Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
and i'm totally enjoying reading the new post writers concert reviews... bring on the snary comments! i'll bet he gets more than his fair share of hate mail. comparing Coldplay to Dave Matthews Band was just priceless.
he is cool of course until he trashes of my favs, then i'll toilet paper his house...
unlike some others in here, i really like his reviews, here's a quote from the best part:
"Whatever. Upon further review, a better data point is the Dave Matthews band, minus the fiddle solos.
As a vocalist, Martin -- who showed enough promise early on that he was considered the probable heir to the late Jeff Buckley's king-of-crestfallen-singers-with-soaring-voices throne -- has come to sound like an over-emotive version of the Birkenstock rocker Matthews. The singers have the same high register, and both have come to serve basically the same audience -- one that does not include indie hipsters who recoil at Martin's immodesty and hyper-pretension, as well as the strikingly familiar, middle-of-the-road quality of his band's music. Particularly on the new "X&Y." Coldplay and the Dave Matthews band generally appeal to medium-level dull people. They both create music to be played in new cars. Whereas true artists make music to be played in old cars."
