The whole concept of "getting a band" is completely ludicrous me. I in no way see the ideal or logical reasoning how something will sound good if you "get it." I've had run ins with the Radiohead community for a while who have tried to convince me they have no bad songs because I dont "get it"

With that logic BOTDF is the best band ever.

like seriously why are people wasting their time by reading a review by a reviewer that admits to not knowing what they're talking about... that reflects pretty poorly on them as a writer, too, I can't imagine a decent review based on that criticism
feel free to point out examples otherwise

Album Rating: 2.5

this 30 minute track aint half bad actually, glad i listened again

With that logic BOTDF is the best band ever.

Album Rating: 5.0

Closest thing I could find

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/61949/Death-Grips-The-Money-Store/

lol that review was horrible, I commented on it before about how shitty it is
that thread is full of legitimate critiques of it

Album Rating: 4.5

THANKS GUYS

having to "get" music is stupid

"ugh please nobody bump those Lambda or Jacob Royal soundoffs this is Swans not A Lot Like Birds or Protest the Hero or some shit have some fucking respect"
lol how does this have so many bumps

Because that lambda soundoff is stupid as shit and A Lot like birds and Protest the hero are garbage




probably

Album Rating: 4.5

no, they're not

Because that lambda soundoff is stupid as shit and A Lot like birds and Protest the hero are garbage

Both soundoff's are pretty awful

the sound off feature should be annihilated honestly

the userbase should be annihilated honestly

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Throw everyone on nitro boxes.

great plan

i'll be in the lab

Album Rating: 4.0

Insert a joke about quick escalation here.

Well, that'll teach me not to write a review immediately after the first listen.



2HenchmanOfSanta: Punctuation is my weak point. English is not my native langauge. The knowledge of punctuation in my own language takes too much space...

Album Rating: 4.0

2SeaAnemone



It did sound that way to me. I found whole sections that were pretty much re-using the same concept. Start off with a pulsing bass line to a tribal drum pattern, add some guitar to play alongside bass in a very similar fashion, Gira starts spitting out single words, then the whole sound amplifies, then a noisy hellish climax.

Besides, as was already stated in the review - those features don't ruin the album. But I think Swans are doing they best work when they venture out in search of new things.

Your comments on the userbase are very flattering, thank you.

Album Rating: 3.5

How you can possibly deny the concept of "getting" a piece of music is beyond me. I've listened to albums plenty of times before I really "got" them. There are plenty of albums where there is just simply too much going on to really understand upon first listen. It's like a movie with a plot so complicated that you're just trying to pay attention to that the first time through, but when watching a second time, you discover a whole different level of complexity and detail in the movie you couldn't have possibly seen the first time when just trying to discern the plot.



A literally identical argument applies to music as well. Plenty of times I've found myself wondering "Is my focus supposed to be on the violin and am I supposed to let the drums frame it? Or should I do it the other way around?" and it takes time to answer these questions, not only for yourself, but for the way the artist possibly intended it to sound or for you to listen to it as.



Going into Swans and expecting it to me immediate and not repetitive is really doing yourself a disservice and probably causing you to miss out on some very interesting music you can't really get anywhere else. Certainly a snail wouldn't "get" any type of music insofar as there is anything to get, but I think that we can agree that music has at least "something" to offer. If a snail managed to write a review about music, I would tell it that it didn't get it, and be confident in my criticism towards that snail. Saying "I just didn't like it" or "I just didn't get it" doesn't really make for a review that's going to win any hearts, not that you were trying to (though I don't know why you would write a review if you didn't want people to care about your opinion). Maybe you understood the primordial and tribal aspects of "Mother of the World," the repetition to infinity that symbolically mirrors life itself, or maybe you just thought it was annoying and repetitive. Regardless, if you hate drone music or avant garde or whatever it might be, don't expect anyone to take you seriously in your attempt to critically review it.