Asides: Fall Out Boy, R Ashcroft, Therapy?, Coldcut and Giant Drag - Page 4

*Charlie Parker* · 19th April 2006, 8:53am

Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance Aims to be JEW's Sweetness but falls far short. This is everything that stinks about modern commericial rock music, middle of the road pap tailored for middle of the road saps in baggy trousers. Where is a cultural apocalypse when you need one?

Richard Ashcroft - Music Is Powerless Christ this is shite! Funk guitar fights with strings and a multitude of sounds for your attention as Ashcroft does his schtik over the top. Mince.

Therapy? - Rain Hits Concrete Heard it all before but you can't deny Therapy? for their knack at writing Big Black flected pop punk. Catchy but sour!

Giant Drag - This Isn't It - Surly yet sweet grunge pop that is half way between the Breeders and Veruca Salt. Contains a snazzy guitar solo at the half way mark that would make Mascis proud.

Coldcut - True Skool - More memorable than it should be this...

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*blaine* · 19th April 2006, 11:08am

to be honest, i know people think i have an unfounded hatred of "emos", but i dont, i just cant stand better than thou cliques that generally tend to shoot of fro any fshion genre,

MarkMono · 19th April 2006, 11:09am

That was surely a case of more buzzwords than sense.

*Charlie Parker* · 19th April 2006, 11:09am

*blaine* · 19th April 2006, 11:12am

okay so maybe i could have written that better

**Ghostsuit** · 19th April 2006, 11:17am

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Originally Posted by Charlie Parker

Pish, I gave their debut single a good review
http://www.altnation.com/forums/punk...highlight=fall

I prefer Dance, Dance to Sugar, we're going down. I like what I like and everything else is meh! Thats the good thing about music no one ever agrees with everything why theres so many styles. However can we all agree the artic monkeys are over hyped Pish then point Oskar to this thread

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MarkMono · 19th April 2006, 11:17am

I'd love to see Forbes and Richard Littlejohn in a debate.

*Charlie Parker* · 19th April 2006, 11:18am

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Originally Posted by Ghostsuit

I prefer Dance, Dance to Sugar, we're going down. I like what I like and everything else is meh!

Can't say fairer than that

poprock · 19th April 2006, 11:27am

So, how about that Therapy? single, eh?

*Charlie Parker* · 19th April 2006, 11:32am

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Originally Posted by poprock

So, how about that Therapy? single, eh?

It's thankfully got the big meaty guitars of the last album, as opposed to the lame Hellacopters schtik they had going for a while, but it's not a stand out track for me. Hopefully the album will be better - the bsides are actually better

MarkMono · 19th April 2006, 11:34am

Funnily enough, the 'big meaty guitars' of the last album were achieved by kicking out the rhythm guitarist/cellist.

I didn't really like most of the cello parts anyway

*Charlie Parker* · 19th April 2006, 11:36am

I liked it them on Infernal Love, that was it.

poprock · 19th April 2006, 11:46am

I still maintain that their finest album was a live bootleg from the Troublegum tour. All the best of the Troublegum and pre-Troublegum tracks, none of the disappointments from afterwards, plus a comedy Black Sabbath cover.

I haven’t bought an album of theirs since, but I’ll always make the effort to go see them play.

MarkMono · 19th April 2006, 11:48am

Semi Detached features some of my favourite and most enduring Therapy? tracks so I guess I'll call that one my 'favourite'.

*Charlie Parker* · 19th April 2006, 11:50am

My fav is Suicide Pact cos it's evil

**Ghostsuit** · 19th April 2006, 11:50am

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Originally Posted by Charlie Parker

Can't say fairer than that

The good thing is we can disagree about stuff without calling each other assholes for not liking something. After all it's just a review which reflects your taste, if only fans understood that more.