The week that saved rock music

Qotsa and War on Drugs are garbage tho

>>74756205
QOTSA I could see the argument for

But if you have any appreciation for gorgeously well layered, arranged and constructed music then you know WoD is a real achievement

>>74756219
That album's nothing more than a glib facsimile.

>>74756242
>facsimile
What is it a copy of exactly?

>>74756242
It wears it's influences for sure. But not every good album has to be ground breakingly original. It's heartfelt and emotional, and as I said, the whole thing just SOUNDS gorgeous. It's a great album.

>>74756265
They couldn't appreciate Currents either for that reason

>>74756280
Yeah, I don't get why people just saying "sounds like ____" isn't really a valid criticism, unless you go on to say that the rip off is so blatant that it becomes distracting for the listener. Every artist has influences, every artist listens to others and learns from others. Nothing exists entirely in its own bubble, instead everything takes incremental steps forward for change.

Currents took 80s dance pop and filtered through a gorgeous, psychedelic lens. But people will just go "OH SOUNDS LIKE PRINCE" and completely dismiss it, despite the fact that Prince never did anything remotely as psychedelic as most of the stuff on Currents.

Same with the War on Drugs. People just love to point to Springsteen and just rest their case, as if the heartland rock influence completely makes the case that the band should be discarded. It doesn't. The War on Drugs takes that heartland sound and filters it through some of the most shimmering, immaculate, gorgeous dream pop ever laid to tape. Yes, it sounds a little like some of Red House Painters or even Sun Kil Moon's early stuff, but none of that was ever as ornate and intricate as the new War on Drugs record.

And what's more, it just sounds fucking good. The songwriting is solid, with emotional chord changes and lyrics that can instil a vague wistful feeling in the listener. instruments pop in and out, building on each other, everything ebbing and flowing completely naturally and organically, all covered in a shimmering dreamy haze while NEVER becoming cluttered or messy.

Yes, there is an appeal from hearing something that sounds like it comes from a creative vacuum, like Tim Buckley's Starsailor. But not all good music needs to rely on the shock of being very unique. Some can just rely on being good fucking music and the sooner the avant-teens on this board recognize that the better off we will all be.

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>>74756194
None of these is best album or the week

villains is nowhere close to being as good as the other two

>>74756205
If you think qotsa is bad, you just have bad taste in music. All there is to it.

they are all mediocre.
rock is still dead as fuck

>>74756722
>I'm a contrarian faggot

wow thanks for letting us all know

>>74756194
Brand New has always been shit, Villains is probably going to be QOTSA's first bad album, and who gives a fuck about WoD?

>>74756827
Have you listened to it yet? Villains of Circumstance is probably one of their best songs.

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>>74756827
Do you think hating stuff just because others like it makes you cool?

>>74756827
>Brand New has always been shit
honestly why do you think that? I was never a huge fan but Science Fiction is excellent.

>Villains is probably going to be QOTSA's first bad album
It's not as good as ...like clockwork but it's still a fun ass time. Give it a chance m8

>and who gives a fuck about WoD?
see >>74756427

>>74756722

imagine being this guy

>>74756833
Is the production awful like it is on the singles?

>>74756854
I downloaded a FLAC copy and it sounds pretty good to me.

>>74756854
Of the main complaints I've seen on RYM, the production being described as "flat" is one of them.

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>>74756851
haha imagine being that guy and reading this and youre like reading "imagine being this guy" but youre that guy,. hahaha and hes reading this too probably. what a weird thing to exist as.

>>74756854
>>74756879
If you go between like clockwork and villains songs, villains is NOTICEABLY quiter and softer sounding. The songs are solid for sure, but I'm not crazy about the work ronson did.

>>74756846
I don't know anyone who cares about WoD and Villains has a 3.14 avg on RYM right now. How am I a contrarian exactly?
>>74756869
>>74756879
I mean, does it sound like The Strokes/plastic indie production?
>>74756850
BN is literally the most generic unremarkable """emo""" band on the planet and this new album is by far their worst. It sounds like if The Antlers were really into late 90s radio alt-rock.

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>>74756927
>using RYM scores

This guy is a retard

>>74756946
>People are really into the new QotSA album... j-just ignore RYM. They don't count. haha

>>74756971
Projection

>>74756971
At least listen to something for yourself before you form an opinion on it my dude.

