Josef K

Those are all great artists though (or, the Microphones were, the Magnetic Fields were through the first third of 69 Love Songs, and Why? have a couple really good albums IMO). Is the criticism just that there's not enough range in Overcast/bulbasaur/whoever's taste, or is it that you don't like the bands you just named?

James

Dude Magnetic Fields are better than that. The first third is the strongest, but the whole album is worthwhile and their early albums like The Wayward Bus and Distant Plastic Trees are great too!

Josef K

Oh, no, I think all of their albums before 69 Love Songs are awesome - I phrased that awkwardly, my bad - but 69 Love Songs itself is inconsistent and at times annoying (I get that it's the concept, but if the songs aren't good the concept doesn't work).

James

I admire its ambition too much to really care about the bad songs. They're so short too, that it doesn't really take you out of the album. I'd say at least two thirds are good to great.

Mondo Bungle

There's no criticism, that's just how I feel about their tastes. Like I said, they've got good taste and I like everything that they like pretty much (that I know). I think they have a fair enough range too. The same could be said for someone like Frownland, he's got one of the best tastes here imo, but I almost can't handle how experimental it is, just all the time.

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