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Yeah, because part of being "an adventurous artist" is letting yourself be offended/dissatisfied by the work you're involved in..? And "freak flag"? seriously? It's 2012.
+4 | 6/7/12 5:17 PM
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No "identifying voice"? "revolving door could be disorienting"? I think this is being a bit too critical on Gorillaz. Part of what makes Gorillaz great is that there's always something different from album-to-album and even song-to-song. That "revolving door" has seen some of the best collaborations in pop music over the last decade. It's a wonderful concept to have a rotating cast under a single creative music voice. Even if they're all over the place style-wise, that's EXACTLY what makes this project unique and stimulating for me. There are few people who make pop music as interesting as Damon Albarn. While I moderately enjoyed Rocket Juice, it's simply unthinkable to rank it over the entire Gorillaz catalogue.
+12 | 6/6/12 5:32 PM
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damn you're probably right. logic and reason were temporarily blocked by my geek-out over the new song/tour.
+2 | 6/5/12 9:54 PM
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I think I figured out the picture. Rossen is in sound booth marked "Do Not Enter", recording a rushing river of guitar greatness. The engineer and rest of the band can only chuckle in amazement.
+7 | 6/5/12 6:12 PM
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these strategic upvotes/downvotes formed a comment of their own
+11 | 5/31/12 7:45 PM
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grizzly bear?!? phoenix?!?!?
+8 | 5/31/12 3:35 PM
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do the drapes match the-....eh, too easy
0 | 5/30/12 2:07 PM
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that didn't make me Feelgood. what kind of doctor are you anyway?
+13 | 5/18/12 5:44 PM
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"It’s grown-up music" This sentence bothers me. Grown-up music? I have no idea what you mean by that.
+1 | 5/18/12 4:39 PM
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RubberJohnny never comes when/where he's wanted.
+1 | 5/18/12 11:58 AM
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Not only does NME not know good american music in the 90s, they can't even pick the best songs by Blur, who are pretty much 90s British royalty . You have 4 great albums by Blur in the 90s (i'm excluding Leisure for obvious reasons) and you pick three clunkers (For Tomorrow isn't too bad, but still). But I'm sure two songs by something called "Suede" are way better than anything by Blur.
+3 | 5/16/12 5:39 PM
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There are FAR worse tracks on Sandinista
+1 | 5/2/12 10:18 PM
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so many people are doing the whole 'new-wave' thing lately, and doing a pretty mediocre job...but this guy just nails it.
+1 | 5/1/12 9:12 PM
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There's nothing "organic" sounding in the recording. The bass and keyboard (and even the drums) sound excessively digitally processed. The drums have a particular arena-like crap treatment on them. Good thing the song is decent.
+3 | 4/25/12 6:40 PM
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Should he be grateful to be on the worst show on TV?
+1 | 4/23/12 10:36 PM
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Duran Duran?!? No.
-2 | 4/14/12 11:01 AM
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A-HA!
+3 | 4/12/12 6:11 PM
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my new Lana Del Ray-article-on-Stereogum routine: 1. click on link 2. scroll to comments 3. be entertained more than the actual video/article could entertain me
+1 | 4/12/12 4:48 PM
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to have Fleetwood Mac sandwiched in between The Clash and The Sex Pistols is pretty hilarious...whats NOT is that NME ranks Wings over Lennon
+5 | 4/12/12 4:33 PM
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2010: The Strokes, Phoenix, Arcade Fire, Hot Chip, Grizzly Bear, The National, MGMT, Spoon, Devo, Chromeo, Yeasayer, Black Keys etc. ..way better than this year
0 | 4/11/12 6:11 PM
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thats classic Morrissey
+3 | 4/10/12 6:39 PM
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I never really liked these guys. I always felt like I should, but this changes everything. Ditty Projectors
0 | 3/30/12 9:42 PM
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It's been said previously on this comment board, but seriously....Hot Chip....seriously. They've come out with three solid albums in a row now but Usher and Timbaland? yah..good stuff bros
+4 | 3/29/12 4:54 PM
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How long until 'In Defense of Nickelback'?
+13 | 3/22/12 8:09 PM
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black keys thumbs down, but skrillex thumbs up? wow
+5 | 3/22/12 6:37 PM
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if she deconstructs Beach House next, I'm gonna cry. I gotta promise myself i won't read it.
0 | 3/22/12 6:54 AM
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hence the "premature"
+4 | 3/21/12 5:04 PM
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I don't know a whole lot about Santigold. I listened to her first record once or twice and liked it just fine. And yet I learned next to nothing about her in this article that i didn't know already. I did learn some new words though! "polyglot", "ebullient", "exegesis" And i read a lot of in-parentheses-statements. eight of them.
+6 | 3/20/12 5:00 PM
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clearly not emo
+1 | 3/19/12 5:15 PM
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i know! there's never been so much "annoying" on one page
0 | 3/19/12 5:13 PM
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i love this discussion here. You guys bring up some great points. My cousin went to Berklee for film scoring and they make you pick a principal instrument (he picked voice). And he literally had a class where they showed you how to "perform" as a "front man" or some bullshit. From what he described, it sounded nauseating and offensive. Maybe it's because of internet oversaturation, but it's too bad how just an image can make you or break you. There's so much more going on musically going on that is getting overshadowed by style/message/clothing lines/perfume lines etc. how about the prevalence of the major IV7 chord? or the decline of V7? i don't expect everyone to geek out into music theory or anything (i'm not very well educated in it myself), but we need a bit of geekery on a site that's catered to MUSIC fans.
+1 | 3/16/12 8:45 PM
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His voice is perfect here. Not everyone can pull off a gabriel cover.
0 | 3/15/12 7:17 AM
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That was Just amazing, Everything In It's Right Place.
+17 | 3/12/12 3:29 PM
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it's a goddamn shame that that won't make 'Shut Up, Dude' this week.
0 | 3/9/12 10:32 AM
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I agree, James. Though the article is clearly in favor of Sleigh Bells, it kind of supports that without directly saying it.
0 | 3/6/12 5:23 PM
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For sure. As usual, Limbaugh has No Self Control.
+3 | 3/6/12 5:14 PM
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it seems as though regina spektor has 20 different stereogum accounts
+4 | 3/2/12 8:31 PM
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i wish Hot Chip got a thumbs up, seems to be more relevant in my book than Norah Jones. (no disrespect)
0 | 3/1/12 7:35 PM
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he's right, tom. this is an outrage.
+3 | 2/24/12 7:24 PM
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your beef with Kraftwerk was that it was hard to get tickets? Playing each album all the way through is the best thing i could hope for from them. (even though there's only one founding member left)
0 | 2/23/12 6:30 PM
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