental experimentation and/or a brief repeated mantra or spoken word piece in place of what I'd consider a "song". There's more than enough to get lost in here and that's the sort of experience I expect from this genre.
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« Reply #4091 on: January 24, 2012, 06:43:36 PM » |
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M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.
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« Reply #4092 on: January 24, 2012, 10:47:36 PM » |
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Getting into Dirt Poor Robins. Their Cage album is amazing.
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« Reply #4093 on: January 25, 2012, 05:52:14 PM » |
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M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. I'd place their sound somewhere in between Empire of the Sun and Animal Collective. This isn't a bad thing. With 22 tracks between the 2 discs, I don't mind that many are just instrumental experimentation and/or a brief repeated mantra or spoken word piece in place of what I'd consider a "song". There's more than enough to get lost in here and that's the sort of experience I expect from this genre.
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« Reply #4094 on: January 25, 2012, 05:53:13 PM » |
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Love this band but the Panda vocals were almost to much too take.
They've definitely got that 80s affectation. Remember, I listen to Empire of the Sun, so this is a trade-up. |
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« Reply #4095 on: January 26, 2012, 12:12:38 PM » |
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« Reply #4096 on: January 27, 2012, 02:29:41 AM » |
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to much too take.
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« Reply #4097 on: January 27, 2012, 02:30:43 AM » |
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« Reply #4098 on: January 30, 2012, 09:57:15 AM » |
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« Reply #4099 on: February 02, 2012, 07:29:20 PM » |
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« Reply #4100 on: February 03, 2012, 12:38:10 AM » |
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First Aid Kit - "The Lion's Roar"
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« Reply #4101 on: February 03, 2012, 01:45:35 PM » |
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This album sounds pretty nice two sisters from Sweden making music? Yes please. It's lovely. I was very surprised after hearing the album. |
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« Reply #4102 on: February 07, 2012, 05:39:39 PM » |
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Wild Flag - s/t
Wanted to hear Carrie Brownstein in action after seeing her on Portlandia. This isn't really my style, but "Romance" is tons o' fun.
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« Reply #4103 on: February 07, 2012, 05:40:34 PM » |
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« Reply #4104 on: February 07, 2012, 05:46:26 PM » |
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Sleater-Kinney is really good.
Might check them out someday. Again, since this ain't really my style, I'll have to go in figuring I can't do much to critique the stuff that doesn't work for me, but if I like any of it, then hey, bonus. |
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« Reply #4105 on: February 20, 2012, 08:32:21 AM » |
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New Van Halen is mostly a band resurrection done right. Feels like old times, almost.
By "almost", I mean it's a little padded. Several of their early DLR albums stand as 30-35 minute classics, and I think this may similarly benefit from that brevity combined with an abundance of ideas.
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« Reply #4106 on: February 20, 2012, 07:47:54 PM » |
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Pretty much just listening to The Field and Nadia Oh over and over this week
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« Reply #4107 on: February 20, 2012, 10:32:38 PM » |
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I'm currently listening to the stream of Sons' Keep Quiet on Relevant Magazine's "The Drop." I'm right now on track 3, and I'm liking what I hear so far. They remind me a little bit of House of Heroes, in a good way.
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« Reply #4108 on: March 01, 2012, 05:32:52 PM » |
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« Reply #4109 on: March 01, 2012, 07:50:24 PM » |
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Not as good as FtM, but that's because FtM is possibly the second greatest album ever made.
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« Reply #4110 on: March 03, 2012, 10:23:28 PM » |
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Nadia Oh's new single "Slapper", OH MY GOD THE FUTURE IS HERE
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« Reply #4111 on: March 03, 2012, 10:29:38 PM » |
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Not as good as FtM, but that's because FtM is possibly the second greatest album ever made.
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« Reply #4112 on: March 03, 2012, 10:37:58 PM » |
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« Reply #4113 on: March 04, 2012, 01:06:31 PM » |
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What's the first?
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« Reply #4114 on: March 04, 2012, 06:55:32 PM » |
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« Reply #4115 on: March 04, 2012, 09:52:11 PM » |
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When I made my only attempted list to date, I think it was #3, but I don't really think #1 and #2 were "better" so much as slightly more intriguing to me. It's a great choice (I honestly couldn't put FtM nearly so high, though).
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« Reply #4116 on: March 04, 2012, 10:41:51 PM » |
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When I made my only attempted list to date, I think it was #3, but I don't really think #1 and #2 were "better" so much as slightly more intriguing to me. It's a great choice (I honestly couldn't put FtM nearly so high, though).
At that point, when everything's "great" in the sense of artistic accomplishment, you can only really rank by personal preference. Sometimes my favorite album by an artist isn't necessarily their "greatest" in terms of artistic advancement or overall impact. |
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« Reply #4117 on: March 05, 2012, 03:06:40 PM » |
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Eisley - Deep Space EP
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« Reply #4118 on: March 05, 2012, 05:17:53 PM » |
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fun. - Some Nights
What in the HIGH HOLY HELL happened here? Their first album was a blast. I'm usually all for throwing everything at the wall of sound and seeing what sticks. But this new album is an overproduced, auto-tuned nightmare. Parts of it are admittedly quite catchy, but it's not enough to offset the near-constant feeling of irritation that I get when listening to it.
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« Reply #4119 on: March 05, 2012, 05:27:15 PM » |
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fun. - Some Nights
What in the HIGH HOLY HELL happened here? Their first album was a blast. I'm usually all for throwing everything at the wall of sound and seeing what sticks. But this new album is an overproduced, auto-tuned nightmare. Parts of it are admittedly quite catchy, but it's not enough to offset the near-constant feeling of irritation that I get when listening to it.
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