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| 0.0 | 231090 | July 23rd 11 |
This is not an aversion of mine. I can even understand why so many people think it's great... and I actually agree with the hailing comments this band gets; this is violently intense live shows, pure punk, and we-don't-give-a-shit'ism. But (and I know this is intended) the music still sounds like shit!
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| 2.5 average | patrickfannon | July 3rd 11 |
Anyone else think this sounds about as average and underwhelming as music gets these days? Am I missing something? This record is not bad, it is just suffocatingly repetitve and, thus, boring as watching paint dry.
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| 4.0 excellent | AggravatedYeti | August 22nd 11 |
I hate when Rudy Klapper rates albums that could vaguely be described as "skuzzy punk." He knows he won't like it, but listens anyways and: BAM! 2.5.
KILLIN' ME RUDEBOY.
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| 0.0 | Xenophanes EMERITUS | August 5th 11 |
I could listen to this a million times and still not be able to differentiate one song from the next because it's all such a muddled mess. They have a cool sound but overall the album is forgettable.
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| 4.0 excellent | Electric City | August 5th 11 |
Go to an Iceage show, get beat up, email them a photograph of the evidence, and they’ll put your bloody face online. Nice reward of sorts for supporting their furious, fuck-all skronk. Same kind of ethos on record; New Brigade is confrontational, violent, with vocals delivered like swear words, guitars choked, made to shriek, drums punching like boxers’ fists, on repeat to smiles marred by bleeding gums. Not the temperament that promises jams, but New Brigade bursts with them. Album’s defined by its sawblade hooks; “Remember,” “Broken Bone,” “Eyes,” “Never Return” come to mind but they’re all good, interchangeable even. Not in a boring way either; 24 minutes is not long enough to earn complaints. This is monochromaticism in the best way; a “changeup” track would be bullshit. Iceage get in, kill it before it dies of natural causes, and move on to the next song, similarly fated. But “White Rune” is the big one, 2:30 of a pulsating bass drum that goes from bludgeon to full anthem around its third eight. Song really has no right to be as catchy as it is- it’s just fast and loud, no real melody to the thing- but it’s your microcosm for New Brigade: no tricks, no shit, just twelve fuck yes uppercuts to the face. And you’ll wanna dance, occasionally.
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| 0.0 | DonniSharK | May 2nd 11 |
Compared to the band's ridiculously intense live show, the album is quite underwhelming. I may be slightly biased from having followed them, but this is about as punk as it gets nowadays. The playing is sloppy, the songs are fast and don't really go anywhere and the production is noisy and uneven - but I wouldn't want it any other way.
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| 0.0 | chambered89 | August 12th 11 |
Really the first memorable album in 2011 that doesn't concern itself with subtle beauty and instead opts to make you fucking dance your shit off to some rockin tunes.
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| 4.0 excellent | qwe3 | August 11th 11 |
why did i not listen to this sooner this rules
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| 2.9 good | Erwann S. EMERITUS | July 17th 19 |
Noisy post-punk with some hardcore parts from time to time. Good per se, but it's clearly their least interesting output and the production is on the bad side of shitty.
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| 5.0 classic | confusionissex | August 10th 15 |
10; This album is contender for album of the decade along with To Pimp a Butterfly. Yup, it's that good.
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| 0.0 | wabbit | August 22nd 11 |
one of you guys should review this so people who aren't awesome will know about it...also this is like the most "rabbit" album ever
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| 4.5 superb | Wildorwhat | May 23rd 11 |
This album has so much good. The drumming is fantastic with the sloppy guitars and dirty production. The vocals add a bit of nostalgia to this amazing package really one of my favourite albums to come out this year.
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| 3.0 good | Tool1 | February 26th 24 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | January 9th 24 |
| 3.0 good | bmelt | March 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | May 22nd 21 |
| 3.5 great | anat | February 19th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Runeii | September 30th 20 |
| 3.0 good | wg98 | March 12th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Zeuzo | January 17th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Jan555 | July 23rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | Skoop | June 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | JZW1997 | October 5th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Honza | August 22nd 17 |
| 2.5 average | hep | January 13th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | WBalls | December 28th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | November 28th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | fejoob | October 1st 16 |
| 3.5 great | Jade | September 25th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | heather | September 8th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | ywhiat | June 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | rc239 | May 14th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | April 15th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Jordan M. EMERITUS | February 23rd 16 |
| 5.0 classic | AV33 | January 25th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. EMERITUS | October 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | newrot | December 25th 14 |
| 3.5 great | vineh | November 27th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | plato66 | October 15th 14 |
| 3.5 great | heck | October 13th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Mojito | October 10th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Damus | October 3rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ti0n | September 25th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kiran EMERITUS | May 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ellx | February 4th 14 |
| 3.5 great | re4 | January 20th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Gtzk | January 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | lou1000 | December 31st 13 |
| 3.5 great | jash14 | November 1st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | craven | October 2nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | inlimbo | September 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | June 19th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shadow17 | February 26th 13 |
| 3.5 great | kitsch | February 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | DicyDax | February 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | tnd | February 16th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | February 8th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Propose | January 30th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Surette | January 29th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xplisit | January 9th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | mrbloke | December 2nd 12 |
| 3.5 great | chayka | November 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Melanin | October 8th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | kamarue | September 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vyndax | September 15th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Solisis | September 11th 12 |
| 3.5 great | tlob | August 30th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tangled | July 20th 12 |
| 3.5 great | clavier EMERITUS | July 4th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | DMEmery | June 30th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Rail | May 24th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yakman | April 16th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Betacra | February 24th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | MtMoon | February 19th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | January 28th 12 |
| 3.0 good | porch | December 27th 11 |
| 2.5 average | carouse | December 26th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | CosmicJ | November 11th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom93M | October 27th 11 |
| 3.0 good | JJwins | October 9th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | agrian | October 2nd 11 |
| 3.5 great | cuki92 | August 23rd 11 |
| 2.5 average | T0rr35 | August 15th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Rudy K. EMERITUS | August 5th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | joshc | July 31st 11 |
| 3.5 great | sehguh | July 17th 11 |
| 2.5 average | lobby | May 30th 11 |
| 3.5 great | puma35 | March 19th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | couch | February 22nd 11 |
| 2.5 average | Sevhead | January 13th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | kount | January 12th 11 |
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