/r/Mainstreamrockheads
For bland mainstream rock.
For bland mainstream rock.
/r/Mainstreamrockheads
You guys hear about that?
Firstly, hey y'all let's celebrate 2.25 years of this shit!!! I love doing this and thanks for coming out to one (if not up to 5) of these excursions. It's kept the fire going and kept us occupied in letting rates go to some different places.
Negativland - Helter Stupid (2 Side Long Pieces to Ponder To, 47:26)
DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like? (4 tracks as a 32 minute 1 piece suite, 32:30 of the rapture)
The Books - Thought for Food (12 aleatoric cuts threading the needle, 38:31)
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime (10 primo kompakt techno bangerz over a luxuriant 65:41)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica (10 dispatches from the deep recesses of collective memory, 40:54)
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel:
The Bonus...Also Here! (Youtube Recommended though!)
You can grab the PASTEBIN of a ballot here
The old reddit ballot link...if it still works
okay that's that! watch this space...more updates +news + bios, etc to follow
Welcome one and all TO THE ROCK SHOW!
THE 90s WOMEN WHO ROCK SHOW THAT IS!
Today for day 1, we'll be revealing our first 18, going from 53-35 & the first 3 of the bonus, from 10-8. Lotta Numbers, Lotta Backstabs, Lotta Rocking!
Rate Starts at 4 EST (in 2hrs time from this post!)
JOIN STEEL AND COMPANY AT THE STEEL CINEMA! THE BEST NICKELODEON IN ALL OF r/POPHEADS!
Number of participants: 63 Folks READY to ROCK!
Average score: 7.964
Average controversy score: 1.644
Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
6'1"
Help Me Mary
Glory
Dance of the Seven Veils
Never Said
Soap Star Joe
Explain It to Me
Canary
Mesmerizing
Fuck and Run
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Divorce Song
Shatter
Flower
Johnny Sunshine
Gunshy
Stratford-On-Guy
Strange Loop
Hole - Live Through This
Violet
Miss World
Plump
Asking For It
Jennifer's Body
Doll Parts
Credit In The Straight World
Softer, Softest
She Walks On Me
I Think That I Would Die
Gutless
Rock Star
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
To Bring You My Love
Meet Ze Monsta
Working For The Man
C'mon Billy
Teclo
Long Snake Moan
Down By The Water
I Think I'm A Mother
Send His Love To Me:
The Dancer:
Garbage - Garbage
Supervixen
Queer
Only Happy When It Rains
As Heaven Is Wide
Not My Idea
A Stroke of Luck
Vow
Stupid Girl
Dog New Tricks
My Lover's Box
Fix Me Now
Milk
No. 1 Crush
BONUS TRACKS
Belly - Feed the Tree
Cibo Matto Birthday Cake
Chinese Burn
Connection
Naked Eye
Angry Johnny
Ready to Go
Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
Veruca Salt - Seether
Once again, another friendly queup link to the Steel Cinema!
4 albums & 3 bonus cuts enter...perhaps one, maybe TWO will be leaving
IS Tortoise primed to take us to an explosive climax? Or are we blissing off into space with Nala!?
CAN the zopf suite unite the five boroughs and camp classic it's way into our heart?! Or is the Penguin Cafe too much of a fake?!
AND JUST HOW DOES COLIN PLAY THAT SAX Y'ALL!??!
Well let's find out:
3/31 - 39-20 no chaff, no frills, just classic
4/1 19-1 (+ Bonuses)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music From the Penguin Cafe: 3/5 (go ZOPF GO!)