>>74756971
you should be publicly hung and the have your suspended lifeless corpse shot at by a fucking firing squad and then you should be removed from the noose and whatever is left of your body should be gut like a fish and then your entrails should be used to suffocate each of your immediate family members individually as they're forcibly and aggressively restrained

>>74756971
>i have to follow the rym hivemind
no thanks i would rather not be controlled by other peoples opinions

>>74756971
I mean it was at like 3.00 around the leak and it's still only got about 350~ ratings but it is going up, if thats so important to you.

But what happened to this little thing called "listening for yourself and forming your own opinion?"

Like I think the reason you are getting so much shit right now is the way you just obnoxiously barged in here with your trip on and made a bunch of contrarian ass statements with no justification, and completely dismissed the new QOTSA album without having even heard it. Pretty fucking obnoxious dude. I hope you aren't this big of a faggot in real life.

>>74757012
shut the heck up, seriously!

youre a gross retard kid who wears black sweaters

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>>74756979
That... doesn't make sense. How am I projecting? Please tell me this is bait.
>>74756999
>>74757024
>>74757027
I didn't state an opinion on it or claim to have an opinion. The singles just have me hesitant to listen to it. Why are you all autistic?

>>74756927
Some songs sound like that but I think that was a stylistic chance. A lot of songs sound great though like Fortress, Un-Reborn Again, and Villains of Circumstance to name a few. Really, I find the singles to be the only songs that have that "flat" sound and even those sound better on the actual release.

>>74757048
You're talking shit on an album you've never listened to?

Fortress is probably the sweetest, most sincere song Homme has ever written. it's not abstract or particularly poetic, it's just a sweet loving tune. Im thinking it's for his kiddo.

>>74757073
Direct me to where I talked shit about it. Quote me. I'm curious.

>>74757075
He said in an interview its for his daughter

>>74757082
wtf is RYM

>>74756927

>mass replies like his opinion actually matters

>>74756971

>meme response

>>74757048

>uses a trip code
>calls others autistic

yeah you should probably just stop

>>74757082
just bait at this point

>>74757085
I knew it! yeah it's probably my favorite part of the album.

>>74757048
Nah its all good, I was just saying give it a listen first. I was worried too. The way you used to do is still by far imo the worst on the release. Wasn't crazy about it when it was released and I'm not crazy about it now. But I do like the album. Probably slots in above era vulgaris and lullabies for me.

>>74757082
Ok name fag, let's play this game. You made it so easy for me.
>>74756971
>>74756854
>>74756827
Just a big contrarian cock sucker

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>>74757091
>>74757097
>>74757098

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no, this album saved rock

trip fags really are autistic

>>74757101
Really beautiful song. I love that queens can have a song like that on the same album with such sleazy dirty songs like unreborn and hideaway

>>74757110
Where in any of those posts did I say that Villains is shit? Is 4chan's reading comprehension this awful?

I'm liking villains but while listening to it, is anybody else getting weird flashbacks of not only melodies from like clockwork, but other artists? I can't quite put my finger on it, some of the lyrical word play sounds like songs I've heard before.

>>74757141
Umm who said you said it was shit? We were just calling you out for dismissing it so quickly, and not having an open mind. Don't put words in our mouths.

>>74757131
yes I figured it had to be about his kiddo since he didn't mention slurping the slizz

>>74757156
>>74757141
please stop de-railing the thread now

>>74757141
Just stop seriously hang yourself, you are the cancer of this board

>>74757149
Maybe not other artists, but Domesticated Animals kinda reminds me of I'm Designer.

>>74757149
I agree - This is the first QOTSA album I have thought of other artists while listening to.. But then again, it might be because I just can't locate too much of their original sounds in there.

>>74757156
I'm not putting words in anyone's mouths. I was literally just asking if it sounds like shit. How is that dismissing it? I still plan on listening to it. Again, reading comprehension.
>>74757171
Glad to know I matter that much to you, anon.

>>74757191
>Probably gonna be the first bad QOTSA album

wow is this how you ask if an album is shit?? this is a new way of asking ive never seen before! a new way of asking that seems an awful lot like... yeah... what was it... oh yeah!! it seems an awful lot like dismissing! Wow my reading comprehension must be really bad if I didn't pick that up hahaha

>>74757227
Holy shit, you people are so easily offended. Go back to r/indieheads, for fuck's sake. I didn't enjoy the singles so I have every reason to expect the album to be bad.

>>74756194
I'd say all 3 are mediocre as well. Not for the sake of being contrarian either, I listened to them.

