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so, I just got an email from spotify that they're teaming up with shazam. if you download the newest version of shazam, you can adjust your settings to connect to spotify and it automatically makes & adds to a spotofy playlist of your shazamed songs!
I think this is really awesome. so many times I shazam a song, thinking how much I like it, only to forget about it completely until I randomly hear it again somewhere, and then shazam it again.... so having a playlist full of them will be awesome
It has been a while since I've taken the opportunity to complain about pitchfork, but I can't help but bring up this review of Phosphorescent's new live album.
And I certainly can't be the only one crossing my fingers for an Ian Cohen review of the new Diamond Rugs album. After accusing John McCauley III of abusing women on the last one I can only imagine what he will have to do to take the hate to the next level.
It has been a while since I've taken the opportunity to complain about pitchfork, but I can't help but bring up this review of Phosphorescent's new live album.
And I certainly can't be the only one crossing my fingers for an Ian Cohen review of the new Diamond Rugs album. After accusing John McCauley III of abusing women on the last one I can only imagine what he will have to do to take the hate to the next level.
It has been a while since I've taken the opportunity to complain about pitchfork, but I can't help but bring up this review of Phosphorescent's new live album.
You forgot to actually complain about the review. What didn't you like about it? Or are we just supposed to assume that since you like Phosphorescent that this live album is great and that the world really needed a Phosphorescent live album?
Seeing Phosphorescent live made me hate them, I loved their last two albums but live they were affected and indulgent. I also think a formal release of a live album (rather than a collectors release, video, or online giveaway) is pretty silly in 2015, so this review seems pretty decent and well reasoned to me.
I also think a formal release of a live album (rather than a collectors release, video, or online giveaway) is pretty silly in 2015, so this review seems pretty decent and well reasoned to me.
Can you expand on this point a little? Just not sure why it's pretty silly but I'm probably missing something. Why is a formal release worse than the other options you mentioned?
It has been a while since I've taken the opportunity to complain about pitchfork, but I can't help but bring up this review of Phosphorescent's new live album.
And I certainly can't be the only one crossing my fingers for an Ian Cohen review of the new Diamond Rugs album. After accusing John McCauley III of abusing women on the last one I can only imagine what he will have to do to take the hate to the next level.
I read the first half of this earlier today before I gave up and all I read was the reviewer complaining about how useless live records are with no insight on the music itself. What was the point of reviewing it then?
I just cut and pasted this into word and checked the word count. 80% of the review is about the music, 20% is about the format.
I just hope they spend at least that much of their review of Jack Whites next album bitching about his kotschification of albums.
Edit: I was trying to type chotchkification here. I'm really struggling with this new Apple keyboard.
I also think a formal release of a live album (rather than a collectors release, video, or online giveaway) is pretty silly in 2015, so this review seems pretty decent and well reasoned to me.
Can you expand on this point a little? Just not sure why it's pretty silly but I'm probably missing something. Why is a formal release worse than the other options you mentioned?
I also think a formal release of a live album (rather than a collectors release, video, or online giveaway) is pretty silly in 2015, so this review seems pretty decent and well reasoned to me.
Can you expand on this point a little? Just not sure why it's pretty silly but I'm probably missing something. Why is a formal release worse than the other options you mentioned?
Because the cost of making a live album has diminished so much since their heyday, making a 3lp live album that's really just a greatest hits compilation begs the question of "why?" Most bands give this shit away for free now. NPR broadcasts whole shows from bands like Phosphprescent all the time. There are entire cable channels and websites dedicated to live broadcasts of concerts. This isn't the bands last show, or some old recording that has commercial appeal for nostalgia purposes. These guys aren't Phish or the Dead, aggressively reinterpreting their music every night, an issue with the album the reviewer does actually describe in the review.
Can you expand on this point a little? Just not sure why it's pretty silly but I'm probably missing something. Why is a formal release worse than the other options you mentioned?
Can you expand on this point a little? Just not sure why it's pretty silly but I'm probably missing something. Why is a formal release worse than the other options you mentioned?
Because the cost of making a live album has diminished so much since their heyday, making a 3lp live album that's really just a greatest hits compilation begs the question of "why?" Most bands give this shit away for free now. NPR broadcasts whole shows from bands like Phosphprescent all the time. There are entire cable channels and websites dedicated to live broadcasts of concerts. This isn't the bands last show, or some old recording that has commercial appeal for nostalgia purposes. These guys aren't Phish or the Dead, aggressively reinterpreting their music every night, an issue with the album the reviewer does actually describe in the review.
It all just seems super pointless to me.
Cool, thanks. That makes sense. I guess you could say the same about the recent Dr. Dog live release but I ended up getting that because I like hearing live versions of my favorite songs and they haven't really had any live releases before. I did like the fact that Tame Impala did the live release for Record Store Day and specifically made note of the fact that the songs sounded way different than the studio versions. I think that was for some of the same reasons you mentioned (or were mentioned in the review). Unless you're doing something unique with it then it may not be anything special.
