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Review cliches (buzzwords)
KickThatBathProf:
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 23 Nov 2008, 22:15 ---In fact, can someone actually satisfactorily explain to me what the fuck angular means in regards to music?
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Well, "angular" in the sense I've used it refers to melodies or counter-melodies where notes move contrary to the scalar or arpeggiated models that have been used throughout the history of music. Angular melodies usually tend to focus on odd intervals or scales.
That probably didn't explain it too well, so here are some examples in modern music.
Buck and Judy - Deerhoof
Listen to the guitar part throughout, especially around 2:30.
Atlas - Battles
This song has several instances of well-formed angular melodies riddled with parallelism. Both vocal melodies revolve around contrasting perfect intervals: the "chorus" is comprised solely of cascading perfect 5ths and the "verse" is sung in parallel 4ths. The guitar solo(?) lies heavily on the backbeat, uses major 7ths (rarely used in melodies), and then switches to a flatted 7th mid-line. The entire breakdown section hinges on repeating the 9th tone (2nd tone). I could probably go on and on about this song for ages. In fact, most Battles songs have several angular melodies in them.
If you want examples of classical music that is angular, try The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky
I wish I could give some more examples right now, but I have class.
Tom:
I swear that p4k has been getting better over the years, honestly.
IronOxide:
Their review of Partie Traumatic begs to differ to great lengths.
Tell me why you were disappointed by an album or don't write an article about it. It is the first time I have been disappointed with a P4k review, and embodies every complaint anyone has ever had about them.
But I am sick of the suffix -core. Take of it what you will
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Tom on 24 Nov 2008, 11:23 ---I swear that p4k has been getting better over the years, honestly.
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Well, they did hire Tom Ewing. That's a massive step in the right direction. Search the site for any of his articles/reviews, they are all pretty stellar writing.
(He's still a sellout because he used to talk about how much he hated them on Freaky Trigger, though.)
Scandanavian War Machine:
--- Quote from: KvP on 23 Nov 2008, 13:14 ---"jangly"
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--- Quote from: michaelicious on 23 Nov 2008, 12:04 ---angular
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i'm going to take this opportunity to coin the phrase "jangular."
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