LPF Album Reviews 2.0

[Stenners]

The playlist that will finnaly be released tommorow evening is announced! After a 3 month absence!

 

01. Iron & Wine - Pagan Angel & A Borrowed Car (Folk)

02. My Brightest Diamond - Freak Out (Folk/Rock/Alt)

03. A Place To Bury Strangers - The Falling Sun (Rock/Noise)

04. Moving Mountains - Alastrika (Hardcore/Shoegaze/Indie)

05. Meet Me In St.Louis - I Am Champagne You Are Shit (Rock)

06. Prefuse 73 - Smoking Red (Alternative/Electronic)

07. Epic45 - Forgotten Mornings (Alternative/Melodic/Indie)

08. Animal Collective - For Reverend Green (Alt./Indie)

09. Future Of The Left - Suddenly It's A Folk Song (Rock)

10. Liars - Houseclouds (Electronic/Indie/Alt.)

11. We Yes You No - And The Seasons Pass (Alt)

12. Efterklang - Mirador (Gospel/Alt)

13. Yeasayer - Sunrise (Gospel)

14. Eugene McGuinness - A Child Lost In Tesco (Alt)

15. Yelle - A Cause Des Gracons (Electronic)

16. Kevin Drew - TBTG (Alt.)

17. Enon - Mirror On You (Indie Pop)

18. Pinback - Subbing For Eden (Indie Pop)

19. MIA - Birdflu (Alt/Tropical)

20. Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee (Indie Rock)

21. Kings Of Leon - Ragoo (Rock)

22. The High Strung - What A Meddler (Indie Pop)

[Stenners]

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Various Artists

The LPF Session Vol. 2.0

Alt/Electronic/Rock/Remix

 

When I had started the LPF Projekt alongside with Agent I had no idea that

it would eventually lead to this offspring collection of songs, now more ambitious

& bigger then ever this idea seems to be heading the right direction.... or is it?

The first thing that strikes you about this particular is the sheer amount of skits

and interludes which are present which had been abandoned ages ago for a pretty

obvious reasson, a reasson made so clear here, being really poor and overlong...

OVER LONG rehashes of Reanimation skits just sort of ya know points any lack

of self control and selective editing and cutting as is forever present in this installment

of the collection. Sure enough this collection does present some of the best moments

ever noted on the collection, Razor Red Noise being probably the main driving force

behind the collection with a couple of pretty decent rock cuts which sound really

professionaly produced which is pretty much a first for any of the collections and

does show a more ambitious approach. The usual instrumentals are present from myself

as well as Gradon putting in some instrumental input to pretty decent effect but it's

just a tad cheesey.

The second half of the album is where it really trails off, the production values seem

to get cheaper, the skits get longer and the remixes seem to sound too close to the

original cuts, most present 'Ayeohsix' which really isn't that much of a remix but more

of an extended version. 'Magic Glasses' is different but flawed, the midie guitar is horrible

and the time signatures are off and most of it just sounds random 'Creep' is a nice

instrumental which should of gone somewhere, it is far too short 'Oddacity' is a pretty

nice instrumental which is pretty unique in sound though pretty repetetive, Prayas

trilogy of songs lack the variety that sort of ruins perfectly fine production, they

just go on threw out the album and just way too long & when the cheesey shout

outs and phone outs begin it sort of kills a perfectly fine melody 'Insecurity' is a

well cut track before 'Break' comes in with yet another cringe worthy stab at a

skit. The end of the album right at the end features some unfourtenetly poor production

but some of the more interesting ideas.