Tortoise - TNT: 6/12
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges: 0/14 (FLOPPED BIGLY)
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8: 5/8
#1: Glorb - EUGENE | 8.647 | 147.0
#2: The History of The Giant Steps Any% Speedrun | 8.582 | 145.9
#3: RXK Nephew - Tory Lanez Should’ve Shot His Barbershop Up | 7.018 | 119.3
#4: Shadowfax - Oriental Eyes | 7.000 | 119.0
Bonus #1: tadevos' essential idea and execution of tad's essential dmd post, 'is bcnr jazz?' | 9.857 | 138.0
Bonus #2: Jon Hassell - Last Night the Moon Came | 8.867 | 133.0
Bonus #3: Keith Jarrett, articulating stank face, 70s edition | 8.800 | 132.0
Bonus #4: Steve Tibbetts holding an acoustic guitar like he holds a sack of potatoes | 8.625 | 138.0
Bonus #5: Arvo Pärt, holy minimalist looking dapper | 8.000 | 128.0
Bonus #6: Steve Reich, telling you the worst dad joke you've heard | 7.862 | 125.8
Bonus #7: Meredith Monk, with dreads, in Volcano Song | 7.856 | 125.7
Bonus #8: That image of pat metheny that looks like he's gon bust a nut/transcend | 7.806 | 124.9
Bonus #9: David Torn, giving stock music photo guy vibe | 7.667 | 115.0
Bonus #10: Eberhard Weber with a quote i can't verify | 7.563 | 121.0
Bonus #11: Terje Rypdal, looking despondent | 7.325 | 117.2
Bonus #12: Mark Isham, in a tux, not ready for primetime | 6.667 | 100.0
Number of participants: 33 (Old Faces Return! New Faces Hello!)
Average score: 8.078 (this is down 0.049 points! y'all!!!!)
Average controversy score: 1.730 (this is 0.074 LESS than last time, we're plateau'ing!)~~
thanks 2 my mainstream rock besties
THE RATE WILL BEGIN AT 10:30 PST
"Lets get it started. Let's get it started in here."
Welcome to the Long Awaited and Delayed Sampler Oriented Debut RATE Reveal!
Perhaps you're one of over 18 lucky individuals (or myself, no. 19) who seceded valuable summer and fall time over to a handful of golden age hip hop classics.
Well, it's time to see just what transpired and exactly how golden that sample-laden age was
# Paid in Full (0/10)
1) I Ain't No Joke
2) Eric. B. Is on the Cut
3) My Melody
4) I Know You Got Soul
5) Move the Crowd
6) Paid in Full
7) As the Rhyme Goes On
8) Chinese Arithmetic
9) Eric B. Is President
10) Paid in Full (The Coldcut Seven Minutes of Madness Mix)
# Critical Beatdown (0/15)
1) Watch Me Now
2) Ease Back
3) Ego Trippin (MCs Ultra Remix)
4) Moe Luv's Theme
5) Kool Keith Housing Things
6) Travelling at the Speed of Thought (Remix)
7) Feelin' It
8) One Minute Less
9) Ain't It Good to You
10) Funky (Remix)
11) Give the Drummer Some
12) Break North
13) Critical Beatdown
14) When I Burn
~15) Ced-Gee (Delta Force One)~~
# 3 Feet High and Rising (0/17)
1) Intro/The Magic Number
2) Change in Speak
3) Cool Breeze on the Rocks/Can You Keep a Secret
4) Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
5) Ghetto Thang/Transmitting Live from Mars
6) Eye Know
7) Take it Off/A Little Bit of Soap
8) Tread Water
9) Potholes on My Lawn
10) Say No Go
11) Do as De La Does
12) Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)
13) Buddy (featuring Jungle Brothers and Q-Tip)
14) Description
15) Me Myself and I
16) This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.)/I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
17) D.A.I.S.Y. Age
1) Push it Along
2) Luck of Lucien
3) After Hours
4) Footprints
) I Left My Wallet in El Segundo
6) Pubic Enemy
7) Bonita Applebum
8) Can I Kick It? (SUPREME VICTORY)
9) Youthful Expression
10) Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts)
11) Mr. Muhammad
12) Ham n' Eggs
13) Go Ahead in the Rain
14) Description of a Fool
The classic stats:
Number of quiz show contestants who submitted their De La Soul proof of purchase to Tommy Boy Records: 20
Average score: 8.422
Average controversy score: 1.318
Months delayed: 3
4 albums (well really, 3 albums and 2 EPs stitched together without a remix) enter. Only 1 will leave.
WILL the orb conquer the towers of dub and rule us all?! Is Pan Am making a collect call straight into our hearts this Friday!?
CAN Burial groove his way out of the South London Boroughs and straight into the hall of fame?!
