Comments on: When the Musical Handbrakes Come On

By: Dev

Dev — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:20:33 +0000

RE band loyalty…

In a way, spending begets loyalty. But no longer do we have a market for 3-part single releases (each with different B-sides), or import versions with bonus tracks, etc, from our favorite bands to go and ‘invest’ in. When you’re downloading everything for free and willy-nilly, it’s value is virtually nil and offers zero sense of “supporting” your favorite band. You don’t even buy magazines with them on the cover anymore, because everything is read online. OK, I have to go and chase some kids off my lawn now…

By: Cogstar

Cogstar — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:47:58 +0000

Right off to Leeds festival now to see Arctic Monkeys……such a haircutty whore at heart.

Maximo and Broken Records are on it’s ok

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:56:42 +0000

Ta for the recommendations chaps – that will make for a pleasant Saturday afternoon.

By: Rampant Chutney Consumerism

Rampant Chutney Consumerism — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:28:55 +0000

i heard a couple of tracks of the Blue Roses album over the weekend…..sounds promising

By: Drunk Country

Drunk Country — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:03:28 +0000

The AM LP is a lazy phone-in piece, badly attempting to merge the worlds of AM & Last Shadow Puppets. There’re no tunes. None whatsoever. It’s a horrid dirge.

I suggest you buy the Roses Kings Castles album, when it’s released, instead.

By: Rampant Chutney Consumerism

Rampant Chutney Consumerism — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:25:52 +0000

i hate it when parents do the same!!

how would you know you don;t have kids….

point taken Chris ha ha just

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:19:01 +0000

i was at a diner party once and the topic was war/military. some older gentlemen tried to silence me by saying unless i actually experienced war first hand i couldn’t talk about it. then the topic moved on to space exploration. funny, he felt completely comfortable with his opinions eventhough he had never been outside the earth’s atmosphere. he might say to chutters, “unless you have been in a nationalistic movement you have no right to discuss it.”

music and fashion – it seems to me that a lot of the younger interesting music types (using pitchfork as an example) seem much more comfortable with music being used to sell products than ever before. however, there does seem to be a cluster of younger folk that revile it and like interesting music but hate pitchfork (you guys know what pitchfork is? – it’s this “grassroots” music festival that focuses on indepentant bands and such – its really come to epitomize “indie” music as a distinct genre that can be packaged in a certain way to make lots of $$ – you can even shop at american apparell to look as indie as you want).

By: Cogstar

Cogstar — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:41:57 +0000

I think you need to notch it way back.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:40:34 +0000

My excitement is not building…

By: Rampant Chutney Consumerism

Rampant Chutney Consumerism — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:27:38 +0000

i heard a couple of tracks and kinda like them….but then again i’ve never been more that a casual listener to their music