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| Dismemberment Plan!1995 DeSoto 
  Review by: Kenjamin See others by this writer Official Site (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on October 23rd 2005
I’m currently in school, so you can imagine all the dumb girls and boys I see on a daily basis creaming themselves over (in my opinion) lackluster indie rock bands like the Shins and Death Cab for Cutie while listening on their iPods which somehow match their hip outfits. I usually wouldn’t care about what’s popular right now with the hip crowd because in all honesty, I have been out of the loop for what’s cool for the last twenty years of my life. But what irks me is the fact that boundary-pushing bands like Dismemberment Plan get almost no respect and love from the kids digging indie rock today. Thanks to Adam Brody and the rest of the posers on "The OC."
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Oh when someone mentions the OC, I just cringe. One, the show sucks and yes they are all poseurs. Two, I happen to be LUCKY enough to live in the OC. Joy to the world eh? good point about Minus the Bear. They definitely deserve to be selling out bigger venues. I didn't think of them because it seems like they are pretty widely respected by the punknews community and online zines in general but i don't ever hear them on the radio or see them on tv, even though that new video is hot. Actually it wasn't just a little blip, it was one of those band profiles. But still, I totally agree with your frat boy comment. I really like the D-Plan, but I actually feel even more strongly about the overlooking of Minus the Bear. I think they're so much more talented and interesting than Death Cab and The Shins, yet, as you said, those bands get all the recognition. Like archangel, I do have a smile everytime I see a reviewer bash popular bands to gain cred. what's wrong with death cab and the shins? They make good music, so who care's that the 14 year old's love Gibbard and Mercer? D-Plan was in Spin back when "Change" came out, so it's not like they're that unknown. Like archangel, I do have a smile everytime I see a reviewer bash popular bands to gain cred. what's wrong with death cab and the shins? They make good music, so who care's that the 14 year old's love Gibbard and Mercer? Like archangel, I do have a smile everytime I see a reviewer bash popular bands to gain cred. what's wrong with death cab and the shins? They make good music, so who care's that the 14 year old's love Gibbard and Mercer? death cab for cutie is remarkable only in their utter genericosity. Never cared for this band... This review was pretty good, but here's how I would make it better: Fantastic review of the Plan's first record. You're right; the Plan was under-respected. Respect is Due, if I may say so. well that was an abortion of a review. you know, he's a real human being that has his own thoughts and opinions and a life outside of the character he plays on the OC. Why are there so many dense people here? Adam Brody has been pretty public about his taste in indie rock. Dude, you should blaming the writers of the OC for putting shitty music on the show, not Addam Brody. He's an actor, so he has no control over what bands his charcter likes. I have never heard this album, it is the only D-plan I dont have... must get. Emergency is the best, but I love Is Terrified... it does have some hilarious moments, and I liked the Dane Cook comparison for Travis. I can remember listening to Is Terrified for the first time, and with every second passing thinking "what are they gonna do next?" Everything was just so perfect, so bizarre, so funny and so rocking. I miss this band! Yeah, but your review sounded like they aren't given enough props for what they did, when I find that most kids who are into this sort of music love them and they had a fanbase larger than many similar bands. hahah, will thinks playing your farewell show to 1200 people is big time. and shows that a band got tons of cred and was overrated. I think thatttt.... they played to 1200 people but yea that's not too many considering that they could have been way more popular and in my opinion, they should have been bigger. Oh and Archangel, lick my balls. I am oozing with cred. Dismemberment Plan get no cred? I think I should clarify what I just posted: Travis just felt the reduction of things to "war is bad" is a non-critical, simiplification of the issue at hand. Dude doesn't advocate war or anything. I don't necessarily agree with his stance, but he's not a Bush-ite zealot. Alot of people seem to think that Travis is a crazy conservative. This actually stems alot from his feud with Pitchfork. All he was saying was that he doesn't like the simplification of political issues to party lines and sloganeering. As a friend of the guy, I can tell you that he hates the whole Republican / Conservative rumors circulating. So yeah, this is a pre-emptive message before people start calling him a right-wing nut. You know what would have made this review better? "is this the band that posted a pro-iraq war essay on their web site?" I think Change is their best. is this the band that posted a pro-iraq war essay on their web site? i'll agree with the masses and say that emergency and i is the best cd, overall...but the other side from change is easily one of their best songs and gives all of emergency and i a run for it's money. Emergency and I is the perfect album. "But what irks me is the fact that boundary-pushing bands like Dismemberment Plan get almost no respect and love from the kids digging indie rock today. Thanks to Adam Brody and the rest of the posers on "The OC." Love this band. "!" is probably the most underrated album ever. Sure "Emergency & I" is their masterpiece, but this album does so much to make a wild tornado of pop music. there's none of the awkward genre shift in "Is Terrified," this album is unabashedly young and snotty and post-punk in every sense of the word, you can hear the talent busting through the seams, but it's such a young band it's confusing at first. And the band isn't without a sense of humor over their own place in such a hyperbolic genre: "Here comes a revolution / There goes a revolution / Dad says it's just noise pollution / I'm inclined to agree." Dude, be grateful the 'Plan aren't cool otherwise it'd suck to be a fan. Imagine all those douches you mentioned listening to them? The thought makes me sad :( emergency and i is sicknasty This band sucks I love love love love love this band, but yeah this isn't their best, although its still pretty f'n good. Does anyone know where I could get some live videos of them? Eh, this is good, but the worst of the plan's catalog. |
