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rebuttals

Lars Ulrich Still Not Really Into Getting Feedback From People Online

Sure, even people who enjoy Metallica's Death Magnetic have been quibbling about the sound quality on Metallica's newest album, saying that it's lacking in dynamics and that the version recorded for a freaking video game sounds better, but outspoken drummer Lars Ulrich is sticking his fingers in his ears and telling all the naysayers to shut up shut up shut shut shut up. "Listen," Ulrich told Blender's blog, "there's nothing up with the audio quality. It's 2008, and that's how we make records." Oh, you bet he had more to say. More »

5:30 PM on Mon Sep 29 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,285 views, 13 comments

Latest by NeverEnough: @Reidicus: Good point. I finally heard the new Metallica CD. The sound truly is awful. more »

earbleeds

Metallica Hurts My Ears (And I Like "Death Magnetic"!)

The first thing I thought when I heard Metallica's Death Magnetic was, "All right! This is more like it! This sounds pretty freaking great!" The next thing I thought was, "Boy, does this sound shrill!" Apparently, I wasn't the only one who thought so, as the Internet is abuzz with talk that Metallica's Death Magnetic is a well-produced record that still sounds crappy. The band has been fighting back via its manager, who assures us that 98% of listener response to the album has been "overwhelmingly positive," based on what is probably very scientific research. Count me among the 2% that has a problem with the album's dynamic range, or lack thereof. More »

1:30 PM on Thu Sep 25 2008
By Lucas Jensen
1,706 views, 25 comments

Latest by revmatty: Yea, I agree this isn't new. It hit live albums the hardest, I think. Listen to a live album from the 90's on good quality headphones (not earbuds, even the best of those are garbage), then listen to more »

Bearded music guru Rick Rubin has joined the board of MOG, the social-networking site with a music-blogging component, an easy-to-remember three-letter name, and $6 million in capital, including money from Sony and Universal Music Group. According to MOG founder David Hyman, the site will soon be classifying its blogs by genre and launching an ad network for independent music blogs. Also, Rubin apparently has some user-experience gurudom lurking beneath that thick beard of his. (Given that Rubin seems to think that subscriptions are the future for saving the music business, though, I suspect that there's at least a little bit of executive puffery lurking beneath that statement.) Hyman also claims that the site has two million users, although I wonder how many of those accounts have long been dormant. [LA Times / Photo: AP]

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american recordings

Crosby, Stills, And Nash Ask Rick Rubin To Help Them Restore Their Dignity

When I read that Rick Rubin was going to produce the new Crosby, Stills, and Nash record, for a split second I got excited, thanks to imagining the trio harmonizing sweetly over the top of some badass "99 Problems" boom-bap. For better or worse, that is not the case. Instead, they'll be teaming with Rubin to record an album of covers—so what we'll probably get is a ripoff of Johnny Cash's dour, cred-resurrecting American Recordings album, right on down to the production credits. It's a rather transparent and uncreative bid for gravitas, but if they pick the right songs, it may actually be successful in improving their image and their legacy. More »

4:30 PM on Thu Jul 17 2008
By fluxington
620 views, 7 comments

Latest by clarknhilldale: @FionaScrapple: Hmm. Haven't heard the Thoroughfare Gap album, I'm guessing. more »

american recordings vi: the velcro fly

ZZ Top Is Rick Rubin's Latest High-Profile Comeback Production

ZZ Top! Of course! The trio will celebrate its 40th anniversary by herding into the studio with Rick Rubin later this year, after they wrap up a co-headlining tour with Brooks & Dunn. The band is aiming a sound more "La Grange" than "Sleeping Bag" (aw, can't they do both?), and Rick Rubin does seem the painfully obvious choice for a high-profile authenticity move. The band has also signed to Rubin's American Recordings, which heightens the prospect that its forthcoming album will get his full attention, rather than being one of eight projects he watches through a large telescope from inside his ashram. In recent years Rubin has worked with the Dixie Chicks, Linkin Park, Metallica, Weezer, U2, Kanye, Green Day, the dude from Semisonic... is there any respected figure in music that Rubin has yet to work with? I was able to come up with five who would be definite collaboration coups for both sides. More »

4:00 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Anthony Miccio
834 views, 10 comments

