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Emeritus
Reviews 209
Approval 96%
Soundoffs 153
News Articles 417
Band Edits + Tags 629
Album Edits 670
Album Ratings 168
Objectivity 52%
Last Active 12-04-22 11:46 pm
Joined 05-14-09
Review Comments 9,403
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 | cycosynner Meteora is a great record. Thank you for your comment on my From Ashes to New review!
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 | frozencarl yoo that album was pretty sweet! thanks for the rec. at one point I was like "this REALLY sounds like in flames wow" then I checked what was playing and it was their cover of December Flower hahah
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 | Hyperion1001 wow autumn is coming is excellent. what a track.
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| Hyperion1001 you ever heard this bad boy? maybe the most underrated idm ever, pretty close to a 5 for me: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/cim/reference/
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 | VlacDrac I see you like Moodymann. It's truly a shame people on this website barely even care about House Music.
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| Hyperion1001 i see you?ve already been talking to avagantamos but his list is probably the most comprehensive on the site. once im at my computer I can send you some of my favorites but this list is amazing: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=447207
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 | MarsKid I think what surprised me the most was how heavy and oppressive it could be. I never thought of them as a band that could throw down, but some of the songs on GCD are hefty indeed.
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| MarsKid Spent a lot of time in deep reflection, lot of long drives in the rain. 5-ing The Great Cold Distance is slowly making more and more sense.
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 | Avagantamos I'm digging the dubby minimalism on that Atom album. kinda reminds me of Actress and Ricardo Villalobos. also I discovered another new album last night which left me very impressed after one listen. https://lynyn.bandcamp.com/album/lexicon
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| Avagantamos also got a big list of a bunch of IDM both old and newer from a few months back if you haven't checked that yet
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| Avagantamos it's not super recent, but I recently discovered a record label called "Occult Research" and bought their entire catalog for a discount on bandcamp on a whim a while ago. I'm working my way through listening to em all and will probably make a list on it. overall it's been a mixed bag, but there are some cool IDM releases that have a nice warm analog sound. I dig the ones by Vytear, and the one with the spiky ball cover by zv?d. https://occultresearch.bandcamp.com
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| MarsKid Just some random dudes from Chile that are waaay ahead of the curve lol. Surprised Sput is so behind on discovering them.
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| MarsKid Seems like you love these dudes. I'm intrigued... they have something new this year and it's a top DM album of the year on RYM right now. Thought you'd like to know. https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=426669
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 | luci glad you dig it man! last year was a bit stronger, still searching for something on the level of skee mask
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 | jimthefish try the new Self Insert EP i bet you'd like reviewing it, weird mix of hiphop rock and electronic. my fav off it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbIlkN-iFb0
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| luci been on my wishlist for a while, thanks for the reminder! (only log on here every couple of months)
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 | Rawmeeth38 A 2.5 for Failure?s Fantastic Planet??? What a crime.
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 | aok 206 reviews? good lord man, had no idea you were this active
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| luci happy holidays! that record is rave nostalgia done right. don't miss the eps he released alongside it under the phantasy alias
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| MarsKid Less overbearing than 2018 I think, personally. There's less competition in their own genre, whereas that year had Rolo Tomassi, Palm Reader, Black Peaks... just every core band under the sun haha. Hopefully they get a better share of the spotlight this go around.
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 | Dylan620 Checked Beautiful Midnight, quality album. Not quite as in line with GGD and MBT as I expected (even after hearing "Hello Time Bomb" and "Load Me Up" in isolation) but I'm anticipating a grower, and I could well end up preferring it over Dizzy Up the Girl and Mad Season. "Born to Kill" is incredible. Thanks again for the rec!
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 | OmairSh My message got cut off. The production sounds organic
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| OmairSh Its a trend isn't it, for some bands to reflect negatively on aspects of their older work. But from their perspective I can understand, they probably have access to better technology now and are comparing the two, but as a listener I think the production sounds organic
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 | JohnnyoftheWell you ever hear Symbol (Susumu Yokota)? checked it on a whim and oh boy, some great winners. he takes a classical foundation and makes it his own; lots of Grinning Cat vibes
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| OmairSh Yoo dude, checked Magic Pie and thought it was purely retro prog for the first minute or so until it burst into life haha. Fun stuff, really love the Hammond Organ use and flute. Good production as well, thanks for the rec! Here's a Pakistani Prog/Funk Rock band I just discovered, and has cheered me up haha. It has English lyrics :-). T/t is the perfect litmus test to see if you even dig it https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/81510/Keeray-Makoray-Island-In-The-City/
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 | Deadwing2112 Thank you for the compliment. Greatly appreciated!
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| OmairSh Thanks for the thorough breakdown and recs dude! With time I've started to prefer prog that's modern sounding and brings something fresh, rather than retro sounding (at least in terms of modern bands doing it), so Barock Project sounds really interesting, but I'll give em all a check thanks! I've jammed Phideaux's Doomsday and Snowtorch over the years, I've enjoyed Doonsday but for some reason it hasn't had staying power. I actually listened to it a few days again. The production is great though
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| OmairSh Heyy, I think I only recently heard about Magic Pie and apparently their debut being good. Haven't heard of the other two. What prog "sub genre" do they fall under? So much music out there man, not enough time haha. I tend to re-listen to old jams a lot as well
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| OmairSh Haha yeah I figured you probably did, I didn't see them rated so assumed you might not have spent much time with them. Guess I need to go more obscure then. You might have seen this already but its Pakistani prog/jazz rock fusion album thats refreshing. The first comment has links to some tracks as a primer to see if you even dig the sound https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/81310/Mekaal-Hasan-Band-Andholan-Special-Edition/
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| OmairSh Hola dude. Prog regs :-) (you might be familiar with a few already) | Pain of Salvation: TPE, Kingcrow: The Persistence, King Crimson: Red, Riverside: LFATTM, Leprous: Bilateral (this requires a few listens to digest). Let me know if you want more later :-). Hope ya enjoy dude!
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| MarsKid This might be right up your alley: https://halloflor.bandcamp.com/album/edge-of-eternity
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 | PortalofPerfection Hey, thanks for the rec, checking it out right now, pretty dang good so far! Reminds of a combo of Profane and Symbyosis. And thanks for pointing that out, no idea how Lunarsea continues to fly under the radar here. Top 5 active melodeath band. Love all their stuff. Just added the new album and slapped a quick soundoff on it.
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 | Gnocchi Stuck in a sort of quarantine and going crazy mostly. Weird times
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 | Waior I just think a lot of my reviews were self-serving and misuse the platform. I do not underestimate the value in the community, but wish it was more complementary and less of a feature to the site. Too many of my reviews were inappropriate and indicting because the community gave me the endorphins I wanted as a teenager. Shouldn't be about the writer. Sorry for the sputnik philosophy rant haha
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| Waior Yeah. It's interesting to see what you default to when--in my case, at least--all work and rat race is taken away. When you get used to not being busy, what do you CHOOSE to do with your own time? I still want to talk about music. I also want every comment and album review I wrote before this weekd hahaha. Glad to see you're still here.
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| Waior to be transparent it's probably the new excess of time. haven't had this much time to think or breathe in a decade!
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| MarsKid Thanks for the support. I didn't expect anything to happen this year though. Next time!
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| JohnnyoftheWell psst psst if you have a moment, some of this will make you happy (and if you happened to have a spare feature too...;]) https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=191268
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| JohnnyoftheWell Yeah, I guess in some ways you're up against a lot less uncertainty than some people - but with high stakes! take care man, give it a couple more months and you'll have a lifetime's worth of stories to tell...
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| JohnnyoftheWell Oh yikes dude, that must be intense as hell - hope you're doing ok out there!!
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| JohnnyoftheWell Oh man, Grinning Cat is so good - any chance of a off-the-cuff Observer rev? ;]
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 | parksungjoon credit goes to mah boi sinternet https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=349673
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 | Crysis whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
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| Crysis yo this hsb album rules what the hell
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| parksungjoon can i hit you with a little something something thats a bit more club oriented than ur usual hard jamz incorporated?
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| Avagantamos Be Sure not to overlook Proem's live material as you continue through his discography. The Digitalnimbus set up on youtube is one of his best.
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| parksungjoon bless brother, hope there's something for you as well on there! m/ m/ we keep ****in on, who knwos what lists and whta reviews are gonna come in the future ;]
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| parksungjoon Worth a feature mayhaps? No pressure. :] https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=190959
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| luci dig it, eclectic and labyrinthine. the satan in the suburbs mix is especially great. gotta listen on shuffle as intended on second spin
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| parksungjoon Nooooo :[ hate when that happens. Gonna bump it hard and link it to ppl if you ever resubmit
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| parksungjoon OMG thank you!! Hope you check some of the electronic stuff thats more towards the bottom
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| parksungjoon https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1034220
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| parksungjoon no joke, ppl getting into classic electronic and appreciatin' really warms my cold, shriveled satan-blowing heart
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 | Trifolium Your avi rules, that album is perfect.
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| parksungjoon dude absolutely. shameless self promotion did you ever check my 2016 list? lot of electronic love there. im also making a part 2 and there'll be even more!
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| parksungjoon emancipator, secede and now trentemoller? damn looks like ive found a new fav staff user
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| luci just checked vol. 1, really good. don't usually dig detroit techno but love how kinetic this is
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| luci looks great, will check soon!
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 | Atari that's fair! I actually agree that the flow is a little jarring at times but overall I really dig the atmosphere throughout
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| Atari what's with that James Holden rating my man? I know I'm an electronic noobie but I was pretty blown away by it!
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| Atari That Gidge album is lovely. Cheers!
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| luci heard body riddle back in the day but not s/t. will check sometime
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| luci another release I highly recommend is geotic's abysma. meditative microhouse by the baths guy
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| luci you should check wanderwelle's lost in a sea of trees. a luci/chortles rec, one of our fav dub techno lps
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 | KjSwantko Niceeeeee. Just had to bump that s*** to 4.5 after another listen too. Just too good. Thanks again for a dope rec that I SOMEHOW didn't know about haha.
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| KjSwantko Good rec on Sanctitude! Can't believe I didn't know about it. I think overall I like Katatonia more electric, but that was a great listen. "Evidence" is super nostalgic for me too, so especially when I heard that come on I was like dopeeeeee. Anyway, cheers man m/
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 | Slex thanks bud, having a tough go of it
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| Slex Yeah its me, I had to make a new account lol
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 | NorwichScene Yes, straight after the show we met at merch. He was cool
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| Slex That does admittedly factor into it, yeah. My health is also just in very very bad shape, in and out of hospital, so just can?t really dedicate the time/focus to it that I would want to
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| Slex Yeah, I am still gonna rate here and comment from time to time but unfortunately think I?m done writing here
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 | Sowing Well I'm none too pleased to hear that. I hope things do a 180 for you.
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| Sowing Don't worry. I'm over it and have moved on. More importantly, how are you doing these days?
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| Slex Glad to see someone agrees about Cult of Luna, zzzzz
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 | dmathias52 Finally checked Caracara and yup, right up my alley. Some of the best emo I?ve heard in a long time, even if I?m not sure that?s the best genre for it
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 | Gyromania Happy to see you're getting into mwY. Catch For Us and Untitled are on the same level as Brother, Sister.
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| Crysis It's growing on me for sure. Some moments are kinda cringe (most of the clean vocals and specifically the chorus for Bells They Toll makes me lol) but overall its very good. Pale Morning Star is omg
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| Gnocchi Same here, between a life at work and a life at home - just trying to make it all work together without drinking myself into an early grave.
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| Gnocchi Hey old timer, what's kicking?
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| Crysis First impressions are.... it's ok. Glad this doesn't come out for 2 months so I can digest it.
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| Crysis Thanks for the heads up! Giving it a spin now. Please be good.
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| Slex Check my new Chance review, easily the most negative thing I?ve ever written lol
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| Slex Thank you very much! I?m actually workin on a 2.5 review, I do need to diversify my portfolio just a smidge lol
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 | Romulus from time to time! i often fail to look for any new music nowadays and just play the hits ad nauseam, but have started stopping by here lately to try to freshen things up. hope all is well with you!
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 | cvlts lol the one and only sup ponton?
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 | neekafat I'm sure I will, it has all the musical making but for some reason Offerings and Hunger and Thirst just hit me more emotionally. "CPR / Claws Pt. 2" just kills me. And Offerings has already grown on me a lot!
