It’s been a great couple of days for ambitious music videos, with highly stylized clips from Phoenix, Beach House, and the Knife all arriving towards the end of the week. (Not to mention our most popular story of the week was a Biffy Clyro video.) In addition to posting all of those, we ranked Modest Mouse’s discography and the Notorious B.I.G.’s 10 best songs. We gave Album Of The Week honors to Waxahatchee’s Cerulean Salt and Backtracked Mirah’s Advisory Committee. And we spoke with Marnie Stern and Caveman. Here’s how the best and worst comments on all that stuff panned out…
THIS WEEK’S 10 HIGHEST RATED COMMENTS
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Kevin Broydrick | Mar 1st | Score:23 |
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Fuck iTunes. |
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| Posted in: Stream David Bowie The Next Day | |||
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Dick Litman | Mar 4th | Score:26 |
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wait, so that was or wasn’t david bowie? |
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| Posted in: Premature Evaluation: David Bowie The Next Day | |||
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Michael_ | Mar 1st | Score:26 |
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So much hate for basement bloggers in this piece. You do know some of us actually bother to write more than two sentences about a song and don’t just regurgitate whatever trend is collectively determined by the mass to be good at the moment, right? |
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| Posted in: Deconstructing: The Return Of The Postal Service And Why 2013 Should Be The New 2003 | |||
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Daire Beare | Mar 4th | Score:28 |
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Living proof, that sometimes friends are mean. |
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| Posted in: James Murphy Suing DFA Records Co-Founder | |||
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Little Bear | Mar 6th | Score:29 |
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It would’ve been cool to include Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks, The Fruit that Ate Itself, No ones First and You’re Next, and Building Nothing out of Something. |
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| Posted in: Modest Mouse Albums From Worst To Best | |||
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Dr. Feelgood | Mar 4th | Score:29 |
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So true. |
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| Posted in: James Murphy Suing DFA Records Co-Founder | |||
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Paul Mazurkiewicz | Mar 1st | Score:29 |
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So a whole post about how much your own website basically sucks and should be ignored? |
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| Posted in: Deconstructing: The Return Of The Postal Service And Why 2013 Should Be The New 2003 | |||
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Peter Schwartz | Mar 1st | Score:29 |
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1,349 words to say nothing |
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| Posted in: Deconstructing: The Return Of The Postal Service And Why 2013 Should Be The New 2003 | |||
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Scott Lapatine | Mar 4th | Score:48 |
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Hey “davidbowie,” |
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| Posted in: Premature Evaluation: David Bowie The Next Day | |||
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Michael_ | Mar 1st | Score:52 |
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You know what would be a great way for 2013′s indie culture to go back to 2003′s? If content on large music websites wasn’t driven by online advertising goals. |
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| Posted in: Deconstructing: The Return Of The Postal Service And Why 2013 Should Be The New 2003 | |||
THIS WEEK’S 5 LOWEST RATED COMMENTS
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Tim Curtin | Mar 1st | Score:-11 |
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do you REALLY like crazy in love?? i’m just always a bit dubious when people list off a bunch of (mainly) indie rock bands and then there’s the random pop star in there. |
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| Posted in: Deconstructing: The Return Of The Postal Service And Why 2013 Should Be The New 2003 | |||
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Sheila Turcotte | Mar 6th | Score:-12 |
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Wait until the truth about Isaac Brock comes out publicly. This guy has had it coming for years. Can’t wait to see the public reaction of who this man really is. Truth is stranger than fiction. |
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| Posted in: Modest Mouse Albums From Worst To Best | |||
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titusbellinger | Mar 1st | Score:-13 |
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How many times have we heard the artist “Going back to basics” bla bla bla routine. Sheep all get suckered in and if this were released on the heels of earthling people would cry foul because they would say how stale and not of the times it is. Its just critics and “fans” trying to deify him and the album for publicity and a buzz. So lame. So contrived. So utterly ridiculous in a pathetic way. And, before you feel the need to be asinine and downvote my legit opinions, just take a look at that cover…to be nice but blunt, pretty stupid cover. Photoshopped in someone’s trendy hipster L.A. loft no doubt to get street cred for “going back to basics”. Even the cover has no real significance or imagination. I’m a die hard fan of Bowie and love the more obtuse category like Low and Lodger, but this album is going to just get all this critical praise ( looking at you stereogum too) because its a back to basics approach, when if it came out after reality it would probably have just been ignored. Only because it comes out after so many years its time to christen it some wonderful masterpiece. So stand in front of it and lap it up doggies….cause this guy may not be a paid music critic like our man tom here but i’m not buying into the hype machine. We should have a record social commentary page too on stereogum where people like me and others who see through the blind spots of music and the blogosphere can really tell it like it is. |
