What My Students Like! (High School Album Review Thread) • Page 5

The first two weeks we listened and discussed. I didn't make them write anything and the discussion was a bit lacking at the end of each album, so for this week I'm going to have them do a track by track bullet point style outline of what they like/didn't for the album which will hopefully get more coherent thoughts out.

In the upcoming weeks I'm going to have the kids bring in criticism of their favorite albums and take a look at what they like/don't like about the writing. Eventually I hope to create some sort of online blog/writing space for them to talk about music.

 

And this is all for a club? Not a class, right?

 

Yeah for now. I'll make my journalism kids do a project next semester on it

 

They liked YFW. I threw on Cute Without the E and Leaving by TSL. Gonna play some Front Bottoms and cut them loose. They seemingly enjoyed it

 

that's really awesome!

 

Trying to get all my hip-hop obsessed students to write album/mixtape reviews has really made me realize how much the genre has fully transformed into a singles medium the last few years.

 

OTIP today. Pretty lukewarm response, honestly. A few kids didn't like the "screaming" which baffled me but w/e. Gates was the overwhelming favorite of the kids.

 

Has there ever been a time where you threw on an album and someone already knew it?

 

We're doomed.

 

It's pretty accessible "screaming" that's weird. It's more like shouting.

 

As a current junior this is actually sick. Seriously wonder if somewhere far away there's a high school full of kids who'd actually know what you play in class.

 

At least they recognized the goat

 

I didnt have a computer till senior year myself so I was behind the ball. But once I found Limewire it was a wrap. My fav bands/artists then were Slipknot, Manson, Pink Floyd, and DMX lol. I always loved music just didn't have the avenue to learn more till then... once I did though?



So i'm not terribly mad at High School kids for not knowing/appreciating. Hell some of my favorite artists now I didn't even really like/"get" upon first listen, ha.

 

Kid just put me on to this dude

 

Sounds like they really like Mac Demarco

 

damn kids these days suck

 

that's the most gutless piece of music I've ever heard

 

ur avatar is from "I Am a Nightmare"

 

I think I like what I've heard from that dude more than any Mac Demarco song I've heard, and I don't like it very much.

 

Mac Demarco's mini album from a few years ago is leagues better than the rest of his discography imo and that song reminds me of it, p good but definitely derivative of the Mac sound

 

Tried to pick a 2017 album this week. We decided on A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs. Surprised they knew who they were, but I guess they're a Philly band so it makes sense.

 

Oof, not going over well aside from the one kid

 

This music video is amazing. I love that they purposely put the entire band staring into the sun

 

boy pablo ep is actually v enjoyable. one of the tracks reminds me of early vampire weekend

i could imagine (non-dorky) high school students liking clario

 

In honor of my car being covered in frost for the first time all year, For Emma today!