Unfourtenetly the album lacks the flow, it has too many pointless and poorly pulled

off skits, the trilogy by 'Praya' though a perfectly fine concept is ruined by overplay

and way to much cheesey cliche moments, alot of the rushed and poorly produced

tracks are quite unfourtenate to. Some of the random moments and stabs at being

original often fail but sometimes work, though for the greater stab at originality alone

makes this alot more interesting then past works, though it's not enough to make

it one of the most overlong & dull of the bunch. 4/10

 

Reccomended: With White Ink, In Dust, In Victory, Oddacity, Insecurity, Tearing Down Each Others Wall

[GraDoN]

decent shit, ya RRN did some good stuff on this LPFS

[Stenners]

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Liars <> Houseclouds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-sw0eoTA_I

 

This is by far the poppiest moment Liars have ever given us the opputunity

to hear, often just bleeps amongst noise ridden melodies and hauntingly

high vocals this is a refreshing change of pace from the band. One of the

highlights off of one of the albums of the year, 'Liars', this song is melodic

and not at all daunting or alienating and offers a strong hook and lonley

sound that the band have adopted. The beeps and noise is present but

rather then being in the foreground its in the background.... the kitten

on the video is so adorable! 9/10

 

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The Whitest Boy Alive <> Burning

 

Amongst all the activety in the music scene the are bands that subsiquently

get totally ignored or forgotten about. This one is no different, this band has

unexpectedly almost totally invaded the radar of the mainstream & even in

the indie underground seems to be devoid of recognition. This the latest output

from the band is once again a nice sweet minimalisticly cleanly produced track

shows the sweet soft vocals prevaling along a nice melody, it may not scream

single material but it certainly a really good song... but will it finnaly cause the

stir that they seem to deserve.... the is a chance but it's a very small one. 7.5/10

 

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O'Death <> Down To Rest

 

This band is totally insane! Charging at the public head first totally off their

receding hairline heads with a degree of insanity & fun that we seem to lack

totally in todays music woes of either uptight indie snobbery of cliche mainstream

rock ignorance. Folk, often seen as a soft genre, when done like this in a Tom

Waits like manor is very haunting and in your face and VERY LOUD! It something

you can imagine the devil dancing to before reaking havoc and something you

can imagine a serial killer playing during a murder. It's nuts... but sooo much

fun, this band are much better live though. 8.5/10

 

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Sons & Daughters <> Gilt Complex

 

If every song with gothic influences and intentions so cliche free then

I would really dig the genre, as it's dark and a place that SHOULD emphesise

a persons darkest emotions.... instead it's a joke. This is a more rocky

sound with goth undertones all over the place.... & it pays off well. The

guitar riff is simple and hooky, it has the backing vocals and a strong female

lead, it's pretty much something for a fan of any place in rock music... unless

you like the cliche dark shit... stay away. 7/10

[Stenners]

Before I continue this review let me show you this

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1j-y03kNuEM

 

... pretty bad huh well I think i'm going to continue to bash this, the worst live band I have EVER seen

EVER which includes local bands in dingey dive of a pub!

 

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Angels & Airwaves

I-Empire

Punk/Emo

 

I bring to you the second comming of jesus, the all mighty most finest song writers

of our generation, with the most charismatic and overwhelmingly attracive personality

ever. He can get whoards of lonley, depressed and jockey teens or weedy ones to

bob their head in agreement, whilst sending everyone else into a state of awe... the

one the only TOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! -> This is exactly what goes on

in this persons head, sure he may get the lonley, depressed teens & jocks alike to bob

in agreement but he sends everyone else to sleep with his boarish attitude, egotistical

cuntface of a persona! YES! He is that bad, I have heard his stage banter and seen

his interviews. So basically this uneccisary follow up to the awful debut fairs off even

worse then the debut as Tom enters EPIC territory, essentially his idea of epic is

songs that go on far too long, with one or 2 chords and ulitmatley go no where without

any conviction. The best thing to say about the album is that the minute to 2minutes

of self indulgant wankery by people that cant wank very well is gone and most of the

songs start more abruptly, the rest angsty & repetetive and overlong... the is nothing

redeeming about this album it's just durge and an insult to everyone who hears it, if

I saw Tom in the street before this album came out I would of simply given him evils...

now I would do something a lil more like this...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=i1e08VgA4QA

 

2/10

[Jeezy]

Who's Trent???