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| Posted in: Stream David Bowie The Next Day | |||
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Tim Martinez | Mar 6th | Score:-19 |
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“The Moon & Antarctica and Good News For People Who Love Bad News are both better than The Lonesome Crowded West” – Everyone |
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| Posted in: Modest Mouse Albums From Worst To Best | |||
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Tim Curtin | Mar 1st | Score:-21 |
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aww that was so adorably naive |
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| Posted in: Deconstructing: The Return Of The Postal Service And Why 2013 Should Be The New 2003 | |||
THIS WEEK’S EDITOR’S CHOICE (SCOTT)
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Dick Litman | Mar 5th | Score:1 | |
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don’t know where else to put this, but i went and saw free energy last night and spoke with the lead singer for an extensive amount of time (his doing, not mine. although i enjoyed it, i didn’t want to be THAT guy) anyways, i brought up his recent commenting on the site and he had the nicest things to say about everyone. he loves us! he thought i was michael at first, and so naturally i assumed michael’s identity and told him a bunch of lies. totally kidding, but yeah he had nice things to say about you michael, and i confirmed them. and he loves tom, as do i. we had a very large deconstructing ian cohen discussion, which was very (de)constructive (?) anyways, random post, just thought it was interesting. they kicked major ass live, didn’t know i could groove like that |
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| Posted in: Watch Long-Lost Postal Service Audition Footage | |||
THIS WEEK’S EDITOR’S CHOICE (AMRIT)
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Iver Hillman | Mar 5th | Score:4 | |
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serious question: is ben gibbard wearing a wig? |
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| Posted in: Watch Long-Lost Postal Service Audition Footage | |||
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#1, yay, but this week didn’t get any less weird than last week. Again, I received an e-mail from my disgruntled wordsmith and their associated wordsmith peer because I had found the person’s entire criticism of my negativity had made its way onto their widely read Tumblr, and in that context, it seemed less polite. What is annoying is that each of these people have written to me in the past already, will be very polite in their criticism, and then I will write back a well thought out response and I hear NOTHING in return. So to get another pouncy e-mail, it’s really a downer and frustrating. I should note, these people are paid music writers whose work you’ve probably ran into lately on some of your favorite music sites, but I’m not one to say names, so…
And then in honor of International Woman’s Day, I tweeted out that it was awesome how much people cared about WOMEN (and linked to the track “Eyesore.”) Well, one of my followers took great offense to this, called to action that everyone follow me and pegged me as sexist. Great.
I’m so fed up withnot even being able to enjoy this anymore. My blog, especially. Sorry, I should be celebrating #1 but I’m not having fun anymore.
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that… was not very long.
My quarter just ended. I don’t want to read anything over two paragraphs.
Come on Burr, you’re better than that, man.
Michael: Your blog is excellent. Your reviews are great, and I actually take on board pretty much all of your “Recommended Listens”. Keep it up.
Also, that shit in italics or am I already drunk?
you’re right, I’m sorry. :(
Congrats on the number 1 Michael_
For some reason, the closing tags for bold, hyperlinks and italics doesn’t stick all of the time. I don’t get it.
What are you used to reading? Captions?
Mike, you take the internet Waaaaaaay too seriously.
Now this dude on Twitter is saying that he was deeply offended by my tweet on Bleached’s “Next Stop” video (in which they ride in the passenger seat on motorcycles) because my tweet read “Bleached get their biker babe on.”
Can no one be overly sensitive these days and understand satire?
That is crazy.
“Eyesore” is one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. How could somebody take offense. Rude.
What the trolls did to David Bowie this week was seriously NOT cool.
Agreed.
OOps!!!
This was a bad week for me.
…as far as Stereogum comments go. Not bad as in like Michael_’s week was.
I feel u bro
Michael_ getting critical e-mails, recipe bears, what else have I missed? I’ve checked the comments every so often, but if anyone wants to sum up the past two months in a few sentences that would be great.
Well, the latest troll these days has been Corky Anderson/Porky Panderson/trollingnear/mediatorbear/recipebear/various other aliases. Of all these, recipebear tends to be the most tolerated, while Corky Anderson remains the most hated. Then there’s filthydubber, a rubberjohnny-ish looking troll who rubjohn himself adamantly disavows. filthydubber takes trolling to whole new levels of misogyny and homophobia.
