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Dept. of ill informed criticism

In this/last week's new yorker:
[coldplay] has become the biggest band of the new decade by slightly refining the mopey, abstract sounds of bands like Radiohead
Discuss. Extra points for (1) guessing the last Radiohead album heard by the (unsigned) author, (2) identifying the origin of this too-frequent comparison.

Posted on Sep. 9th, 2005 at 05:24 pm | | Leave a comment | 6 comments |

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warrend

I want to guess, but my indie cred is on the line!
Posted on Sep. 10th, 2005 08:44 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

joshc

indie cred

. . . because you're not willing to publicly admit your familiarity with the intricacies of Coldplay's albums?
Posted on Sep. 20th, 2005 06:35 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

warrend

Re: indie cred

Psh, whateva.

(Actually, I really like parachutes, but I haven't heard much of the other two albums. The last one didn't do it for me, and I haven't heard the newest.)
Posted on Sep. 20th, 2005 07:05 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

joshc

Re: indie cred

I agree. I think the main complaint is the similarity of all of their albums, and that if they're going to repeat themselves it should be better than parachutes.
Posted on Sep. 20th, 2005 07:09 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

decklin

Pablo Honey?
Posted on Sep. 10th, 2005 05:07 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

joshc

If so, that might be the answer to both (1) and (2).
Posted on Sep. 10th, 2005 05:35 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply