Comments on: Toadcast #131 – The Brocast http://songbytoad.com/2010/07/toadcast-131-the-brocast/ Independent music from Edinburgh, Scotland - with added gin and swearing. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:12:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: King Post Kitsch – Monomaniac | Song, by Toad http://songbytoad.com/2010/07/toadcast-131-the-brocast/#comment-67614 King Post Kitsch – Monomaniac | Song, by Toad Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:17:46 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=9696#comment-67614 [...] gentle reminder to me that I had yet to actually review this EP despite popping a track on the podcast recently, Charlie sounded a bit nonplussed at the description, so I thought I might as well mention [...] [...] gentle reminder to me that I had yet to actually review this EP despite popping a track on the podcast recently, Charlie sounded a bit nonplussed at the description, so I thought I might as well mention [...]

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2010/07/toadcast-131-the-brocast/#comment-67204 Matthew Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:41:32 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=9696#comment-67204 Reed, is it? Ha, well Smithsonian Folkways must have had their tags wrong because I took it straight from the mp3 - whoops! Reed, is it? Ha, well Smithsonian Folkways must have had their tags wrong because I took it straight from the mp3 – whoops!

]]> By: Ollie http://songbytoad.com/2010/07/toadcast-131-the-brocast/#comment-67194 Ollie Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:47:40 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=9696#comment-67194 Ola Belle R e e d is fantastic indeed :-) Be sure to check out the Ola Belle Reed & Family compilation on Rounder Records. --Ollie Ola Belle R e e d is fantastic indeed :-) Be sure to check out the Ola Belle Reed & Family compilation on Rounder Records.

–Ollie

]]> By: Tim http://songbytoad.com/2010/07/toadcast-131-the-brocast/#comment-66901 Tim Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:48:30 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=9696#comment-66901 That Television Keeps us Apart track is amazing. As is the first Cuckoo Bird, the second is well pretty much bollocks of course! That Television Keeps us Apart track is amazing. As is the first Cuckoo Bird, the second is well pretty much bollocks of course!

]]> By: Ian (HF@D) http://songbytoad.com/2010/07/toadcast-131-the-brocast/#comment-66866 Ian (HF@D) Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:05:27 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=9696#comment-66866 Oh dear, I was rather high while I wrote that last comment. I think what I was trying to say is that because music is becoming increasingly disposable that this doesn't bode well for the 'art of the album'. I actually don't really know what I was trying to say....SORRY MATTHEW! Oh dear, I was rather high while I wrote that last comment.

I think what I was trying to say is that because music is becoming increasingly disposable that this doesn’t bode well for the ‘art of the album’. I actually don’t really know what I was trying to say….SORRY MATTHEW!

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2010/07/toadcast-131-the-brocast/#comment-66851 Matthew Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:39:54 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=9696#comment-66851 I am not denying that the market for albums is shrinking, I think it was artificially inflated in the first place. Who, seriously, ever bought an album by a Radio1 pop act thinking that they'd love the whole thing, rather than because it was the only way to get hold of the two or three songs they liked? Those people aren't buying albums anymore, because they don't have to, but I don't think that means that the album as a format is dying because that was an artificial high in the first place. <i>"You prove my point by saying you are not sure you will like any more Glass Animals stuff but you like that song."</i> That doesn't make any sense at all. I've only heard two of their songs in the first place, and even during the heyday of the album people occasionally wrote ones with very few good songs on them. And sometimes there are acts whose style of music you aren't that into, but a couple of songs cross the genre gap and you can enjoy them. Besides, I might love the album - I genuinely have no idea just yet. I am not denying that the market for albums is shrinking, I think it was artificially inflated in the first place. Who, seriously, ever bought an album by a Radio1 pop act thinking that they’d love the whole thing, rather than because it was the only way to get hold of the two or three songs they liked?

Those people aren’t buying albums anymore, because they don’t have to, but I don’t think that means that the album as a format is dying because that was an artificial high in the first place.

“You prove my point by saying you are not sure you will like any more Glass Animals stuff but you like that song.”

That doesn’t make any sense at all. I’ve only heard two of their songs in the first place, and even during the heyday of the album people occasionally wrote ones with very few good songs on them. And sometimes there are acts whose style of music you aren’t that into, but a couple of songs cross the genre gap and you can enjoy them.

Besides, I might love the album – I genuinely have no idea just yet.

]]> By: Ian (HF@D) http://songbytoad.com/2010/07/toadcast-131-the-brocast/#comment-66848 Ian (HF@D) Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:58:22 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=9696#comment-66848 I disagree with you on your stance about the whole album dying out thing. As a whole and on a wider scale, it is, and it's naive to deny that. Especially bigger releases and more mainstream acts. I know what you are saying about true music fans and almost everyone who comes to this site will be in the same camp. It is just a lot of music >i>i</i> becoming disposable. You prove my point by saying you are not sure you will like any more Glass Animals stuff but you like that song. The disposable nature of indie music (mainstream is now a lost cause) is being increased more than ever by new sites such as Altered Zones which are giving increasing attention to flash in the pan bands. Now, I know you don't really pay attention to shit like this ,and you are probably right in not doing so, but I am worried that it seems to be the bigger sites who can really make or break bands that are adopting this throwaway stance. I donno, you will know more than me about the market and the likes (as it is your job after all) but it just makes me super sad and I felt I had to vent about it. Read <a href="http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2010/07/circle-of-sound-consumer-power/" rel="nofollow">this nice wee article<a> along the same lines. I disagree with you on your stance about the whole album dying out thing. As a whole and on a wider scale, it is, and it’s naive to deny that. Especially bigger releases and more mainstream acts. I know what you are saying about true music fans and almost everyone who comes to this site will be in the same camp. It is just a lot of music >i>i becoming disposable. You prove my point by saying you are not sure you will like any more Glass Animals stuff but you like that song. The disposable nature of indie music (mainstream is now a lost cause) is being increased more than ever by new sites such as Altered Zones which are giving increasing attention to flash in the pan bands. Now, I know you don’t really pay attention to shit like this ,and you are probably right in not doing so, but I am worried that it seems to be the bigger sites who can really make or break bands that are adopting this throwaway stance. I donno, you will know more than me about the market and the likes (as it is your job after all) but it just makes me super sad and I felt I had to vent about it. Read this nice wee article along the same lines.

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