It has been a while since I've taken the opportunity to complain about pitchfork, but I can't help but bring up this review of Phosphorescent's new live album.
You forgot to actually complain about the review. What didn't you like about it? Or are we just supposed to assume that since you like Phosphorescent that this live album is great and that the world really needed a Phosphorescent live album?
Seeing Phosphorescent live made me hate them, I loved their last two albums but live they were affected and indulgent. I also think a formal release of a live album (rather than a collectors release, video, or online giveaway) is pretty silly in 2015, so this review seems pretty decent and well reasoned to me.
Maybe you got unlucky, when I saw them last Spring they were great. I think the live album is one of the great shows. I don't necessarily disagree with what you're saying about a formal release of a live album being outdated but if a band determines a formal release is what they want to do for artistic or financial reasons I'm not going to vault them. There is less need for a live album today with the ease of online releases, but there also plenty of poorly recorded internet releases out there. If it takes a live album for a band at the popularity level of Phosphorescent (or Jason Isbell and Dr Dog, two other recent formal live albums I enjoy) to be able to put the time and money into getting a well recorded, engineered, and mixed document of the band as a live entity so be it. A band like MMJ, Pearl Jam, or DMB can put together the same quality recording and throw it online for $20 and with no more PR than a few social media shares sell a decent number. I'm not so sure Phosphorescent could do the same.
Can you expand on this point a little? Just not sure why it's pretty silly but I'm probably missing something. Why is a formal release worse than the other options you mentioned?
Because the cost of making a live album has diminished so much since their heyday, making a 3lp live album that's really just a greatest hits compilation begs the question of "why?" Most bands give this shit away for free now. NPR broadcasts whole shows from bands like Phosphprescent all the time. There are entire cable channels and websites dedicated to live broadcasts of concerts. This isn't the bands last show, or some old recording that has commercial appeal for nostalgia purposes. These guys aren't Phish or the Dead, aggressively reinterpreting their music every night, an issue with the album the reviewer does actually describe in the review.
It all just seems super pointless to me.
I kind of touched on this in the other post but those NPR broadcasts, stuff on TV, Live on KEXP, Mountain Stage, etc are all great but sound quality wise they never live up to a well made live album. Also worth noting many of those shows are not recorded in front of a normal crowd, which can affect the energy of the performance. If every band could do something like MMJ and release pristine copies of all their big shows online I would be all for it.
You could kind of argue the same for someone like the Dead. They are still releasing Dead shows, all of which are widely available on the internet from multiple sources including soundboards and matrix recordings that are often good quality. My Dad has crates of bootleg Dead tapes many of which sound as good as anything on youtube, yet the Dead still released live records.
Because the cost of making a live album has diminished so much since their heyday, making a 3lp live album that's really just a greatest hits compilation begs the question of "why?" Most bands give this shit away for free now. NPR broadcasts whole shows from bands like Phosphprescent all the time. There are entire cable channels and websites dedicated to live broadcasts of concerts. This isn't the bands last show, or some old recording that has commercial appeal for nostalgia purposes. These guys aren't Phish or the Dead, aggressively reinterpreting their music every night, an issue with the album the reviewer does actually describe in the review.
It all just seems super pointless to me.
I kind of touched on this in the other post but those NPR broadcasts, stuff on TV, Live on KEXP, Mountain Stage, etc are all great but sound quality wise they never live up to a well made live album. Also worth noting many of those shows are not recorded in front of a normal crowd, which can affect the energy of the performance. If every band could do something like MMJ and release pristine copies of all their big shows online I would be all for it.
Yea, I think you've got a point about how some of those broadcasts aren't all that great sound quality-wise. It actually is more like what the review says about "just hitting record" on a set without much work put in to make sure it's top notch. Also, sometimes those streams aren't available for download or require you to cut up the one long mp3 into individual tracks when it would be much easier to just have the work done for you.
I do wish more bands could follow the Phish/MMJ/WSP live streaming structure if it is feasible. I really treasure the live recordings of specific shows I've been to. I throw on the Port Chester 3-night run for MMJ all the time.
Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Feb 19, 2015 17:37:24 GMT -5
But again, this Phosphorescent show isn't capturing a single live concert, it's 4 nights cobbled together. There has to be something exceptional about your live playing to justify a 19 song 3LP set, and the universe of people who think Phosphorescent fits the bill is more of a 1000 unit record store day special crowd.
But again, this Phosphorescent show isn't capturing a single live concert, it's 4 nights cobbled together.
Many of the great live albums were recorded over several nights and pieced together; Cash "At Folsom Prison", Neil "Live Rust", The Band " Rock of Ages", The Stones "Get Your ya-yas out", and Allman Brothers "At Fillmore East" are some of my favorite classic live albums that, off the top of my head, were recorded over a few nights or a whole tour.
I am scared to even listen. I am not a fan of the singing version of Scarlett Johansson... The standing there looking hot version, yes. The trying to act, while wearing sexy attire, yes. All other versions be damned.