Category: music reviews

Asshattery, Celebutards, LeftWingNuts, Musica

The only reason they picked this song is because it’s long enough to be a (somewhat, not to me, but to someone I guess) interesting and has a lot of words and articulation, so it’s a good subject for this stupidity.

It’s accompanied on that blog with a worshipful recapitulation of the song and it’s execrable history (I’ve heard it 1000 times and yet it still bores me).
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I’m prompted to write this because of the death of George Harrison, but its been on my mind for years, actually. Of course, today is a very sad day. He will be missed. I’ve been a Beatles freak since I was a little kid, long after they had broken up I still knew they were the greatest band ever. No pop group has ever had such a profound effect no only on music, pop culture, movies, fashion and literature, but on much deeper things like the peace movement, philosophy and religion. I think George was always in the forefront. He did it in a very humble and self-effacing way. He held the first ever ‘star-studded benefit’, and did it in a way not to glamourize himself, but to play up the cause.
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TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY REPOST!
Celebrating our 10th anniversary docweasel.com is posting some of our most popular articles from 10 years ago this month

…this isn’t bad for a debut. With time and direction, this band could be something interesting, as they certainly have the potential. What they choose to do with that remains to be seen.

Bitter Fall/Sweet Rise bad
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Mars Volta/Tremulant

The Mars Volta is the more radio-friendly of the two ATDI spawns. …very artistic and dynamic.

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TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY REPOST!
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Paul’s nothing but consistent in his PR spin: just like his revisions of Beatles history, what might have been a reasonably amusing and informative program becomes another installment in The Gospel According to St. Paul.

Ed note: docweasel has been accused of being overly worshipful of St. Paul (see his review of McCartney’s live Tampa concert) so in the interest of balance, here is another opinion of the pretty Beatle and his works. This is a vintage review from the pre-website, lovingly reproduced here and coated with glucose.

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TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY REPOST!
Celebrating our 10th anniversary docweasel.com is posting some of our most popular articles from 10 years ago this month

Sparta’s EP Austere is very instrumental, artsy, and melodic. The songs are very emotional, but not “emo.”
BleachedPink

Sparta/Austere

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TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY REPOST!
Celebrating our 10th anniversary docweasel.com is posting some of our most popular articles from 10 years ago this month

This record is a dense, beautifully lush work of stunning depth and emotional anguish. I truly haven’t heard anything quite this beautiful since Ok Computer, and if you’ve heard that gem you’ll know that is quite a compliment.

SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE/How It Feels To Be Something On
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TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY REPOST!
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The most entertaining track on the album has to be “PJ + Vincent & Matthew + Bjork”, which consists of a twisted pseudo-celebrity double-date over a slow cello line. Hearing an impression of Bjork telling us about her “erotic reawakening” is funny enough to make you squirt milk out your nose.

Rasputina/Cabin Fever
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TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY REPOST!
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Forcing myself to listen to this album completely, without stopping once, was one of the hardest things I have ever done. The memory of listening to Untouchables will continue to haunt me to the day I die. I have now suffered for my sins.

Korn/Untouchables

Short Review : Don’t buy this CD. Don’t download it, don’t borrow a copy, don’t do anything with a connection to this CD. It is one of the worst CDs I have ever listened to.
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“Crash…starts out almost sounding like a Sega videogame, and then morphs into a completely rocking tune, with funky electronic riffs in the background pushing the tune to the end.”
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You can tell its old, because she orders a program out of a magazine, and presumably waits for snail mail to get it to her weeks later.

That’s that thing where a man comes to your house with hard copies of emails and puts them in an actual metal box, instead of a virtual mailbox, for you youngsters in the audience.

See if this doesn’t describe your life.

From her album The Sensual World (1989), the lovely and intelligent Ms. Kate Bush:

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TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY REPOST!
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Everything about KMFDM revolves around themes, from the artwork, to the 5 letter titles, to the way they mix up the member roster for each album. For ATTAK, It sounds as if the band threw some songs together and called it an album… I guess if I had to give this album a theme, it would be “Tim Skold’s guitars.”
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The one aspect of the music on this album that’s an improvement over previous efforts is Geddy’s voice. Long gone are the high pitched shrieks of yore, now replaced by smooth, controlled vocals.
RUSH/Vapor Trails
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…until Salier’s “She’s Saving Me”, an angelic aria delivered with real emotion and the bitter-sweet longing of her best stuff. When Ray’s harmony rises to caress the melody, the old magical alchemy melding these two opposing forces finally transmutes mercury into gold.

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TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY REPOST!
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Beck proved that a guitar could replace vocals, and project just as much expression, soul, feeling and depth to carry an album. In fact, it melded more easily and distracted less from the other instrumentalists and guitar rhythm textures.

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TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY REPOST!
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…it’s attractive to a mainstream audience and still has enough of that “underground” feel to stay credible in those circles. Personally, I like this CD a whole hell of a lot and wish there was more recorded stuff to listen to.

Bitter Fall/Sweet RiseHexagon Records.

