1. "artist"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:20 (thirteen years ago)
2. "breakthrough"
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:30 (thirteen years ago)
3. "project"
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:31 (thirteen years ago)
feel like "artist" is useful sometimes
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:32 (thirteen years ago)
like if you need a non-specific noun for musicians/singers/producers or somethink
4. "hotly anticipated"
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:33 (thirteen years ago)
5. "eclectic"
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:35 (thirteen years ago)
6. "the soundtrack to your summer!"
― These goons are from Galactor and who gives a s*** (snoball), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:42 (thirteen years ago)
7. "Sophomore album" - no, it's their second album.
― Rob M Revisited, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:45 (thirteen years ago)
And in relation to the last one.
8. "Difficult second album".
― Rob M Revisited, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:47 (thirteen years ago)
"buzz"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:47 (thirteen years ago)
10. "Outstanding achievement award" - particularly if related to The Cribs.
― Rob M Revisited, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:49 (thirteen years ago)
"prepping"
― acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:50 (thirteen years ago)
11. "pop leanings"
― :C (crüt), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:54 (thirteen years ago)
"burbling synths"
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:57 (thirteen years ago)
most of you are just reheating the lol dumb journo cliche phrases we have a bunch of threads for already, p sure this was sposed to be something different (if by no means unconnected)
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 19:04 (thirteen years ago)
yeah it is different - is it different to press release blurb too? if so how?
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 19:08 (thirteen years ago)
12. Hi, how's it going? Just wanted to check you received our download for the new Jip Scrag & the Cellophane Buttz we sent last week. What did you think? Would you be interested in covering it for (insert crappy defunct magazine that you wrote for 3 years ago but has since folded)? They're playing at the Rudley Sprut & Foink next Wednesday night. I have one press ticket left if you would like to come down and cover it? Anyway, hope everything's groovy in your world. Jez x
― dog latin, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:10 (thirteen years ago)
Dog Latin wins
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:18 (thirteen years ago)
https://lh5.ggpht.com/y573JXyQZwrOVWEJPiBN_donStdqJULUwHurG1hSs1ScRo_b071tWppImsl0TpBdP9s=w705
― every soulless meta poster is a ✰ (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:22 (thirteen years ago)
12. "meet 'n' greet"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 09:47 (thirteen years ago)
13. "tastemakers"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:01 (thirteen years ago)
14. land grab
― nan machine (MaresNest), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:02 (thirteen years ago)
15. 360-degree deal
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:06 (thirteen years ago)
16. Brit Awards
― Vote in the ILM 70s poll please! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:11 (thirteen years ago)
17."one of the great songwriters of our time". 18."a timeless record"
― nostormo, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:13 (thirteen years ago)
― dog latin, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:10 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
should really be "Best, Jez" but otherwise otm
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:15 (thirteen years ago)
do you ever reply to mails like this? (if you don't want to cover the band that is)if yes, how do you response?
― nostormo, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:19 (thirteen years ago)
19. "Long-term development project"
If this was a poll, this ftw.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:28 (thirteen years ago)
"territory"
― Tim, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:34 (thirteen years ago)
21. units
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:57 (thirteen years ago)
22. schmoozing
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:02 (thirteen years ago)
23. sell-through
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:04 (thirteen years ago)
24. plays
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:05 (thirteen years ago)
25. That little miss little miss can't be wrong.
― how's life, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:12 (thirteen years ago)
26. Voted
― dog latin, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:14 (thirteen years ago)
27. Cross-promotional guest spot
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:26 (thirteen years ago)
28. London St. Pancras
― dog latin, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:45 (thirteen years ago)
29. "Noise pop"
― Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:56 (thirteen years ago)
30. For fans of New Order, Electric Wizard, Aphex Twin, The Beach Boys, Daft Punk
― dog latin, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:11 (thirteen years ago)
31. Epiphany
― OG requiem head (Call the Cops), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:35 (thirteen years ago)
32. soulful
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:46 (thirteen years ago)
33. troubador
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:47 (thirteen years ago)
34. songstress
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:48 (thirteen years ago)
just been made aware of this http://musicdescriptions.tumblr.com/ which I think is mostly culled from press releases for dance records. it's germane to this thread I guess inasmuch as they're fairly choice examples of bad journalism with the added weight of dutiful hyperbole
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:48 (thirteen years ago)
that said some of the shorter ones aren't really that bad tbh
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:49 (thirteen years ago)
journalism i don't really include in music industry wankerdom except insofar as it pathetically attempts to ape it, concern itself with its concerns, etc
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:50 (thirteen years ago)
oh jesus, some of those...
“inflicts a sense of urgency whilst simultaneously residing in a backseat slot, a break that suits the coming down lot. Chartered speculation increases a heightened sense of perpetual motion, induced into profound unattached imagery.”
“Its beauty elevates any apathetic subsidence with a soothing tug on a warm blanket.”
