Sonic Youth Sister
» Back to review

Comments:Add a Comment 
JohnnyoftheWell
March 1st 2023


64287 Comments


post-industrial>industrial for sure
and yes hehe most industrial rock is terrible

Mort.
March 1st 2023


26411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

noise rock is industrials cooler sibling

Demon of the Fall
March 1st 2023


39624 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

my knowledge of such things is admittedly pathetic (f**k bravado and all that… let’s admit our faults) but yeah… I would genuinely like to know more industrial



Until then…

Mort.
March 1st 2023


26411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

lou reed - metal machine music

MillionDead
March 1st 2023


6310 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Colt, whether you like it or not, Sonic Youth did what they did very intentionally. They tuned their guitars to very specific chords to get the textures they got and were very intentional in the way they combined dissonance and melody in their songs. They were inspired heavily by the experimental music of their peers and hardcore punk. Plenty of groups play music that's challenging or confrontational on purpose. I think Sonic Youth walked the tight rope between chaos and traditional melodicism perfectly for a long time. You might also be into their song Incinerate, which it's basically just pretty the whole time.



I'm personally more into this kind of sound than their more indie rock material. It's fucking brutal, just in a different way than hardcore or metal is.

Mort.
March 1st 2023


26411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

colton's take on music history is interesting to say the least

Colton
March 1st 2023


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

it’s fucking brutal [2]

Mort.
March 1st 2023


26411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

'like I get it, it was the 80s and everything was catchy and sounded good and then along came a band that intentionally made every aspect of their music sound like various animals dying and it was cool cause it was like "fuck the status quo man!" and it pissed off your parents but it's been like 40 years why are we still keeping up this gag'



its metalcore

Colton
March 1st 2023


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

“ They tuned their guitars to very specific chords to get the textures they got”



if you’re saying they used open tunings this is almost certainly because they struggled to play chords that require more than one finger

Mort.
March 1st 2023


26411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

colton why are you antagonistic in threads for genres you admit you just dont understand the very ethos of

Mort.
March 1st 2023


26411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

like i dont go into drill threads and talk shit about how moronic is, as much as i would like to





Colton
March 1st 2023


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

i don’t think it’s a genre issue

MillionDead
March 1st 2023


6310 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I mean, I even agree that they leaned on the alternate tuning crutch a bit too much. They sound way too badass though. And the alternate tunings gave their riffs a very specific textural character that they couldn't have had otherwise. They would have lighter string gauges and tune to shit like AAEEAA. You get certain qualities, specifically fuller sounding unison notes and unusual drones, that wouldn't come across the same on a standard tuned guitar.

MillionDead
March 1st 2023


6310 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Just listen to this though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP3ovD8ZSS4

Mort.
March 1st 2023


26411 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

'i don’t think it’s a genre issue'



indie rock 16%

folk 16%

hip-hop 16%

indie-folk 15%

pop 13%

rock 12%

psychedelic 9%





dont make me post your 5s and 4.5s because i skimmed them and they just back it up

GhandhiLion
March 1st 2023


17793 Comments


Genre chart is irrelevant. Also you can hate something regadless of your understanding of it.

JohnnyoftheWell
March 1st 2023


64287 Comments


not the point honey

Colton
March 1st 2023


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

million how dare you try to educate me on open tunings like I'm not the biggest Tallest Man on Earth fan on this site



Incinerate is decent. it's very unremarkable though. pretty forgettable 90s style alternative rock, I don't dislike it

GhandhiLion
March 1st 2023


17793 Comments


No to make the point you would have to show that Colton has never given a noise rock album a positive score. The charts mean nothing.

Colton
March 1st 2023


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

this Skinny Puppy song I'm listening to bodies it



You have to be logged in to post a comment. Login | Create a Profile





STAFF & CONTRIBUTORS // CONTACT US

Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Site Copyright 2005-2023 Sputnikmusic.com
All Album Reviews Displayed With Permission of Authors | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy