To digress from the AF conversation: The first song by Lil Peep that was promoted by Pitchfork and put him in their hype machine, it uses an unauthorized sample off of The Microphones record The Glow Pt. 2, over which Lil Peep raps about bitches, drugs and alcohol. P4k used the Microphones reference to show how hip…

Win is right about trends in music criticism, cycles and backlash. The new singles and the new record are far better than they were given credit for by Pitchfork and Stereogum. It's unbelievable that P4k gave a higher rating to Lil Peep than Everything Now. Writers are looking to hop the next trend and it probably…

I don't think that casing was the problem with this movie.

Just to show I'm not a sour-puss, here's a link to the scene in Hot Fuzz where they see the production of Romeo and Juliet based on Baz Luhrman movie, complete with the cast singing "Lovefool" by the Cardigans :)

Also, as someone else pointed out, this movie doesn't pass the "Bechdel test", there are no meaningful female-female interactions, and the only two female characters are defined amost completely by their relationships to men.

I agree with both of these points raised!

Also, as someone mentioned: style over substance

Yeah, I noticed that the two movies have the same premise: get-away driver who barely speaks and wears the same jacket all the time falls in love, and then has to kill criminals who would threaten his new girlfriend, set to hip musics.

I love Edgar Wright (especially Spaced, but even Scott Pilgrim is super fun for me), however this movie was very unsatisfying for me, and it's a wonder that film critics have shrugged off all of this movie's shortcomings.

Dead Freaks Unite!

Thanks for the positivity :)

The initial accusations were not anonymous.

Again for those who say the accusations are anonymous:

The initial accusations were not anonymous.

I never understood the Dead as a kid, because I had just heard a greatest hits record, which is not a good introduction, it's really all about how they played live and how spontaneous and in the moment they were.

Yeah, I'm really disappointed in A.V.Club for not dropping or delaying this glowing review in light of recent news.

From what context I've read about the record, what you describe could likely be the intent…. that's totally plausible… but….

Thanks, glad you could read 6 paragraphs and consider the content.

I %100 agree with the sentiment that the lyrics are too specific in identifying that these are heartbreak songs about a specific person who was in the band, and that the listener may be familiar with, and at least "Up in Hudson" divulges too much personal information about her and the other songs are filled with…

Reposted from Stereogum….thoughts?: