tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928018.post7551681258517476869..comments2023-08-09T11:12:29.774-04:00Comments on indierocket!: The Year in Review :: Part One: Vilificationpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07630179800789862590noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928018.post-84209997400870910702007-04-05T22:29:00.000-04:002007-04-05T22:29:00.000-04:00p.s. nice Clerks reference!p.s. nice <I>Clerks</I> reference!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928018.post-83486308750111788152007-04-05T22:28:00.000-04:002007-04-05T22:28:00.000-04:00The Hold Steady - meh. the albums don't do much fo...The Hold Steady - meh. the albums don't do much for me. i loved their New Brookland Tavern show in November, though.<BR/>Lifter Puller (lead singer Craig Finn and guitarist Tad Kubler's previous band) - INCREDIBLY AMAZING ANGULAR PUNK ROCK AWESOMENESS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928018.post-42595806270454898742007-01-06T02:08:00.000-05:002007-01-06T02:08:00.000-05:00the most irritating thing about colin meloy is the...the most irritating thing about colin meloy is the way he's so smug about his schtick, which is making sure he places words like "somnolent" in every verse or refrain.<br /><br />that being said, they're not bad. i just don't care to listen to them excessively.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606740172475977613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928018.post-48794284879510427472007-01-05T10:47:00.000-05:002007-01-05T10:47:00.000-05:00i agree one hundred percent on the outsider anon. ...i agree one hundred percent on <i>the outsider</i> anon. i thought "turf dancing" was pretty awesome, and keak da sneak made "3 freaks" better than it was. and i'm always a fan of shadow's instrumentals, so "artifact" was up there for me.<br /><br />punching colin meloy in the nose would be counterproductive, mainly because it would make his already shrill, nasal voice even more shrill and nasal.<br /><br />i think the hold steady have one, maybe two songs that are worthwhile. aside from that, you're exactly right — they're a typical bar band.patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630179800789862590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928018.post-11635342924102341492007-01-04T23:02:00.000-05:002007-01-04T23:02:00.000-05:00DJ Shadow's The Outsider needed an editor. I foun...DJ Shadow's The Outsider needed an editor. I found about 30 minutes of good listening interspersed in the 46 remaining minutes of shite.<br /><br />I run into an even shorter time limit with The Decemberists, though. Any more than 15 minutes of listening to Colin Meloy's voice and I want to punch him in the nose from which he sings.<br /><br />My first exposure to The Hold Steady was at New Brookland Tavern (before I read the hype or listened to the album). I just thought they were a good bar band, not the new critical darlings of anyone in particular. I appreciated them as such-- standard rock in a dingy bar. <br /><br />[Aside: I walked into an Urban Outfitters (hipster walmart) store in Las Vegas a couple weeks ago and heard The Hold Steady being piped over the speakers (followed by none other than The Decemberists).]<br /><br />And it's not that I have anything against standard bar rock being played in standard bars (while drinking standard amounts of PBR)-- but don't the editors of countless music reviews have bar bands in their respective home towns?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com