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QC Music Blog discussion thread
Dimmukane:
My only complaint about the Music Blog thus far is that some of the material thus far has been on bands that are quite obscure. They're excellent bands, at least the one's I've gotten ahold of records for, but maybe throw in a few more (and I hate to say it) "mainstream" reviews from time to time. Jeph tends to do that, but you, Harry, and Sean are the main contributors. All I'm saying is maybe review some stuff that has had a little more attention. And perhaps more varied genres of music. Other than that, it's excellent writing. Your 'Hammer of the Gods' article made me want to haul out my dad's turntable.
Jackie Blue:
Polvo and Dirty Three are "quite obscure"?
I officially am confused.
Is the average QC reader actually the kind of teenage indie kid who still thinks Death Cab For Cutie are relevant?
I don't really read the comic any more because, well, let's just leave it at that, but when I did, it seemed like most of the music references were pretty non-mainstream.
kablaaamo:
Actually, no, the average QC reader isn't even that into music, it seems.
I have a bunch of friends who read the comic who have NEVER got any of the music references. No Spoon. No Explosions in the Sky, no Wilco...the joke about Sam Beam and his beard flew WAY over their heads...(I am basically whipping stuff off of the top of my head that I remember from the comic, there were SO MANY MORE, and probably a bunch of metal ones that I didn't get either)....so assuming that the average fan even thinks at all about Death Cab for Cutie is taking it a little far.
Which is kind of strange, but there you go. That's how it's been in my experience, anyhow.
Dimmukane:
When I say obscure, I mean "hard to find". There's only one local record shop within 30 minutes of me, and that's all I've got in terms of finding stuff like that. I'm not going to be bothered to spend large quantities of money to import an album via the internet. It's fine that they're reviewing stuff like that, I'm just saying they need to have some slightly 'less indie' reviews from time to time. If you do one on a band that has gotten more attention, the odds that someone looking at the blog has heard of and maybe even listened to them go up. Then they start paying more attention to the blog and put forth the effort to hunt down those records.
I guess what I'm saying is if you review stuff like Low, Neutral Milk Hotel, Mastodon even; just some of the more recognizable names in general, more people will read the blog and be interested in expanding their music taste. The reviews as they are right now make it sound like these bands barely get any attention outside of their home state/province/municipality.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Dimmukane on 27 Dec 2007, 22:25 ---When I say obscure, I mean "hard to find". There's only one local record shop within 30 minutes of me, and that's all I've got in terms of finding stuff like that. I'm not going to be bothered to spend large quantities of money to import an album via the internet.
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Um. Dirty Three, Polvo, etc. are all available on Amazon for less than $8 per CD. Nothing discussed in the blogs is anything you can't find in a big used record store. I live in Knoxville, Tennessee for God's sake and even here there are used copies of way more obscure stuff.
--- Quote ---I guess what I'm saying is if you review stuff like Low, Neutral Milk Hotel, Mastodon even
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Low is significantly more obscure than the bands talked about in the blog.
Especially Dirty Three. Seriously, they are one of the most recognisable post-rock bands of all time.
--- Quote ---The reviews as they are right now make it sound like these bands barely get any attention outside of their home state/province/municipality.
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That is not even remotely true.
I don't intend to sound mean but you seriously don't have any idea what you're talking about.
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