The Dear's Missiles Reviewed

The Dears latest cd isn't quite the departure that you have come to assume. Sure, they've changed around their lineup a bit, and sure the music's backdrop may carry a slightly different melody...But the overall tone that you've come to expect from the band has not only been sustained, but refined. I'm not going to lie to you, Missiles isn't perfect, but when it hits, it explodes and let's just say that there aren't many duds. The sound that is crafted is dark, but no not completely pitch black, but rather one that glosses and shines like a granite countertop. With Murray's spooky sensorial vocals dissipating and condensing in and out each sentimental ode. If there is one thing about Missiles that is apparent it is that its most successful pieces are affective right from the beginning, and with no wasted breath, they swim around subliminally in a smoky haze.Murray's croons sound less like they are yearning for something, but rather that they've come to an acceptance. Ethereal maybe trite but it is the perfect word for this particular release.

Key Tracks

Demons

Dream Job

Lights Off

Meltdown in a Major

Money Babies

Crisis 1&2

Overall- 7/10

I recently picked up the latest release from Flying Lotus (Formerly of Adult Swim Fame), Los Angeles, and it is all I've been listening to for the past week. If you like electronica and hip-hop, this should be a must buy for you. Los Angeles is pretty much perfect from start to finish, and it is the most enchanting thing I've ever heard. Lotus provides hypnotic beats, while incorporating a sharp sonic dissonance, and melodic outside influences. The only producer that comes close to perfecting a similar sound would be Prefuse 73, but this cd is miles ahead of anything he's ever done. It sounds like the kind of music people we'll be listening to hundred of years from now, electronica, produced by super advanced robots with a knack for melody and at simulating human emotion. Each song seems like a different tale, but they all go together seemless, so I would almost say that feel more like episodes in an ingenious musical plot. I usually put this cd in on late lonely nights, while I'm reading, or when I'm trying to do anything creative whatsoever...And so far it has been my most able muse, and has already become like a ritual. Please check this album out if you've ever been curious about electronica, and if you are an electronica fan and you don't have this album you should feel ashamed. From the first track I was entranced, and with each following track I got deeper and deeper into a trance, this is album's mystique is just that special. And judging by your ecletic music tastes, Flames you especially will love this album just as much as me.

I give it a 9/10 (And I'm An Extremely Tough Critic)

You know an electronica album is awesome when pitchfork gives it an 8.5.

Excerpt:

Sharing passing similarities with two of modern indie hip-hop's top producers, Madlib and the late J Dilla, Flying Lotus has constructed an album of static, texture, and rhythm that, at its most stirring moments, can be soothingly meditative, an accomplished blend of debris and warmth, b-boy head-nod and laptopper experimentalism. If Prefuse hadn't fallen off after One Word Extinguisher and continued to push the envelope with each record since, he might sound close to this in 2008.

Alright I'm gonna be honest, I thought this movie looked like it would be one of the the worse of all time. Ever since Transformers was announced I thought man that is such a horrible idea, thinking of the small audience that would appreciate it, and when I saw those models I scoffed at how they strayed so far from the originals. However, after hearing good things about the movie from almost everyone including Dvader, I decided to give the movie a shot yesterday. I will summarize my thoughts in this list of pro's & cons.

Pros

-Megan Fox is one of the hottest women I have ever seen, I mean she is so hot I was practically salivating through the entire movie. She is now in Des's top 5 most wanted list.

-Special Effects are some of the best I've ever seen, and the because they are so good the combat really feels visceral

-Sound Effects also unbelievable you feel like you are at every scene of battle, and the giant mechs sound like giant mechs should

-This movie is jam packed full of action, as every action movie should, in fact you'll be hard pressed to find many dull moments throughout

-Megan Fox is hot as already stated, but there is also another chick played by Rachel Taylor, who is just as gorgeous (well almost).

-The cast is really pretty good, Shia Labeouf is quite funny in a Peter Parker sort of way, and Anthony Anderson & Bernie Mac provide a few laughs also.

Cons

-The movie is kinda of cheesy

-The story is lacking a little bit, and because the movie is so jam packed with action it suffers even more

-The girls in this movie are almost too hot, I mean Christ, Rachel Taylor is so hot that her role is totally unbelievable (she plays a computer hacking nerd).

-The Transformers look nothing like the ones of old

-Not only is the story lacking but if you were an avid follower of the old series you might feel like a script was thrown together out of nowhere for this movie, not enough things tied in, and very little backstory is given.

-The movie kinda feels like one big car advertisement for Pontiac and Chevrolet.

Review Score: 7/10

What I've come to realize after looking over my past posts, that I have been forcing alot of posts as of lately. I use to only post when I felt that I could make a post that was both well-informed and was of some considerable aid to others. I was really astonished when I looked at the depreciation of quality over time that became apparent to me after looking through some of my old posts. I've seen some users on GS that rarely post throughout the day, but when they post people listen, I think I was headed towards the same direction but I am no longer headed down that path. As a result, I've decided to cut back on posting, do a little more analyzing and reflection of each situation. I've been making comments as of lately that were brash and somewhat "noob" like if you will. I apologize, and I will get back to being the same open-minded less opinionated poster that I once was.