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| Slex I was FreddieDelaney31 on this account for a few years. I also had various Alxroxsox accounts back in the day
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| neekafat Np dude! It's a really good record, probably their weakest tho
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| neekafat Sandwich has a copy of Typhoon's ST if you're still looking for it
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| Crysis i plan on reviewing whatever Insomnium are cooking up now in the studio
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| JohnnyoftheWell Oh no, thanks so much for it dude - really appreciate helpful crit from good writers (and totally agreed with your point on rereading tbh)! Thanks for the kind words :]
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| Crysis yeah im good, life has happened so i don't post here much at all anymore unfortunately. hope all is well with you too!
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| Atari Don?t want to ruin the element of surprise ;)
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| Atari Most likely, glad u dig it! I?m actually trying to do a collab review with another user. Hopefully something will be posted no later than tomorrow
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| Sowing No problem, here!: ? (it's called a full-width question mark should you want to google it -- I find it easiest to simply copy-paste it in place of where I'd normally put question marks)
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| Sowing Oh absolutely. A great "problem" to have. And negative reviews deserve exposure just as much as positive ones, the site needs balance.
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| Sowing Of course! If it gets bumped off the page too fast remind me and I'll toss it back up there later in the week. Just so happened that everyone and their mom dropped a review on the same day.
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| Sowing Also if you think you want to be "back" for real you can inquire in the forums about becoming staff again. No pressure, of course, but just saying the door is always open.
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| Sowing Ah come on you've always been a great writer, don't pressure yourself. If you're anything like me, the harder I 'try' the worse my reviews sound haha.
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| Sowing great choice for the milestone! it's been great having you back in the fold, hope you're enjoying your sputnik re-invigoration!
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| Gyromania man, how cool are the skellige isles eh? i traveled to all of them. really love that they all had their own flavour. each one had a different look to it and some side stuff and a central unique quest. the hym one was my favourite. how are you enjoying the dlc? i think hearts of stone and blood and wine are even better than the core game
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| Sowing also, do you have a special album lined up for review #200?
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| Sowing I have a Linkin Park album 5'd too so I couldn't really talk s*** about that. Even Snow Patrol I like more than I tend to let on...A Hundred Million Suns is where it's at though (their follow-up to Eyes Open). I never thought that band could make an epic song until I heard The Lighting Strike.
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| Gyromania haha that's a good interpretation, however, i think skyrim's world is super boring. far more invested in the witcher's level design. let me know what you think of the two dlc packs. honestly, i would go as far as to say the 2 dlcs are the best i've ever played in any game. amazing new stories and characters and a whole new country to explore
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| Gyromania where are you at in the third game? and yeah geralt is one of the best protagonists ever imo. his voice and appearance are iconic. the dialog is so far ahead of any other rpg i've played tbh. also, i'll check out the books. i had meant to for a while, just saw a doc recently on the author that rly soured my opinion of him.
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| Gyromania i want to get into the books but i'm somewhat held back by knowing what a douche the writer is irl lol.
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| neekafat Oh understood! I always saw it as people who were staff but stopped using the site, that's interesting (:
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| neekafat Says you're emeritus so I'm assuming you're not frequent on sput anymore!
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| neekafat You sticking around on sput for a while now?
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| neekafat I get that I suppose, but I always thought YFW was widley considered their worst
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| neekafat how can you have daisy at a 2 but scifi at a 5
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| Slex Certainly a bit baffled yeah, different strokes for different folks I guess
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 | Frippertronics Nah, he's an oldie from 2004, via forums. A bit off, to be generous, but who knows. This site attracts the most questionable of people.
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| Frippertronics interesting exchange in the hecker thread, that's how you know sput still attracts the crazies
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| luci the new fitzimmons ain't bad, one of his stronger late career works
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 | plane The 1 is hyperbole but mostly it makes my skin crawl. Just sounds like complete, chilled artifice, if somehow Sufjan acoustic music could be exploitative
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 | hogan900 bless your soul for that pompeii review or i would have never checked it out, seriously an overlooked wonder of an album.
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 | mallen- That?s me haha, it has been a while. Hope all is well with you too. With the term loosely applied it would be indie music, but with the flexibility to include any music you might be interested in writing about. And no worries on time commitment, contributing once and a while is great as well.
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| mallen- Hey dude, guessing you haven't had the time for writing lately, but let me know if you're interested in getting back into it. I'm starting a new blog.
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 | ramon. hey man, thank you! really appreciate the words. especially coming from someone who's been around. awesome to see you are back at it (at least from what I can tell)!