DOES ANYONE HAVE A LINE OR TWO THE SEEFEEL BASSIST CAN BUM OFF YOU?! HE'S VERY FRANTIC RN!
Well let's find out:
(7/9 We'll run 32-17 of the main & 16-9 of the bonus today)
(7/10 We'' run 16-1 of the main & 8-1 of the bonus, maybe something else)
ONE POST HERE FOR THE ENTIRE RATE!
~~* The Orb - U.F.Orb: 4/7 ~~
* Pan American - Pan•American (Red Album): 0/9
Public Image Ltd - Socialist
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Inglan is a Bitch
Material - Mantra (Praying Mantis Mix Edit)
Unwound - Sensible
Massive Attack v Mad Professor - Bumper Ball Dub (Karmacoma)
Far-Out Son Of Lung - Cow
Techno Animal - Flight of the Hermaphrodite (ft. Jon Hassell)
Witchman - Offworld (Fire Mix)
Pole - Überfahrt
Pan American - Code (ft. Mimi Parker)
Jan Jelinek - They, Them
Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras, The Congos - Happy Song
log(m) & Laraaji - Oregano in Dub Minor
MJ Guider - Viñales
Joe Rainey - No Chants
Strategy - Fountain of Youth
Number of participants: 29 (Old & New Faces Return)
Average score: 8.127 (this is .007 more than last time...baby steps)
Average controversy score: 1.804 (this is .068 more than last time, we're continuing to get more irate)
thanks 2 my mainstream rock besties
THE RATE WILL BEGIN AT 9:03-07AM PST
5 albums (well really, 2 albums, a self made comp, a curiosity, and an EP) enter. Only 1 will leave.
Are the Cure GOTH enough to push their way to a populist victory? Do we all love guitar lessons and Dissonance?!
Can slippy Jimmy escape the allegations?! Will da Fez glitch us straight to summer?! Also who the fuck is Flying Saucer Attack!?
Well let's find out:
The Cure - Carnage Visors: 0/1 (FLOPS DIED AT FIFTEENTH PLACE IN A TIE. RIP U SOLID LADS)
Fennesz - Endless Summer: 0/8 (glorious 3rd place HoF finish with multiple top 10s. a true ambient head favorite.)
Flying Saucer Attack - Phase One Ambient Melody: 0/9 DONE IN BY ANTI-STARGAZE COALITION FORCE, DIED IN TENTH PLACE VERY SOLID IF I SAY SO MYSELF
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1 for the Electric Guitar: 0/2 Dissonant results of a most humorous and unruly nature
Jim O'Rourke - Bad Timing: >!1/4!< VICTORIOUS WINNER OF THE RATE SETTING BASED AMBIENT HEAD RECORD
Pat Metheny - Electric Counterpoint (Fast/Slow/Fast): **GLORIOUS BONUS WINNER
My Bloody Valentine - Glider (Extended):
Gastr del Sol - The Wrong Soundings:
Fennesz - Paint It Black:
Fennesz - Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder):
Sonic Youth - Fire Engine Dream:
!Secret Rate!!<
!#1: Glenn Branca Live 1979 | 7.981 | 127.7!<
!#2: My Bloody Valentine Does a Supreme Collab | 7.569 | 121.1!<
!#3: The Best of Ed O' Brien (Radiohead) | 7.044 | 112.7!<
!#4: Bark At The Moon 100% FC Guitar Hero Smash Hits (GuitarHeroFailure) | 7.031 | 112.5!<
Number of participants: 38 (WOW WE WENT BIG! THANK YOU TO 37 INTERNET STRANGERS)
Average score: 8.120 (WE BROKE THE 8.0 RATE GAP FINALLY! NOW TO GET AN 8.3)
Average controversy score: 1.736 (this is .25 more than last time!)
thanks 2 my mainstream rock besties
THE RATE WILL BEGIN AT 11AM PST
due to the reddit outage we are resuming at 9 AM PST. apologies for the delay
we have finished the rate! see you in spring for ambient head 4 <3
4 albums (comprised of 18 tracks) enter. Only 1 will leave.
WILL Pauline sing like a horse from a cloud?! Can Beverly take us all the way to Sunset village?
