CMG again...err, what?
http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/6879/gotye-makingmirrors-2011
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 13:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
omfg
thinking maybe this site deserves its own thread, Pitchfork hasn't been on this path since like 2004
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
[The lights slowly come back up on 31, still tapping on his laptop. As the conversation between 26 and Dom fades to murmurs, Christopher’s Mom, aka HNIC (HEAD NAGGER IN CHARGE), walks in.]
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 13:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
:o
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 13:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
they've been doing this for years guys
― Number None, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 13:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
also about a million viciously mean things popped into my head to say about the dude who wrote that that I will keep to myself and replace with:
I did not enjoy that at all.
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 13:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Rating: Whisper-Quiet-Maytag-Dishwasher%
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 13:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
tbh that was the funniest thing dude wrote
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 13:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
i really hope the dude who wrote that isn't 31.
or 26 for that matter.
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 13:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like how he name-drops other CMG staff writers.
― Träumerei, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 13:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
cokemachineglow, you are reliably terrible
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 14:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ it's true
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
it at least got me to listen to the goyte song, which isn't bad
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13564-honeycomb/
glad they took the time to post this gem, really hearing the track in a new light now
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 02:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
sarcasm?
― kelpolaris, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 05:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
can't be
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 05:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
idgi
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 05:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
This headline amuses me for some reason
New Yeasayer: "Henrietta"CDs of song sent to fans on the band's mailing list
CDs of song sent to fans on the band's mailing list
― Number None, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 08:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Art design in this is pretty shitty.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh come on it's great!
― caulk the wagon and float it, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://futureoftheleftv2now.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/based-on-novel-of-same-name.html
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 31 May 2012 14:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
man responding to a review like that is jut not a good look
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
nah its funny
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
i skimmed it, but there was also the fleet foxes dude who got offended because of a generally positive pfork review a few weeks ago, because it misused some music terms and dared to be slightly critical. actually that was pretty hilarious.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:04 (11 months ago) Permalink
unreadable
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:05 (11 months ago) Permalink
you're unreadable
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
I don't mind these when they are funny, as this one is.
As for the cover, well, there’s a penguin on it you stupid cunt.
Also, I did kinda like him calling Pitchfork on the "corporate" name-calling thing.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
i always enjoy reading Ian Cohen takedowns of bands i've never heard, and that Future Of The Left review was the rare one that actually made me want to hear the band's (other) records because he sold their merits pretty convincingly. and then i tried to read the FOTL guy's pointless nitpicking response and lost the desire to listen to them again.
― some dude, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
also he admits it's a dumb idea in the first sentence
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
bands stay getting butthurt
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
Many things occurred to me on reading your review of the new future of the left record 'the plot against common sense' and I would like to take this opportunity to debate with you some of the points you raise in the piece, although of course by 'debate' I mean 'shut up and listen to me'.
^^this kind of thing doesn't come off as butthurt so much as fucking hilarious
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah maybe -- tbf i haven't read it yet
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
the fleet foxes dude thing was remarkable in its butthurtedness
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
falkous' whole thing is being perpetually outraged in hilarious fashion so this is more "in character" than "butthurt"
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
on the other hand, i am a huge FOTL fan and could not make it through that whole thing
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
the fact that the whole thing kind of winds down with "wahhh, you like my old band more than my current band" makes it all seem pretty butthurt imo
― some dude, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
let's parse out the many degrees and shades of butthurtedness
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
i believe there are 50 shades
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
hehe
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
i love mcclusky, haven't heard much FOTL, but i laughed out a lot when i read the piece. i wasn't rolling on the floor laughing but it was laughing nevertheless
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
hahaha n/a
fotlmao
― omar little, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah this was pretty funny and IMO well-deserved
when the subject of the review doesn't even understand the references used in it nor the interpretations of the lyrics, something's wrong
― frogbs, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
when the subject of the review isn't from the same country as the reviewer it's pretty inevitable, isn't it?
― some dude, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
As we approach the bottom of your first paragraph you refer to the 'corporate slick production on future of the left's third album' (*1) - a question, my dear friend - would this be the kind of corporate slickness you get through recording an album in 16 days (using the same methods as ever) over a six month period in studio downtime and friend-financed to the tune of £2,000 (whilst we work in temporary jobs and with credit, when available, to support our habit) or instead the kind of corporate-slickness (since, as tone indicates, we’re using the term pejoratively) a person could get from writing for a site which has run the adverts of a variety of corporations, big and small, for many years? I may not be wearing my eyeglasses at this particular moment, but I can definitely see a lovely shiny one sitting atop your review at this very moment
this is very, very OTM
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
exactly, but IMO things like dropping a John Stossel reference for no reason somehow seem even worse when the artist himself doesn't know who that is (dunno if anyone else here does?)
― frogbs, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
my issue with cohen's review is that he's pulling out all these things to try and make it seem like the new FOTL album is different/lesser than the previous albums (eg the "corporate slickness," subject matter, etc.) when it actually sounds exactly like their other albums. falkous' bands pretty much do one thing, they don't do stylistic or production shifts. on one listen, i do think the new album isn't as good as the other FOTL albums but it's a songwriting problem, not a production or subject matter problem.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
If he'd stopped at Following your lead, I’m going to let that one ‘sink in’ this would have been A+
― da croupier, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:55 (11 months ago) Permalink
actually, this still would have been awesome if it kept going through the subject-matter corrections and shitting in pitchfork's cave. After that it gets pretty ad hominem itself
― da croupier, Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
i've found that no matter how idiotically or non-sensically a critic states an issue, there's usually some grain of truth in there. i mean, they didn't like it, you can't semantically argue someone into liking something.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:59 (11 months ago) Permalink