Bullet Club
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"and Jim Carrey"
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The Weeknd releases his new album "Dawn FM"
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"and Jim Carrey"
Cyberpunkd
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Interesting on the physical copies, but I guess it is a result of the pandemic. Also - WTF cassettes? Vinyl gives you a nice artwork, cassette gives you what - a tape to hang yourself with?
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Doom85
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Interesting on the physical copies, but I guess it is a result of the pandemic. Also - WTF cassettes? Vinyl gives you a nice artwork, cassette gives you what - a tape to hang yourself with?
Footage of The Weeknd trying to find anyone who gives a shit about cassette tapes anymore:
Bullet Club
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I've still got most of my old cassettes. Sure, I haven't bought any since the 90s, but they are still important!
50k new cassettes sold in the UK in 2018.
The Top 40 bestselling cassettes of 2018
On your marks, cassette, go! 2018 was the biggest year for cassette sales in over a decade, with music fans across all age ranges getting their hands on a cassette by their favourite chart act. The BPI revealed sales of the format were up 125.3% year-on-year, reaching 50,000 sales in 2018...
www.officialcharts.com
Bullet Club
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He's stuck with the same sound. The second Youtube video in the OP is the first single, It's not bad.
Tschumi
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go on then i'll give it a go later on, ta
Tschumi
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That's actually got a bit of integrity i dig it
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Fools idol
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This entire album feels like filler to me. The album he put out during the lockdowns had a great coherent vibe and this just fees meh
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Lame FM. After Hours>>>>>>>>
Werewolf Jones
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Only notable parts are when it tries to be an 80s Cyberpunk radio station. lol
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I wonder how many of those 50K cassettes sold are actually being listened to. Most people I know that buy vinyl or cassettes are hipster collectors who buy them just to collect but don't actually use them for their intended purpose. The same with some people who buy limited edition physical games to keep sealed but then buy a digital copy to play...I've still got most of my old cassettes. Sure, I haven't bought any since the 90s, but they are still important!
50k new cassettes sold in the UK in 2018.
The Top 40 bestselling cassettes of 2018
On your marks, cassette, go! 2018 was the biggest year for cassette sales in over a decade, with music fans across all age ranges getting their hands on a cassette by their favourite chart act. The BPI revealed sales of the format were up 125.3% year-on-year, reaching 50,000 sales in 2018...
Bullet Club
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Maiden Voyage
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I’ve never really listened to him before. I enjoyed a couple tracks on my first listen of this new album. I’ll give it a couple more plays before I have an opinion but so far so good.
Master Of Illusion
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Cassettes played thru a Nakamichi sound pretty nice (sometimes better than CD if we're talking old school stuff that was actually recorded in analog). Only problem is actually finding equipment to play them on AND can play back well. There's really no point to them in this current day and age as they were designed to be a portable medium and good luck getting an good old-school sturdy metal Walkman that still works for less than $300, and even then, the sound quality is not as great as through a dedicated tape deck, so you are way better off with a DAP and some FLAC files, rendering the existence of cassettes pointless.
Meanwhile, the big boys went to vinyl for fidelity. You can walk into almost any store that deals with electronics and buy a decent starter turntable like the Audio Technica LP60 for $140. Plus the artwork and liner notes are nice to look at. You can show off your impeccable taste. It's great.
As for the album I haven't listened to it yet, but I'll assume it's okay but not great like everything he's churned out post-Kiss Land.
Meanwhile, the big boys went to vinyl for fidelity. You can walk into almost any store that deals with electronics and buy a decent starter turntable like the Audio Technica LP60 for $140. Plus the artwork and liner notes are nice to look at. You can show off your impeccable taste. It's great.
As for the album I haven't listened to it yet, but I'll assume it's okay but not great like everything he's churned out post-Kiss Land.
TastyPastry
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unpopular opinion but the weeknd was so much better when he dropped the trilogy mixtapes and you didn't really know who the guy behind the lyyrics was. now that he's a pop star putting himself on all the covers and in the middle of his music, both his music suffered and he became kinda unlikable. i liked a couple songs from starboy and kissland and after that i kinda stopped listening to him.
belmarduk
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He's now a 31-year-old multi millionaire. It would be ridiculous if he released the same music he made ten years ago about being homeless.
Werewolf Jones
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I have a degree in sound engineering and DAAAAAAAMN I couldn't tell that this was a sample. (This is a joke btw)
GeeseGoose
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Well now I know what I’ll be spending this glorious Sunday listening to! I hope there are at least a few gems in there.
EverydayBeast
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Very credible musician.
It's all in the wrist
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It was aight. Not a fan of the radio bits.