Comments on: Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2003/09/28/ishkurs-guide-to-electronic-music/ Refenestration Daily. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:07:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Adrian http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2003/09/28/ishkurs-guide-to-electronic-music/#comment-2161 Adrian Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://test.handcoding.com/archives/2003/09/28/ishkurs-guide-to-electronic-music/#comment-2161 when it comes to music, it really shouldn't surprise one that there are "genres" that one doesn't know. Music critics and other such geeks tend to over-sub-genreize. Do I know what screamo-emo is? yes. Do I need to know what it is? no. The distinction really doesn't matter in a lot of cases. Distinguishing straight indie rock from post rock, on the other hand, does hold some value. (Oh yeah, all my examples relate to indie because that's what I know) when it comes to music, it really shouldn’t surprise one that there are “genres” that one doesn’t know. Music critics and other such geeks tend to over-sub-genreize. Do I know what screamo-emo is? yes. Do I need to know what it is? no. The distinction really doesn’t matter in a lot of cases. Distinguishing straight indie rock from post rock, on the other hand, does hold some value.

(Oh yeah, all my examples relate to indie because that’s what I know)

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