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Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:54:06 -0500
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Re: [idm] Radiohead - Kid A
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At 08:06 PM 9/19/00 +0100, Mark Stevens wrote:
quoted 5 lines Hello.>Hello. > >Well, Radiohead's "Kid A" is without doubt the best electronica album >of the year. If you're a fan of the likes of Autechre, Plaid and CiM, >you're going to love this baby.
electronica? hmm i would go post-pop (a la post-rock heh heh), if anything. and from what i've heard, both from myself and from people who are more into radiohead than, say, autechre, if you like autechre, you'll think this album is pretty boring.
quoted 6 lines Should be very interesting seeing how the mainstream listeners, many>Should be very interesting seeing how the mainstream listeners, many >of whom are probably expecting another "OK Computer", are going to >react to this one. Watch out for the mainstream press too -- half of >them are going to trash it, the rest will be praising this >"revolutionary new type of music that no-one else has had the guts to >produce!"
i think that it's a very good mainstream release, because it is new - from a mainstream POV. and i get the feeling that most reviews are going to be favorable, simply because there is a surprisingly high amount of people in the music *industry* with a softspot for radiohead.
quoted 3 lines Chortle. Still, if it all means that a few kids decide to check out>Chortle. Still, if it all means that a few kids decide to check out >some electronica after hearing "Kid A", then that can only be a good >thing.
well, if my experience with radiohead fans is worth anything, it will likely just make them waiting in anticipation for the next radiohead album. most people who follow bands devoutly don't branch out within the genre - they simply wait for their fav. bands to release more albums/eps and make fan-pages. cheers, /derek ----------- "Extremism is no vice when God's on your side" -Opus the Penguin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org