Musicological banter

[azaghal1981]

Bands that were really, really good during reformation:
Mission of Burma
Dinosaur Jr.
My Bloody Valentine

Who else?

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Who else?

Interesting topic.

Guided By Voices
Texas Is The Reason

[James Ford]

Iggy and the Stooges

Who else?

Interesting topic.

Guided By Voices
Texas Is The Reason

[sweetcell]

Iggy and the Stooges

depends which incarnation... some were better than others.

[James Ford]

This is the one I saw at Bumbershoot 2005.

Iggy and the Stooges

depends which incarnation... some were better than others.

[sweetcell]

for killsaly/rogue/etc.:

Claiming to like Aphex Twin makes comeback
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/claiming-to-like-aphex-twin-makes-comeback-2014092490978

MUSIC listeners are pretending to enjoy the challenging electronica of Aphex Twin for the first time since the 1990s.

The artist released Syro this week, his first album since 2001 when his fanbase secretly preferred All Saints.

Music blogger Tom Booker said: ?My favourite track? Well, probably CIRCLONT14 [152.97] [shrymoming mix] if I had to choose, but really it?s the kind of album you listen to from start to finish which I?m sure I will one day.

?Let?s just say I like them all.?

Self-styled experimental music fan Stephen Malley said: ?Is it really 13 years since the last Aphex album? Because I still haven?t managed to lose my virginity.

?Cultivating an extensive knowledge of obscure, confrontational electronic music really is the most ineffective way to impress girls.?

Richard D James, who records as Aphex Twin, said: ?I thought recording an album of unabashed EDM stadium bangers, with guest vocals from Miley Cyrus, Olly Murs and Pitbull, would confound the critics.

?But it?s like they all wrote their reviews without even bothering to stick it on.?

lol

[azaghal1981]

The Feelies have put on excellent shows the few times I've caught them since they have been back.

[Rogue Riderhood]

Bands that were really, really good during reformation:
Mission of Burma
Dinosaur Jr.
My Bloody Valentine

Who else?

Sebadoh.  Quicksand.

[i am gay and i like cats]

phish,

[Rogue Riderhood]

Swans

[Justin Tonation]

Urban Outfitters sell more vinyl records than any other retailer

[azaghal1981]

Love this!

Drew Daniel's 13 reasons for not making a favorite 13 albums list.

[Rogue Riderhood]

Vas needs to read that. He is always talking about best this, worst that, etc in regards to music.

Reason Eight: It Encourages The False Idea That "Best", "Better Than?" And "Worse Than?" Apply to Art.
Question: What is Neil Young's On The Beach album like?

Answer: It's his best!

If you think this is a not a good answer to that question, you're right. The word "Best" is just a placeholder for a swirl of emotions, a specific historical narrative, a shaky web of criteria, as relayed by a person who is changing all the time as new experiences influence them. All of which is interesting. The "best" part is not. If "best" only begs the question, the same is also true for talk about "better than . . . " or "worse than . . . " that afflicts the scene when we explain why one record is on a list and another is left off. Each record proposes to you the terms by which it might be judged. Some people aim high and wipe out, some people aim low and nail it, but who decides what constitutes these alleged successes or failures? What is the vantage point from which you determine what is high or low as a goal in the first place? What does "easy" and "difficult" mean when making art? Is a record that sets a supposedly modest goal for itself "worse" than a record that takes huge risks, and attempts impossibly ambitious things? From a labour standpoint, an album of two-chord drone rock with muttered vocals about drugs is easier to make than a witty song-cycle about American imperialism set to calypso and Trinidadian steel band arrangements with orchestral strings. But so what? On some days, Spacemen 3's Sound Of Confusion is clearly "better" to me than Van Dyke Parks' Discover America. On other days, the reverse is just as clearly true. At no point are these shifting wins and losses anything other than a subjective report about my whims, pleasures and needs. List making perpetuates the illusion that those whims are facts worth reporting.

[slappy]

Reason for Malcolm checking out of AC/DC is a bummer.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/acdcs-malcolm-young-reportedly-in-care-for-dementia-in-sydney-20140925-10m1hs.html

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Vas needs to read that. He is always talking about best this, worst that, etc in regards to music.

Reason Eight: It Encourages The False Idea That "Best", "Better Than?" And "Worse Than?" Apply to Art.
Question: What is Neil Young's On The Beach album like?

Answer: It's his best!

If you think this is a not a good answer to that question, you're right. The word "Best" is just a placeholder for a swirl of emotions, a specific historical narrative, a shaky web of criteria, as relayed by a person who is changing all the time as new experiences influence them. All of which is interesting. The "best" part is not. If "best" only begs the question, the same is also true for talk about "better than . . . " or "worse than . . . " that afflicts the scene when we explain why one record is on a list and another is left off. Each record proposes to you the terms by which it might be judged. Some people aim high and wipe out, some people aim low and nail it, but who decides what constitutes these alleged successes or failures? What is the vantage point from which you determine what is high or low as a goal in the first place? What does "easy" and "difficult" mean when making art? Is a record that sets a supposedly modest goal for itself "worse" than a record that takes huge risks, and attempts impossibly ambitious things? From a labour standpoint, an album of two-chord drone rock with muttered vocals about drugs is easier to make than a witty song-cycle about American imperialism set to calypso and Trinidadian steel band arrangements with orchestral strings. But so what? On some days, Spacemen 3's Sound Of Confusion is clearly "better" to me than Van Dyke Parks' Discover America. On other days, the reverse is just as clearly true. At no point are these shifting wins and losses anything other than a subjective report about my whims, pleasures and needs. List making perpetuates the illusion that those whims are facts worth reporting.

I feel like true music fans group albums into "tiers" but do not trifle to attempt to rank records individually.