[atlantaprog] why prog faces an uphill battle

Check out this Strokes review from the AJC.  So critics appreciate "brevity and 
efficiency", eh?  Sounds like a charitable way of admitting you have a short 
attention span and/or limited intellect... limited enough to be a professional 
writer and not know the proper usage of "us" vs. "we".   But, but-- Every tune 
could be a single!  How precious.  
Brian
LO

Strokes' 'Room' hot place to visit 

By NICK MARINO 
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

      
     
David Lee Roth once famously said that rock critics like Elvis Costello because 
rock critics look like Elvis Costello, which may be partially true. Most rock 
critics do not look like the Strokes -- we wish! -- but we do think like the 
Strokes. We appreciate urgency and brevity. We like a swinging rhythm section. 
If we were in hot young New York City bands, we too would sound like the Velvet 
Underground.

For these reasons and many more, the new Strokes record, "Room on Fire," is 
sure to collect rave after slobbering rave. And while it would be nice to be a 
contrarian -- us critics love contrariness, dontcha know -- and say that the 
pretty boys can't play, can't write or can't sing, they can actually do all of 
the above with effortless style. They deserve the hype.

Their new disc has no bad songs, an improvement from 2001's "Is This It," which 
had one bad song. The Strokes remain big advocates of quality control, keeping 
every "Room" song under four minutes and the entire album just over a 
half-hour. It's swift and efficient, like a guillotine, over before you know 
it. Every tune could be a single. Every melody could break a barmaid's heart.

The year may yield better records, but it won't give us anything else this 
immediate.

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