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big screen satellite 09-21-2010 10:07 AM
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Barking - Review (the Times Playlist Magazine)

Beautiful Burnout (play) - Review (Metro)

Forum Gig - Review (the Times)

all scans of newspaper articles

//\/\/ 09-21-2010 10:35 AM
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pitchfork? wtf?!

"a recent, leaked live set/mix from the Privilege club in Ibiza"

strange way to describe a 'broadcast'

"Hyde may well be the same drug-addled crazyman he was during the 1990s"

jayneee! legal dept!!!

bryantm3 09-21-2010 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by m.g. (Post 145308)
Well... after reading it, it should be more 3 out of 4, if not 4. The note is not reflecting what they're writing.
yeah, i don't really see a reason they gave it 2/4 instead. they said they were constantly reinventing themselves like famous artists like david bowie and miles davis, talking about them keeping musical dialogue open, etc. maybe my french isn't top notch but the review seemed very positive.

Strawman 09-22-2010 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Spooky Shoes (Post 143322)
There is a review in the latest issue of Uncut Magazine...

What do they mean only 6 albums???
  1. Underneath the Radar
  2. Change the Weather
  3. Dubnobasswithmyheadman
  4. second toughest in the infants
  5. BF
  6. A Hundred days off
  7. Oblivion with Bells
  8. BARKING :p

Caprice 09-24-2010 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j (Post 145447)
Welcome to Pitchfork...

All it gripes about is that Underworld are old, their 90's albums were so good, and that Louisiana wasn't powerful enough (???) I don't think the song was supposed to be sung with "real strength"...it's not a power ballad! What an awful review...he didn't really have anything bad to say about the other tracks, in fact it seemed like he did like the album quite a bit. In the old days Pitchfork actually used to make me mad, now I'm just confused, don't they have like, an editor??

I read this review at work, so happy im not the only one who thinks its bullshit. the only reason pitchfork even reviews Underworld's material is because Thom Yorke gave his little "they've been a big influence on us". fuck them!

(on a side note, i like Radiohead pretty good, but they're fans are laughable)
[and sorry y'all don't mean to spread hate]

Sappys Curry 09-24-2010 11:08 PM
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Wait...Underworld was a big influence to Radiohead? If so, that is cool. Or maybe I misunderstood what ya said.

Btw, I like Radiohead too, but not too much (I think half their albums are only so-so) and I do dislike their diehard fans too. It's like, Radioheadache, right? :D

khouri 09-25-2010 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Sappys Curry (Post 145686)
Wait...Underworld was a big influence to Radiohead? If so, that is cool. Or maybe I misunderstood what ya said.
When they played after Underworld at the All Points West festival in New York (actually New Jersey), Radiohead told the crowd that Underworld are a big influence on them before playing a sort of Underworldy version of "Everything in its Right Place".

purlieu 09-25-2010 04:10 AM
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I remember Kid A got compared to Dubnobass in a few reviews when it came out.

Caprice 09-25-2010 08:17 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sappys Curry (Post 145686)
Wait...Underworld was a big influence to Radiohead? If so, that is cool. Or maybe I misunderstood what ya said.

Btw, I like Radiohead too, but not too much (I think half their albums are only so-so) and I do dislike their diehard fans too. It's like, Radioheadache, right? :D
ha yes exactly! I'm using that term next time!

ThingInABook 09-25-2010 08:44 AM
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ed o'brien mentioned that the band were listening to underworld while making ok computer (the extensive sound layering in that album is based on STITI) and colin greenwood loves OwB. also, around 1999, they stoped recording sessions to attend to a uw gig and when they got out, pyramid song was recorded.

dun dun dun! and i don't think it's because of radiohead that uw is getting reviews in pitchfork. i think labels send records to reviewers to get some sort of promotion.

also, that score has nothing to do with the actual review.

mark3 09-25-2010 01:01 PM
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I saw Underworld in the Grey Hall in Copenhagen in 1999. I was told later that Radiohead had also been in the crowd. So they must be fans true fans :-)

TheBang 09-30-2010 03:20 AM
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NYU's Washington Square News:

http://nyunews.com/arts/2010/09/15/16underworld/

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[Underworld] have teamed up with numerous co-producers to create an album heavy on uplift, if lacking in overall emotional payoff. The music is warm and welcoming, all sun and moon and gentle waves — far removed from the seedy, drug-and-debauchery-fueled scene of Underworld's older catalogue.
Herald Scotland

http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-e...inyl-1.1056313

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The sum total is neither cohesive nor astounding, but Barking is still much more enjoyable and interesting than we probably had any right to expect.
PLAYBACK:stl

http://www.playbackstl.com/music-rev...rld-barking-om

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I fell in love with this album from the first beat and have had it on repeat ever since. I’ve long been a fan of London duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, way back from their initial 1980s releases (back when the band was—gasp!—an indie rock act). Admittedly, they lost me a bit with the overly techno stuff (basically much of the intervening years since then), but when they’re on, they’re on.
CHARTattack

http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/2...#8212;-barking

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But make no mistake: Barking is undeniably an Underworld album. And it's one of their best albums in years . . . Fans of Underworld won't find many surprises on Barking, especially if they got to watch the band road-test much of the new material during their last North American tour. What they will find is Underworld doing what they do best — and in many ways, doing it better than ever.

froopy seal 09-30-2010 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by CHARTattack
But make no mistake: Barking is undeniably an Underworld album. And it's one of their best albums in years . . . Fans of Underworld won't find many surprises on Barking, especially if they got to watch the band road-test much of the new material during their last North American tour. What they will find is Underworld doing what they do best — and in many ways, doing it better than ever.
If you're aiming at being a music journalist, maybe you should at least try to do a little research on the matter at hand. Regarding the discussions that are going on here, I wouldn't claim that "fans of Underworld" do not exactly "not find many surprises on Barking". And what, exactly, is it that Underworld "do best" and "better than ever"?

Review rating: "utter void of significance".

stimpee 09-30-2010 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by mark3 (Post 145708)
I saw Underworld in the Grey Hall in Copenhagen in 1999. I was told later that Radiohead had also been in the crowd. So they must be fans true fans :-)
"In February 1999, the five members convened in Paris for a month during which almost nothing was achieved. The same thing happened in Copenhagen later, during which time each individual member had begun to have doubts as to whether the less traditional, less methodical approach the singer was trying to foist on them could ever work - and even if it did, whether there would be a place for them within it. " Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserve...1.lifemagazine

"In early 1999, Radiohead began work on a follow-up to OK Computer. Although there was no longer any pressure or even a deadline from their record label, tension during this period was high. Band members all had different visions for Radiohead's future, and Yorke was experiencing writer's block, influencing him toward a more abstract, fragmented form of songwriting.[36] Radiohead secluded themselves with producer Nigel Godrich in studios in Paris, Copenhagen, and Gloucester, and in their newly completed studio in Oxford." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohe...2.80.932001.29

So they were in the city around that time. The Gray/Grey Hall gig was 17/03/1999 so it fits the exact time that Radiohead were in the city. http://uwlive.rowla.com/gigs/view/142

ThingInABook 09-30-2010 11:43 AM
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i've some scans of an article from The Word magazine - it seems that the greenwood bros. are big fans of underworld. will post them later.

TheBang 10-26-2010 09:09 PM
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The Washington Post with a timely review:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...102007367.html

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The experiment didn't yield music as experimental as the surging, sprawling compositions of the group's finest period. In fact, "Barking" is surprisingly conventional. But it compensates by being Underworld's most consistent album in more than a decade.


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