"Slowcore?' There really needs to be a "Munich" style elimination of certain Rolling Stone writers. Especially ones who were active in the late 1980s to mid-1990s.

thamike: "Slowcore?'

Every type of music is '-core' of some variety. I like to think of Mozart as 'Salzcore'.

hillbillypharmacist: I like to think of Mozart as 'Salzcore'.




SALZCORE!!

/I will be stealing this.

"Legendary" + "Slowcore band" = assplosion

goodbomb: "Legendary" + "Slowcore band" = assplosion

At least it's not Leisure Suit Hardcore.


Oh wait. Scratch. That's actually cool. So is Leather Chaps Opera, but that probably already exists. Unfortunately.

I just wanted to agree with the folks who opposed the slowcore tag...Black Sabbath were slowcore-y, Red House Painters are more shoegaze-y...:-D

"legendary"?

I like Sun Kil Moon better.

I like Gillian Welch's version of Albuquerque better.

I like other shiat than what the submitter submitted, my musical tastes are better than yours.

WTF is slowcore?

hourheroyes: WTF is slowcore?

There you go (new window)

I love the Red House Painters, but this is more of a straight forward cover than I'm used to. Check out Mark Kozeleks Rock n Roll singer album where he does Bon Scott era AC/DC songs. Really good.

jerkobson: There you go (new window)

I don't think you smell your own douche, friend.

Slowcore=yourmomzcore.

I'm from albuquerque, so i'm really getting a kick out of these replies
/what a hellhole

Slowcore? Whatever it is it sounds like Legendary Slowcore is an oxymoron.

thamike: jerkobson: There you go (new window)

I don't think you smell your own douche, friend.

Radar Bros is my favorite from this "genre"



btw---this music is actually EXTREMELY difficult to play.
Contrary to popular(idiotic) belief. Slow music actually is very hard to execute. Super fast up tempo music sounds difficult but is really quite easy. Slow music is where the real pros shine.
THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ERROR
At a lower tempo,any mistake will stand out.

that's funny. "up tempo music that sounds difficult is really quite easy". that's actually really funny now that I type it out myself. some is yes, but just like slow music some is easy and some is hard so...no real side to take on this. lame.

satanicsantoku: I'm from albuquerque, so i'm really getting a kick out of these replies
/what a hellhole

Does the air at least smell like warm root beer?

Cute.

Some kids put up spotlights in their Dad's garage.

Architecture Of Aggression

Are you a musician?

Slow music is hard. Period.
Ask ANY musician in any orchestra. Conductor too.

Miles Davis used to make musicians trying out for his band play slow ballads rather than showcasing their ability with busy solos. He knew what really showed the true merit of a good musician.

jerkobson: hourheroyes: WTF is slowcore?

There you go (new window)

I love the Red House Painters, but this is more of a straight forward cover than I'm used to. Check out Mark Kozeleks Rock n Roll singer album where he does Bon Scott era AC/DC songs. Really good.

The term slowcore refers to a subgenre of alternative and indie rock. The music of slowcore artists is generally characterized by downbeat melodies, slower tempos and minimalist arrangements. Slowcore is closely related to sadcore.[1]


Sadcore?

Some Bass Playing Guy 2009-06-27 11:54:22 AM
"legendary"?

In some one's mind, at least.

And really, what the hell is slowcore and no, DON'T give me a lazy google link. Just tell us.

Red House Painters were awesome, but I like Sun Kil Moon much more. I'm getting too old to deal with the black hole of misery that your average RHP album provides.

Flipper still rules,okay...They are the only legendary slow core band in my (odd) book.

Some Bass Playing Guy: "legendary"?

Somehow any band that stays afloat (even if just barely) for more than 5-10 years is legendary.

kliq: Red House Painters were awesome, but I like Sun Kil Moon much more. I'm getting too old to deal with the black hole of misery that your average RHP album provides.

You could pretty much just copy the lyrics of just about any RHP song down and use them as a suicide note.

/god do you look evil in the dark

hourheroyes: WTF is slowcore?