[Stenners]

Meh I have this inrunning joke where I mess up Tom's name.... everytime I write about them, I should add that to stop confusion

[Stenners]

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Linkin Park <> Shadow Of The Day

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=P_eEE12R8Gw

 

LP go with one of their slower moments on the 3rd single release off

of 'Minutes To Midnight', this song ultimatley lacks any real impact or

anything that will make it nothing more then a flash in a pan single

however the electronic undertones are actually quite nice and Chesters

vocals are as usual as effective as ever, shame it's following such a

sterile formular. 4.5/10

 

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Spice Girls <> Headlines

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqBjgyd3_44

 

Unfourtenetly this is one of the most anticipated singles of the year... because

of false Nostalgic reassons... & nothing more. They were never good, get over

it & now they come out with the worst & most predictable move possible, with

this charity single they go for MOR pop for their now grown up audience... &

I can swear to God that isn't Posh's actual voice.... totally forgettable and

disposable. 2/10

 

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Scouting For Girls <> Shes So Lovely

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X95ycVOPcP8

 

Oh..... MY.... GOD! This band are just plain horrible & well boring, the

return of this rubbish is unforgiving. Giving us some of the worst rhyming

lines in the history of pop a boring piano based melody and no redeeming

features at all & often a song I dislike has at least some redeeming features

but this one just doesn't! SHES PRETTY, A FITTY!, SHE JUST TURNED 30...

really now? Go back to your mums and have some scones!!! 0/10

[Stenners]

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Jay Z

American Gangsta

Hip Hop

 

Jay Z almost left his career on a low, falling off with 2 of his most critically slated

albums of all time 'Collision Course' & 'Kingdom Come' it was such a shame to see

such a great rap artist fall from the top. 'Kingdom Come' was a truley disgusting hip

hop album that, with it's bling bling theme' totally made a mokery of all the things

that Jay Z's previous albums stood for. This album is loosley based off of the movie

by the same name & is a concept album but most importantly this alternative persona

that Jay seems to have invented within this concept reminds me more of Jay of old

then Jay of new, thus avoiding all that glamour & going back to the nitty gritty ways

of the street. The production on this album is in general pretty sweet, evident right

from the intro to the get go that is 'Pray' which has a really nice shuffeling beat and

some interesting time signatures. Though the first half of the album is really strong

and all of it surpasses that of his previous release the first highlight doesn't kick in

till it's 7 tracks in! Unfourtenetly for Jay the straight narrative and flow of the albums

concept are interupted by the odd track, the first example of this would be

'Hello Brooklyn 2.0', that's not to say it's not a good track, in fact it's meer simplicity

is done effectivley.

You always get the feeling with this release that it isn't quite as tight of a concept

album as Jay would of imagined and the 60minute run time is a bit much, but what

hip hop album doesn't over run? This is a fine and welcome return to form for Jay &

is actually one of his best albums to date.

 

Rating 8.5/10

[Stenners]

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Yeasayer

All Hour Cymbol

Gospel/Alternative

 

This band is one that are slowly causing a stir of hype, a band which have the

vocal stylings similar to that of the 'Animal Collective' with the soundscope similar

to a more sparse and less in your face 'Arcade Fire' this band has honed in on a

very spiritual, melodic & psycadelic sound which manages to captivate the immagination

and at times dissorientate and provoke emotions such as paranoia from the production

and channel mixing display alone. The first 3 tracks on this album are as good of a

run of songs as your going to hear this year, in fact some publications are actually

saying this run of 3 songs runs the introductionary 3 tracks shown on 'Funueral' by

'Arcade Fire' & I will have to say they are probably a much better introduction to

a band then 'Arcade Fires' trio, Sunrise is simply a song of marvel and the hooky 2080

has a more conventional sound. For the most part it's psycadelic almost eastern

musical scope offers somethign different to the majority of the indie band bulk &

combined with the lavish melodies and vocals of superb diversity and quality from

optimistic, standard to haunting this band have got something and if hoaned and

continued, this band could really be a force to be reckoned with.

