Engine

I think 67/100 is harsh. You already addressed it so you clearly understand that rating an album by comparing it to another one that you hoped it would sound like is not the best system. In my opinion it's the worst possible system. You may not like this as much as Untrue but there's no good reason to compare them.
Judged on its own merits I think the album is worth a lot more than 67/100.
Anyway, it's interesting that you like 'Earth A Kill Ya'. Instead of the reedy-voiced poet who does vocals on most of Waiting For You - these vocals are by Roger Robinson who did a bunch of the vocals on London Zoo by The Bug - which is another project (much heavier dubstep - I guess) by Kevin Martin who is also King Midas Sound.


Anyway, I love the KMS album - but the bigger point is that, if you want some livelier dubstep you need to check out The Bug if you haven't already - just don't compare it to Burial

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Dieselboy

As for the 67, I do tend to grade a little more harshly than most, I feel like, when using number/star grades. To me, 67 is above average, and not bad at all. I mean if you convert that to stars...that's nearly 7/10, ya know? I didn't grade La Roux (my favorite of the year) on here, but if I had then it would have gotten an 85/100 I think...just to give you some perspective I guess.

Looking back, I think you're probably right about the Burial thing. Even if I went in with those hopes, I shouldn't have used the comparison so many times in my review. I don't think it effected my final rating as much as a reader might think, as I gave it many more listens after the initial spin (which is the only time I expected similarities). I'll try not to do that in the future though.


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I will go look for this. Your taste seems pretty great from what I've seen you post, so I imagine this will be cool, thx.

Dieselboy

So I'm listening to Mary Ann Hobbes experimental show last night. As the intro comes on, and she starts introducing this weeks features, including how tonight's show would feature the youngest producer to ever be played in the program's history. My ears perked up a bit of course. How old could this producer be? sixteen?...maybe fifteen? Surely you couldn't get much younger than that and be putting stuff out that deserves air time on RADIO 1 right?

Towards the middle of the show Mary Ann finally got around to this subject again and then stated,

"From Bristol...his name is Lucas, but he is better known as Majik. Only TEN years old..."

I did one of those half-laugh, half-snorts. Ten years old? I'm sure it's cute, but how good could this actually be? The music started playing, and I admit to being a bit shocked as I listened. Check out some of this for yourself:

Magik - Interceptor

Not bad. When you consider that he's only been alive for a decade though, it's incredible. I mean it's not perfect. The intro is a bit short and weird, but other than that, no major complaints. Apparently his dad is a producer of some sort, and he's just spent his last 2 years of free time in the studio every day. He's been learning and making his own tracks during that time. Very cool kid! From what was said after the song ended, they're going to be pumping his stuff pretty good on future shows as well.

The song that was played on the radio though, was actually called Future Predator. You can hear it as it appeared on the show, with an intro from Hobbes and then his own spoken intro as well, on his myspace. His page also has quite a few other impressive songs he's done, not to mention some pictures of a 10 year old striking hard pose's.

jackhammer

I was very disappointed with The Bug album myself, lacked cohesion for me and didn't quite know what sort of sound it was gunning for.

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Engine

I've always loved the feel of it. Dubby anger? Maybe you're right about the cohesion and as for the sound - to me it was like he was going for pure dub made with the newest technology and the loudest bass. Still in the field of dubstep but with intentions to make some new dubs.

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Dieselboy

Just got done checking Bug out...Yeah I like this man. Definitely will get a few more listens in the very least.