Comments on: keep it amazed http://hearsay.alphaquam.com/2006/07/18/keep-it-amazed/ don't you think that if we knew how we would have already? Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:16:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on keep it amazed by: zoviet http://hearsay.alphaquam.com/2006/07/18/keep-it-amazed/#comment-2854 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:02:49 +0000 http://hearsay.alphaquam.com/2006/07/18/keep-it-amazed/#comment-2854 he also focused a whole lot on the 'tired' new york garage revivalist scene...which i would argue they left behind with the last album. i find it really hard to compare their current sound with that of the strokes, interpol, etc...all of those comparisons, walkmen included, are really lame. he also focused a whole lot on the ‘tired’ new york garage revivalist scene…which i would argue they left behind with the last album. i find it really hard to compare their current sound with that of the strokes, interpol, etc…all of those comparisons, walkmen included, are really lame.

]]> Comment on keep it amazed by: topomodesto http://hearsay.alphaquam.com/2006/07/18/keep-it-amazed/#comment-2845 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:50:01 +0000 http://hearsay.alphaquam.com/2006/07/18/keep-it-amazed/#comment-2845 alan: sorry i didn't notice that the review wasn't written by you, i've adjusted to give proper credit. to review the pitchfork reivew: walkmen comparisons are the lowest common denominator of french kicks reviews. they are friends, great, but they sound different and have both broken off in different directions. and how is it that for some reason the negative reviewer can note the "focused snippets," but doesn't seem able to put his finger down on any examples of the "homogenous" sound. if the reviewer finds the album boring, then they either didn't give it a chance or aren't the right person to be reviewing it in the first place. by the way, the "1,000 monkeys chained to 1,000 guitars" line at the end is as nonesensical as it is obtuse. someone is trying a little bit too hard to be a witty reviewer but (unlike the album in question) it comes off forced and borderline guitarded. alan: sorry i didn’t notice that the review wasn’t written by you, i’ve adjusted to give proper credit.

to review the pitchfork reivew: walkmen comparisons are the lowest common denominator of french kicks reviews. they are friends, great, but they sound different and have both broken off in different directions. and how is it that for some reason the negative reviewer can note the “focused snippets,” but doesn’t seem able to put his finger down on any examples of the “homogenous” sound. if the reviewer finds the album boring, then they either didn’t give it a chance or aren’t the right person to be reviewing it in the first place.

by the way, the “1,000 monkeys chained to 1,000 guitars” line at the end is as nonesensical as it is obtuse. someone is trying a little bit too hard to be a witty reviewer but (unlike the album in question) it comes off forced and borderline guitarded.

]]> Comment on keep it amazed by: zoviet http://hearsay.alphaquam.com/2006/07/18/keep-it-amazed/#comment-2843 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:03:28 +0000 http://hearsay.alphaquam.com/2006/07/18/keep-it-amazed/#comment-2843 pitchfork ripped these guys again. i just don't get it. I think that both this and the trial of the century review are really weak. pitchfork ripped these guys again. i just don’t get it. I think that both this and the trial of the century review are really weak.

]]> Comment on keep it amazed by: Alan http://hearsay.alphaquam.com/2006/07/18/keep-it-amazed/#comment-2810 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:06:02 +0000 http://hearsay.alphaquam.com/2006/07/18/keep-it-amazed/#comment-2810 Thanks for the kind words concerning my writing, but the French Kicks review was written by one of a number of new contributors to Sixeyes. I want to give credit where credit is due, that piece was written by JP Swenson. Thanks for visiting *Sixeyes, we all appreciate the readers. Alan Thanks for the kind words concerning my writing, but the French Kicks review was written by one of a number of new contributors to Sixeyes. I want to give credit where credit is due, that piece was written by JP Swenson.

Thanks for visiting *Sixeyes, we all appreciate the readers.

Alan

]]> Comment on keep it amazed by: horn http://hearsay.alphaquam.com/2006/07/18/keep-it-amazed/#comment-2813 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:24:43 +0000 http://hearsay.alphaquam.com/2006/07/18/keep-it-amazed/#comment-2813 Agreed! Agreed!

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