madlove :D

obviously mess and noise isn't sick of creating controversy and then reporting on it... pretty boring way to get cheap clicks, guys...

gil norton produced the record - fuck me that's cool!!!

and after reading this:

''“I guess they can go party with lame MacBook looping electro-pop hipsters and live under the illusion they are creating high art,”

i now wanna drink with them and check out their tunes

cool shit

Shut up hyperfuzz.

And mo, keep it brief.

i think if a band responds to the so-called ''controversy'', hyperfuzz, why wouldn't we report on it? not everything is a cleverly designed grab for page views.

Hyperwas....

and in any event, we've got a great ''track by track'' rundown of the album being published tomorrow. why not flag it?

They're young dudes and good on 'em for pulling no punches!

sounds more like a wheatus revival

Sure, they are not doing anything new, but they are definitely standing out from the crowed because what they do is amazing. I've been to a million of their gigs, and they were always very impressive. I always said if one band were to make it out of Brisbane, it would be them. Yep.

I hope I have not offended Gracenihil with my massive post.

just seems like a pattern forming with the circle pit and whitley string of article which ate themselves and got massive responses... all seems a bit tabloid.

Jackbratt said 1 minute ago:

Sure, they are not doing anything new, but they are definitely standing out from the crowed because what they do is amazing. I've been to a million of their gigs, and they were always very impressive. I always said if one band were to make it out of Brisbane, it would be them. Yep.

I hope I have not offended Gracenihil with my massive post.

just mark grace as a dickhead - problem solved

Shut up mo, Grace is the best new poster of 2010.

just mark grace as a dickhead - problem solved

Good call Mo. However, the banter does keep me amused. I'm waiting to be attacked directly....

this band needs to shut up

like a lot of bands

Is this guy's name really Boerdam?

That's hilarious. Grace Nihil should totally date him.

yes it is, unbelievable hey?

I guess they can go party with lame MacBook looping electro-pop hipsters and live under the illusion they are creating high art.

sounds more like a wheatus revival

i don't know why this is funny, but i cracked up. i guess any mention of wheatus has that potential.

obviously mess and noise isn't sick of creating controversy and then reporting on it... pretty boring way to get cheap clicks, guys...

So you'd rather a biased one sided story than something a little more balanced? I appreciate getting both perspectives, personally. Helps me to make up my own mind rather than jumping on a 'taste' train...

Wow

interjection
1.(an exclamation of surprise, wonder, pleasure, or the like): Wow! Look at that!
–verb (used with object)
2.to gain an enthusiastic response from; thrill.
–noun
3.an extraordinary success: His act is a real wow.
4.excitement, interest, great pleasure, or the like: a car that will add some wow to your life.

Origin:
1890–95; perh. identical with Scots wow! exclamation of surprise or admiration

doesn't seem like it. the article says... An inadvertent reference to our review...

true, but i'm wondering what question prompted the response of ''I guess they can go party with lame MacBook looping electro-pop hipsters and live under the illusion they are creating high art'', or if they just brought it up out of the blue... ''sure, working with gil norton was cool and we're really excited about this new album and touring internationally and having an awesome time, but about these ''chats''...''

Is it a new Circle Pit-ish thread?

they just brought it up out of the blue, hyperfuzz. the 'track by track' interview was set up ages ago, waayyyy before the review ran, and we received their responses today with an unsolicited first paragraph responding to the 'grunge revival' critique.
i'd understand your criticism more if we sent them the review and said, ''care to respond''. but we'd never do this.

Ironic italics, or normal?

they just brought it up out of the blue, hyperfuzz. the 'track by track' interview was set up ages ago, waayyyy before the review ran, and we received their responses today with an unsolicited first paragraph responding to the 'grunge revival' critique.
i'd understand your criticism more if we sent them the review and said, ''care to respond''. but we'd never do this.

well, they're idiots then, but my intial gripe was about the practice of taking the most controversial part of a to-be-published article (like ''whitley: melbourne pisses me off'') and then posting the full interview the next day, which is the same thing that's happening here, right?

Ironic italics, or normal?

normal.

I'm still guessing ''Whitley hates Melbourne''!

circle of life

my intial gripe was about the practice of taking the most controversial part of a to-be-published article (like ''whitley: melbourne pisses me off'') and then posting the full interview the next day

it doesn't change the fact that the so-called controversial part is still news! if 'celebrity x' said a passing line about hating black people in an otherwise innocuous article in the age, how could they not report on that? this is how news works.

poor macbook hipsters. they never said a mean thing about no-one.

jose's right. ffs, if you'd rather read something different, write it on the YIS blog, then get JudyD to whack you really hard over the head with a frying pan when you least expect it, and when you're recovering in hospital, you'll look up your favoured The Internet bookmarks, go to see what's been happening with the band while you were ''out'' s/t/s, read your favourite article ever and hardly even remember that you actually wrote it, or that i conspired for the whole thing(s) to happen.

Thank god for Zaphod.

jose's right. ffs, if you'd rather read something different, write it on the YIS blog, then get JudyD to whack you really hard over the head with a frying pan when you least expect it, and when you're recovering in hospital, you'll look up your favoured The Internet bookmarks, go to see what's been happening with the band while you were ''out'' s/t/s, read your favourite article ever and hardly even remember that you actually wrote it, or that i conspired for the whole thing(s) to happen.

i just hope this negative press gets us a lunchbox gig with violent soho. that's how this works, right?

poor macbook hipsters. they never said a mean thing about no-one.

word. lets not forget who the real victims are in all this. stop electro-pop bullying.

I don't see how or why my review of Violent Soho's new album would be 'controversial'. Neither is the band saying they are not affiliated with some mythical grunge-revival. It'll be interesting to read the track-by-track to gain some deeper insight into the band's creative process. When I reviewed the CD, I had no idea such a piece had been commissioned. Jose, you cheeky monkey!

In other news, I'm eating some King Island Brie on toast. The French would approve.

x Rene

this is how news works.

I think the argument is more about teasers, not stories.

I'd have more beef with the way thread posts are spun into ''news stories'' but each to their own.

word. lets not forget who the real victims are in all this. stop electro-pop bullying.

For every LOL, a tear must fall.

like i said, they're unashamed. which is good.

loving the courtney love album ad banner above this ''grunge revival'' thingo....

heard this album yesterday and it doesn't matter what you call it. everyone in my office mentioned smashing pumpkins, asked me to turn it off and the only positive was that it was over in 30 mins. it made me wonder if thurston moore's getting ealry onset alzheimers... or if years of abusing his guitar has left him moderatelty deaf.

and if authenticity and passion equates to getting gil norton to produce yer feckin record and jesus stole my girlfriend equates to lyrical inspiration then I'm off to listen to a drones album....