"Muted Gold" towers over the rest of their album imo but Silverbacks are still my favorite post-punk revivalists going right now. I'm suprised they've kept such a low profile with all the attention being paid to that genre in that region of the world.
I'm ambivalent towards Idles and Quietus reviews in general but overall I think dissenting voices in music criticism are a good thing. I don't know if it's edgy as much as it's an honest take by that particular critic.
"Listomania" could have been hit for a British Invasion band in the 60s or the Cars in the 80s.
The production is of a particular time period but the song itself is universal. That applies to most great pop music.
The production is pretty neat. I hear the Cure influence but perhaps working with Phantogram rubbed off on Corgan as well as it sounds a bit more contemporary than a typical Pumpkins new wave song.
My complaint is that neither song is particularly dynamic but maybe they'll work better in the context of the album.
He actually recorded a song adressesing the 1960s ringworm epidemic as part of an elaborate troll job to get out of a bad record contract. It's similar to modern Kozelek in certain respects..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdKzRTju4yk
For me the whole idea of "music snobbery" is a self-awareness that you're taking this stuff too seriously. Are The Ramones aesthetically highbrow in comparison to Charli XCX? So I don't percieve it to be related to the sophistication of the music itself but rather the investment the listener makes in reviews, lists, cultural contexts, etc.
My favorite song on the album! That also bodes well for your chances of appreciating Close to Edge and Relayer; they both take the proggier elements of a song like "Starship Trooper" up to 11.
As a middle-aged dad rocker you younger folk have my permission to ignore the Rolling Stone canon. Just agree to listen to Astral Weeks at least once though.
Lyrically it's narcissism masquerading as hyper-sensitivity so I found it relatable as a young adult. I'm not surprised he turned out to be a total asshole.
"Stay Up Late" was actually one of my first favorite songs. I have distinct a memory of being introduced to it by a family friend. As a 4 year old the appeal was mostly in the lyrics.
Then I was a casual fan through classic rock radio/MTV/VH1 airplay during my adolescence. Of all the legendary indie/alt rock bands from the 80s they seemed the least relevant in the zeitgeist of 90s guitar music (even though Radiohead was named after one of their songs).
I became an active fan in my late teens when I purchased Remain in Light and REMs Murmur on the same day.
Although they sound nothing like one another I view their trajectory similarly to Springsteen.. crtically worshipped in the 70/80s, a bit of a down period in terms of their contemporary relevance during the 90s, massively influential the on aughts/ 00s indie aesthetic.
My take is that's it's impossible to tackle a problem like this one on an abstract, macro-level if people aren't willing to first show compassion on an isolated basis such as Kanye's. The race, political affiliation, economic status, gender etc of the person involved should be rendered irrelevant if you're watching them suffer an emotional breakdown.
I agree that hopefully this is a catalyst for mental health issues to be addressed in a broader, cultural sense as well.
Wealthy people are not immune from mental health issues and Kanye West clearly suffers from them. This is probably with the far left/Bernie Bro culture. The rich have been demonized to the extent that they're no longer humans who suffer like everyone else on earth. Every political ideology needs a scapegoat so why not the rich? At least they're rich!
Not the biggest MMJ fan but Z is still one of my favorite rock albums of that era so I'll second that recommendation. Not sure what the consensus pick is for diehard fans.
John Leckie's credits list as a producer is incredible.
"They want to put chips inside of us, they want to do all kinds of things, to make it where we can’t cross the gates of heaven."
If I read that on any person's social media feed I would assume they were either trolling or suffering from a form of mental illness. Is there another interpretation of it?
I consider pro athletes a special circumstance in that they have a small window of time to make obscene amounts of money. I imagine the majority of them would be willing to make personal sacrifices to play the season. If the leauges come up with a way to ensure it doesn't spread from players to the general community I'm not against professional sports returning later in the year.
I would encourage people to invest in land while the property values are still cheap.
As the birthplace of Daniel Bryan and the Yes Movement Aberdeen will eventually be considered a national landmark and the home of a more significant artistic subcultre than 90s Grunge Rock.
"The only review I’ve ever done where reissue got a lower score than before."
I want a Source Tags reissue just to see the numerical reassessment it gets from Pitchfork.
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