Purpulan

DeRank ™: 2,92

DeAge™ : 6837 days • Here since 21 september 2007

Enter Shikari Take to the Skies

8 jul 08

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I’m trendy... and after having them thoroughly enjoyed like a true cool kid on Saturday nights all last summer... I’ve put them aside... but they made me have fun, which is certainly not something I can say about the equally (much more) ex-trendy "Klaxons" (guaranteed fluff... like with "MGMT" this year).

Pyramids Pyramids

5 jul 08

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Wow?!... something really good, after so long, on the homepage...(4.5 for the album... while, "indecisione" aside, the review seems to be piquing the curiosity of many, which is a good thing...)

Sigur Rós Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

4 jul 08

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"Vaka" is a colossal vakkata, and they even released it as a single... (whereas I agree on "E-Bow" and "Popplagið", but those are the only two tracks worth it on that album, precisely because, while maintaining a specific mood, at least they have a certain movement to them... and they don't just try to tug at my blind and lazy gut...)

Sigur Rós Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

3 jul 08

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If that's the case, it seems to me that no one has even reviewed the latest "Balmorhea"... probably the best "drowsy" release of the year.

Sigur Rós Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

3 jul 08

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Pop a couple of baubles... the first part is (in a muuuch more predictable and clumsy way than what they did in "Takk...", which, at its best moments, between jingles, vibraphones, glitches, and guitar crescendos, remains probably their true pop album) but from the fifth track onward they prove lethal for the minimal production of epinephrine in an average healthy organism (yet they still manage to stress you out to the max... how do they even do it?!).

Jean Vigo L'Atalante

28 jun 08

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Mmmmh, maybe I should have written "bonne nouvelle"...

Jean Vigo L'Atalante

28 jun 08

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I’m fully in my “Wimbledon phase”… objectively not very inclined towards cinephile ranting, but I can’t let this “bon nouvelle” go unnoticed on DeBaser (Vigo, Kauffmann, and Simon each deserve honorable mentions, not to mention the only time they all worked together in perfect syncretism).

My Morning Jacket Evil Urges

26 jun 08

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Um, I don't find it all that disgusting... but, frankly, at first I really hated them a lot, since even with a distracted listen to their early works, I ended up with my pockets full of Neil Young holy cards (which, even if I were gay, isn’t a pleasant sight) and good luck trying to call Duchamp or Man Ray to retouch them for good use... once again I found those holy cards, but they cleverly thought to disguise them appropriately, and (how strange) some are so well faked that they look like portraits of Andy Bell or Jimmy Sommerville (and they’re ugly too, but, even if I were gay, they wouldn't make me look like a total mess...).

Cave In Tides of Tomorrow

24 jun 08

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It's also a matter of "trendsetting"; now anyone who plays like Cave In is accused of being cunning (and here comes the shitstorm following the adjective, now wild and untamed, of "Emo")... I miss this EP, but my respect for them hasn't diminished over time (and even "Antenna," considered by many to be the most spectacular flop, doesn't give me those big diabetic crises). Much better than so many (real) turds that are being peddled today as "works of great stature" and smell of the déjà vu from a mile away (or at least from 30 years ago)...

Marco Sfogli There's Hope

22 jun 08

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Mattanza and tres7... 4 replays in a snap... if you're versatile!!? For the most part, they seem like pointless wankery to me... have a good continuation!