 

Rating: 9/10

[azemkamikaze03]

lol id just like to note that the new jayz album is in no way shape or form meant to be this mainstream banger. Lol, I went in expecting that Jayz and was left dissapointed because you expect stuff like from the black album and it just isnt there. I think once you get over that you can see the beauty.

[Stenners]

I'm so glad he has gone back to a more reserved and low-key sound, it suits him better & it truley is a much better album then I was expecting.

[Stenners]

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Arctic Monkeys <> Teddy Picker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUwQ73jdzPs

 

The 3rd single from the pretty damn good return from Arctic Monkeys 'Faviroute

Worst Nightmare' this song has a catchy lopping riff which grabs the listners

attention first hand. The songs shuffeling feel is a real nice change for the band

where as other singles where more brash, the brashness is still around in the hook

but in all honesty I really dig this song for the shuffeling looping riff. 8/10

 

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Daedelus <> Fair Weather Friends

 

As far as producers go it can be tough to try and stay fresh in todays world

and this is where Daedelus succedds.... partly. It sort of sounds different from

most things on the market but the cheer-leader esc chanting reminds me of

'The Go! Team' too much, the sample of 'Girls think the same as guys do' does

get a bit tiresome the 3rd time but look past these minor flaws and appriciate

the actual music going on here then you got yourself a fairly decent if not toally

unspectacular single. 6.5/10

 

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Foo Fighters <> Long Road To Ruin

http://musicbox.sonybmg.com/videos/foo-fighters/long-road-to-ruin

 

The 2nd release off of the Foo Fighters latest effort & well... whilst you listen to

it you think... allright this isn't bad and the hook is pretty good I guess, it's nothing

new on their behalf.. melodic yet heavy it's just a passable rock song. The thing is

it leaves very minimal lasting impression and a couple minutes after a listen it's gone

& void of memory. Check out this single for the video alone which is pretty funny

& the song as I said isn't bad just totally forgetable. 5.5/10

[Stenners]

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Nas <> Surviving The Times

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=87c2fzN5s7Q

 

One of the most celebrated rap artists of all times, Nas has been a consistent

and smart provayer of mainstream hip hop for sometime now. This the latest

cut off of his Greatest hits album talks about his youth & his progress from

being a kid lost in the world to what he is now, a provayer of rap music, and

the chilled back atmosphere is pretty nice and it is a very laid back track with

some pretty decent production but is it disposable... well yea. 7/10

 

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Bloc Party <> Flux

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ttcboE1GrNg

 

Bloc Party have been going a bit stray now, with commercial appeal incresing

towards the band their sound seems to change to suit this appeal. Their debut

was one of the best albums of '05 with the best single of '05 (Helicopter) then

their follow up 'A Weekend In A City' came and offered a few enjoyable cuts but

sounded so much more tame and well over produced & then comes this i-tunes

exclusive... Flux. It sounds like a remix of a Bloc Party song and is well a craptastic

pop song of sorts & shows the band not only trying to grab onto the growing electronic

rock hybrid market which is soreing but also shows a band completely forgetting

who they are and loosing all their appeal. 3/10

 

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Oasis <> Lord Don't Slow Me Down

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7RKtq62IbD0

 

Oasis go threw stages, I mean they have been the Kinks & The Beatles &

now as it will seem they wan't to be The Rolling Stones.... does this band

actually have an original idea or creative bone in their ageing body? The

most overrated band in history, this bands latest single sounds just like

The Rolling Stones with a guitar riff very similar to that found on 'Lyla' so

not only are the copying The Rolling Stones they are copying themselves

, this song is instantly forgettable though not nearly as annoying as alot

of their recent singles. 4/10

 

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Operator Please <> Leave It Alone

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jACE3DKFo0s

 

Forgivingly this song isn't nearly as bad as 'Song About Ping Pong' which was

just plain awful, nah this song is a standard dance indie track which does sound

pretty good loud but & drunk but otherwise it's a bit of a meh moment. The violin

is a nice touch of a band trying to vary it up a bit & the are some moments here

which could promise something other then just a novelty band... thankfully 6/10

 

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CSS <> Alcohol

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xT_C-NGB_1c

 

Steady cash cow, CSS, have caused a storm amongst Nu-ravers in the british isles..

