But at what cost? Maybe poptimism’s fatal flaw is placing too much of our hopes and ideologies on an art form that cannot support or sustain them. Or maybe it doesn’t matter
if you peer deeply into the clause "or maybe it doesn't matter" you will see the phrase "i really regret pitching this dumbass idea" slowly clarifying itself in the dimness
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 17 December 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link
lol
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
how many times does somebody need to rewrite the "we've gone too far, time to reinstate cultural hierarchies" handwringer?
― I Accept the Word of Santa (Noodle Vague), Monday, 17 December 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
I mean apart from on ILM
― I Accept the Word of Santa (Noodle Vague), Monday, 17 December 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
alright everybody start writing Car Seat Headrest clickbait
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Monday, 17 December 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
“Every generation gets the rock star they deserve. An icon that both contextualises the surrounded cultural landscape and redefines it. Looking back on this bewildering decade, no star will better epitomise our fractured, hyper-sexed identities and fiscal insecurity than the swaggy nihilism of Post Malone. The world is literally on fire and 13-year-old YouTubers are covering entire Ferraris in Louis Vuitton x Supreme wraps. Posty reigns.”
― maura, Friday, 28 December 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
ban fashion magazines from covering music imo
― maura, Friday, 28 December 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
lol I had to read the whole thing. marilyn manson is def fondly remembered as stylish
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 29 December 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
“If you've ever seen a photo of Miles Davis, Dwight Yoakam, Debbie Harry, or OutKast, you know that writing about music and writing about style are basically the same thing”
https://www.gq.com/story/whole-new-era-at-gq-ed-letter
wow dude really excited for your cutting edge magazine where your music issue features, uh, SoundCloud rap, John Mayer, and Vampire Weekend? You do know that music evolved since you left Fader right
― maura, Thursday, 10 January 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
.... ah
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 January 2019 20:43 (five years ago) link
People who wear their shoes untied on purpose are insane
― Evan, Thursday, 10 January 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
pitching GQ as an way-out-there magazine when it comes to anything is wild
like it's literally for 30 somethings who have an interest in owning more than one suit and want to read about things they've already heard of
― mh, Thursday, 10 January 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
https://www.spin.com/2019/01/deerhunter-why-hasnt-everything-already-disappeared-review/
I'm probably being unfair, but this unedited+unreadable wordcloud (at one point referring to the "ponderous basso continuo" of a track, presumably to mean "it has harpsichord") turned up in my feed on the same day many of the best writers I know got canned, and I went for the state of "content" as I have not wept since Pitchfork Reviews Reviews was a thing
― The depressed somebody from the popular David Bowie song, (bernard snowy), Saturday, 26 January 2019 11:58 (five years ago) link
*first "went" should be "wept" obv, but thanks to autocorrect for trying to make me appear happier than I am
― The depressed somebody from the popular David Bowie song, (bernard snowy), Saturday, 26 January 2019 11:59 (five years ago) link
he shd have cut straight to "boffo continuo"
― mark s, Saturday, 26 January 2019 12:06 (five years ago) link
eh, dense screed apparently written by a megafan who is too close to gauge the interest to others of everything being said
united spiritual conduit tho
― j., Saturday, 26 January 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
jesus christ dale
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 January 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
'Ponderous basso continuo' is perfectly fine imho. As for the rest, it's not exactly good but it isn't bland either.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 26 January 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
PONDEROUS, MAN, FUCKIN PONDEROUS
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 January 2019 16:52 (five years ago) link
“Nothing Ever Happened,” a short-but-sweet number that leads to one of the most-inspiring guitar riffs in modern indie rock history
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Saturday, 26 January 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
I'd be hard-pressed to name one riff from modern indie rock besides maybe "A-Punk" which is just a busier version of Minutemen's "My Heart And The Real World"
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 January 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
I'm struggling to articulate precisely why, but (for reasons undisclosed) really rubs me the wrong way. It just seems so uh... presumptuous? Idk
― The depressed somebody from the popular David Bowie song, (bernard snowy), Saturday, 26 January 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
I recall Vedder saying he wished he'd written the guitar line from the dismemberment plan's "secret curse"
― resident hack (Simon H.), Saturday, 26 January 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
I dunno what “most-inspiring” means (so I’ll bracket that); but when I think of great/iconic indie rock riffs, I guess I think immediately of — “Freed Pig,” “Hot & Cold Skulls,” “Trigger Cut” (which was swiped from VU), “Coming Hot and Proud”... (all from the ‘90s)
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Saturday, 26 January 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
What VU is the "Trigger Cut" riff swiped from?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 26 January 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lqyoq2P7OE
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Saturday, 26 January 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
"modern indie rock history" means post-Oh Inverted World ifaic
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
*afaic
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
it's getting to the point where one of my favorite things about indie rock is its sheer unmemorability. if i could remember it i think i'd probably hate a lot of it.