Just take a word descriptive of the music, add "core", and you have a new subgenre! Don't forget to make a new one for every three bands.

I've never found RHP to be all that depressing - more wistful than anything. "Down Colorful Hill" is the only album of theirs that I've really spent a lot of time with, but that album reminds me a lot of looking back at old times and wishing they could happen again. I guess that could be depressing.

/don't mind me, I'm drunk

jerkobson

You can post photos of crying babies all you want, but you're the one who takes "slowcore" seriously. Baby needs a hug.

shadowself: Just take a word descriptive of the music, add "core", and you have a new subgenre! Don't forget to make a new one for every three bands.

I remember Jonascore, Cyruscore, and Nancy Gracecore. I'm STILL paying for the laser tattoo removal.

thamike: shadowself: Just take a word descriptive of the music, add "core", and you have a new subgenre! Don't forget to make a new one for every three bands.

I remember Jonascore, Cyruscore, and Nancy Gracecore. I'm STILL paying for the laser tattoo removal.

Man... you're so tattoocore!

fartcore?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10J_YPEgHk

If a band's music does not contain elements of hardcore punk, using the "-core" suffix is completely, utterly, brain-blisteringly RETARDED.

thamike: jerkobson

You can post photos of crying babies all you want, but you're the one who takes "slowcore" music seriously. Baby needs a hug.

FTFY

If you want to argue about what some dickhead rock journalist decided to classify the music as rather than the actual music, well therein lies the problem.

Slowcore is a stupid genre name. I'm on board with the dislike of labeling music somethingCore, I've always thought the ____core genre naming system is dumb as hell. But that doesn't change the way I feel about the music itself. Maybe you can't look past a label, which is too bad because you'll miss out on some good music that way.

I think "minimalist" is a better description... and one that actually has meaning.

2nd album, let's self-title it. 3rd album? Yeah, let's just self-title that too.. the same title, no II or anything. Pictures of the band? Nah.. lyrics? nah.. anything? nope... you're lucky there's a song listing.

RHP-I is still one of my fav albums ever.

jerkobson: Slowcore is a stupid genre name. I'm on board with the dislike of labeling music somethingCore, I've always thought the ____core genre naming system is dumb as hell. But that doesn't change the way I feel about the music itself. Maybe you can't look past a label, which is too bad because you'll miss out on some good music that way.

Neil Young sucks, and so do these guys for covering his music. At least they're not overrated. It is, however, douchebaggy labels like "slowcore" that keep hacks like this in business and people like you eating it up.

thamike:

Neil Young sucks, and so do these guys for covering his music. At least they're not overrated. It is, however, douchebaggy labels like "slowcore" that keep hacks like this in business and people like you eating it up.

To each their own. I completely agree that genre labeling has gotten out of hand. Of course I had never heard the term slowcore until after I had already been listening to the Red House Painters. I listen to music for the music, not what some jerk-off wants to tell me the music is called. You don't want to listen to it that's cool, just don't try to tell me why I like to listen to it.

I always prefered Weird Al's Albuquerque

I'm gonna start my new shatcore band anybody wanna join? No musical ability required. All you have to do is sound like shat. Need a name tho, how about "puddle of shat" POS rules the shatcore genre!

Cabal468: I just wanted to agree with the folks who opposed the slowcore tag...Black Sabbath were slowcore-y, Red House Painters are more shoegaze-y...:-D

Black Sabbath are too upbeat and pop. Which is why there's Candlemass.

dbirchall: Cabal468: I just wanted to agree with the folks who opposed the slowcore tag...Black Sabbath were slowcore-y, Red House Painters are more shoegaze-y...:-D

Black Sabbath are too upbeat and pop. Which is why there's Candlemass.

"funereal doom"
/listen to more eyehategod and grief

Galaxy of Prawns: If a band's music does not contain elements of hardcore punk, using the "-core" suffix is completely, utterly, brain-blisteringly RETARDED.

I agree with this. Also I like Red House Painters a lot and Sun Kil Moon even more.