Latest by cosmiclove: @Captain Wrong: That Rubin Times Magazine article was LAWLZ. more »

gurus

Rick Rubin Wants To Get In On This Web 2.0 Thing

Sunday's edition of the New York Times Magazine had the always-entertaining gambit "Can Person X save the music business?" as its cover tagline; the man in question was Rick Rubin, the Def Jam founder/khaki pant-wearing guru who became co-head of Columbia Records in May. Lynn Hirschberg's lengthy, somewhat oddly structured profile gave a glimpse at Rubin's strategies for the future sound of Columbia (Beth Ditto and Neil Diamond and the guy who won Britain's Got Talent, yes; mewly singer-songwriter dudes who have one song worth hearing, no), how the rootkit fiasco almost made him swear off the record company for life, and his plans to market the music, including an in-house "word of mouth" department and a pie-in-the-sky plan to have all the majors band together in their time of woe, Care-Bears-Stare style. More »

12:30 PM on Tue Sep 4 2007
By mjohnston
3,188 views, 12 comments

Latest by the earl grey: rubin comes off great in that piece; its his Epic partner barnett who represents every reason the industry is all but dead. majors like epic are holding on to 20th century strategies . no way will the majors all get more »

rumors

Is Jay-Z Taking A Trip To Columbia?

Those rumors that Jay-Z was starting a label with Beyonce and Steve Jobs? So last week. According to Ben Widdicombe's Gatecrasher column, Jay might jump the Island Def Jam ship for a gig at Columbia—and the reason might be pesky houseguest/Janet Jackson paramour Jermaine Dupri: More »

11:04 AM on Wed Jul 25 2007
By mjohnston
517 views, 3 comments

the biz

Rick Rubin's Magic Beard: Artistically Amazing, But Lousy With Business

Nearly everyone (well, except these guys) has nice things to say about Rick Rubin, music producer and career rehab specialist. However, a New York Daily News item gives the idea that he might not have been the best choice to help steer the ship at Columbia Records. More »

12:40 PM on Mon Jul 9 2007
By dangibs
1,791 views, 13 comments

deals

Rick Rubin Prepares Takeover Of Entire Music Industry

Yesterday, Columbia Records announced that it had finalized its deal to bring producer Rick Rubin into the fold. As Billboard notes, Rubin doesn't have an official title at the label—weirdly, "Swami" was already taken—and he'll also be able to continue working his other projects at other labels. But a leaked memo that's been making the rounds has clues as to what Rubin's been planning to do with his new power. More »

11:00 AM on Tue May 15 2007
By Brian Raftery
2,051 views, 6 comments

time magazine

"Time" Magazine's "Most Influential People In The World" List: One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others

Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People In The World" list is out today, and while we don't want to turn into one of those music blogs that reprints every absurd ranking ever released ("Hot crap! Mother Jones just listed the 25 sexiest songs about switchgrass...of all time!"), we can't help but note its pop-music entries: Justin Timberlake, Rick Rubin and John Mayer. Rubin? Sure, we'll give them this one, even though his biggest commercial success has been with some of his weakest albums. Timberlake? Okay, he's influential—influential on our pants! Ha! Still, he's going to be ripped off by a half-dozen or so male singers all year, so okay. But Mayer as "influential"? How can they possibly justify that choice? More »

4:18 PM on Thu May 3 2007
By Brian Raftery
2,313 views, 20 comments

Latest by theminx: Looking at that pic of Mayer, I think they picked the wrong JM: ;ooks like the same room where James Murphy did a photoshoot. Now Murphy and LCD Soundsystem, I could understand. more »

rick rubin

Rick Rubin's Bland-Item Guessing Game

Yesterday's Los Angeles Times profile of Rick Rubin covered a lot of bearded-one basics—he meditates, he hangs out near the shore, he meditates—while throwing out this semi-tantalizing tidbit: More »

8:50 AM on Mon Feb 12 2007
By Brian Raftery
143 views, 6 comments

liner notes

Liner Notes: Even In The Afterlife, Jerry Garcia Still Making Ripples

- Jerry Garcia's widow is suing to gain control of unreleased tapes from the deceased Grateful Dead leader's archive. Experts believe the tapes total 12,345 hours, and contain nearly three songs. [AP]
- Rapper Jadakiss has been indicted on drug and gun charges following an October 2006 arrest in White Plains, N.Y. [Billboard]
- Warner Brothers isn't too excited about Rick Rubin—and his all-knowing, all-seeing beard—heading over to Columbia. [Hits Daily Double]

12:12 PM on Fri Feb 9 2007
By Brian Raftery
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rick rubin

Record Labels Find Themselves In The Middle Of A Rubin Sandwich

According to the New York Times, Columbia Records has offered a co-chairman job to Rick Rubin, the barbate producer who's crafted hits for the likes of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, and Andrew Dice Clay. The catch? Rubin already has a job with Warner Brothers. More »

8:43 AM on Mon Feb 5 2007
By Brian Raftery
655 views, 4 comments

What Use Are "Best Of" Lists, Anyhow?

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