Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[Hypnos]

What topics should be covered in a review for it to be interesting? When it comes to news, PJ is pretty boring. They don't have any dead drummers or drug problems. They are alive. Its obvious the press have to fabricate the tension.

[Ms Harmless]

the music - that's all I care about; as a writer you've got to be good at describing the music, something that Pearl Jam reviewers frequently fail at as hard as PJ themselves

[blueviper]

What is bullshit is Stip should be reviewing this not these fools. RM SHOULD GET A GD COPY FOR STIP TO REVIEW!!!!

Yeah this is a travesty. And he should have had an invite to the listening party.

[Farmer John]

What topics should be covered in a review for it to be interesting? When it comes to news, PJ is pretty boring. They don't have any dead drummers or drug problems. They are alive. Its obvious the press have to fabricate the tension.

Not one review has mentioned Ed's hats yet.

[Aunt_Claire_Foy]

Don’t worry team, wotman’s gonna put some fixing on those stats

Was curious about a few others....added

Spotify Monthly Streams
Swift - 102M
Coldplay - 76M
Imagine Dragons - 59M
The Beatles - 35M
RHCP - 32M
Nirvana - 31M
GNR - 30M
Green Day - 30M
Rolling Stones -29M
Radiohead -26M
Metallica - 25M
Foo FIghters - 21M
Kings of Leon - 21M
U2 - 21M
Nickelback 20M
Led Zeppelin 18M
Springsteen -16M
Pearl Jam - 15M
Black Keys -13M
Alice in Chains - 8M
The Who - 8M
Creed - 7M
Soundgarden - 7M

I think the data would get even more interesting/depressing when you see which songs are pushing these stats.

[Jorge]

That's pretty impressive about the Black Keys. I had no idea they were such a large act

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Jorge]

I've heard "Just Breathe" and "Last Kiss" out in public about ten times more often than I've ever heard "Idioteque"

[Jorge]

"Yellow Ledbetter" too, especially post-Friends finale

[VinylGuy]

I don’t remember who said Radiohead is a more difficult band to get into than Pearl Jam. Anyway, while I do t disagree, they have enough songs that have been adopted by the coffee house playlist set that I’m not surprised by their numbers. Separator, Idioteque, I Might Be Wrong, High and Dry, probably a few others.

Now I’m mad that Wishlist hasn’t seen the same sort of success.

yeah, mostly stuff from The Bends i agree

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Jorge]

Hmm

[VinylGuy]

He is calling you a liar

[McParadigm]

Pearl Jam - 15M

Wow only 5 million more than Bob Dylan, what a bunch of has beens

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Homeboyd]

I think bands make like $.005 per stream on Spotify so for Pearl Jam that equates to like $900k per year before the label takes their cut. That’s decent money for you or me but a nothing burger for them. Helps explain why there are 137 vinyl variants and tickets are now $250 a pop.

[VinylGuy]

probably I just hang out at cooler coffee shops than jorge

Does Albini approves that?

[RockPusher]

I think bands make like $.005 per stream on Spotify so for Pearl Jam that equates to like $900k per year before the label takes their cut. That’s decent money for you or me but a nothing burger for them. Helps explain why there are 137 vinyl variants and tickets are now $250 a pop.

Especially when streaming is the primary way people listen these days. Without the physical media market (beyond niche vinyl collectors, essentially), the industry is totally different than it used to be. No wonder it seems like everyone is always touring.

[Homeboyd]

I think bands make like $.005 per stream on Spotify so for Pearl Jam that equates to like $900k per year before the label takes their cut. That’s decent money for you or me but a nothing burger for them. Helps explain why there are 137 vinyl variants and tickets are now $250 a pop.

Especially when streaming is the primary way people listen these days. Without the physical media market (beyond niche vinyl collectors, essentially), the industry is totally different than it used to be. No wonder it seems like everyone is always touring.

They will earn at least 5x more in a single show than do from an entire year of Spotify streaming revenue. Now, they have a bunch of expenses on the road but unless you’re getting billions of listens per year it just can’t even come close to matching. No wonder all these artists are selling off their catalogs…

[oneway23]

You know it's well past time for this mediocre record to leak when we're talking about hipster coffee houses and Coldplay streaming stats.