November 2, 2009
Popular music.
Anyone noticed that Paloma Faith is the same as Gin Wigmore who's a rip off of Duffy and Gabriela Cilmi who are rip off's of Amy Winehouse who was ripping off 50's and 60's jazz pop?
October 31, 2009
The Vignettes do Halloween
Katie's a sweet Thriller zombie, and Joel's a sleazy 80's Miami pornstar/coke dealer.
October 23, 2009
Wolfmother's new album translated
There's a lot of hyperbole flying around in the wake of Wolfmother's new album 'Cosmic Egg'.
After hearing the album a few times I realised there is in fact a code in the reviews, and the actual translation
goes something like this:
'Sprawling': Too long.
'Classic Rock': Plagiarism, eg NIB - Black Sabbath, Start me Up - Rolling Stones, etc.
'Psychedelic': Solos, without great technical ability or melody. Usually accompanied by pointless wailing.
'Good': Bad
'any positive adjectives': completely ordinary
The level of production on this album is extraordinary, purely because Alan Moulder is a genius (producer of NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine) but that doesn't make up for the ordinary song writing. What a waste. BOOM!
The Vignettes
After hearing the album a few times I realised there is in fact a code in the reviews, and the actual translation
goes something like this:
'Sprawling': Too long.
'Classic Rock': Plagiarism, eg NIB - Black Sabbath, Start me Up - Rolling Stones, etc.
'Psychedelic': Solos, without great technical ability or melody. Usually accompanied by pointless wailing.
'Good': Bad
'any positive adjectives': completely ordinary
The level of production on this album is extraordinary, purely because Alan Moulder is a genius (producer of NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine) but that doesn't make up for the ordinary song writing. What a waste. BOOM!
The Vignettes
October 18, 2009
Faves
Favourite guitarists of all time, according to Joel Murray.
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Jimmy Page
3. Tom Morello
4. Angus Young
5. Tommy Iommi
6. Brian May
7. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
8. Nick Zinner (despite the recent douche album 'zero', his previous guitar work blows my mind)
9. Josh Homme
10. Craig Nichols (not because he's brilliant, but because he made me want to play guitar)
Am writing new songs but haven't had the time or money to practice them. As always, I've been thinking of ways to make my guitar sound bigger. Unfortunately some of my ideas are quite expensive eg, custom guitars, more amps,etc. If anyone wants to give to the vignettes fund, feel free to go buy our new EP 'Violence Solves Everything' when it comes out next month (November). Dear god let it get us out of this awful rut. Modern music is still rubbish, especially in Aus. Our cat sleeps with her tongue out.
The Vignettes
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Jimmy Page
3. Tom Morello
4. Angus Young
5. Tommy Iommi
6. Brian May
7. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
8. Nick Zinner (despite the recent douche album 'zero', his previous guitar work blows my mind)
9. Josh Homme
10. Craig Nichols (not because he's brilliant, but because he made me want to play guitar)
Am writing new songs but haven't had the time or money to practice them. As always, I've been thinking of ways to make my guitar sound bigger. Unfortunately some of my ideas are quite expensive eg, custom guitars, more amps,etc. If anyone wants to give to the vignettes fund, feel free to go buy our new EP 'Violence Solves Everything' when it comes out next month (November). Dear god let it get us out of this awful rut. Modern music is still rubbish, especially in Aus. Our cat sleeps with her tongue out.
The Vignettes
October 11, 2009
New Flaming Lips album 'Embryonic'
I'm in love with this album. Why? It's dark, psychedelic, progressive, industrial and just all round awesome.
Another reason I'm in love with it, is the reaction from Flaming Lips fans. The last few albums from these guys have been happy, life affirming pop music. While I didn't mind them, I certainly wasn't going out of my way to be involved in it. The fans of these albums were retarded though! They acted like Wayne Coin was the second coming of jesus. I love watching their faces drop as they listen to the dark new sounds, and they realise the fantasy world where everything is one big happy love-in is gone. Brilliant.
Another reason I'm in love with it, is the reaction from Flaming Lips fans. The last few albums from these guys have been happy, life affirming pop music. While I didn't mind them, I certainly wasn't going out of my way to be involved in it. The fans of these albums were retarded though! They acted like Wayne Coin was the second coming of jesus. I love watching their faces drop as they listen to the dark new sounds, and they realise the fantasy world where everything is one big happy love-in is gone. Brilliant.
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