Where can I find a source of music knowledge in the top right?

>>72430649
Your own opinion

>>72430649
Those are the type of people who are probably like listening to music more than reviewing it.

>>72430671
pretty much this

Scaruffi's reviews aren't great but he has good picks

>>72430649
Don't bother. Critics suck.

The person you want, OP, is Samuel Andreyev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhhB9teHqU

Scaruffi has bias but, he doesn't has agenda unlike p4k.

>>72430649
They likely only write about genres that you don't care about

The only difference is that Scaruffi reviews music on the basis of it as an art, whereas P4k, Fantano, and Christgau (especially) all view it as entertainment.

>>72430649
why would you want to remove context from music reviewing? it doesnt even make sense and is impossible. art exists as a product of its cultural context. making something that seemingly removes itself from that context is a conscious act and a cultural statement...

how could focusing on music even work? one based entirely on feelings and psychological effects of sonic forms on the human psyche-- which is of itself something defined by life experiences and understanding.

language enters everything in to the symbolic-- things only have meaning in relation to other things. words inherently belong to this system. music criticism and reviews inherently falls into this use of symbols automatically entering it into a system of context....

>>72430947
context is as important as lyrics

It's not

>>72430947
stfu you pretetniosuf aggot

>>72430860
>>72430860
>>72430860
this

>>72430649
deep cuts

Christgau fans are easily the most deluded people on the internet
He L I T E R A L L Y gave fucking Soulja Boy an A, there's differences in taste and opinions and all but he just has objectively bad taste, no if ands or buts

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>>72430963
Whatever you say, kiddo

>>72431008
>objectively
If you didn't say that word I would have agreed with you 100%

>>72430963
im saying lyrics and music can only be understood through the lens of "context" or at least can only be talked about and criticized through context

>>72431008
>objectively
opinion discarded

>>72430649
Christgau is trash.

Scaruffi can be pretentious as hell, but he usually has solid taste.

Fantano rambles on like a fucking melon, but he's entertaining and pretty funny.

Pitchfork is complete cancer though.

>>72430947
Because context gives people an excuse to let their personal biases affect how they review the music and leads to shit like decent rap albums getting perfect scores and decent rock albums only getting decent scores.

big quint

>>72431078
Fantano isn't funny, he just uses dorky youtube celeb pseudo-humor

>>72431078
>Pitchfork is complete cancer though.
Are you really that contrarian you pretend to not enjoy mucore?

>>72431123
some /mu/core is fine some is shit.w hat's your point

>>72431083
how do you remove context or bias though????? why is youre idea of decent the definitive "decent"? how is their analysis and judgement wrong and yours right?

>>72431123
have you ever read a pitchfork review

>>72431078
Fantano has the most likable personality of the 3 of them that's no question.

RYM maybe

I don't really like Fantano but I respect him as a reviewer despite his frequent questionable takes, he genuinely seems to be in it for the music

>>72431144
You can't completely but you can at least try

>>72431248
those who listen to the music are still part of their own cultural context and you consume it that way too
its dumb to try to remove cultural context because no one lives in a world without it.

>>72431149
yeah rym would definitely be at the top right.
fantano tries, props for that. most reviewers dont even try and are just in it for the money.

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Do you mean reviews like this one?
How this album works:
-The album has one song only and this song start with a silent part that is almost 1 second long.
-Then a tone start to play. This tone has an exact volume, frequency and waveform the entire time.
-At 5 minutes the tone stop playing and a new tone start to play, this new tone is the same old tone with a with increased volume (just a little higher volume). This happens without any silence part between the two tones.
-At 30 minutes a new tone comes in, and start to play with the other tone that is playing. This tone has the same frequency, amplitude and waveform the entire time. They continue to play without changing their own volumes, frequencies and waveforms.
-At 55 minutes the second tone leaves while the first one continue to play.
-At 60 minutes there is a fade out and the song ends.

>>72432410
is this the objective review

>>72431078
Fantano thinks he's funny but he rarely ever is.

>>72431008
>Popular perceptions of artists should influence critics reviews
I've hardly read more than a few paragraphs by Christgau but you are the pleb

>>72430871
He gave Korn a 7.

>>72430649
Yeah , go on, what do you want me to review?

>>72433731
Trout Mask Replica, obviously

>>72430649
By talking to people in person about music. Since it's a real conversation, they won't bullshit about context and shit like that and they will give you their honest opinion.

>>72430649
http://www.markprindle.com/

>>72430842
>implying pretention isn't an agenda

>>72433751
It is a sweet well meaning eccentric album. It is probably more traditional folk than avant garde.

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Mark Prindle. The only music reviewer you should give a fuck about.

>>72433714
And...?

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>>72430649
Here is a more useful graph with the criteria you should be using OP

>>72430649
>focuses on the music
>fagtano
o im laffin

>>72433714
Are you implying Korn is entertaining

>>72430649
>fantano focuses on the music more than scaruffi
OP you are a retard

>>72433991
This. Mark Prindle is super underrated on this website but he's a great source for rock reviews.

His Miles Davis reviews were complete horseshit though

>>72430649
ARTV TOP RIGHT

>>72430649
SellMeAGod