capsule reviews Of course I would rather read a scholarly TP essay on an artist any day of the week, and the intellectual level of this guy's site is dismal, but nonetheless I find this page incredibly useful: MICRO-REVIEWS OF HIP NEW BANDS THAT THE KIDS DIG https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18967#msg-18967 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:27:31 -0500 Phorum 5.2.23 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,19030#msg-19030 Re: capsule reviews https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,19030#msg-19030
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Author: ira
Date: 02-07-09 14:56

jeez, do i need to start writing again????

Apparently

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No, music reviews don't have to be serious literary works, but capsule reviews just never have done much for me, from any source.

Any source? Aw c'mon. I thought Robert Christgaus's one-liner assessment of Portishead ("Sade for androids") was dead-center on the sweet spot and out of the park! It was accurate and merited. Didn't stop me from digging that band one iota. It still makes me laugh!

Sometimes brevity is just the thing. Wish I could master it.]]> HollowbodyKay Trouser Press Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:42:01 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,19007#msg-19007 No Subject https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,19007#msg-19007


Post Edited (02-15-10 20:07)]]> Nephew Ned Trouser Press Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:20:40 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,19002#msg-19002 Re: capsule reviews https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,19002#msg-19002 Michael Toland Trouser Press Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:04:05 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18998#msg-18998 Re: capsule reviews https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18998#msg-18998 nosepail Trouser Press Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:16:17 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18997#msg-18997 Re: capsule reviews https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18997#msg-18997 breno Trouser Press Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:58:01 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18996#msg-18996 Re: capsule reviews https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18996#msg-18996 ira Trouser Press Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:56:10 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18991#msg-18991 Re: capsule reviews https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18991#msg-18991 Coldplay review is classic.]]> MrFab Trouser Press Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:33:23 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18989#msg-18989 Re: capsule reviews https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18989#msg-18989
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Kathleen Edwards - Tori Amos and John Mellencamp living together in the body of a Canadian woman.

I like Edwards very much, but that is fairly apt. Of course, I like Amos and Mellencamp, also, so I'm probably not the audience for that particular barb anyway.]]> breno Trouser Press Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:30:53 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18988#msg-18988 Re: capsule reviews https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,18967,18988#msg-18988
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Drive-By Truckers - They still make music like this!? It sounds like Bryan Adams singing for .38-Special!
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No, music reviews don't have to be serious literary works, but capsule reviews just never have done much for me, from any source.

I didn't check out the main page. I'll have to do that. Thanks.

Ask anyone who knows me in real life: I have plenty of Beavis-and-Butthead perspective. I just prefer to leave it out of my writing on this site ... partly because I haven't spotted many B&B types around here. Well, a couple, but they didn't stick around for long.

P.S. I still do my best to stick to the physical music formats, too, so I understand where you're coming from there, too.

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"British dance-rock. Reminiscent of dance-era Gang Of Four. Awful!"

...a more useful analysis than this one:

"His prayer was answered, all to the good, as A Weekend in the City established Bloc Party as one of the most important rock bands to emerge in this decade."

As someone who still buys CDs and generally stays away from music downloads and MySpace I bought this CD and think it is pretty "awful". I understand Prindle's aesthetic enough that I find these little capsules handy as a consumer tool. That's all. If you think they are crap, so be it. So far, they have lead me to buy a couple good CDs (Blitzen Trapper, Gutter Twins, Juana Molina, etc) and avoid a few other hyped bands I would probably have regretted investing in.

And the meaning of "shitgaze" should be self-evident. Anyone who takes the orignal word "shoegaze' seriously, could use some Beavis-and-Butthead-style perspective.

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Ahhh, he makes a reference to "Blur's 'whoo-hoo' song." That tells me all I need to know.

I find this page incredibly useless. But Nose has done us a service by bringing its uselessness to our attention. Thanks, Nose.

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