OK, is this the worst piece of music writing ever?

using the descriptor "emo" as a test case I think we still have at least five years before the kind of ppl who comment just to go DON'T CALL IT EDM accept that they're fighting a losing battle

I think that RS article is great, taught me a lot about Berlin I didn't know.

HERE'S a new candidate. And it's from the editor, even.

http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/alex-turners-brits-speech-was-everything-rocknroll-is-meant-to-be

lock thread

As I said on the Brits thread, it's a bit inelegantly put, but I do think the writer has a point.

best thing is that it never explains who the hell Alex Turner is

that is good because 99.9% of people reading would know

best thing is that it never explains who the hell Alex Turner is

except... it does?

(or were you looking for more than "front man of Arctic Monkeys who won the biggest music award given out by Great Britain"?)

I don't see that sentence in the piece.

I see this: "For the frontman of the UK's biggest band"

I got that from the title of the Youtube embed.

I mean, I'm not arguing that this is an amazing piece of writing or anything, just that that particular criticism seems off when the entire thesis of the piece seems to be "this dude who won an award gave a speech"

whowhatwhenwherewhyhow

Which is not what any of the thesis of the piece is (xp).

New Yorker style required: "Recently, Alex Turner, the frontman of Arctic Monkeys, an alternative rock band from Sheffield, England, accepted an award at a ceremony held annually by the British Phonographic Industry, colloquially known as the Brits."

Turner hereafter referred to as Mr Turner.

just the words "Arctic" and "Monkeys" appearing somewhere in the piece would have been just fine.

Last year he spoke a lot about the writing style of John Lennon of The Beatles

ha ha Alex Turner is as famous as John Lennon I get it

i just love that the famous rock star industry is in such dire straits that the fucking arctic monkeys are the best torchbearers anyone could scrounge up

kinda like ten years ago when the white stripes were the only modern band big american mags felt comfortable putting on the cover

Jack's a pretty great "rock star" though - eccentric, idiosyncratic style, good interviewee, intriguing "concept". Arctic Monkeys dude is just A N Other indie bloke, albeit one who somehow got Josh Homme's cellphone number.

thank you, i thought i was going mad for a while there

where can I purchase this speech

could do with having my faith in "rocknroll" restored

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-most-sampled-song-change-beat-fab-5-freddy-180949863/
http://bit.ly/1c4OvAW

forks, just because someone read something out loud on youtube you saw doesn't make it true

http://www.whosampled.com/The-Winstons/Amen,-Brother/

vs

http://www.whosampled.com/Beside/Change-the-Beat-(Female-Version)/

What's with the arctic monkey's Fonzie hair? Is he a "ted"?

I remember when they first came out they looked like kids who would go to a midnight opening to buy a ps3

Whiney, did u really try to call me out as being a dillettante with a whosampled.com link?

submitted for your approval:

http://www.rockfreaks.net/albums/6720

reads like it has been Google-translated from another language

even parke puterbaugh nods

So you might ask: what is our focus? The majority of magazines cater to only one kind of audience. Rockfreaks.net caters to those who have long ago realized that good great music exists in each and every genre. Whether it's grindcore, indie rock, tough guy hardcore, gothic metal, pop punk, post-rock, emo, death metal or mainstream rock, each genre has it's own pile of crap, but if you dare to scratch enough underneath the surface, and you'll find gems. Guaranteed.

NOTE: We DO NOT cover pop, hip-hop, dance music, etc. We won't review it.

hahahahahahahaha

"Underneath the surface, you'll find gems. Unless it's black."

I propose an entryist campaign of ILXors applying to write for rockfreaks.net, then we can subvert the system from within

wait does it really say "good great music" on the site itself? if so, genius

ah it's Danish. I suppose some unfamiliarity with English can be forgiven. But still DEATH TO THE ROCKISTS

great music varies- some of it is good

From a college newspaper review that's not worth vilifying by linking, but I love this faint praise:

If you are a fan of staid, indie melodies and retro-modern beats, then Angel Olsen's new album "Burn Your Fire for No Witness" is probably for you. Although by no means warm or exciting, Olsen's newest compilation is a testament to the fact that heartbreak can help create the most interesting music.

it says "realized that good great music exists in each and every genre"

xp bit of a Marilyn Hagerty vibe to that one

that sentence really hedges its bets

The Angel Olsen one is amazing. Had to google for the whole review. I like this sentence: "That being said, Olsen's music is not the type you dance along with in the car."

some days i feel like the only person in the world who isn't on the retro-modern beats bandwagon

http://s29.postimg.org/6m3s3v093/image.png

just imagining someone mixing meat loaf and goth in a pot

http://s14.postimg.org/k4vs1pa8x/av2.png

yes, that's typically how it happens

avclub routinely has some of the worst writing around.

Lmao that headline

with one weird song