Bran Van 3000
The Garden

Album Rating: 3.5

BAM!!



(This review may also be found at http://snuffleupagush.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/bv3k/).



Comments and constructive criticism would be much appreciated.



And Sputnik might also want to look into this.

Excellent work, Irving. I'll have to look into this.

cute little review you got there.

Album Rating: 3.5

@ Gyro: Thanks man; and yes, do check this out. Do you like BV3K at all bro?



@ This Life: Yeah, it's a bit on the short and sweet side. There are two main reasons for this: i.) I wanted to try the delivery of a shorter piece, having been intrigued by Kirgasm's uber-short take on Sufjan Stevens' Illinoise, and ii.) there was no way I was going to describe and evaluate the contributions of over 20 different people, who appear in varying lengths of time, and in changing forms of music LOL.



Let me know if this particular format works though. If it doesn't, I'll have to stay away from writing like this, I guess! XD

Your reasoning for making this review short is somewhat similar to why I made my review of Tryshasla short - I wanted to try and convey a lot without having to say that much. I'm actually thinking about reviewing something today before I head over the US. Maybe around 200 words or so. Regardless, this style suits you, but I mean, everything you've written thus far has been great.

Album Rating: 3.5

You should totally do it Gyro; us Sputnikers over here have been starved of Gyro content for too long! That being said, why are you going to the States? (out of curiosity)



And thanks very much for the criticism + comments - twas greatly appreciated =)

Great, concise write-up. I'm not into electronica so I don't know if I'll check this out.

Thanks man =] I mean, it won't be up to my standards (can a review that short ever be?) but just something to get me back in the swing of things. I know that might sound ridiculous, but taking a three week break from writing really does make it difficult to come back to.

I'm heading over to the states to hang out with Dan (fireaboveicebelow); I bought a 1TB external HD yesterday so that he can transfer all of his music and movies onto it so I'll be preoccupied for months to come. I'm getting something like 30, 000 songs (guesstimate). Definitely not looking forward to dealing with the border patrol though.

Album Rating: 3.5

@ greg84: Thanks man! And that's fair; that being said, do sample this: http://info.audiogram.com/bv3-grace/



Give it a shot =)



@ Gyro: I totally understand being "out of it". Reviewing's like sex - it has to be done frequently or else you become no good at it. Okay that didn't make sense at all LOL XD



But yeah, write! =)



That trip to the States sounds amazing; and yeah their Homeland Security sucks. If you want to see a fun time you should cross the border with me - my red Malaysian passport brings out their scanners like no other; then after all ten of my prints have been taken, I get a photo taken of me, and have to sign some documentation. And I have to do this every time I go into the States. Which kinda explains why I've done all my traveling in Canada in recent times lol.

Haha, great analogy ;) I mean, I don't think that I'm that bad off, I enjoyed writing my most recent review. I'm trying to articulate my points better. Can't wait to run that new Decemberists album into the ground.

Lol, oh man that definitely sucks. Where was it in Canada that you currently reside? If you're relatively close we should definitely get together at some point in time and shoot the shit.

Album Rating: 3.0

I'm heading over to the states to hang out with Dan (fireaboveicebelow); I bought a 1TB external HD yesterday so that he can transfer all of his music and movies onto it so I'll be preoccupied for months to come

"that's funny because he got most of his music from me after his HD crashed. There's some good stuff there ;)"

Yeah, he was telling me about that a little while ago, haha. Anything in particular that I should look out for? Also, your avatar is pretty badass ;D

WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING
DRINKING IN LA
AT 26?

Not the same album, but love this fucking song.

''...which effortlessly recalls the strobe lights of a prog-disco fantasy

Very attractive review, nice one.

So I can see you finally got around to reviewing this; short and sweet just the way I like 'em. Pos'd easily.

woah! this band is still around?

Album Rating: 3.5

Yup! And they've been busy, as you can tell by the hour's worth of music that's on here!



And thanks for the comments guys; I don't usually review like this, but I saw Kiran's review of Illinoise from a while back and thought I'd give the style a go. Do let me know how it comes across though (from what I can tell, it appears to be fine).



And to my Jethroquarantedeux, I know I committed a cardinal sin there...but I had to get your attention - you've been ignoring me for too long =p Abusing your beloved prog music genre was the only way I could think of to get you to visit me again! XP

And to my Jethroquarantedeux, I know I committed a cardinal sin there...but I had to get your attention - you've been ignoring me for too long =p Abusing your beloved prog music genre was the only way I could think of to get you to visit me again! XP

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