― dog latin, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:50 (thirteen years ago)
PR copy is this weird double-reflexive doppelganger that apes music journalism in an attempt to get actual journalists to ape it in turn
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:52 (thirteen years ago)
^yes I was trying to find the right words for this
― Julian-Joachim Roedelius (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 13:00 (thirteen years ago)
35. discovery
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 13:51 (thirteen years ago)
36. long-player
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 13:54 (thirteen years ago)
37. Space cows
― glumdalclitch, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 13:55 (thirteen years ago)
38. pizza
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 14:31 (thirteen years ago)
39. home listening
― Call the Cops, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 09:05 (thirteen years ago)
40. Home taping
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 09:16 (thirteen years ago)
41. Experimental
― Call the Cops, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:37 (thirteen years ago)
42. Seminal
― dog latin, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:38 (thirteen years ago)
43. Mastermind44. Effortless45. Not your average...
― dog latin, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:41 (thirteen years ago)
46. Influential
― .... the rest look like Dudley Sutton (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:46 (thirteen years ago)
47. Content.I had a press release yesterday promising "more content soon", by which they meant music.
From the Tumblr DJ Mencap mentioned, my favourite is “Congealed dreams get dispersed into jazz sensibilities”. Congealed?
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:49 (thirteen years ago)
How to you disperse something into sensibilities of any type? I feel like a diagram would be helpful here.
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:53 (thirteen years ago)
48. "drops"
― john. a resident of chicago., Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:59 (thirteen years ago)
On second reading that "congealed dreams" line reads like ad copy for a surreal cleaning product.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 13:05 (thirteen years ago)
49. stealing music
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 13:32 (thirteen years ago)
I frequently disperse rage into sarcastic, bitter, and just plain aggressive sensibilities, if that's any help.
― Call the Cops, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 13:35 (thirteen years ago)
― dog latin, Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:11 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Similarly, usually when the band is "indie" and completely generic it is either Radiohead, Pavement, or The Shins.
― Evan, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:30 (thirteen years ago)
A congealed jizz-stain of E-40, PJ Harvey and Juan Atkins
― lo! dating (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:34 (thirteen years ago)
"visual." "reveal." "share." "exclusive." "teaser." "trailer."
― katherine, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:36 (thirteen years ago)
especially "visual." there is possibly no promotional term that gets more on my nerves. IT'S A MUSIC VIDEO. this is like "creative" becoming a noun/verb/adjective/who knows maybe even interjection.
― katherine, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:38 (thirteen years ago)
if it doesn't leave trails or "breathe", it's not a visual, imo.
― how's life, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:44 (thirteen years ago)
50. "magnum opus"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:58 (thirteen years ago)
51. "forward-thinking"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:59 (thirteen years ago)
52. "game changing"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:00 (thirteen years ago)
53. "David Fricke"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:01 (thirteen years ago)
54. "it transcends"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:02 (thirteen years ago)
55. "the (insert name of influential artist of the past) of our generation"
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:03 (thirteen years ago)
56. "the ultimate interview" (it usually isn't)
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:05 (thirteen years ago)
57. "return to form" (it usually isn't)
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:06 (thirteen years ago)
58. "groundbreaking"
"cuts"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:13 (thirteen years ago)
"Our site only publishes short poems about records I like. If recent history is any guide, I update every nine months or so. All best, UA"
― not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:29 (thirteen years ago)
"two door" referring to "two door cinema club"
john wurster skewers this shit particularly effectivly
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 26 May 2013 23:11 (thirteen years ago)
"performance"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 February 2014 11:35 (twelve years ago)
"vocal"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 February 2014 12:20 (twelve years ago)
music industry wanker words
― the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music (stevie), Friday, 7 February 2014 12:54 (twelve years ago)
surprised "leak" isn't in here yet
― lex pretend, Friday, 7 February 2014 12:56 (twelve years ago)
i mean "vocal" the singular, not plural, noun. i.e. "hmmm nice vocal"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 February 2014 12:58 (twelve years ago)
Performance, though??
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 04:28 (eleven years ago)
59. Renowned
― Moka, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 08:09 (eleven years ago)
60. drop
― Mark G, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 09:14 (eleven years ago)
61. "collab"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 09:52 (eleven years ago)
62. "promo" as in "doing promo"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 09:53 (eleven years ago)
"can we get some promo?"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 10:18 (eleven years ago)
"promo" is by no means confined to the music industry
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 10:25 (eleven years ago)
true
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 10:31 (eleven years ago)
"album cycle"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:18 (eight years ago)
"legendary"
usually used to describe some also-ran who they're trying to resuscitate
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:21 (eight years ago)
Performance, though??― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, October 14, 2014 5:28 AM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, October 14, 2014 5:28 AM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
YES
GOD YES
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:25 (eight years ago)
"oh my god i went to see carly rae jepsen last night"
"no way"
"seriously!!"
"was it amazing?"
"it was such a good performance"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:26 (eight years ago)
BWIP BWIP BWIP BWIP
the music industry wanker word police arrive, their detector box flashing, they shake their heads as they stuff you into their black maria, which they pedantically explain the pronunciation of
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:30 (eight years ago)