Comment Archives: stories: Music
Re: “Are the Ramones Still Punk at 180 Grams?”
Agreed. Whether or the technology is worth it is one thing. But there is nothing "unpunk" about wanting to hear the records the way they are supposed to sound. As far as "punk being at an awkward age" I'd say that happened around 1983.
Re: “8 Bands You Need to Hear”
Man, sorry to say this year's list is pretty weak. Yuck
Re: “Handsome Furs Ditch the Guitars”
THIS IS THE BEST RECORD I'VE HEARD ALL YEAR. IT'S A SOUNDTRACK TO FUCK AND KILL TO.
Re: “Inspiration Drills: On the Influence of Guided by Voices and Robert Pollard”
@zyxwvut - '(I Am a) Tree' was written by Doug Gillard for his band Gem before he was in GBV. It was actually released and can be found on Youtube with Gillard singing the vocals. It's a great version. Pollard liked it and redid it for GBV.
I gotta agree with the people in the piece who argue that GBV's songs are generally not simple at all. I think lyrically and melodically they are quite sophisticated. Pollard knows how to make a few notes go a long way by choosing them well. I believe (or at least hope) that GBV will go down in rock annals as one of the best bands ever, to the degree that such an objective statement can be made.
Re: “Inspiration Drills: On the Influence of Guided by Voices and Robert Pollard”
Good piece.
@Ezra Feinberg, Citay
"Either “A Salty Salute” OR a kind of random Tobin Sprout song (I think it’s Tobin Sprout, maybe it’s Pollard, I’m not sure) called “I Am A Tree.” A late-90s power pop jam, totally hi-fi and normal pop song length. I’ve moshed alone to that song. "
Definitely not Tobin Sprout. "I Am A Tree" was written by Doug Gillard.
Re: “So, What's Wrong With the Brooklyn Music Scene?”
Not by listening, MC, but by over-hyping much mediocrity--and the occasional decent band.
Re: “The Advantage”
Oh my god are you crazy? The Advantage has a great talent on doing these songs, who cares if you aren't playing on the NES? Their objective is to remember your childhood by listening to their music. In 2010 they were on Japan doing a nactional tour on it, the only bad thing is that they haven't released more albums since 2008, and the Live Albums are hard as hell to find around the internet which makes the band more interesting.
Re: “Into the Great Wide Open”
Hillstock 2011 is actually June 3-5th because there is a kickoff party at 385 Kent with the So So Glos, Eskalators, Toothaches and more!
The most exciting part is that legendary hip hop DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore will be headlining the Saturday block party, which is also free!
Re: “Bleak Future for Tyler, The Creator”
I've said this before and I'll say it again....Does anyone actually like tyler the creator and OF..whatever the fuck it is, or is this some hip trend where you act like you enjoy something for its assumed artistic value? I mean if everyone cool on the internet is saying it’s cool it’s gotta be good right? This music is jokes and everyone getting caught up in the hype is the punchline.
Re: “Bleak Future for Tyler, The Creator”
the writer has to remember that this was Tyler's first release in mainstream music- nobody in mainstream knew about Bastard when he released it. This was really his introduction to the music world, so most people haven't heard his style/material before. It may be old to those of us who have heard OFWGKTA before, but he HAD to focus on the same material in this album since it is his first real introduction. Anyways, it was good! Maybe you should listen to the lyrics again- they are actually pretty good (I am still just catching the meaning of certain lines/verses now, after about my 15th listen to the album- this points to some serious lyrical creativity to me).
Re: “Bleak Future for Tyler, The Creator”
I found this album to be really enjoyable. How you can call him uncreative is beyond me. As far as I, and many others, and concerned, Tyler and OFWGKTA are a breath of fresh air in a genre that is currently stale. Artists such as Big Sean, Gucci Mane and Wiz Khalifa deserve to be called out for their lack of creativity, not someone who just released an album unlike one heard in many years.
Re: “Bleak Future for Tyler, The Creator”
@Osma: You're right (about the Domo Genesis rhyme, not the other thing), the misattributed quotation has been corrected. Thanks.
Re: “Bleak Future for Tyler, The Creator”
Sutton mate your a fucking clown, solid album, eat a dick you pretentious knob
Re: “Bleak Future for Tyler, The Creator”
That wasn't him with the "updated Biggie rhyme" that was Domo Genesis. If you are goinf to write a poorly written review as you did at least get all your facts straight.
Re: “So, What's Wrong With the Brooklyn Music Scene?”
That actually just doesn't make any sense. By taking the time to listen to young bands, we're creating an environment where they feel they shouldn't be criticized?
Re: “8 NYC Bands You Need to Hear”
THIS SONG IS HOT TOO DEAF! I'D LOVE TOO INTERVIEW YOU FOR MY SHOW BAND SOUNDS GREAT!
Re: “So, What's Wrong With the Brooklyn Music Scene?”
"So many of the young bands here seem to feel it's their god-given right to never have anyone criticize their music, that they should be praised unconditionally for summoning the guts to have left whatever shitty town they came from in the first place to make music here at all."
The L is as guilty as many others of creating the atmosphere that breeds this sort of arrogant entitlement. You put in the time to check out these artists the hipper than thou blogosphere are always going on about and almost invariably a boring exercise in futility is the end result. Why? Well, it's hard to be won over by many of these amateurish upstarts. (And before you get off on a ‘hey, they don’t all have to be musos’ rant, can we agree The Ramones were amateurish but had lotsa heart? And tunes, too.) This latest batch of "artists" seem to approach making music as something to do while they figure out where to go for an MBA; a 'first job out of college' experience, if you will. Zzzz.
But, here’s the more important and determining issue: in the end, none of these bands will be around 5 years from now—oh, XL Records: so much to answer for—either by design or as a result of the fickle nature of their increasingly pliable fanbases, which are either bored or—depending on the speed and level of notoriety gained by the artist in question—consumed by the spirit of backlash 6 months into the artists’ arrival on the scene. Despite a band’s ardent desire to make a realistic go of it, no one with that kind of following can aspire to any sort of longevity. Of course, I suspect these artists have no intent to do so, and their fans, cut from the same cloth of ADD, know this and react accordingly.
So, why we should give a damn?
Re: “8 Bands You Need to Hear”
Never thought of myself as a 'tough guy critic' but now that you've called me out, I think I'll embrace it! Thanks, 'eventsfashionsexbooks.' / Craig