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Saturday, 26 January 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link
I will def. concede there haven't been many memorable "indie rock riffs" since c. 2001 (that I have encountered)... indie music also became less guitar/riff-based around that time.
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Sunday, 27 January 2019 00:27 (five years ago) link
Here's a great one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcNcuGkhASw
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Sunday, 27 January 2019 00:28 (five years ago) link
http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4152207-the-beginners-guide-to--slowcoreverges on unreadably bad
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 12:55 (five years ago) link
Despite being the second ever slowcore band, Galaxie 500 aren’t much of one.
makes u think
― Calgary customer Elvis Cavalic (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 13:09 (five years ago) link
This is truly awful
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
Laughing Stock isn’t slowcore because it doesn't feel like slowcore.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 13:17 (five years ago) link
Look guys sometimes space has to be filled
― Brex Avery (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 13:17 (five years ago) link
i mean does it tho
― Calgary customer Elvis Cavalic (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 13:18 (five years ago) link
Well obviously no but I'm a nihilist maybe
― Brex Avery (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 13:19 (five years ago) link
not that i don't appreciate the irony of filling space with an article about slowcore, a space-filled form of music
― Calgary customer Elvis Cavalic (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 13:20 (five years ago) link
By far the most recent release included in this guide, and our very own Album of the Year for 2018, Low’s latest work is definitely too close to see, but even considering the blinders of distance it is quite possibly their best work to date, and that can’t be understated
RLY makes u think
― Calgary customer Elvis Cavalic (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 13:21 (five years ago) link
Maybe it’s not their best. I mean, I’m not really sure how someone could compare this to I Could Live In Hope or Things We Lost in the Fire; it seems like an immensely pointless task of comparing apples to oranges, or pecans to pelicans. But it’s not so different from Low’s previous work that it’s unrecognizable. Strangely enough, it feels quite the opposite, it’s strangeness and conflict the most obvious possible extension from the band’s past.
reading this part burst a blood vessel in my left eye
― Calgary customer Elvis Cavalic (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 13:22 (five years ago) link
the "it's" made me burst a blood vessel, i know i shouldn't care when the writing is this bad but i still do
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 14:32 (five years ago) link
this isn't "worst music writing" so much as "worst idea for study," but I cannot think of a SINGLE confounding variable here:
Several years ago, Chris Johnson, an audio software developer, tested a theory, espoused by some anti-loudness war activists, that the hyper-compression roiling the industry was partially to blame for shortened careers. Using a list of all-time best-selling recordings, he rearranged them by “commercial importance,” assigning each a score derived by multiplying an album’s number of platinum certifications (how many millions sold) by the number of years it had been on the market. These were records that were not merely popular — they also displayed longevity.
― theorizing your yells (katherine), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
(that isn't even sarcasm -- I can't think of a single confounding variable because they're more like a rat king of them)
(also this is an unpopular opinion, probably, but the proper level of loudness for an Eagles record is silent)
― theorizing your yells (katherine), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:21 (five years ago) link
I barely made it through the FIVE commas in that first sentence.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:32 (five years ago) link
lol/+1 @ both comments above
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
to be clear this is not about the writing -- some of the commas can be eliminated with line editing, but the reason this is here is because there isn't a thread (but should be) for "terrible studies that set out to confirm one's beliefs about music sucking these days, at the expense of facts or the scientific method."
(also, I should note that Greg, the author of the piece, points out in his book some of the study's flaws, such as how asinine the "multiply by the years on the market" thing is)
― theorizing your yells (katherine), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
for those unclear what's being talked about (I was):https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/what-these-grammy-songs-tell-us-about-the-loudness-wars.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link
the proper level of loudness for an Eagles record is silent)
― theorizing your yells (katherine), Thursday, February 7, 2019 11:21 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol, always love a good eagles zing
― budo jeru, Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:17 (five years ago) link
While the Elton John piano catches your ear during “Absentee,” Sam Griffin Owens’ sax warbles down in the mix, a class clown whose mischief makes the day’s lesson more fun for everyone, teacher included.
good heavens
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 10 February 2019 00:05 (five years ago) link