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| Sowing It's times like this I wish I were an "editor"...sorry, you gotta ask Jom
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 | Jom Thanks for giving me a shout. It looks like you changed your e-mail so you were stuck in account limbo. Your status should be restored on the forums. Shout me again if you encounter any issues. Cheers!
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 | DoofusWainwright 96% isn't shabby, I was there not so long ago. Keep following your dream, rate a load of stuff 1-1.5 and join me on perfect objectivity.
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| Crysis It was time. Didnt review nearly as much as I should have been, so off to emeritus for me. Not leaving the site, though.
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 | TheBrutalMaster Hey man, if you have time, you could write a review for my band's latest album! http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=210894
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 | JonEthan Hmmph interesting rating on the MT album. What makes you dislike about it so much, besides the obvious similarities to Queen? (Which have always been there)
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 | Cygnatti is there a stream out for that young new mt record that will probably highly suck hrad?
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 | Arcade if you could peep my latest review it would b very much appreciated
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 | DaveyBoy Glad you liked that Too Close To Touch LP. It may yet get another vote come year end.
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 | Tunaboy45 You should totally review In Times and put everyone in their place with a 4.9
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 | wtferrothorn Do you mean the drink sound in U? If so, why would one moment determine an entire album's score?
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| wtferrothorn Woah man, a 2 on new Kendrick? What do you not like about it?
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 | Jots dunno if there's a stream yet but i'm sure you're resourceful. will probably review at any rate I s'pose
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| Jots ay man, this new Joanne Robertson album is one of my fav folk releases in a while. you might diggitydig
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 | ExplosiveOranges "I endorse this review props citrus bomb" Ponton, you glorious bastard, you.
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 | Homogenic Can I write you email? It's about reviews. Very important.
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 | RadicalEd Thx again for bringing "Caves" to our attention. Great find.
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 | Pon Likewise with your cutie cobra baby
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| Sowing Love the inclusion in your review intro. Sad thing is, you were spot on.
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 | klap the safe word is WHIskey
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| DaveyBoy That LP by This Wild Life has really won me over. Great call Jared.
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| Crysis absolutely not, none of this had to do with you in any way, shape or form
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 | Wizard Stay drunk my friend. As you can see, not much has happened around here and I continue to hold down the metal fortress.
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| Wizard When did you hop back on board mister?
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| Sowing Good to have you back brotha. I think the last time you were on staff I was still a contributor.
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| Gyromania lol! nice one :P it's good to see you back on staff though - you resigned from your position way too fast
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| Romulus strangely falling in love with the first twilight singers record. like, blackberry belle-level love. hope you're doing well!
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 | leviegalapon thanks for checking out my review, I'm glad to hear your opinion on it. I see what you mean on the summary part, i'll try to make better ones in the future
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| luci have you heard the new hotelier record? think you might dig it
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 | fromtheinside Damn. And I liked that new fray single. Or was that a One Republic song?
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| fromtheinside omg, can we talk about that new chevy song. is pete screaming again? is there cowbell? IS THERE BASS AND RIFFS? stop my cumming
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| DaveyBoy Im so old school. Find torrents easier tbh, although not everything always available. And ta for the reco. I had seen it being talked around quite often.
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| DaveyBoy Canterbury LP is not too hard to find mate. There are actually a couple of different torrents floating around.
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 | BigHans Reviewed There Will Be Fireworks so hard
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 | unclereich idk who you are but im feeling that friendzone soundoff hard right now man sorry that a female burned you too
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| Romulus i was juuuuust about to do my 2013 list but i'm putting it on hold for this!
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| Romulus have you listened to main attrakionz? friendzone produces a lot for them and they're quite fantastic. and perhaps one of clams casino's solo releases if you're looking for another 'cloud rap' producer? much different feel though
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| Gyromania ha, clever! anywho, how have you been man? what are you digging from 2013?
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| Gyromania man, new boards of canada is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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| Romulus kozelek taking on that kind of music sounds more than promising. i will listen and report back accordingly
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| Romulus mmmm looks promising. on a scale from among the leaves to ghosts, where do you put it?
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 | robin i'm glad you're still following my reviews baby :)
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 | Observer one day i will return, maybe lol
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| Romulus you are the man, as always. no hope for a comeback?
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 | CaptainDooRight dang with all these neck breaking jokes I'm gonna need a hero too
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| robin beliiiieve me now yes i would
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