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Witchcraft Firewood
Witchcraft Firewood
30 may 11
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Watch out, Black Mountain released an album last year (Wilderness Hearth: I think you’re confusing them with someone else because I remember your comments on the reviews). Liquid Sound Company never really excited me, so I stopped following them. Lamp and Fin du monde are unknown to me. The Core, on the other hand, are my crazy obsession: their The Hustle Is On is one of my top 5 favorite albums of all time in the stoner-not stoner genre. I must have listened to it a few hundred times and I still find things that I hadn’t noticed before. I would love to keep it for my 100th review, but at this rate, we’ll be talking about it again in 2050…
Witchcraft Firewood
Witchcraft Firewood
30 may 11
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No, no. I explained myself poorly: I absolutely didn't mean to compare the various mentioned groups. Especially since the same groups from the Orebro triad have characteristics and sounds that are, all in all, quite different from each other. It was just to speak generally about groups that, despite having produced some excellent stuff, haven't released much new material in a while.
Witchcraft Firewood
Witchcraft Firewood
30 may 11
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Other dudes who should really kick themselves for still releasing something would be Mammatus: probably my favorite heavy psychedelia band. I read on their MySpace that they had some issues, they’re down to three members, they started touring clubs, but they planned to record something soon. This was about a year ago. One guy who could really use a nice vacation is the dude from La Otracina. I subscribed to his newsletter: he’s taken a huge hit on '80s heavy metal and every day he sends some links with videos of bands I’ve never heard of, with comments like “Unbelievable power metal band from Nicaragua. Enjoy it!” and he tries to sell some really strange vinyl from his collection at exorbitant prices... oh well!
Witchcraft Firewood
Witchcraft Firewood
30 may 11
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Here, I had the doubt that it was by Dead Man (those guys who, as far as I know, haven't released anything since. And it makes me really sad because I literally wore out their Euphoria...), but I wasn't completely sure. I had given a listen to Pelandrone's solo album. I remember it being very beautiful... only it caught me during a time when that genre had already bleached my balls, and I haven't picked it up again.
Witchcraft Firewood
Witchcraft Firewood
30 may 11
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Firewood is definitely the weakest episode of their discography (but haven’t they released anything since?!?). I can’t quite put my finger on why. Maybe it’s just a bit too school-like, lacking true inspiration and merely sticking to the basics with pentatonics... I don’t know. But there are indeed some good parts: Chylde of fire and Queen of bees, real gems! I quite liked The Alchemist. Less calligraphic than the first, more varied. I agree about the Norrsken issue: fewer ideas, definitely raw, but still interesting. To be honest, they weren’t just the first group of Pelandrone, but there were also people who would end up in Graveyard and in another band whose name I just can’t remember...
Bon Iver Bon Iver
Bon Iver Bon Iver
30 may 11
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"I'm honestly not understanding your insistence." We've been discussing this for days: I don't think I'm the only “insistent” one on this page. Besides, I've already said that I share some of your viewpoints on various aspects of the issue, so I would definitely not call it insistence. "Maybe those who say you’re a bit touchy and pretentious who just wants to be right are right." Remove the maybe, it's true. Unfortunately, it's my job, and I probably can't "detach." I don’t think I've ever written anything like: "I judge whoever and however I want," but really, I couldn't care less about what "is being said." I've already told you that, at least as far as I'm concerned, this is not a discussion about being right or wrong. I don't want to convince anyone; I’m just stating what I know and what I think. We could go on for another week, and no one (no one) on this page will change one iota of their way of thinking or acting. We’re just discussing like we used to do a bit more often around here, without being judged as pretentious (it seems to me that the one who’s been all indie-hyper-true extremely nasty from the beginning is you) or touchy (it seems to me that the one who got really upset because "I put the fleas in your anger" is you. My first comment was very calm.). The difference is that your fur is all ruffled, while I'm happy because we’re finally talking about something interesting.
