© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-aniym Recent reviews written by member aniym en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_424018284164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - This band is endlessly compared to Joy Division, but in my opinion, that’s a rather lazy parallel. The JD references are perfectly apt for a group like Interpol, but rings rather hollow with British Sea Power. Their ambitions are on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424018284164 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:54:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424018284164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_423543475844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - 1. Rockers to Swallow 2. Down Boy 3. Kiss Kiss 4. Isis 5. 10x10 The above tracks comprise this stopgap EP released by Karen O et. al, roughly a year after 2006’s Show Your Bones. While that record took a more tempered approach to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~423543475844 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:44:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_423543475844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_423346343556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - In 1998, Placebo quietly released their sophomore record mere months after new records by industry giants Portishead, Massive Attack and ahem, Robbie Williams. The UK music industry was still adjusting to the surprisingly massive... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~423346343556 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:08:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_423346343556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_423181258372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - The Brother Kite bears in many ways, a striking resemblance to a young Boo Radleys. Like the Liverpool-based shoegazers (initially anyway), this Providence, RI collective started out as a feedback-heavy dream-pop band, paying homage to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~423181258372 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:00:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_423181258372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_423045729924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - For the longest time, I assumed that MBV had only two albums; this, the punky, feedback-drenched 'debut', and the druggy, droning opus that was 1991's Loveless. I was later informed, to my embarrassment (and theirs too, possibly) that their actual... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~423045729924 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:52:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_423045729924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_308913933956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - A B-sides collection after a mere two albums is a bit of a puzzler, especially for a band as commercially unsuccessful as The Jesus and Mary Chain. Yet, there they were back in 1988, putting out Barbed Wire Kisses at a time when the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~308913933956 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:04:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_308913933956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_306095165060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - NYC&#146s Suicide were clearly outliers in the American punk spectrum of the 1970s. They didn&#146t adopt the scratchy, cacophonic guitars of no-wave vanguards like Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, but did share their bleak nihilism. Similarly,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~306095165060 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:26:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_306095165060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_303047282308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - In the microscopic circle of shoegaze devotees, i.e. fans of limp, airy vocals, guitar overdubs ad infinitum, reverb and lots of effects pedals, arguments over which album defined the era best are not uncommon. Some place My Bloody Valentine&#146s... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~303047282308 Sun, 7 Jan 2007 21:22:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_303047282308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_302686834308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - It&#146s hard to believe that Sonic Youth have spent over sixteen years at Geffen Records. Skeptics contended, not unjustifiably, that a group with more latent avant-garde sass than it knew what to do with could not possibly live up to the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~302686834308 Sun, 7 Jan 2007 02:58:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_302686834308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_297878720132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - Three rules for a successful career in concert promotion: 1. Keep ahead of the scene and book up-and-comers early. 2. Minor chaos at a show is OK, provided it gets good publicity 3. Never, ever book The Jesus and Mary Chain. They’ll ruin... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~297878720132 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:13:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_297878720132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_296988479108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - I&#146ll admit, I only came across Mono while looking for the British electronica group of the same name. The latter seems to have disappeared after one hit song (and a rather shoddy accompanying album). That said, I was still desperately looking... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~296988479108 Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:18:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_296988479108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_296563609220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - I don&#146t mind that the Massive Attack collective are devout perfectionists, tweaking albums endlessly before releasing them. They&#146ve proved their mettle record after record, and all things considered, aren&#146t nearly as bad as their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~296563609220 Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:39:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_296563609220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_295755615876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - Indie kids are like other kids in that they enjoy having sex and attending parties. They are different however, in the sense that sex is only interesting if performed say, in a cold room, on an unadorned floor, and possibly with someone they just met. If... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~295755615876 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:15:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_295755615876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_248277077636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - I imagine that UK-based Ebay sellers hawking music posters, t-shirts and the like regularly have a good laugh at us desperate Anglophiles stranded across the pond. 'Tis only a few months back when I, midway through my freshman year at college and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~248277077636 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:10:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_248277077636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_247308521092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - Born Slippy aside, I wasn't ever terribly impressed by Underworld until quite recently. And even then, I only liked that epic, anthemic synth wash of said song's opening lines, and not the interminably monotonous drum coda that took up... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~247308521092 Wed, 9 Aug 2006 20:02:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_247308521092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_246914059908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - I've spent most of my summer working at the computer Helpdesk on campus. Doing inventory work during the first couple of weeks was absolutely horrendous, so I was glad to get a desk job position later on. We have a good deal of downtime here, so it's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~246914059908 Mon, 7 Aug 2006 20:16:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_246914059908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_244843581060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - If I had the misfortune of being an electroclash scene kid, this review would merely brush upon the surface of Ladytron&#146s actual music, and instead delve into an analysis of the deeper relevance of their wardrobe choices, namely the switch to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~244843581060 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:23:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_244843581060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_244596248196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - I thought my lumbering Toshiba Satellite 2410 and I would be together forever. The feeling wasn't mutual apparently, and after three point five years of loyal service, the motherboard croaked and that was it. I work at the computer helpdesk at my... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~244596248196 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:05:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_244596248196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_241379020420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - Then again, I don't know. I haven't read the Bret Easton Ellis novel upon which the film is based, so it's entirely likely that the absurdly over-privileged denizens of the New England college in which the book and film are set did in fact engage... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~241379020420 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:28:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_241379020420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_240934751876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - I think we could all tell that prog-rock had its day when people stopped being able to tell the difference between the oft-spat upon prog-rock and its elitist, vegan, celibate cousin, kraut-rock. Dungeons and Dragons nerds sadly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~240934751876 Sat, 8 Jul 2006 13:39:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_240934751876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_237630426756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - The commercial reign of comically artless hair-metal is a phase VH1&#146s crew of smirking, &#145ironic&#146 C-grade comedians won&#146t let us forget any time soon. The appalling toll grunge music took on the hygienic habits of a generation is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~237630426756 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 03:57:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_237630426756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_237167545988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - Imagine, if you will, that you fancy yourself as an indie kid. Blessed with the gift of youthful metabolism, you are skinny despite your appalling dietary and sleep habits. In addition, you are able to obsessively maintain a meticulously waxed,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~237167545988 Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:47:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_237167545988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_236182343300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - Back in the 90s, Stereophonics never received as much attention as Britpop contemporaries like Pulp, Blur, or Oasis, their closest stylistic counterpart. Then again, one of their first hit singles, &#145Local Boy in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~236182343300 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:05:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_236182343300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_235497229956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - Placebo, I&#146m afraid, are all grown up. Most of the band members are well into their early thirties, itself a death knell for slick, three-chord guitar punk groups. Guitarist/vocalist Brian Molko has discovered that alas, his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~235497229956 Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:33:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_235497229956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_233785757316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aniym - You&#146re in a bit of a pickle if you happen to be music obsessive and in college. To begin with, there&#146s that tricky matter of balancing the oft-spirit-deadening workload with dishearteningly pedestrian recreation (throwing around a Frisbee... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~233785757316 Tue, 30 May 2006 16:02:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_233785757316?linkin_id=8003929