How is vinyl more convenient? Can't play an LP on a Walkman.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 23 September 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
lossless digital is technically the better medium, assuming a good master. However mastering often ruins a lot of lossless releases, whether CD or web.
― octobeard, Sunday, 23 September 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
My controversial opinion: 154 > Chairs Missing
― octobeard, Sunday, 23 September 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
To me CDs are more consistent at sounding good. Vinyl is all over the place, sometimes sounding either far worse or far better than CDs.
xp
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 23 September 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
― octobeard, Sunday, 23 September 2018 21:49 (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is correct, not controversial
― imago, Sunday, 23 September 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
the real talk: pink flag is at best wire's fourth-best album and it's probably lower
― imago, Sunday, 23 September 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
It might be correct or it might not be correct but it is controversial.
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Sunday, 23 September 2018 21:58 (five years ago) link
Not extremely controversial, of course!
"Pretty On The Inside" is an amazing album
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 23 September 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
Eddie Vedder has turned into a marvelous singer.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 September 2018 22:19 (five years ago) link
Read & Burn 01/Read & Burn 02/Send > Pink Flag/Chairs Missing/154
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 23 September 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
The first Read & Burn is one of my favorite albums/EPs/whatever of the '00s.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 September 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
markos and crut otm
re grouper - great music for plane rides tho, easy to nod off to
― Ross, Sunday, 23 September 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
"Send" is terrible though <---- adequately fulfilling the requirements of the thread title
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Sunday, 23 September 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
yep
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 September 2018 22:50 (five years ago) link
beyoncé's music imprisons minds & liberates no one
― crüt, Sunday, September 23, 2018 11:29 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I’ll up this one as this might be the right thread.
This shouldn’t be a controversial opinion. Beyonce’s grotesque transformation of real radicalism into a dep Fuck Beyonce and her imperialist elite pretensiousness. She’s not progressive, she’s a commodified caricature.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 23 September 2018 23:16 (five years ago) link
Sorry I erased a bit by mistake:
Beyonce’s grotesque transformation of real radicalist imagery and messages into de-politicized, mindless spectacle is what should spark controversy.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 23 September 2018 23:19 (five years ago) link
I really liked “a dep Fuck Beyoncé” tho
― growing up in publix (morrisp), Sunday, 23 September 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 23 September 2018 22:20 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
kind of agree. send is one of the best albums of the last 20 years
― imago, Sunday, 23 September 2018 23:54 (five years ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, September 23, 2018
explain this to my black students though, who saw past the spectacle
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 September 2018 23:55 (five years ago) link
What do you teach, Alfred?
― growing up in publix (morrisp), Monday, 24 September 2018 00:06 (five years ago) link
After giving Chairs Missing and 154 proper listens in the past couple weeks... I’ve decided I really only care about Wire songs that sound like singles. Not that they’re a bad band or anything.
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Monday, 24 September 2018 00:21 (five years ago) link
Edit... I listened to Pink Flag also
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Monday, 24 September 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
― growing up in publix (morrisp),
Journalism. Until last month I was the student media adviser for the student paper and radio station.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 September 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
...too
The offspring had some amazing songs
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 24 September 2018 00:26 (five years ago) link
Love "Gone Away"
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Monday, 24 September 2018 00:28 (five years ago) link
A fantastic song. Maybe the offspring aren’t that low on the critic’s estimation— i always got the sense they were.
I like “the kids aren’t alright” and all the other songs rhey made that sound like that, like “you’re gonna go far kid”
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 24 September 2018 00:34 (five years ago) link
Self esteem is catchy af
― brimstead, Monday, 24 September 2018 02:21 (five years ago) link
definitely cosign some of the offspring love
― Ross, Monday, 24 September 2018 02:30 (five years ago) link
There's never been a Scottish music scene.
There's a UK scene which includes Scottish people, labels, cities, venues etc.
― everything, Monday, 24 September 2018 02:53 (five years ago) link
dude no
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 24 September 2018 03:06 (five years ago) link
Tell your black students to watch Chappelle’s bit on celebrities:
https://youtu.be/H7b5hJ0G_9c
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 24 September 2018 03:11 (five years ago) link
the song "feel it still" by portugal the man is a good song
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 24 September 2018 03:20 (five years ago) link
The bulk of the amateur, modular enthusiast tracks (demos, sketches, full-on / fleshed out tracks) i've heard on Soundcloud are more enjoyable than most of the 'studio' songs that make up the proper releases I've listened to (so far) this year. Except maybe for the Beak, Aphex Twin, and xuiqen albums, and some albums on Another Timbre.
New vinyl records are a waste of money. Most tape releases sound like crap--why won't people use metal bias / type II tape cassettes, and put effort into improving the sound quality of their releases? Is it (putting out tapes) just for the sake of novelty? Notice Recordings (label) make good-sounding tapes, why won't others?
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 24 September 2018 03:23 (five years ago) link
What do you recommend for modular enthusiast tracks?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 24 September 2018 03:24 (five years ago) link
xpost A 35 year old second hand cassette copy of say Duck Rock, 90125, Crises etc has better sound quality than a regular nowadays vinyl, CD or cassette release.
― everything, Monday, 24 September 2018 03:28 (five years ago) link
A dubious claim at best
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 24 September 2018 03:29 (five years ago) link
Go pick one up at your local thrift store then tell me I'm wrong.
― everything, Monday, 24 September 2018 03:39 (five years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/leheron_idletones/likes -- this might be hit and miss, but there are loads of modular synth sketches, demos, tracks, etc. The recently liked "Charles" tracks are v pleasant
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 24 September 2018 03:54 (five years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/edbkt/river -- these "edbkt" tracks are really nice as well..https://soundcloud.com/edbkt/mngrvs
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 24 September 2018 04:18 (five years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/caspar-hesselager/to-be-quiet-modular-synth-patch
sorry, one more
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 24 September 2018 04:21 (five years ago) link
Thanks!
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 24 September 2018 04:29 (five years ago) link
what did/does the music mean to them?
― crüt, Monday, 24 September 2018 04:52 (five years ago) link
liberation
― groovemaaan, Monday, 24 September 2018 05:42 (five years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/aroom_temp/180407ahttps://soundcloud.com/papernoise/random-ringshttps://soundcloud.com/billygomberg/180125-last-from-brooklyn
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 24 September 2018 07:28 (five years ago) link
I think the thing with vinyl and with tapes is that the distortion and lack of clarity are part of the sound, sometimes cleaning up a recording means removing something that worked, whether the artist or producer intended it or not (the reverse is often the case too of course) and that is a creative decision on a case by case basis, you can't say "it's always bad" or "it's always good." Acts putting out tapes in 2018 are essentially putting a 1980s instagram filter on their music, I find it a bit silly, but it's their choice.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 24 September 2018 09:41 (five years ago) link
It made my tracks ballot last year.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Monday, 24 September 2018 13:16 (five years ago) link
xps more specifically.
― crüt, Monday, 24 September 2018 13:18 (five years ago) link
jamie xx will never be respected by the culture he adores even though he deserves it
― ninthyoung, Monday, 24 September 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link