>>74756194

I'll be honest, I'm trying really hard to hate this album because it's their first that "doesn't feel like them" but I can't bring myself to. It's so fucking catchy

>>74756205
This

>>74756689
Suck a cock, faggot.

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>>74756927
>he used RYM ratings to make a point
Holy shit man

>>74757256
>Holy shit, you people are so easily offended
I'm not offended at all I'm just having fun calling out your clear as day bullshit

>Go back to r/indieheads, for fuck's sake.
This is completely unrelated to anything I said

> I didn't enjoy the singles so I have every reason to expect the album to be bad.
Ok but where did you ask if the album was bad?

That was a solid attempt to deflect attention you just got called out but it's not gonna work you illiterate faggot.

As you said buddy,

R E A D I N G C O M P R E H E N S I O N

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>>74757298
This can't be serious. There's no fucking way this isn't bait.

>>74757325
wait so where did you ask if the album was shit though?

like Im still waiting for you to respond to that

can you not read or

do I have to make it more clear

how about this then

Can you please link to the post where you asked if the album was shit like you claimed?

Like you can keep responding with memes and shit but idk I'm just curious where that post is because I can't seem to find it.

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>>74757347
>Is the production awful like it is on the singles?
>I mean, does it sound like The Strokes/plastic indie production?
>I was literally just asking if it sounds like shit.
Are you literally incapable of reading? Did I actually need to quote myself just now or do you have the ability to scroll up?

Watching two people post retarded shit back and forth for no reason is way more interesting after a few drinks, fuck me.

>>74757385
>Can you please link to the post where you asked if the album was shit like you claimed?
>link to the post
>link

wow, so this is the power of reading comprehension huh

>>74757409
I don't have to link you shit. You're not a fucking 12 year old, are you? You know what Ctrl + F does, right?
>>74757408
What's your poison?

>>74757432
Like it's just funny to me how you mocked my reading comprehension while you have repeatedly demonstrated an inability to comprehend even the simplest of phrases.

>What's your poison?
Wow you are trying REALLY fucking hard to be cool right now, aren't you

>>74757448
You need to be 18 to use this board.

...And you should also chill the fuck out.

>>74757432
Had some gentleman jack left from a few days ago when I had a couple people over so I've just been doing two fingers every now and again

>>74757448
Hey he could've just shitposted me into oblivion but he didn't so I'll take it

>>74757471
Can you only respond in memes? Like, do you talk in memes too? Do you even, maybe, think in memes?

Your brain and vocabulary are fucked my dude.

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>>74757504

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>>74756689

>>74756427
Best fucking response itt

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good thread guys

>>74757615
honestly this thread is a microcosm of everything I love about 4chan

started with some almost decent discussion, people being civilized and sharing their opinions, then a trip fag barged in and sent everyone crazy, then by the end it was literally shit flinging autism.

>>74756927
>I don't know people that like WoD so they must be irrelevant

have you actually talked to people about this?
how many people do you know?
are you just assuming they don't know about/like them because they haven't said anything about them?
this is a terrible supporting argument, my guy

>>74757636
Nah. I hate this part of 4chan. I can't stand shit posters. These cunts have serious problems.

>>74756205
Grow the fuck up you contrarian cunt you have no idea what you're taking about

>>74757149
I know people have said that feet dont fail me sounds like some led zeppelin song

>>74756927
I hope you understand that you liking grimes completely invalidates every single one of your opinions in most reasonable people's minds

>>74756879
The production's okay once you get used to it. It does sound a little bit flat, but what I do like is that the bass is so prominent in the mix and you can get the groove of the songs.

Musically, I'd put it on the same tier as Era Vulgaris. Not "essential" QOTSA but a solid 7/10 with four or five standouts.

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>>74758191
I hope you understand that ad hominem sperg posts like this are hilarious to read and are one of the reasons I post with this trip.

>>74758241
>muh fallacies
>muh ad hominem
>tripfag
>grimes fan
The world needs less of people like you

>war on drugs
>good

LMAO MY ASS OFF

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>>74758301
Keep em coming, anon.

aaaaaand filtered :)

Why hasn't anyone done a mixture of vocals from one song to another albums instrumental yet.