*dies a little inside* to be honest with you this is one of the 'movement' bands that

are to a degree true to the fun & decent formula & having been a fan of theirs since

the album first came out... around 2 years ago! It feels a bit odd to still see singles

comming out for this thing, the jolley come latelys have this nice lovely and lyrically

confusing song to dance to. And I do like it, it has always been one of my faviroute

cuts of the album as it uses some instruments not present on other tracks. 7/10

[GraDoN]

wow thats alot of reviews, i guess most of them are pretty accurate :>

[Black_Angel]

Well I still think Flux is lovely

And the Oasis one ain't that bad, it's grown on me, like Flux I suppose... heh.

But yeah Flux > New Oasis One.

 

Oh and Operator Please have the most unappealing frontwoman known to mankind.. she's fat and ugly but tries too hard to be not ugly so she just looks even worse! >_<

 

And I'm sure you've ripped on that SFG song before... it is rather annoying, "LAVV-ERRR-LEYYY" - it's got two fucking syllables, not three, you bastards!

[Stenners]

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Burial

Untrue

Dubstep/Electronic/Ambient

 

When I got this album I really wasn't sure what to expect, one genre I will

never claim to be any sort of expert in is Dubstep.... I haven't really tried to

divulge into it... Burial is an unknown producer (as in no one knows his true

identity) who has been around the scene for a couple years now. With this

release I can see what the hyping is all about & I must say I for one am glad,

this stuff is so mellow and hypnotic you can just... listen & not even notice

the state of mind it's putting you in. Listening to this album releases many chill

vibes threw out the body as well as haunying ones. This stuff is nicely layerd

and produced with some outstandingly used female sample vocals with tracks

such as 'Shell Of Light' actually enducing emotion in which is often thought to

be a rather cold and souless area of music. This is something of a gem which

will probably skip the majority of peoples radars as it is pretty different and

doesn't really sound like anything else I own, the experiance was totally worth

it & I can see this on some clued up album of the year lists this year. 9.25/10

[Stenners]

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Blitzen Tritzen

Wild Mountain Nation

Indie/Country/Lo-Fi/Noise

 

Albums of a consistent approach? Not for these guys, this album seems to be

more of a mix tape and an experiment of their own personal sound rather then

a straight up country or lo-fi or indie pop album. This band go from moments

of standard country folk singing and strumming to a more beck-esc approach

before going to the land of 'The Shins' within a couple of tracks to each other &

whilst this may not appeal to people that appriciate an album of consistency and

direction it will appeal to people of shorter attention spans who are looking for

good songs & that this album has plenty of. They seem to be specialists of

writing a good tune, melody and hook & every genre they seem to take a stab

at hits gold rather then a turkey, the country inspired 'Wild Mountain Nation' is

the first track that really grabs your attention with tracks such as the hooky

and more Beck styley approach are relentless with the hooks an buries deep

into you subconscious.

This album is a very good one, strong in many ways but sometimes the lack

of direction can work against it, leaving you wanting a more specific and hoaned

sound but this album is enjoyable in so many ways your almost whilling to forgive

this almost entirley, the hooks are there to create an album which will be up

there with the likes of 'The Shins' for the crown of best pop rock album of the year.

