Ban this filth — words you should never use to describe music

Saw the word “nice” this morning and was “triggered”

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Competent

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ethereal

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textured

Blink 182

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Came here to say this. Beloved of lazy metal journalists describing bands with a female singer or a keyboard.

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Barnstorming

Atmospheric. All music is atmospheric, dickhead.

6th form

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Sophmoric - still not sure what it means.

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‘A heady mix’

A smorgasbord

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I wish there was a synonym for groovy which didn’t make me sound like a 70’s pervert

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“a smashtastic centimetre of guilt-free post-ambient EDM grot”

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Unless it’s describing The Libertines

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“The thinking man’s ________” :nauseated_face:

If we’re talking words/phrases used in music journalism, I never want to see this form of description ever again: [band] are like [other band(s)] on [drug]

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I just saw that Tenet is “Bond On Acid”

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References to a bands’ education as praise “art school” “Ivy League” fuck off, classist shite.

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Building sonic cathedrals.