You'd literlarly make a killing on youtube vids

>>74758315
>haha xD! I love the hate!!! Keep it coming!!!
Have you ever stopped and thought that maybe that wasn't the healthiest attitude to have in life? That maybe doing things just to piss people off is kind of pathetic, doubly so because you don't actually know them?
It's just a bit sad man you know? And honestly it's a bit embarrassing as well. You're gonna do what you're gonna do and I respect that but it's just kind of sad man. You're throwing your life away to get hate filled (you)s on an anime image board, yknow? Just food for thought

>>74756265
>it wears it's influences for sure
Stop memeing this in every "critique" just cause Fantano used it once in a review

>>74758364
You're just telling me things I already know, lad. I'm 19. Don't act like I need to have my priorities straight by now.

>>74758393
If you know them then why not act on them? You know, maybe go outside, make some friends that aren't on RYM, meet a girl, go to a party, something other than defending the honor of your (admittedly quite hideous) Canadian synthpop waifu on an imageboard meant for discussion Japanese cartoons. It's kind of a defeatist attitude to say you don't need to have your priorities in line now because eventually it'll catch up to you.

Is Villians their worst album? Because it's certainly not their best.

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>>74758426
Regardless of how correct you are in theory, I already do what you suggested and it's ironic that I'm receiving advice from a person wasting his time in the same fashion, don't you think?

>>74758468
Believe me, the irony isn't wasted on me
I just think you have more potential than doing what you're doing and hope you eventually do that instead of adamantly defending an artist who sounds like a top 40 singer and looks like a troll doll

>>74757270
Which one?

>>74758500

Villains. Or did you mean what song? The whole album is catchy

Un-Reborn Again sounds a lot like T-Rex

Oi does anybody else think Nick is the devil on the album cover?

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This is genuinely a good week for music.

>>74756427
Fucking hell I need to screencap this for future use.

>emo
Holy shit what a fucking retard lol.

>>74759913
I originally wanted to post this album, but after my first listen I am less than impressed. I am really curious and excited to hear it live when I see them in sept. I'd take Mutilator or Weird Exits any day.

>>74759003
Lyrics reference telegram sam I think

>>74759556
Probably not lol

>>74759987

Kinda looks like him though

>>74759995
True thing but I think that's more nick looking like the devil than the other way round

trips were a mistake

>>74756869
better give me a link to that, anon

>>74756427
if you're not advancing art you're moving it backwards. heartland rock arguably never should have existed anyway

Nobody over the age of 15 cares about Brand New and nobody under the age of 35 cares about The War On Drugs.

>>74760664
I'm neither and care about both

Suck my grimy shitcock faggot.

>>74761496
>>>/p4k/

>>74761675
Wow, you sure showed that guy who has a different opinion on music than you. Upvoted!

>>74761703
he actually presented no opinion other than "i care about this," so it's pretty easy to assume he's at enough of a surface level to believe the criticisms of p4k over an internet stranger

Villains is in the top 10 for qotsa records prove me wrong

Rock has never been dead, its just not the dominant genre anymore senpaitachi. I'm okay with that.

>>74757149
Somewhere was ab obvious smoke on the water part in a Song. Don't know which and still listening my first time through. So far its fine.

I guess the Album gets some hate because its also subtile social commentary (e.g. Domesticated animals)

>>74756427
the hero we need, but don't deserve

>>74759003
That song bums me out for some reason.

Like, more than their actual bummer songs like Vampire of Time and Space, and the Long Hard Farewell.

>if fantano or rym doesn't like it it's shit
Imagine being this much of a drone.

>>74756427
Based anon, you BTFO every nu-male ITT

lmao shitty whiteboi music

Brand New is okay but I'm not into emo

New QotSA is probably one of their worst

And TWoD is really just really slow, lethargic, and less gripping version of what's already medicore pop music. Even the best song on that album is just at the root really bland and slow pop, but it's bland and slow for a shameful eleven minutes.

>>74756427
You're right that people are dumb for saying "it isn't anything new" is hardly a critisism but

>takes that heartland sound and filters it through some of the most shimmering, immaculate, gorgeous dream pop ever laid to tape
>Yes, it sounds a little like some of Red House Painters or even Sun Kil Moon's early stuff, but none of that was ever as ornate and intricate as the new War on Drugs record
>it just sounds fucking good
>The songwriting is solid, with emotional chord changes and lyrics that can instil a vague wistful feeling in the listener
>everything ebbing and flowing completely naturally and organically, all covered in a shimmering dreamy haze while NEVER becoming cluttered or messy

I mean fucking c'mon lmao. Everyone replying to this (mostly you probably) is retarded. Even the p4k review for it was better. TWoD is just barely a step above generic ass Wilco-esque indie rock

>>74763425
>everyone who disagrees with me is retarded
fuck off and kys

>>74763495
Yes, the people replying to a really medicore/bad analysis of a really bland pop record saying "this deserves all the internetz!!!" are retarded.

