GREAT site for reviews

[sonickteam2]

48 Stereophonics
 You Gotta Go There to Come Back
 
   this i also agree with...its horrible. poor guys, i used to like them.
 
   and i dont think Pernice will be the next strokes...no ggw, i dont have facts, i just dont think they will.

[Bags]

Mostly I look for the review that I think is going to best describe the music and what the band sounds like, so I can kind of get a sense if they're something I'd be into.  Then I solicit input from my rocker friends with taste similar to mine (or who know mine really well), or give a listen at Borders.  That's my usual M.O.
 
 

Originally posted by Jaguär:
  I rarely ever trust reviews unless I know and trust a particular person's general outlook. I'll trust this board or other friends first but even then, it's based on their taste vs my taste in music. Too many publications and professional critics are either playing a selling game for the record companies or way too set in their "when I was in college and (so and so) was the greatest show ever" days and comparing everything to that or below.

[jadetree]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  48 Stereophonics
 You Gotta Go There to Come Back
 
   this i also agree with...its horrible. poor guys, i used to like them.
 
   and i dont think Pernice will be the next strokes...no ggw, i dont have facts, i just dont think they will.

since we agreed on the constantines, we were bound to disagree on something shortly after, the stereophonics album is not so bad

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Unless they sign to a major label, that won't happen.
   
 
 
 

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Moon Mullins:
  Yeah, I know. I only mentioned The Strokes score because they bested Rhett's beloved Pernice Brothers.
 
 Highest score on that site was The White Stripes, btw.
 

Further proof that by this time next year, The Pernice Brothers will be playing college gymnasiums or arenas.
 
 Of course, by then Rhett will have adopted his "I really only liked the early stuff and Joe's solo work" posture. [/b]

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by bags:
  So do you love Sloan?  New Pornographers (I love how articles refer to them as a Canadian indie supergroup!)
 

everyone loves Sloan no matter what....and their new CD is heavenely, i simply adore it.
 
    New Pornos are ok, nothing to scream about.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by jadetree:
 

since we agreed on the constantines, we were bound to disagree on something shortly after, the stereophonics album is not so bad [/b]

haha.  maybe not. i just popped it in once at work, and it seemed to have 35 songs on it, know what i mean?  i was also highlu caffienated, so I'll give it another shot...just cause they're the Stereophonics though.

[markie]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  48 Stereophonics
 You Gotta Go There to Come Back
 
   this i also agree with...its horrible. poor guys, i used to like them.
 
   

I concur, but Jadetree will call us crazy.
 
 The points are useless..... 74% of the list get between 70 and 80 points. Plus as the points are all coming from different sources there is no internal consistency.
 
 If you measure an object with one criteria, then measure another object with a different criteria, it does not help to compare the 2 objects.
 
 you would be better off trusting one respectable source. I mean does new woman giving an album 4 out of 5 stars really mean that much?

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Unless they sign to a major label, that won't happen.
 

Don't tell anyone i said this, but
 
 Rhett is right....gasp

[Jaguär]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by bags:
  So do you love Sloan?  New Pornographers (I love how articles refer to them as a Canadian indie supergroup!)
 

everyone loves Sloan no matter what....and their new CD is heavenely, i simply adore it.
 
    New Pornos are ok, nothing to scream about. [/b]

Not me!!!   :mad:  
 
 Don't like The New Pornographers either.
 
 As far as Canadian bands, I love Readymade, Barzin and The Stills.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Jaguär:
 

As far as Canadian bands, I love Readymade, Barzin and The Stills. [/b]

hahahah, i didnt even know the Stills were Canadian....dont i feel silly.
 
   Barzin is great in a Sparklehorse sort of way.

[jadetree]

Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
 I concur, but Jadetree will call us crazy.
 
 

No, you are only crazy because you don't think Ted Leo is the finest performer in the land, not really, but his show was great last night.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I dunno...
 
 If 74% of the albums score between 70 and 80, wouldn't that seem to imply that an album that was higher than 80 could be assumed to be pretty darned good, and one below 70 is pretty darned bad?
 
 I mean, the reason most tend to be in the 70-80 range is because they probably got mixed reviews. If they are signicantly above or below that range, that would mean that the reviews were either generally all positive or negative.
 
 
 

Originally posted by Anton Newcombe:
   

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  48 Stereophonics
 You Gotta Go There to Come Back
 
   this i also agree with...its horrible. poor guys, i used to like them.
 
   

I concur, but Jadetree will call us crazy.
 
 The points are useless..... 74% of the list get between 70 and 80 points. Plus as the points are all coming from different sources there is no internal consistency.
 
 If you measure an object with one criteria, then measure another object with a different criteria, it does not help to compare the 2 objects.
 
 you would be better off trusting one respectable source. I mean does new woman giving an album 4 out of 5 stars really mean that much? [/b]

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I dunno...
 
 If 74% of the albums score between 70 and 80, wouldn't that seem to imply that an album that was higher than 80 could be assumed to be pretty darned good, and one below 70 is pretty darned bad?
 
 I mean, the reason most tend to be in the 70-80 range is because they probably got mixed reviews. If they are signicantly above or below that range, that would mean that the reviews were either generally all positive or negative.
 

damnit, right again!!!!!!!!  Because really, arent about 75% of most new albums about the same....some very good, but some very bad....and the rest...70-80....    
 
   disclaimer : i dont read record reviews...i hate them.
 
   disclaimer #2 : i wont think Rhett is right again today, i am sure.

[mankie]

Originally posted by Moon Mullins:
 [QB]
 Highest score on that site was The White Stripes, btw.
 
 

 Which confirms the reviews are done by a 10 year old!

[ggw]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I dunno...
 
 If 74% of the albums score between 70 and 80, wouldn't that seem to imply that an album that was higher than 80 could be assumed to be pretty darned good, and one below 70 is pretty darned bad?
 

Not necessarily.  The sample is not at all indicative of the population.  Critics tend to choose which albums they review.  Generally, new releases from already known artists, or particularly good albums from lesser-known acts.
 
 There is little motivation to do reviews of poor quality albums from bands that are not widely known, as nobody would really care.