Yo La Tengo
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside...

Album Rating: 4.5

I realize that this review is incredibly pretentious.



but I felt like writing it.

"or even the slightest textures that seem to taper off into time space continuum. "

idk what this means

"and elevated, yet restraint structure,"

i think u messed this up....although i'm not sure what it means even if "restraint" was turned to "restrained"

"this album delves very little into its defined sound and relevance as an album"

i cant really grasp this...does it mean that it doesnt stick to the restraints soundwise and meaningwise that people have put on it since its release?

"yet ever variant textures that help build the most basic musical thought of Yo La Tengo."

is "thought" really the word you're looking for? i'm not sure what it means either (jeez this review is a little dense to read (not a diss) lol), but i think "thought" is a little clunky. or, just plain not what you're looking for.

"Of course some may assess that the unidentifiable sources spoken of clearly deem this album as a non-musical release,"

i dont think anyone would come to this conclusion lol.

"But Yo La Tengo reach further depths then most musical acts who attempt a display of awe-striking futurism as far as detaching humanistic aspects present in music."

than* instead of then. also i think that "most musical acts who" is wrong...i'm not sure if it's "that" or "which" or something, but i don't think it's "who". also maybe replace "as far as" with "by"? maybe not. your call.

"eventually null the musical diversity"

huh? not sure what this means. how do they do this? explain.

"Rather it has achieved it's high musical "

its.

okay so overall:

i feel like you're kind of grasping at an interesting or unique point of view to take, and in doing
so are kind of convincing yourself of a point that, to me, doesn't come off as completely genuine. i
like the approach, and it's an interesting idea, but i feel like you're missing the point. i think
you put much too much emphasis on an "aleatoric" approach that, really, doesn't seem all that
important and definitely isn't as prominent as you seem to display in this review. it's also a
little confusing just what you're trying to say, here. a little less focus than there should
be. also, some things need explaining. sometimes you open up an idea, and just kind of leave it
there.

it's generally well-written and interesting, though.

also, it must be said, it sounds like you've been reading a few too many MichaelJordan reviews (esp.
the jane doe one)

Album Rating: 4.5

jesus, alright I'll try to cover that all.



1. musical description and things



2. restraint as in controlled and musically tight as far as dynamics and structure go?



3. delves as in focus, as in it is not focused around a theme, album like concept, etc.



4. Idk, but I'm keeping that it



5. Michael Jordan



6. I think it would be who, but I'll revise it just in case.



7. I meant nulled the initial thought "wow, sure is a lot of different shit on here", ultimately forming a cohesive album.



8. I'll fix that up and other grammatical errors

"2. restraint as in controlled and musically tight as far as dynamics and structure go?"

i meant "elevated" and "restraint" together...does "elevated" mean musically tight? also, a "structure" can't be "restraint"--at the very least, it's "restrained".

but yeah otherwise good stuff

Album Rating: 4.5

I think if anything it sort of contradicted his Jane Doe analysis. Perhaps subconsciously I was trying to sound like MJ, but I really just thought the Sun Ra quote(see beginning of the review) was fucking awesome sounding and I thought it would be interesting to somehow expand on it in an essay like review(I was actually sort of inspired by thebhoy's essay review things, though the writing style is very different).

also madeline is the most addicting song ever

Album Rating: 4.5

Let's Save Tony Orlando's House is my personal favorite, I especially adore the lyrics



edit: Oh and btw, there's been a recent pattern in my last 4 reviews or where I'll cover a new release and then write a review for

meaningful albums to me like a week or so later.

let's save tony orlando's is pretty excellent, too. gota love dat rhythm section

Album Rating: 4.5

I hope I don't wake up regretting this review, but I suppose there are consequences for writing a review while trying to keep awake. Needless to say, your analysis has left me self conscious ;/



even that emoticon seems questionable right now

dont worry dude it's fine im just a hater

Album Rating: 4.5

Alright I'm taking out the aleatoric, mj bit in the first paragraph



touched up a bit on the second paragraph generally

sometimes i forget this album exists
it's so quiet =(

Album Rating: 4.5

http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=yo+la+tengo



read the write up for this album, so accurate

Album Rating: 4.5

thank you my rabbit friend

Album Rating: 4.5

Like a rabbit cat, a cabbit or a rat

i dont much enjoy christgau.

Album Rating: 4.5

I think he's cute.



and this http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=13262, lol

Actually who is Cristgau? I see his reviews come up a lot but I've never heard him mentioned before

he's some old-guy reviewer who uses really short reviews with lots of weird, cryptic references and metaphors and whatever else to convey his opinions. basically, when he gets it right, he gets it really right--this is about, uh, 5, maybe 10, percent of the time--and the other ~90% he's just babbling.

an example of him getting it really right is his review for brian wilson's "smile". it's a really gorgeously written paragraph or so.