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Thursday, July 3 @ the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse

by Justin Krol

Jul. 04, 2008

midnight

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Noise pollution ain't necessarily rock and/or roll...

Noise pollution ain't necessarily rock and/or roll, or, at any rate, "subversive." Certainly not in a context where Loveless by My Bloody Valentine may well be, strangely, the one album seemingly appreciated by all, at least 'round these parts. If I might paraphrase the very great Simon Reynolds in re: Roni Size's Reprazent, luxury might well be(come) the new loud (pace, of course, The New Loud). Of course, we're living in a city where even our techno was at its most widely recognized when at its most metal (Drop Bass), but ...

... but that puts people like KGF and Codebreaker on the perhaps uncutting, albeit sharp nonetheless, edge. Why do they win awards from 88.9? Why does KGF win a couple of their listener-chosen awards as well? Because 88.9 plays them, because 88.9 listeners hear them. The station of course can only be expected to backing up its own aesthetic, and who the hell out here actually hears much of anything BUT what's palyed for and/or at them? See further discussion @ the Decider page linked above ...

Dave Monroe more than 15 years ago

Meanwhile, "abrasive" hardly abrades like it used ...

Meanwhile, "abrasive" hardly abrades like it used to. In all honesty, I've virtually no idea what These Kids Today are lisetning to, but on a recent expedition to the laundromat, where I think I may even have been subjected to Ryan Seacrest's show, I heard everything from perfectly annoying and/or abrasive indeed rap and/or rap metal to what I'd presume were intended, at least, to be country adn/or western records--if only because of the vocal and/or slide guitar twang--but which featured obviously electronic percussion. Ryan *u**i** Seacrest ...

Anonymous more than 15 years ago