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DeRank ™: 3,14

DeAge™ : 7374 days • Here since 2 april 2006

The Cure Pornography

28 mar 08

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this album is too elaborate, too overproduced... I'm not saying that the anguish expressed in these songs isn't genuine, quite the opposite ("100 Years" speaks for itself)... however, it gives me the impression of something artificial, a theatrical display where what matters isn't so much the discomfort as its narcissistic exhibition... nothing compared to the innocent and immediate spleen of the magnificent "Three Imaginary Boys," the true masterpiece by the Cure and one of the greatest wave albums ever... my favorite from Pornography remains Strange Day...

Queen A Night At The Opera

28 mar 08

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Parenthesis: in my opinion, to realize the immensity of the Velvet Underground you need to know a good chunk of independent music from the last 30 years; you'll find that, wherever (or almost) you turn, they are always in the mix… a bit like Black Sabbath for metal, the Beatles for pop, the Stones for blues-rock, or the Ramones for punk… they are those bands that paved the way, with the difference that the Velvet paved more than one…

June Of '44 Tropics and Meridians

28 mar 08

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The Rodans are awful: how do you manage to get to the end of Rusty?!

David Peel & the Lower East Side The American Revolution

28 mar 08

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In short, even British punk was born in the Big Apple... you could expect that... I only know Peel's first album, which is all acoustic and recorded live (the backstreets of NY) and it's a bit like listening to the MC5 picking up folk guitars instead of electric ones... I think it's way better than the Fugs... as for the album reviewed here, I can't wait to listen to it to see if it really beats the Clash on their own turf and with several years to spare... you've got me drooling, Lewis...

Pearl Jam Riot Act

27 mar 08

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you always hit the same note, ashanti, however I always read you with pleasure...

June Of '44 Tropics and Meridians

27 mar 08

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I miss this record... not going crazy for post-rock, I take it slow with Kentucky... as for Fugazi, I believe one of their captivating factors is that they proposed (with disarming honesty and naturalness) an incredible reconciliation between two antithetical ways of understanding music, one instinctive and passionate (hardcore), the other cold and calculated (post-rock)... in Fugazi, you find heart and mind in perfect balance; abrasive sounds and raw vocals paired with geometric rhythms and sophisticated guitar intertwining... ANOTHER FUNDAMENTAL BAND, Fugazi...

Radiohead OK Computer

27 mar 08

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Well, if nothing else, it must be said that Let Down alone is worth 10 times the entire discography of Coldplay... what I think has cast a bad light on Radiohead are their terrible epigones...

Joy Division Closer

27 mar 08

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good review...about the JDs, I personally prefer Unknown Pleasures, rougher in sound and full of pathos...Closer is closer to the Doors (especially Curtis's voice), with several tracks around 8 minutes long: no longer dark-punk songs, but endless rosaries of abyssal depression...the fact remains that some moments of the album are truly spine-chilling...one for all: that bass that struggles in Heart And Soul until it twists itself...really a band from which it is IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID...

Queen A Night At The Opera

24 mar 08

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wonderful album...only "Sweet Lady" succumbs to the usual second-hand glam...the rest is a GENIUS parody of anything (Kinks, hard-rock, operetta, etc)..."Death on 2 Legs", "Seaside Rendez-vous" and of course "Bo-Rap" make up the winning trio...and let's not forget "In rain or shine, you've stood by me girl...I'm haaaaaappy at hoooome..."