Weekly Music Review: The Hazards of Love

[luckypyjamas]

i had the privilege of seeing this band at lollapalooza last week and i agree that you should definitely see the album performed live

i've loved this band since i first heard them probably 4 years ago and i agree this might be their strongest album yet (the others are all great in very different ways)

best album of 09 so far, i'd be surprised if anything better came along and if it did, shit this is a great year for music

[Protoclown]

Bazilisk, I am just now seeing your comments about this. All four of the I-Mock writers are into different music, so you're going to get different stuff from each of us.

If you look back at my reviews you'll see that I've done mainstream artists like Nine Inch Nails, Weezer, and Bruce Springsteen, a lot of indie stuff, but also lesser known bands that I feel deserve more exposure, like Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band. My reviews have dipped into many different genres and styles, and that's just me. There are three other guys writing reviews here.

I've also featured albums by "humor" bands like The Dead Milkmen and The Aquabats. The fact is that a lot of "humor" music just plain sucks, or gets old after the first few listens. And comically horrible? The reason I don't review stuff like that is that I haven't heard enough of it. If an artist out there makes my ears and brain bleed (say, Kid Rock for example), then I'm not going to waste my time listening to their albums. I've never heard one of Kid Rock's albums, therefore I couldn't review it. The closest I'm going to come to that is when an artist I like puts out something that is disappointingly craptastic.