© 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-divad23 Recent reviews written by member divad23 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492153704068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - Thrice is one of those bands that amuses me by frustrating almost everyone else. Once labeled a hardcore rock band, with most folks who actually attempt to classify this sort of thing retreating to "post-hardcore" in more recent years for lack of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492153704068 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:05:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492153704068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490526641796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - The two sisters who front the band Meg & Dia make a type of music that I have affectionately dubbed "brat rock". It's a pretty easy style for a young band to come up in today's musical climate - take a penchant for poppy melodies you can't get... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490526641796 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 04:15:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490526641796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490150399620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - I'm not big on Halloween, personally, but this year I decided that it would be fun to commemorate the holiday with a review of a record that's so bad, it's scary. Not being able to get my hands on the sequel to Kutless's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490150399620 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:43:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490150399620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489742962308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - There are times when being a somewhat snarky writer with a habit of calling it like he sees it no matter what folks think of it can have a downside. It's fun to gush over something that I like, knowing I'm not being paid to express an opinion that leans... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489742962308 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:59:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489742962308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488212827780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - Sometimes a lot of hype can hurt a band. I think we all know this intuitively, but in an age where it's often believed that bad publicity is better than no publicity, we forget that this sword cuts both ways. Too much good publicity can irritate people,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488212827780 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:01:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488212827780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487564152452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - "With surgical precision, we’ll cut every piece into order", sang Sleeping at Last frontman Ryan O'Neal on the band's previous album, Keep No Score. "And beneath soft faces, we’ll... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487564152452 Thu, 8 Oct 2009 03:57:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487564152452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486670372484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - I've gotta hand it to the Danish band Mew - they know their place. When a band sums up its own music as "pretentious art rock", one can only assume that this statement is partially tongue-in-cheek, at once a critique of the idea that rock music... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486670372484 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:51:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486670372484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486020189828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - Future of Forestry is one of those bands that frustrates me in the way that I most enjoy being frustrated. It seems that the band's music only gets better with time - one can trace the evolution from the already creatively-minded offerings of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486020189828 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:23:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486020189828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484303933060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - --SO WHY DID I BUY AN IPOD?--With as much music as I listen to, and as much time as I spend in front of a computer, most people who know me probably wouldn't expect me to be one of the last holdouts who stuck with lugging a huge CD wallet to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484303933060 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:45:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484303933060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484250324612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - Well, I never thought I'd see the day, but it's finally here. Derek Webb, according to many observers, has finally gone off the rails and delivered an album of Christian music with objectionable enough content that it can only be sold as a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484250324612 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:34:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484250324612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483357855364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - "Our goal is to embarrass the first record, that's what we're trying to do here, and I think we're on point to pull it off."--Paul Meany, March 2008Don't you just hate it when musicians say stuff like that about their previous work? I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483357855364 Tue, 1 Sep 2009 04:01:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483357855364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482486423172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - I'm about to make a wild assumption about three guys who I've never met and honestly know very little about. You can feel free to correct me if this assumption is way off-base, but I get the feeling that I know the least favorite word of all three... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482486423172 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482486423172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479151165060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - I'm not easily won over by vocalists. This might sound like a contradictory statement given how I'm prone to gushing about certain groups with excellent singers (especially when a full set of harmony vocals is on display), or particular solo artists who... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479151165060 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:53:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479151165060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477520760452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - What's in a name? Any first-time listener presented with a band called Mae probably comes up with that question first and foremost. It seems short, slight, almost diminutive, since it is a woman's name, after all, which seems like an odd choice... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477520760452 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:49:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477520760452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476665908868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - Death has a funny effect on the relationship between a musician and their fans. Perhaps it's just due to the finality of it, and the knowledge that we'll get nothing more from an artist after they die. Or perhaps there's a part of us that feels bad for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476665908868 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 03:14:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476665908868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475483180676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - I'm starting to think that The New Pornographers are slowly taking over my music collection. The way they're doing this is subtle - luring me in backwards with the work of a few solo artists who belong to the musical collective, and then... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475483180676 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:41:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475483180676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474461867652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - To listen to the music of A. C. Newman is to be invited into an imaginary world. Not your typical sort of imaginary world with dragons and sorcerors or robots and spaceships, but the kind where words themselves are pulled and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474461867652 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:26:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474461867652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473192566404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - Was it really over six years ago that I first became curious about the music of Sigur Rós? It's hard to believe how easily they went from "I don't know, that might be a little too far out there for my tastes" to becoming a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473192566404 Mon, 8 Jun 2009 02:40:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473192566404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472514530948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - I have a bone to pick with Eric Owyoung, lead singer/songwriter of the band Future of Forestry. And that bone has nothing to do with the quality of his band's music. I've long been a fan of his songwriting ability and his ability... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472514530948 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 04:47:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472514530948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471995223684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - A few years back, my budding interest in the one-man indie folk band Iron & Wine led me to discover another interesting band through an artistic collaboration on the EP... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471995223684 Thu, 28 May 2009 16:04:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471995223684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470915845764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - Falling Up is a rare bird within the vaguely-defined genre known as "Christian rock". They're a young band which started out with tons of youth-group appeal due to a vaguely nu-metal style that was en vogue at the time. And they've managed to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470915845764 Tue, 19 May 2009 03:06:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470915845764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469768572548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - There's a space that exists somewhere in the cracks between pop, rock, soul and jazz that is difficult to put a label on. Not because it's necessarily a groundbreaking genre - we've heard all of these things combined before and the result often ends up... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469768572548 Sat, 9 May 2009 02:29:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469768572548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468579487364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - You come to expect radical change if you're a Jars of Clay fan. It happens almost like clockwork from one album to the next - unless you pay close attention to EPs and other work done in between proper albums, the stylistic shifts on a new batch... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468579487364 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:03:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468579487364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467973869188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - I just don't know how Vienna Teng does it. You'd think I would have jinxed her after slapping five-star ratings on three albums in a row (and honor I've given to no other artist in the known universe) and gushing about how relentlessly creative... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467973869188 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:35:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467973869188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466343726724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author divad23 - The Killers have managed a monumental achievement with their newest album, Day & Age. That achievement isn't the kind of thing a critic would normally rave about, such as a lyrical masterpiece or a tour de force of musical talent, or... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466343726724 Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:07:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466343726724?linkin_id=8003929