Bon Iver Bon Iver
Bon Iver Bon Iver
30 may 11
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I know "my" genre and "my" scene, and it seems to me that the trend is now to share everything for free. Demos, albums, and live performances. It's the bands, especially the young ones wanting to get known as much as possible, that do this, not the shitty listeners. I see it on blogs, I see it on forums. The only ones I've seen ask for removal are Mogwai (whatever) and Rotor (which surprised me quite a bit). Vinyl survives as a cult object, as a fetish, since very often vinyl versions are packed with "things" that make them more appealing. But they are almost always products deliberately meant to be reserved for the few: hence the extremely limited editions and high prices (another element to increase their appeal). In short, it's stuff for collectors, willing to pay a pretty penny to have the "object" and not at all to support the original format. Even in this case: I'm speaking from what I know, regarding other genres sarka.
Bon Iver Bon Iver
Bon Iver Bon Iver
30 may 11
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Issue of tapes. I'm following up on what Nes said (honestly, I didn't even know they were out of production): producing in a format for which the hardware is discontinued doesn't seem exactly like the best way to support the original format. It would be a bit like fighting video piracy by distributing super 8 or VHS. Issue of cassettes: so a cassette costs less than 5 euros... Well, I’d say that for being "the right value for artistic product," it's a bit too little. By the way, I spoke about production costs, not selling prices. If a cassette is sold for 4-5 euros, either producing it costs less than 1 euro, or it means that "the right value for the artistic product" hovers around 3 euros per copy. Good luck surviving on 3 euros per copy sold! So, are they attaching the coupon for downloading the mp3? They are clearly aware of the poor usability of the cassette format. To me - frankly - it seems more like a "quirk" of "purists" rather than a way to genuinely support the original format. But these are just my impressions: as I told you, I don't know the scene you're talking about, so I trust you.
Bon Iver Bon Iver
Bon Iver Bon Iver
30 may 11
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Regarding the topic of labels: I have never “wished” for their closure. I have always said that I feel really sorry for those who have poured their blood into music and have already had to close shop. I have only acknowledged their current uselessness or something like that. In any case: a band/label that in 2011 only releases on cassette "wants" to remain niche. Let’s admit it. It means consciously wanting to use a medium that is over 20 years old, while the rest of the musical landscape, from Radiohead to the kid strumming in his bedroom, is using digital media. It's far from being an alternative. An alternative is another way to achieve the same result. Here it’s like saying that the typewriter is an alternative to the PC. Or that the horse is an alternative to the car. Make no mistake: maximum respect! My already limited views are not so clouded that I can’t see the immense passion that might be behind such a choice. But it seems evident to me that it is a "stand of allegiance", a stance "against" digital media. Production costs are higher. It's a more "fragile" medium (the aforementioned stories about BIC). The sound quality is inferior. The usability of the medium as well (same old story: the cassette player in the stereo is now something I, you, and a handful of other poor souls have. If you talk to a sixteen-year-old about "cassette player," if he's a guy, he’ll bring out a couple of steaks, if she’s a girl, she'll say "no, my hair is naturally straight"). It’s perfectly clear that, in this way, you are forfeiting the vast audience of all those obsessive-compulsive downloaders. It seems clear to me: “Are you a madafakka who downloads? Are you a kid with a seven-terabyte iPod, but who has never seen a decent stereo? Then I don’t want you in my audience.” I recognize that it takes guts to make such a statement. But, nowadays, it means "wanting" to stay niche.
Bon Iver Bon Iver
Bon Iver Bon Iver
30 may 11
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You may not love redundancies, but you took six lines to let us know that you don't download mp3s. So let's say that number 100 aimed to be a "encouraging" comment. That said, frankly, I feel like you are the one more "afraid" of the current situation. I'm happily indulging myself, spending all that I can on the records that truly interest me, supporting only the (many) bands that I genuinely like, without "distracting" my (very few) finances on records that I believe don't deserve it and also getting an idea (maybe not deep, I won't deny it) of what - in the end - I don't like. Given the data and examples you've mentioned, I suspect that your absolutism on the matter is tied to the genre you listen to and the scene you follow. I still occasionally visit the forum of Perkele, which is somewhat of a reference point for anyone listening to stoner-doom-psychadelia. One of the "leaders" is Teo from El Thule: a guy who one day sat down at his computer and invented an agency, Garbage Dump, through which he has brought some really cool bands to Italy. All of this without making a dime, often losing money out of his own pocket. In short: someone who really supports music. Well, he often insists on supporting the bands, encourages buying, organizes collective orders to share shipping costs, etc. But I have never heard him express the same rigidity regarding downloads as you do. Quite the opposite.
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