8.5/10

[Stenners]

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Bumblebeez

Prince Umberto And The Sister Of Ill

Hip Hop/Rap/Electronic/Funk/Indie Rock/Rock/Rap Rock

 

Bumblebeez or Bumblebeez 81 to you yanky doodles, have been aroudn for a decent

amount of time now, but this is the groups first stab at a true album. At first it has

to be said this would of ranked up their with one of the most dissapointing listens of

the year, on first listen the sheer mixing up of genres was exhausting and it really threw

me off time after time after time. I gave it a couple more chances though an repeated

listens have shown this album to be, considering the genre switches, to be a really

tightly knitted album. The tracks seem to improve towards the later half of the album

with a more funky electronic approach but where as the guitar orientated and rap rock

tracks are simple they are saved in the delivery, tracks such as 'Dr.Love' show the groups

flamboient tendency for a bit of a laugh and shows their main output here is to provide

a good and strong collection of tracks & this album has done that, nothing more or

truley reveloutionary but it's worth checking out & is every bit the debut I hoped. 8/10

[Stenners]

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The Killers

Sawdust

Indie Pop/Pop/Rock

 

The odds n bobs stop off between albums is a traditonal move for either:

a) the critically acclaimed who have been going on for some time now & have toones of EPs

b) the money spinning pop machine

c) the legends

 

The Killers don't seem to fit in any category perfectly but the closest one will be to put them

in the pop catergory.... does this work for them? Well like so many collections from this category

the is nothing that much new about the cuts hidden here then the are on their actual discography.

The thing is with most collections you can hope for something different and more edgey and

potentially better but the appeal wasn't there so halted by the record company, these usualy

seen as a way to reward the dedicated fans and a way to release such songs to the world....

but unlike the likes of 'Smashing Pumpkins' or 'Modest Mouse' the b-sides are significantly worse

and more unfocused then their CD efforts, making this a collection of lesser songs. So now I have

already established that this is a weaker effort then the blah 'Sams Town' and a down right

few miles off of the impressive pop record what was 'Hot Fuss' what can you expect? Well the

majority of these songs are Sams Town rejects and these are the same bland sound only

not going anywhere and lacking any hooks & whilst the albums brute force can carry it on for

1 or 2 listens.... after that you realise the are still no COMPLETE moments of genius. The is

the odd glitter of inspiration here but at the end of the day this is more for the completeist.

 

4.5/10

[HaziLPTonz]

interesting, its not really an album so much as it is just a release of b-sides and stuff to pass the time...sad really, theyre so much more than this, although some tracks are ok, not as good as ST or HF, but this is probably more for the fans than it is for the mainstream audience

[Stenners]

Tonz;539638']interesting' date=' its not really an album so much as it is just a release of b-sides and stuff to pass the time...sad really, theyre so much more than this, although some tracks are ok, not as good as ST or HF, but this is probably more for the fans than it is for the mainstream audience[/quote']

 

Some B-Side and odds n bobs collections are brilliant, see 'New Moon' by Elliott Smith or 'Building Nothing Out Of Something' by Modest Mouse, it depends on the circumstances on why the B-Sides and Stray records where actually stray or b-side records & when it's a band such as 'The Killers' its often a make shift stop off between albums. If they were denied, lost or released on EPs then they are usualy some crackers but this just reeks of make shift release.

[HaziLPTonz]

yer, im not saying all bsides are bad, just this killers "album" disappointed me

[Holy War]

Give me more than a paragraph "review" and I will listen too you, break your reviews down go from sound quality to originality...all you have here is your opinion of the music rather than a true artistic review, and you seem to favor unknown bands more than mainstream which I feel greatly declines your review ability if you can't see one aside from the other...your comparing, not reviewing.

[Stenners]

Give me more than a paragraph "review" and I will listen too you, break your reviews down go from sound quality to originality...all you have here is your opinion of the music rather than a true artistic review, and you seem to favor unknown bands more than mainstream which I feel greatly declines your review ability if you can't see one aside from the other...your comparing, not reviewing.

 

I have given mainstream bands posetive reviews, it's just most of it is more of the same. When I hear the same album for the 100th time with a different grill slapped on the front I get... ya know... bored. I'm not bias to the unknown bandm, but just to prove you wrong I will start to extend the reviews... again... if people actually read them again... the bite size chunks seemed to be working slightly better.. o well.

 

And if you think 'Sound Quality' (level of production....) & 'Originality' which I do cover if you mean the score to find the means then fine I might re-introduce that to. In the next one then, it will be a full bloated beamouth!