© 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-discoinfernal Recent reviews written by member discoinfernal en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_484982886020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - Even though I initially supported Jay-Z's last two albums, neither of them have held up particularly well over the past few years. Once you get past the hype that engulfed Kingdom Come and American Gangster (“Oh shit! Hov's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484982886020 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:42:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484982886020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482875051652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - (I'm going to kick off this review with a short rant on the state of rock music. If you're just here for The Dead Weather, feel free to skip down to the sentence reading: “Thank God for The Dead Weather.”) I've been souring on indie... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482875051652 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:54:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482875051652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_481063440004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - “Having nothing to hate is, in a way, worse than having something to hate.” Well, it's taken me a year, but I finally get what holy_diver was trying... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~481063440004 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:43:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_481063440004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479353081476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - (kudos to Dr. Faustus for the add) I owe Søren (aka the long departed “janteloven”) for introducing me to these guys, and I guess Tom Waits for rekindling my interest in them. When I first heard them, probably in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479353081476 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:24:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479353081476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475808042628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - The death of Michael Jackson is still surreal to me, even all these days later. The fact that he's dead at all is shocking enough. Sure, Michael's “metamorphosis” over the past couple of decades has been pretty well-documented, but did... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475808042628 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:45:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475808042628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463391264388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - When it was announced that Common would be releasing a "club" record, lots of people flocked to their message board of choice and bitched that "the great Common Sense"—patron saint of the conscious/backpacker/[insert smug, overgeneralizing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463391264388 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:28:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463391264388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_461733596804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - Tom Waits is one of those polarizing guys: you either love him, or you hate him, or you don't know who the fuck he is. There is no middle ground. From sweet piano ballads to ragged blues rockers to skid row cabaret—the man can do no... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~461733596804 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:43:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_461733596804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444092223108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - When they hit the scene with Silent Alarm, lots of people were clamoring that Bloc Party were the future of…rock? Post-punk? Something or other. Either way, I wasn't one of those people. It was promising, I'll give them that: they proved... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444092223108 Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:04:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444092223108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438296678020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - Well, since my review for Horse Rotorvator has gotten fifteen non-member hits, I can only assume that the masses are clamoring for Coil. And if discoinfernal's about one thing, it's vengeance! Ahem, since Horse Rotorvator, Coil... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438296678020 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:01:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438296678020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434621222532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - Tha Carter III, Take #5: Well, let's start from the beginning. In the event that you've been spared from the Lil Wayne pandemic: Wayne joined the Cash Money records clique at the age of 14 (?) and spent much of his early years spitting sub-par and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434621222532 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:58:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434621222532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433186311812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - Fewer bands get more undeserved guff than Coldplay, and it's actually an interesting phenomenon, 'cos different collectives hate the band for different reasons. For example, if you listen to a lot of punk, metal, grunge&#151really, any hard rock genre... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433186311812 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:21:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433186311812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432981970564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - Okay, this is gonna be a long one, so I'm gonna try and keep this introduction short. You all know who Weezer is right? If not: Happy Days, Cheap Trick and Woody Allen. That's them in a nutshell. I'm a somewhat recent convert to the band myself. After... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432981970564 Sun, 8 Jun 2008 03:53:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432981970564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432316845700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - Coil are one of those bands that I've been wanting to get into for years now. From what I'd heard, they always sounded like a jazzier version of Skinny Puppy (foreshadowing: they aren't), but the fact that the availability of their back catalogue... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432316845700 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 05:14:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432316845700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431421492868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - Let me clarify something before we get things going: I know shit about Morcheeba. Never followed their career religiously. Never waited with bated breath for one of their releases. Never heard anything from their glory days with Skye Edwards. My... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431421492868 Sun, 25 May 2008 22:18:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431421492868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430837567108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - This is it? So I muttered about halfway into my first listen of LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver. This is LCD Soundsystem? This is the most acclaimed dance record of 2007? ...Well, okay. Maybe it was just a rough start, maybe... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430837567108 Wed, 21 May 2008 00:24:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430837567108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430581583492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - The absolute worst thing any musical act can upon returning from a long period dormancy is make a self-conscious "We're back!" album. You know, those albums that sound like they were recorded from D-material written 10 years ago only they've been given a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430581583492 Mon, 19 May 2008 02:53:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430581583492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430171917956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - It is what it is, because of what it was, I did what I did 'cos it does what it does. Me and the Roots have had a colorful history, and by colorful, I obviously mean boring and completely uneventful. I dove headfirst into Phrenology,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430171917956 Thu, 15 May 2008 16:47:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430171917956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_400797699716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - (Kudos to Lead Tomato for the add) You'd be amazed what albums drag you out of retirement. I've tried communicating the brilliance of "I'll Sleep When You're Dead," but words keep failing me there. I've tried panning both Skinny Puppy and The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~400797699716 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:15:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_400797699716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_373131153028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - A couple of years ago I was abosrbed into the Asian cinema* craze. I wish I could say I was revolting against the shallow, turgid dreck that Hollywood files out by the pound, but truth be told, I thought "Ichi The Killer" sounded fucking cool... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~373131153028 Fri, 8 Jun 2007 04:05:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_373131153028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_277356580484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - I ask of you my fellow reviewers and epinionators, has an album ever entranced you so greatly, that every single word had to be calligraphy of tributary iridescence? Has it left you exhaling your passions for its high art onto the page in breathless... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~277356580484 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:03:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_277356580484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_256979472004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - Josh Davis is a talented motherfucker. Why begin this review with a vulgar generalization? Because he is and most reviewers don&#146t acknowledge it; they're always quick to start off their reviews waxing poetic about how great... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~256979472004 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:14:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_256979472004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_256018845316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - First of all, let me get off my chest how nice it is to finally have a band wearing its &#147White Light/White Heat&#148 influence on its sleeve that actually writes meaningful songs*, as opposed to shallow Indie Pop made for collegiate hipsters to smoke... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~256018845316 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:05:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_256018845316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_252338867844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - So there we were, driving down the road. The sky somewhere between daylight and starlight. The leaves between summer and autumn. My mom staring down the endlessly sea of concrete, nodding her head to the &#147Love Actually&#148 soundtrack; me staring out... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~252338867844 Mon, 4 Sep 2006 03:27:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_252338867844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_246743076484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - I don&#146t really know how the Industrial scene got started, but I do know the early era is characterized by loud, cathartic, uncompromising machine pulsations. As the 80&#146s moved along, people started to get sick of hearing robotic farts, so groups... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~246743076484 Mon, 7 Aug 2006 01:08:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_246743076484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_244538248836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author discoinfernal - Radiohead. Okay, now that that&#146s out of the way, let&#146s talk about Muse! ----------------------- I stood at the beach. The red sand between my toes. Waves crashing at my feet. Blue planet fading in the distance. Message in the barrel of an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~244538248836 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:28:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_244538248836?linkin_id=8003929