>>74763537
explain what's bad about the review other than "I disagree with it" or fuck off

Actually new U2 album this year will save Rock N Roll... Though I bet Liam Gallagher thinks he wik War on Drugs are just Springsteen after hitting the bong

>>74763568
he literally just says "it's good" in 10 different ways very little of which was exclusive to the music or really music in general. Slamming an album with what are essentially aesthetic and amusical descriptors like shimmering (used twice) and immaculate serve only to reaffirm those who like it, and not to actually describe the pieces or say what exactly the music is or sounds like. Yes, it has chord changes, and, yes, it has songwriting, but what is inherently likable about them other than "I like it"? That analysis doesn't answer that question.

Knowledge about musical terms/theory isn't essential to enjoying music, but it is to reviewing it, which is really made clear in that "review". If you can't do this, you at least need to be original or hide your knowledge in some sort of wit.

Problem was with the review, not the quality of the music.

>>74760627
>good artists borrow great artists steal

since you dont create any kind of music ill tell you a secret pal, you sound like who you listen to.

theres a reason coltrane was a better player than parker. its because he got to listen to parker, and copy some of his stylings.

nothing exists in a vaccum and just because something sounds like something else doesnt devalue it.

it would actually be impossible to create entirely original music.

>>74760627
>art moves and evolves on a linear path to a predestined end point
Whats it like be a brainlet my dude

>>74763710
>>74763425
>this is the kind of person who believes they make good music, but is actually garbage

>>74763779
>you need to always be better than someone you're criticizing
dumbest shit I've heard all day. How about you never dislike anyone or anything again until you do it better than them.

Good luck on writing all those brilliant pieces of music, films, and books!

>>74763710
>he literally just says "it's good" in 10 different ways
what the fuck do you expect? he's explaining why it's good to him you fucking retard. are you expecting an '''''objective''''' review? do you want him to just say what the composition of each song is like for three paragraphs?
>Yes, it has chord changes, and, yes, it has songwriting, but what is inherently likable about them other than "I like it"?
there's no such thing as inherently likable characteristics.
you're just taking his explanations on why he thinks it's good and boiling it down to "he's just saying it's good" even though he fucking explaining why he likes it. obviously if he liked the album he's going to say he liked the album you faggot. no one is going to be neutral in a fucking review, there's no point to that.
>Knowledge about musical terms/theory isn't essential to enjoying music, but it is to reviewing it, which is really made clear in that "review". If you can't do this, you at least need to be original or hide your knowledge in some sort of wit.
fuck off
even if you genuinely believe his review is shit it's miles better than your sorry excuse for an analysis
>"dude it's just slowed down pop music lmao"

Brand new was never good.

Villians is lackluster

Wod is ehhh

>>74763824
>implying that was im implication

no im simple saying you're full of yourself

you also dont seem to understand that art isnt singular which is real retard tier friendo

>>74760664
I'm under 35 and love The War On Drugs. Eat shit.

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>>74756689

>>74758393
>I'm 19
Jesus dude I've eaten food older than you

>>74756219
>>74756265
TWoD is also GOAT live. In terms of raw musical talent, he's easily up there with the best rockers of the 70's and 80's. His albums are really hit or miss for me, but I can totally appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into them.

>>74756280
Don't drag down TWoD by comparing it to Currents. Currents is nothing better than pleasant-sounding background noise for the gym or pumping-and-dumping some Tinder match.

>>74761879
yeah Im not digging Homme's social commentary. how do you not become extremely redpilled after your best friends band that you also play in gets shot at by Muslim extremists? how is Jesse Hughes not blackpilled as fuck?

>>74765210
I don't think browsing 4chan in your mid-late 20s (I'd assume) is something to be proud of, my man.

>>74756882
Not an argument you stupid fucking cunt. Better stick around to lil peep aka flavor of the month garbage.

>>74765576
>why is Homme not a retarded memester

-you

>>74763883
I'm just saying he's saying amusical words to describe music in a way that just says "it's good" for about two paragraphs. "It's good" would honestly have been a miles better review.

