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Post by jules on Aug 12, 2008 1:37:30 GMT -5
I've become a sucker for hunting down an artist mentioned by somebody I already listen to, in an interview or whatever. I've definitely found this to be a very positive route to finding music that I wouldn't have known about. I tend to try and find the negative points to any recommendation so that I don't feel like a lamb being lead to a condo, but Owen is actually a very good source. I keep meaning to ask for some classical recommendations, but I'm guessing that with these it will more often be the performance rather than a piece of music that makes the difference. |
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Post by sarpedon on Aug 12, 2008 11:11:55 GMT -5
I've become a sucker for hunting down an artist mentioned by somebody I already listen to, in an interview or whatever. I've definitely found this to be a very positive route to finding music that I wouldn't have known about. I tend to try and find the negative points to any recommendation so that I don't feel like a lamb being lead to a condo, but Owen is actually a very good source. I keep meaning to ask for some classical recommendations, but I'm guessing that with these it will more often be the performance rather than a piece of music that makes the difference. He was sure as hell right about the new Parenthetical Girls |
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Post by names on Aug 12, 2008 19:51:46 GMT -5
Good. I feel validated in my slavish celebrity obedience then.
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Post by Ren on Aug 13, 2008 15:21:04 GMT -5
Owen is actually a very good source. I keep meaning to ask for some classical recommendations, but I'm guessing that with these it will more often be the performance rather than a piece of music that makes the difference. Not necessarily. Without getting all hermeneutical, I'd say there's as much in what the composer writes as in what the performer plays. Or maybe they are two entirely different things? Have a few favourite classical composers, have a few favourite classical musicians, regardless of who is playing/what they are playing... I'd love to hear some of Owen's classical music recommendations as well. |
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Post by fiona on Aug 14, 2008 18:39:31 GMT -5
I went to Prom 37 last night, some Ravel and Berlioz conducted by that crazy Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel. It also featured the UK premiere of this clarinet concerto by Anders Hillborg, played by Martin Frost; they cleared a big space on stage, and for 30 minutes, he mimed and danced as he played. It was more like theatre: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWlxobYLhocThe whole Prom was absolutely fantastic, so much fun. |
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Post by jules on Aug 15, 2008 8:25:23 GMT -5
I went to Prom 37 last night, some Ravel and Berlioz conducted by that crazy Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel. It also featured the UK premiere of this clarinet concerto by Anders Hillborg, played by Martin Frost; they cleared a big space on stage, and for 30 minutes, he mimed and danced as he played. It was more like theatre: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWlxobYLhocThe whole Prom was absolutely fantastic, so much fun. Sounds fun. I'll have a watch later when I'm allowed to access googletube |
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Post by rgsc on Aug 19, 2008 11:19:00 GMT -5
I am quite fond of Tiny Mix Tapes - www.tinymixtapes.com/ - instead of/in addition to Pitchfork. Great (and often very funny) news and very intelligent reviews - covering the usual suspects to the ultra-obscure. |
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Post by suburbanmyth on Aug 19, 2008 21:00:53 GMT -5
I would say, don't listen to their reviews. Can be good for finding out about similar bands to those you love, but otherwise just buy the album (or download it, for a free trial, if u dont like it delete it) I don't like pitchfork much though, reviews can't always be trusted and the reviewers seem arrogant and full of their own self importance Oh yes! I completely agree. |
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Post by Owen from Final Fantasy on Aug 20, 2008 6:17:21 GMT -5
Pitchfork writes their reviews for two reasons: traffic. And the lolz. It's not journalism, it's journalizm. Once you get past that, it's an OK site.
rly! srsly.
My issue with them is that they continue to use the career-shaping 10-point system to rank and grade everybody. It reminds me of Nazism. But I have my own theories about that... that quantitative music journalizm is a secret Nazi plot to create a master-race of albums. We can talk about that later.
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Post by neptune on Aug 20, 2008 10:58:36 GMT -5
Aaaand Godwin's law.
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Post by names on Aug 20, 2008 18:10:16 GMT -5
I don't think the Pitchfork scoring system really has a lot of weight anymore, to be honest. Once upon a time, but not for a while. Like I say, I do still think they're useful for highlighting bands to watch, and I think that's probably how most people use it now, so just getting buzz on Pitchfork is probably a more important step now than actually getting a good review. Same way being nominated for an Oscar is a bigger milestone than actually winning one.
Their actual reviews are cartoonishly stupid at times, but hey, they're still miles and miles and miles and miles ahead of NME, who won't stop telling me to like the Ting Tings.
No. No, NME, I will not.
Owen probably just resents the 9.7 tattoos Win Butler made everybody get.
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