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Originally Posted by the ikara cult
On the subject of muso journalism:
I dont trust any of the reviews i read anymore, which is probably a good thing. Im more likely to take advice on what to listen to from freinds or from somewhere like here. I dont know what it is, there seems to be this mandatory culture of giving the right bands the right ratings to keep them onside. I mean, Q gave the last Razorlight album 5 stars.... Razorlight. When that sort of thing happens theres got to be some kind of conspiracy going on.
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That's a very interesting thing that you are saying, there. I was in fact thinking of something similar about music criticism in general because of those reassestment threads. A good music journalist would criticise the music simply for what it is, regardless of their perceived feelings of what it is or what it might be, when it's simply not what they might think it is. Also, attacking the music because the reviewer doesn't have simpathy for the musician is one of the worst acts of unprofessionalism ever. Who gives a toss if such and such musician is a real arsehole? For as long as they make good music, it's all fine by me. Then you have cases when both the musician and the music are shite, and in that case they don't stand a chance. In general, music journalism is one of those professions that's being shat upon for so long and so many times, that it became really hard to find out who's doing a good job, rather than being a haven where people flash their own arrogance around.
Another thing is people who improvise themselves as experts in music simply because they have a big record collection, or because they have half an idea of this or that. They are the worst, same as those people who have access to gear and want to make music, but fail to sit down and truly think hard about the amount of talent that's in them. Sorry for this long rant, but it's a quiet day at work.