“Shut Up, Dude” now occasionally seems to exist in the Twilight Zone, especially a couple weeks ago when posts were appearing out of chronological order and someone posted a hobbit dick-pic (I didn’t see it before it was removed), then claimed to have been hacked. Oh, and music sometimes gets discussed as well.
So we know for sure that Corky Anderson/Porky Panderson/trollingnear/mediatorbear/recipebear is the same person? I have to admit, this is a little overwhelming, I kind of wish we could go back to the days when Rubberjohnny had the troll monopoly.
I do have two months worth of comments I could make, but I don’t want to bore you guys. I’m glad everyone has been having a good time. Does Raptor Jesus still hang out?
Yeah, they’re definitely the same. I think he admitted it himself. As for Raptor Jesus, I saw him in the comment section for the new Beach House video post recently.
That Beach House video is the greatest.
Hi plb!!!
*insert details about personal life and not commenting as much*
That’s basically it! Hope all is well :)
I speak on behalf of the unofficial Stereogum mascot, recipe bear. The mighty bear hath had a temporal ban. He longs to return to the board and make nice. Perhaps he will have that chance. Corky Anderson can rot in hell.
HE BRINGS THE BOARD TASTY REFRESHMENT AND MORE INVIGORATING CONVO! THE ONE, THE ONLY, THE BANNED RECIPE BEAR. BRING HIM BACK SCOTT :)
ABOVE=HOW HE SEES HIMSELF!
BELOW= HOW STEREOGUM MODS SEE HIM!
I KNOW YOU ARE ALL OUT IN THE BAR ESTABLISHMENTS EATING TOO MUCH “HONEY” BUT TAKE TIME TO SUPPORT THE NOBLE CAUSE OF LIBERATING OUR LOVABLE SCAMP STEREOGUM MASCOT, RECIPE BEAR!!!
You’re back!
Hi Nate, I don’t think I can say that I’m back full time but it’s nice to check in. For the most part, I’ve had no chance to comment during the day. I’ve checked out the comment section a few times at night and I’ve gotta say it’s been bittersweet not being able to participate.
music?
The word is out. The tribe has spoken.
http://qkme.me/3tb5lt
Ahhhh! I just saw Dick’s comment about speaking with Free Energy’s Paul, and how I randomly came up in conversation? Okay, weird. That guy is a bonafide sweetheart, though. Actually, Dick is, too. Totally made up for what was a dumb day. Thank you for that!
sup michael, yeah man was wondering if you caught that, you’re a good guy. and thank you, thank you. i’m not going to give a speech or anything. just gonna say we all rule. peace. gonna go drink
i’m actually at work right now, but i’m gonna drink after and probably write some drunken posts
with a shit ton of replies to my own comments
Mmmmmmm, Stereorum.
recipe bear misses his stereogum friends :(
awww editors choice! I feel so proud, it put a smile on my face…….but getting back to it, I wish good luck to Ben Gibbard and his Alopecia (and I’d appreciate it if we could all be sensitive to it)
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This is an example of a situation where you should have stopped and asked yourself, “Should I be a dick?” and then decide, “No, I shan’t. What an inane topic over which to call someone a moron. Silly me! I’m embarrassed I even considered it!” and then you make a more meaningful comment elsewhere, or continue your research on Ben Gibbard’s hairline.
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where’s mediatorbear when you actually need him?
Deconstructing: 20 Years Of Ben Gibbard’s Hair
Michael Hanna,
Concerning my original comment, yeah i was kinda goofin around cuz the fact that he was wearing a wig was so distracting in the video.
Concerning all comments made in reply to my original comment AND the comment above:
There was this show a few years back called “Arrested Development”. I really, really suggest you watch it.
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by the way, i googled Ben Gibbard 2013 and he appears to look just about the same today hair-wise as he did back then. Sure he’s gone through different length phases and glasses on/off phases, but i was unsure why a wig was even necessary. I thought the sketch was hilarious, but it didn’t add to the accuracy or humor for me. It just caused a distraction and took me out of the moment for a sec. Just like the weird prosthetic Joseph Gordon-Levitt wore in Looper (great movie, btw). I see what they were trying to do, but I felt it was unnecessary and distracting. Ben Gibbard didn’t do any Bowie-esque transformations in the last 10 years as far as I’m concerned.
old Gibbard:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1080/MI0003/161/MI0003161341.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
new Gibbard:
I always thought he was a goofy lookin’ sonbitch. Wig or no.
