pitchfork reviews new mars volta

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/mars-volta/frances-the-mute.shtml

Damn! 2.0.

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Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:05 pm

haha you read pitchfork.

no guru · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:09 pm

Rolling Stone is all apedick over it. Haven't heard it, but am more and more guffawing at Pitchfork's need to ravage acts they think they've helped create but have decided have gotten away from them.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

chase Wrote:

haha you read pitchfork.

yes.

Timis · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:20 pm

yawn....this album sucks......

puma · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:21 pm

My friend is a freak about Mars Volta and claimed that this album was "the best rock album of all time." He is smoking crack.

Although, I haven't heard it yet and I don't really care what the reviews say, if I like it I like it.

Balls Mahoney · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:22 pm

At the Drive In was a pretty good band. Sparta and Mars Volta are not.

The word is boring.

scottycash99 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:46 am **Posts:** 1149

prog died when phil collins decided to become a lead-singer

Pagoda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:34 pm

Spoon Makes Toast Wrote:

Rolling Stone is all apedick over it. Haven't heard it, but am more and more guffawing at Pitchfork's need to ravage acts they think they've helped create but have decided have gotten away from them.

See new Trails of the Dead for example

Balls Mahoney · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:41 pm

Pagoda Wrote:

Spoon Makes Toast Wrote:

Rolling Stone is all apedick over it. Haven't heard it, but am more and more guffawing at Pitchfork's need to ravage acts they think they've helped create but have decided have gotten away from them.

See new Trails of the Dead for example

Pitchfork is full of shizza, but the new Trail stuff is godawful. I saw them playing it last November and watched the crowd slowly die.

fancypants · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:42 pm

Spoon Makes Toast Wrote:

Rolling Stone is all apedick over it. Haven't heard it, but am more and more guffawing at Pitchfork's need to ravage acts they think they've helped create but have decided have gotten away from them.

As I remember, Pitchfork didn't like deloused in the comatorium. Pitchfork is blocked at my work, so I can't check this.

I like the album. It's not the best rock album of all time (obviously), and yes it is very self indulgent. But a 2.0? Come on.

No critic is ever going to match your tastes exactly, and I wouldn't want it any other way. But there are critics whose opinions I respect even though they often differ from mine (such as fast n bulbous), and there are critics whose opinions seem arbitrary or misguided. Many of the critics at pitchfork fall in the latter category for me. Again, I haven't read the review because the site is blocked here. Maybe it really is a fantastic and enlightening review that I'll agree with. But based on past experience with pitchfork, I'm not holding out much hope.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:50 pm

fancypants Wrote:

As I remember, Pitchfork didn't like deloused in the comatorium. Pitchfork is blocked at my work, so I can't check this.

4.9

gong-li · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:51 pm

my take on *all this*? ppl should stop commenting on trite things like music at any critical level, and ideally focus on the more savage traits of man. such as murdering your enemies, eating good food, and fucking beautiful women.

gong-li · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:52 pm

and yes, appear to enjoy music in order to get to that fucking of those beautiful women

scottycash99 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:46 am **Posts:** 1149

Quote:

my take on *all this*? ppl should stop commenting on trite things like music at any critical level, and ideally focus on the more savage traits of man. such as murdering your enemies, eating good food, and fucking beautiful women.

next time i'm thinking about reading a few "reviews" i think i'll head out and kill a few folk....btw is your mom cute :lol:

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:54 pm

dridiculous Wrote:

I don't really care what the reviews say, if I like it I like it.

I'm intrigued by this bold concept.

gong-li · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:54 pm

more like your mom

scottycash99 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:46 am **Posts:** 1149

Quote:

more like your mom

so your mom is like my mom?

or i should kill my mom?

i dont get it :wink:

gong-li · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:59 pm

scottycash99 Wrote:

Quote:

more like your mom

so your mom is like my mom?

or i should kill my mom?

i dont get it :wink:

you got it

Pagoda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:29 pm

Aimarr Wrote:

and yes, appear to enjoy music in order to get to that fucking of those beautiful women

LOL

KPH · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:46 pm

i can't relate to the recent direction of Mars Volta or Trail of Dead. for me, that's just a matter of personal aesthetic preference and (subjective) ability to value something (and/or decide its relative merits and worth in my own little world). in other words, my opinion, which happens to sync up with pitchfork, has little to do with the views of Pitchfork. rather, i'm just genuinely not that into the new Mars Volta (and i was a fan of both ATDI and the first MV) and i think the Trail of Dead record should've been shelved and the band given a do-over.

KPH

andyfest · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:04 pm

Meta Critic gives Mars Volta a 71. Its review system is much better and more reliable than Pitchfork's. That said, I'm still not buying Mars Volta.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

Allmusic.com begs to differ:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... fbk4gf2~T1

hey look · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:07 pm

blah blah blah.

its lame-o.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:08 pm

The new Mars Volta did little for me, but I like the first half of the new Trail of Dead a whole lot. The second half drags a bit, but I still like it as a whole.

Then again, I also like Westerberg solo.

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