>>"dude it's just slowed down pop music lmao"
but this is a valid point. There's nothing wrong with pop, but refusal to accept that what you like is pretty much just pop music creates a unwarented pretentious aura in the indie-sphere. All I'm saying is there isn't much distancing it from run-of-the-mill pop except for being elongated.

>>74763977
>you don't like an album therefore you are full of yourself
imagine being this angry that someone doesn't like generic indie rock

>>74756194
>Indie

>>74766067
>I'm just saying he's saying amusical words to describe music in a way that just says "it's good" for about two paragraphs. "It's good" would honestly have been a miles better review.
so his review is bad because he's not using the words you want to? give me a break. he does a great job of describing the music while adding why it's so good to him.
>but this is a valid point
no it fucking isn't. you shitty analysis does a terrible job of describing the music (you could be talking about vaporwave for all I know) and is just you using pop as a pejorative to say "I don't like it". you took a misleading and overly-summarized characteristic of the music (it's just slowed down pop) and used it to trash the album, which is the most dishonest and lazy way to review I could think of.
btw, that guy isn't saying you're full of yourself because you don't like an album, he saying you're full of yourself because you're trying to pass off your laughable review as legitimate while trashing someone else's review because you disagree with it
I never listened to War On Drugs btw

>>74756929
wow is gaben ok? he seems to have lost a lot of weight

>>74766678
>he does a great job of describing the music
how would you know if you've never heard it?

>and is just you using pop as a pejorative to say "I don't like it"
I clearly did not use pop as a pejorative (assuming you know what that means?) see from >>74766067 where I say:
>There's nothing wrong with pop

If you had actually read what I posted you'd know I said it was just /worse/ than pop music due to it being lethargic and less gripping. Re-read my original post to see this.

>btw, that guy isn't saying you're full of yourself because you don't like an album
he literally is though. He said that you need to have made better art in order for your criticism to be valid. Then said I was full of myself for not liking beer commercial band #392

exiting this shitty thread. Only good albums released this month were Black Ken and Luv is Rage 2

indie is dead but unfortunate that it was ever alive

>>74767032
>how would you know if you've never heard it?
that's my point you fucking retard. he does a great job of selling the album for someone who doesn't know what it sounds like (which is exactly the point of a review)
>I clearly did not use pop as a pejorative
but you fucking did, and retconned it later to fit your argument. in the context of your shitty review, you're using pop among other negative adjectives to clearly dismiss the music
>(assuming you know what that means?)
nice projection buddy. did you have to google "pejorative"? it's okay, no judging.
>he literally is though
no, he's comparing your pretentiousness to the pretentiousness of a music artist who thinks their music is "so superior" when it's, in fact, shit. you'd know that if you didn't have the reading comprehension of a 3 year old

just kys already

>>74767250
If I were saying all pop music was bad, why would I feel the need to say "mediocre" as a descriptor? I was moreso refering to heartland rock being bad than all of pop/rock music.

Brand New is buttrock what are y'all smoking

>>74767494
because pop is used as a pejorative very frequently in this board. with that context in mind, the usage of "pop" in your analysis, combined with the whole negative tone of it, implies you dislike pop and is using it to talk down on the album
you can also use more than one negative adjective to describe something, so using "mediocre" doesn't rule out your usage of pop as a negative when you could be using it for emphasis
you could have just said "music" rather than pop, but you didn't

Brand New is so average it's hilarious. Haven't heard the other two.

>>74756205
Exactly. Fuck qotsa.

>>74767582
Literally retarded. Just because I describe one album as a medicore album from a genre doesn't mean I hate the whole genre lmao. TWoD is very medicore pop but I like Kate Bush, They Might Be Giants, and Mercury Rev, so saying that would just be factually wrong.

His review is very mediocre too. Don't get why you're so passionate about it unless you're samefagging (and given the other replied to that review, that's probably the case).

>>74756242
hows your SAT vocab coming along?

>>74767748
>Just because I describe one album as a medicore album from a genre doesn't mean I hate the whole genre
did you read my post? I don't care if you like pop or not, that's not the impression you initially gave with you're review.
>Don't get why you're so passionate about it unless you're samefagging
>everyone who disagrees with me is a samefag
Literally retarded.
all my posts itt where the ones shitting on you btw

>>74761894
>Like, more than their actual bummer songs like Vampire of Time and Space, and the Long Hard Farewell.

Subtle, 7/10 got me mad