Why are all the posts about Odd Future the ones that have closed comment sections? Are you guys afraid of the RubJon freak-outs that might happen?
Those new Earl songs seem pretty great. It was nice to hear that Mac Miller worships the Based God, at least we can agree on something.
The Stereogum staff both fear and subtly encourage trolling. They won’t commit either way. It’s like those articles Tom writes at the end of the week where he says something crazy that he doesn’t really believe to “generate discussion” and then takes a step back from the statement so people still respect his critical opinion. The whole site is like that. Troll! No troll! Money first! Art first! Listen to the devil! Listen to the angel!
dude, you trolling?
Ha, no, I’ve never trolled actually. I always say exactly what I think. If it gets a response, well, okay. If not, that’s fine.
-corky anderson
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Okay, so I watched this thread to get some context and…this is one of those moments where I just can’t know if someone’s comment was meant to be ironic or not. I really, really want to believe it was. However, if you didn’t know what Mad Men is, and that you were meant to know Dick Litman (it’s actually “Whitman”) is Don Draper’s real name, you must be a moron. Most everyone on Stereogum has had an avatar for the previous 8 minutes or longer. Dick Litman was recreating/making fun of Jon Hamm’s iconic Mad Men character. He probably doesn’t have that haircut and he might wear glasses or something. Type “Dick Whitman″ into Google Images if you have any doubt . He makes a pretty manly character that gets drunk and bangs ladies, but there’s no denying that he has a really nice head of hair.
what nathan said
I wasn’t being ironic. I don’t watch Mad Men. I know who Jon Hamm is, I know that he is on Mad Men, and I have a very vague idea of what the show is about, but I have never seen it and I don’t know or care about the characters’ names. Even though I watch a lot of TV shows, I’ve never been able to get myself to watch Mad Men; maybe it’s all the suits. I actually did Google the screename and “Mad Men” because I figured from the picture of Jon Hamm that it could be a reference to the show. However, since I did not Google the name from the show, all I got was a bunch of nothing. I still don’t care about Mad Men, and everything I said before still stands.
By the way, if you’d like to replicate my search, make sure you use quotation marks around the screenname.
I’m trying to figure out if you noticed I copied your comment.
Oh my god I just got the joke behind dick’s name. It appears I’m incredibly slow.
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You take it soo seriously when I mess with you. I can’t… I can’t stop.
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It’s been a fun ride.
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3tb5lt/
I am no troll and recipe bear longs to return to the board. He has a vast storehouse of sitting recipes just waiting to be shared to you beautiful people! Join the revolution and unban Recipe Bear!
Click the link and join the cause! FREE RECIPE BEAR! NO SLEEP UNTIL HE IS LIBERATED! RAWR!
“Time = Space = Time,” by PapaDonDonTotty
Time passes by
like birds in tha air
no time in space
endless, like the ‘rhea.
Comments r like moments
We post and they fade
Will I be forgotten?
Or go on, like the ‘rhea.
When my time has come
remember my love
filling your hearts
like a toilet, with ‘rhea.
Fin.
<3
Next time one of my pseudo-intellectual peers asks me what I think about the question “What is art?” I’m sending them that^
No=one does it like The Don.
Wait, like dia?
Lot of good vibes going here. You guys are awesome.
I feel like such a porky panderson :(
Porky Panderson/Corky Anderson have no association with the genteel and kind hearted nature of Recipe Bear. They leech time and whore themselves for downvotes. Recipe Bear gives freely, only for the honey of your well being :) Join the liberation and request the mighty bear’s ban be lifted :) Cheers!-Ben
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3tb5lt/
click and paste and liberate recipe bear! RAWR!
morrissey would be pissed bro
:(
We’re chained eh eh eh we’re chai ned we’re chai EH EEENED WE’RE CHAIIINED WE’RE CHA INED!
good night stereogum-ites :) Scott, Corky Anderson did that naughty thing and trolled as Bowie :( As result, he has no more weekly porridge rights and must listen to a mash-up of John Tesh and Yoko Ono. Please forgive Recipe Bear!
P.S. Corky Anderson can burn in hell.
Its puts the lotion on its skin
or else it gets the bear again
Yep, this whole bear stuff has gone too far.
Hey guys, I found a stream of the new Phosphorescent album.
It’s quite good.
http://happymusicsadmusic.blog.com/2013/03/12/stream-phosphorescents-new-album-muchacho/