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Most Hurtful Record Review Ever
jal-vani:
jesus. that bravery review was ridiculous. i think the author must be PMSing or something, because that was nothing more than bitchy.
*in a coddling voice* Does Sarah Kahrl need some chocolate?
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: rynne ---Favorite line: "I'm a fuck machine with only one speed: fuck."
--- End quote ---
-Yeah man, it's awesome! It's like I'm fucking British, right?
-You definitely sound British, yes.
-Ha ha totally! I didn't drink all that heroin for nothing.
tomgadd:
I like theme reviews! I havn't been reading Pitchfork forever, but in about the year I've been frequenting the site, I've found the theme reviews a breath of fresh air. I don't want to hear why a band is mediocre in droll, serious prose over and over with no respite. I also don't have a negative reaction to Pitchfork. I mean, its a review site. I don't agree with all their reviews, and wish they did more reviews on the hardcore/thrash-punk/grind end of things (Cephalic Carnage get a review, but neither Axegrinder nor Phobia?), but on the whole they do good reviews of a lot of the music I like, and bad reviews of a lot of the music I don't.
But yeah, back to theme reviews... I find they usually do tell me what is wrong with a band, just often in a roundabout way, which I'm fine with.
I was looking for a really offensive review so that this post did more than argue, but I failed.
Hector Gilbert:
When a professional review does not give a recommendation to the reader (for that album if they liked it, for another album or band/artist exploring a similar field if they didn't), the writer is at fault. Reviews are supposed to be helpful, and when people who are paid to write them come up with either intentionally comic self-indulgence, pure negativity or both it is to me at least infuriating. Some of the negative reviews from NME in particular come across to me as just someone giving a "nobody should like this band anyway" kind of gesture - has anyone ever seen the quick and snappy 4/10 for Einstürzende Neubauten's Silence Is Sexy?
That said, the Pitchfork review of St. Anger was quite funny.
exliontamer:
http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/2240/
This one is priceless. Again, the last line is absolutely killer.
(Edit) Oh lord, and here we have the band's rebuttal: http://www.butcheredmillenium.com/id8.html
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