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Even the best Hollywood hype and New York marketing have never been able to trick me into believing any claims about the products they promote. In my rejection of media, it took until a chance listen to the radio last month for me to hear a Nirvana song and take it seriously. This led me to purchase one of their CDs and begin to find out more about guitarist and vocalist Kurt Cobain.

In my study of Nirvana’s music I have been most impressed that Cobain was a very rare type: an artist among popular musicians. While most professional musicians are proficient with their instruments, it is extremely rare that they have artistic sensitivity in either their musical composition or lyrics. Cobain had both. That he was a combination of both artist and popular musician necessitated that he be misunderstood. Consequently, as Generation X turned him into a product and piece of disposable entertainment they also succeeded in killing his spirit and will to live.
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I like the Powerline blog for its political stuff. I can’t differentiate between the 3 guys, and rarely notice who posts what, so if I’m tarring them all with the same brush, sorry.

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Beck proved that a guitar could replace vocals, and project just as much expression, soul, feeling and depth to carry an album. In fact, it melded more easily and distracted less from the other instrumentalists and guitar rhythm textures.

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Jellyfish Bellybutton (1990)
Jellyfish Spilled Milk (1993)

Jellyfish, the great little band that couldn’t. Why, with such a mastery of retro ’70s musicianship, sensibility, worldview and song-writing chops did this band fail to make a splash?
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…until Salier’s “She’s Saving Me”, an angelic aria delivered with real emotion and the bitter-sweet longing of her best stuff. When Ray’s harmony rises to caress the melody, the old magical alchemy melding these two opposing forces finally transmutes mercury into gold.

INDIGO GIRLS/Become You

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…it’s attractive to a mainstream audience and still has enough of that “underground” feel to stay credible in those circles. Personally, I like this CD a whole hell of a lot and wish there was more recorded stuff to listen to.

Bitter Fall/Sweet RiseHexagon Records.

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…this isn’t bad for a debut. With time and direction, this band could be something interesting, as they certainly have the potential. What they choose to do with that remains to be seen.

Bitter Fall/Sweet Rise bad
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The most entertaining track on the album has to be “PJ + Vincent & Matthew + Bjork”, which consists of a twisted pseudo-celebrity double-date over a slow cello line. Hearing an impression of Bjork telling us about her “erotic reawakening” is funny enough to make you squirt milk out your nose.

Rasputina/Cabin Fever
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Mars Volta/Tremulant

The Mars Volta is the more radio-friendly of the two ATDI spawns. …very artistic and dynamic.

(more…)

“Crash…starts out almost sounding like a Sega videogame, and then morphs into a completely rocking tune, with funky electronic riffs in the background pushing the tune to the end.”
(more…)

Sparta’s EP Austere is very instrumental, artsy, and melodic. The songs are very emotional, but not “emo.”
BleachedPink

Sparta/Austere

(more…)

I’m prompted to write this because of the death of George Harrison, but its been on my mind for years, actually. Of course, today is a very sad day. He will be missed. I’ve been a Beatles freak since I was a little kid, long after they had broken up I still knew they were the greatest band ever. No pop group has ever had such a profound effect no only on music, pop culture, movies, fashion and literature, but on much deeper things like the peace movement, philosophy and religion. I think George was always in the forefront. He did it in a very humble and self-effacing way. He held the first ever ‘star-studded benefit’, and did it in a way not to glamourize himself, but to play up the cause.
(more…)

The one aspect of the music on this album that’s an improvement over previous efforts is Geddy’s voice. Long gone are the high pitched shrieks of yore, now replaced by smooth, controlled vocals.
RUSH/Vapor Trails
(more…)

Forcing myself to listen to this album completely, without stopping once, was one of the hardest things I have ever done. The memory of listening to Untouchables will continue to haunt me to the day I die. I have now suffered for my sins.

Korn/Untouchables

Short Review : Don’t buy this CD. Don’t download it, don’t borrow a copy, don’t do anything with a connection to this CD. It is one of the worst CDs I have ever listened to.
(more…)

Everything about KMFDM revolves around themes, from the artwork, to the 5 letter titles, to the way they mix up the member roster for each album. For ATTAK, It sounds as if the band threw some songs together and called it an album… I guess if I had to give this album a theme, it would be “Tim Skold’s guitars.”
(more…)

…until Salier’s “She’s Saving Me”, an angelic aria delivered with real emotion and the bitter-sweet longing of her best stuff. When Ray’s harmony rises to caress the melody, the old magical alchemy melding these two opposing forces finally transmutes mercury into gold.

(more…)

Paul’s nothing but consistent in his PR spin: just like his revisions of Beatles history, what might have been a reasonably amusing and informative program becomes another installment in The Gospel According to St. Paul.

Ed note: docweasel has been accused of being overly worshipful of St. Paul (see his review of McCartney’s live Tampa concert) so in the interest of balance, here is another opinion of the pretty Beatle and his works. This is a vintage review from the pre-website, lovingly reproduced here and coated with glucose.

(more…)

This record is a dense, beautifully lush work of stunning depth and emotional anguish. I truly haven’t heard anything quite this beautiful since Ok Computer, and if you’ve heard that gem you’ll know that is quite a compliment.

SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE/How It Feels To Be Something On
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