MIA

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^ rip big man

heaven needed live pavement bootlegs

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i feel like i should listen to this not thru my laptop speakers, but after reading the reviews that seems like what i'm supposed to do

It's not the best idea to kick off your politically charged album with a song that demolishes the possibility of addressing a serious issue about privacy with any degree of depth or nuance.

Who does Perpetua think he's reviewing?

i have added this album to my "might listen to sometime if i can possibly bear it" along w/joanna newsom and lcd soundsystem

ehh, put the word playlist in there somewhere

Meanwhile I have no idea whence whiney is coming with "unlistenable" but whatev.

By which I mean I really like the parts of this record that sound like shit.

kind of lol, but ugh perpetua? really?

According to Metacritic I am still leading the race to give this the most damning review.

I gave it one star in the Neston & Ellesmere Port Chronicle but I was limited to 35 words. I guess there's a cut-off.

"That song is not a total disaster, but it's certainly a missed opportunity and a poor application of a strong guitar riff."

That review is not a total disaster, but it's certainly a missed opportunity and a poor application of a 4.4 grade.

are we gonna have some fun in here today or what

man oh man

gotta go to work :(

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stoked 4 the madness

Is anyone actually excited and/or looking forward to actually listening to this?

I'm looking forward to one of you singing the PFM review to me.

this was playing during my Fopp browsing session today.
it gave me a headache, so i bought the new Walls album instead.

I'm saying nothing.

^^^that's what all l0u1s jagg3r posts look like when I wear my They Live glasses

dude considering I get your back more than many that's not a shrewd move

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^ LJ

two white pegs, one black peg

why are we talking about your sexual history in a MIA thread

dats a zing

more cruel zings, less pitchfork chat

why is louis 'saying nothing'? idgi

Obviously Louis IS MIA. A clever disguise this whole time.

Just the thought that people who regard Pitchfork as Law and MIA as British Music might be having a rather conflicted day (not, I hasten to add, that many ILXors are implicated in this thought)

(says the British guy who enjoys laying down the Law...)

I'm just keeping you all on your toes ;)

so the new Juan Maclean comes in a longbox? pretty retro.

so the new Juan Maclean comes in a longbox? pretty retro wasteful

Link?

HA!

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If they can't the facts right about the single biggest pop star of the last century then why should we care what else they say? Outrage regarding MJ had nothing to do with the quality of the 'early 1990s' records but with the fact that there weren't any court cases re the child abuse up until then. People didn't take any of it too seriously until the Jordy Chandler case in 1993. Up to that point, it had all been Bubbles the chimp, airtanks in the studio and facelifts and hearsay and gossip.

that 4.4 rating and overall h8 is obviously meant for the artist herself, not the album....right?

I dunno. I don't like or not like Maya anymore now than I ever did, but the new album is a heap o' shit.

Even Space?! See, I quite enjoy the chaotic nature of the album but I can see how it can be off-putting to certain ears. Especially those who were expecting her to take the next step in mainstreaming her sound, or who aren't too fond of the lo-fi aesthetic. What I don't get is how can someone appreciate Sleigh Bells, then turn around and say Maya is "too noisy".

*how someone can

XXXO and ...Muscle are as mainstream/pop friendly as Rihanna.

I think Sleigh Bells are too noisy. I know that mixing right into the red is part of their thing, but my ears would be happier if they didn't do that. However, the songs are definitely there in Sleigh Bells' case. The new M.I.A. is largely shapeless and lazy, whereas her earlier albums were tight as a drum. tbh, it comes across to me as her just not caring anymore. And if she can't, I can't either.

In total agreement. XXXO is the most poppy thing she's ever released imo.

that 4.4 rating and overall h8 is obviously meant for the artist herself, not the album....right?

― Soft Sad Tecmo Bowl (Spinspin Sugah), Monday, July 12, 2010 6:53 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark

the artist who made the album

and yeah when they're not um sampling funkadelic sleigh bells sound horribly loud

If they can't the facts right about the single biggest pop star of the last century then why should we care what else they say? Outrage regarding MJ had nothing to do with the quality of the 'early 1990s' records but with the fact that there weren't any court cases re the child abuse up until then. People didn't take any of it too seriously until the Jordy Chandler case in 1993. Up to that point, it had all been Bubbles the chimp, airtanks in the studio and facelifts and hearsay and gossip.

― piscesx, Monday, July 12, 2010 1:51 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

why even nitpick details with such a batshit parallel. MJ = MIA and child molestation = inarticulate interview!

"The piece was devastating to her credibility, and her childish response-- putting the author's cell number on Twitter-- only made matters worse."

Really? I got the distinct impression that no one outside of ILX gave a shit and ILX seemed pretty meh about her (basically non-existent) credibility and childish response.

nah there were definitely people outside ILX who take/took her super seriously and were shocked and dismayed, silly as it seems

On second reading, that review is even worse than I thought. For one thing it's lazy - apart from mentioning the theme of The Message he doesn't engage at all with the lyrics and why MIA might have chosen this dense, abrasive sound as a vehicle for them. He just lists producers and grumbles that they're aren't enough tunes, which is what you say about a Christina Aguilera album, not one with this much to get your teeth into. The lines where he actually engages with the music are feeble and colourless - "moments of interesting noise" ffs.

Furthermore, as pointed out by some dude, the idea that MIA has to make up for some major bad behaviour is just ridiculous - you really have to have your head up your arse to think that some simplistic/daft political statements (no more simplistic or daft than those made by Strummer, Marley or PE, by the way) are a big enough deal that she has to atone for them. He quotes Hirschberg's caricature as if it's the consensus view and presents as fact the dubious, condescending assumption that the sound of the record is about her restating her hipster bona fides to make up for marrying a rich dude, constantly acting as if the reader shares his personal animus against MIA.

None of which is to say that you couldn't make a good case for a grade this low - I'd give it about 6 - but it's like he isn't even trying. I'd say the argument was weak but there's really no argument being made here.