The Long Winters in tier list I’m gonna put these guys at a B+ for now, but I could see them getting to an A-. That said, I could also see them sticking at a B+, or even going down to a B, so I guess we’ll see how it goes. I liked each albumContinue reading “338: The Long Winters (B+)”
Category Archives: writing
RELISTEN1: Stray Kids (down)
Stray Kids
On the Reduction of Infinite Music (into Musical Canons)
THE COMMENT “What? You haven’t heard of or listened to so-and-so? They’re huge! How could you have not listened to so-and-so? They’re a cultural phenomenon, they’re a fundamental part of modern music! If you haven’t listened to so-and-so, if you don’t know x song, how can you say you know music at all?” This isContinue reading “On the Reduction of Infinite Music (into Musical Canons)”
On Ever-Changing Tastes and Preferences
I try to understand the biases I may have in my rankings. I don’t care about trying to avoid them. Ultimately my rankings are more about my preference than about what I suspect is quote-unquote “good”. Of course I’ll take note of those biases as part of my rationale, but they’ll still be a partContinue reading “On Ever-Changing Tastes and Preferences”
EDIT1: Feist (down)
Feist
On Charisma
When I use the word charisma, it’s with a fairly particular definition. Charisma is the quality of magnetism, of attractive force. When something draws others into itself, it is charismatic. I believe that charisma is a huge element of media, of music. It’s the hook, the bait, it’s what keeps an audience engaged and attentiveContinue reading “On Charisma”
On Lyrics
Lyrics are interesting because I don’t really listen to them, and that’s always mildly surprising to me. I care about words, I think they’re important. I think poetry has great potential for beauty and I derive immense satisfaction from its potent combinations of words and phrases, its truths and its lies. I love words. AndContinue reading “On Lyrics”
On Pleasant and Interesting
When I listen to music, when I consume any kind of media, really, there are two primary components from which I derive value. Those are, you guessed it, pleasure and interest. If something- a movie, a painting, a novel, a song, is “good”, it means that that thing is pleasant and/or interesting. If something isContinue reading “On Pleasant and Interesting”
On Trust
This is probably self explanatory and unnecessary, but I think it bears mentioning. I enjoy judging artists off of a fairly comprehensive understanding of everything they’ve published. The hitch is that nobody is perfectly consistent, and so you’ll get people who suck but get better, you’ll get people who are better and then suck, and,Continue reading “On Trust”
On Covers
First, definitions. A “cover” is a work that is largely derivative of a different, largely original work. Of course, nothing is original and everything is derivative, but I think this definition is functional when taken in good faith. Also a work that is largely derivative of a different, largely original work is what I’m callingContinue reading “On Covers”
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