Are David Behrman and Kim-1 equipped to direct me to the other ocean?! And just what's the deal with Jon Hassell's thing for bees?!
Well let's find out:
Accordion & Voice: >!0/2!< COULD ONLY GET TO 15TH PLACE #ITALIANO DISCRIMINATION?!
Dream Theory in Malaya: >!0/8!< VICIOUSLY BULLIED UNTIL IT TAPPED OUT IN 9TH PLACE! HASSELL WHEEPS
Keyboard Fantasies: >!0/6!< shot down in a vicious 3 way tie
On the Other Ocean: >!1/2!< grasping and clawing its way to the pearly gates of a fake hall of fame in another ocean
#1: On the Other Ocean | 9.008 | 234.2
#2: Sunset Village | 8.954 | 232.8
#3: Old Melody | 8.608 | 223.8
#3: Slow Dance | 8.608 | 223.8
#3: Ever New | 8.608 | 223.8
#6: Winter Astral | 8.427 | 219.1
#7: Let Us Dance | 8.362 | 217.4
#8: Figure in a Clearing | 8.177 | 212.6
#9: Gift of Fire | 8.135 | 211.5
#10: Dream Theory | 8.019 | 208.5
#11: Courage | 7.688 | 199.9
#12: Ordinary Mind (Bonus Ditty) | 7.385 | 192.0
#13: Malay | 7.300 | 189.8
#14: Datu Bintug at Jelong | 7.269 | 189.0
#15: Rattlesnake Mountain | 7.185 | 186.8
#16: These Times... | 7.004 | 182.1
#17: Horse Sings From Cloud | 6.862 | 178.4
#18: Chor Moiré | 6.746 | 175.4
#1: Living Torch II | 9.325 | 223.8
#2: it feels foolish to care | 8.688 | 208.5
#3: everything perfect is already here | 8.050 | 193.2
#4: Living Torch I | 7.971 | 191.3
#1: Nike | 9.014 | 126.2
#2: Champagne Supernova (Slowed and Reverb'd) | 8.143 | 114.0
#3: The Best of Steven Segal Pt. 1 | 6.793 | 95.1
#4: Machine Gun Kelly Tells You What is Punk Rock 46;50-48;44 | 4.250 | 59.5
Number of participants: 26 (WE HIT THE SAME NUMBER!)
Average score: 7.906 (BUT WE WENT DOWN .084 POINTS!)
Average controversy score: 1.907 (baby ear theory at work?)
Highest controversy: (2.713) (weaksauce)
Lowest controversy: (1.380)
Most 11s: (5) Sunset Village & On the Other Ocean
Most 0s: (2). Horse Sings From a Cloud
Number of participants: 26
Average score: 7.980 (so close to the elusive 8.0 avg. you tried!)
Average controversy score: 1.490
Highest controversy score: 1.976
thanks 2 my mainstream rock besties
THE RATE WILL BEGIN AT 9AM PST; SORT COMMENTS BY NEW UNTIL WE GET A LOCAL MOD IN HERE!
4 albums (comprised of 15 tracks) enter. Only 1 will leave.
Is Stars of the Lid gonna take us to the stars?! Will Oval integrate us into the matrix?
Can Keith Fullerton Whitman's digital guitar singlehandedly immunize us from the Novel Coronavirus?! Will the KLF let us board the Train for the MuMu express?!
Well let's find out:
Chill Out: >!1/1!< UNDEFEATED MAD LADS. JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT!
Per Aspera Ad Astra: >!0/2!< COULDN'T EVEN GET INTO THE TOP TEN. HAS NO CHILL. LOSERS!
94Diskont: >!0/7!< DIED IN THIRD PLACE. COMMENDABLE
Playthroughs: >!0/5!< UNDERDOG HERO!
Number of participants: 26
Average score: 7.980 (so close to the elusive 8.0 avg. you tried!)
Average controversy score: 1.490
Highest controversy score: 1.976
thanks 2 my mainstream rock besties
THE RATE WILL BEGIN AT 10AM PST; SORT COMMENTS BY NEW UNTIL WE GET A LOCAL MOD IN HERE!
upvote if you agree!
Mine is Topeka 81, but i also love Syracuse 79 and Wichita 75!!