Dark Matter Reviews

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I think Gigaton was an outlier, I'm not hopeful we'll ever see anything like it again.

It's not a great record but it was at least dignified, respectable.
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tragabigzanda wrote:that's some extreme optimism that somehow they'll enact yet another creative resuscitation, with really compelling results, before one of them dies.
http://forums.theskyiscrape.com/viewtop ... 59&t=19530
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pearl jam sucks now
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Yes you are, admit it
Anders wrote:I do not have a «neoliberal assessment of geopolitics», so please stop writing that I do.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Jorge wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:that's some extreme optimism that somehow they'll enact yet another creative resuscitation, with really compelling results, before one of them dies.
http://forums.theskyiscrape.com/viewtop ... 59&t=19530
I'm not saying I'll kill them!

You're also not saying you won't
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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:Let me state, as a matter if public record, I won't kill any members of American rock band Pearl Jam
Even if they were about to shoot up a school or something?
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pearl jam sucks now
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
stip wrote: most of my reviews start with long meta-tangents
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Agreed. Long, but not long enough
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Does trag think end of life is 60? Is this why he's pushing the panic button so frequently?
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tragabigzanda wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:"Fast, punky & chunky"
"his fingers are off-leash and in a dog fight against the fretboard"
"Andrew Watt was a much needed change as producer. He simplified their process and pushed electrified creativity"

That last one is for trag. Trag, it isn't bad production, it's just electrified creativity!
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pearl jam sucks now
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“…Wreckage and Got to Give, both driving slabs of highly melodic heartland rock.”

Ugh…there is the dad rock of Springsteen/Mellencamp. Not sure what to think of that. They both could be better than I would think hopefully. Got to Give was also described like The Who. I would rather have The Who influence over Springsteen or Mellencamp. The metal door clip of Got to Give has me intrigued so I’ll see…
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I’m really looking forward to React, Respond based on that Knac review. I can tell it’s going to be a banger.
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Gigalogy84 wrote:“…Wreckage and Got to Give, both driving slabs of highly melodic heartland rock.”

Ugh…there is the dad rock of Springsteen/Mellencamp. Not sure what to think of that. They both could be better than I would think hopefully. Got to Give was also described like The Who. I would rather have The Who influence over Springsteen or Mellencamp. The metal door clip of Got to Give has me intrigued so I’ll see…
If we have to have Earthling bleed into these songs, I don’t mind if it has some resemblance to The Dark, which is Vedder’s best Springsteen impression yet.
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Once I hear both songs I’ll know if it’s not bad for “heartland rock” as described in that review. That’s the first review I’ve seen songs described as heartland rock.
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Strat wrote:Does trag think end of life is 60? Is this why he's pushing the panic button so frequently?
it's actually 42
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Gigalogy84 wrote:Once I hear both songs I’ll know if it’s not bad for “heartland rock” as described in that review. That’s the first review I’ve seen songs described as heartland rock.
every possible musical genre and descriptor has good and bad incarnations. That doesn't tell us anything about the quality of a song
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Wtf is knac.com
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every time I read something about the metal door leak I chuckle. It's so great that that happened lol.
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