Totally agree. Cave and the Seeds was HANDS DOWN the best thing I saw this past year (in Louisville), and I saw A LOT of shows in 2014. I don't know how he did, or continues to do it, but this last tour he has put on the best shows of his entire career. Simply untouchable live.
VIP sections are fine... as long as they are NOT in the front of the stage. I agree w Beth's statement. I've seen a bunch of festivals that did or do this practice and it stinks on every level. There were times at All Points West and Bunbury those sections would be 90% empty during the day, leaving huge gaps of nothing at the front of the crowd. Plus the majority of VIP types don't care enough to be up front anyway without the luxury of getting to do so without any effort. Coachella seems to do this right, even with all the stars and countless VIP/industry types. They keep the VIP section to the side (or side stage) and let the kids who made the effort to be up front, be up front.
...by original talent you mean being a totally manufactured pop star? Listen I get it, she's somewhat cute, approachable and all but short of appearing on American Idol, her career is made by pleasing the lowest common music fan with the safest trite music around... Her "bold new directions" are only offensive in that they are never bold nor a new direction.
There was a time when EDM music was good... many many years ago. Like most things, once it goes mainstream to this level, there's barely anything left to salvage. The Douche scene is spot on... just add plastic surgery loving blondes to the mix, and there you have it. This is the college greek system played out after college, soundtracked by talentless, button-pushing morons.
Haim, Ms Mr, Perfect Pussy and Chvrches are some of the most over-rated things to come out in music in a VERY long time... Their fine (except maybe for Haim and PP - who are just plain crap), but all of this has been done MANY TIMES before and more importantly, has been done waaaaay better. Short Term memory and short attention spans these days I guess.
My shop still has 10 copies of the Pixies (they had a ton to start with) They also have a couple of the Camera Obscura. The LCD, Cake, Ghostbusters, REM, Scott Pilgrim, Soundgarden and Garcia all went extremely quick. At least in the first 10-15 minutes. The DMB lasted all afternoon.
How about the real problem of this song being a complete piece of garbage? Same for the Lily Allen song. Both of which only where able to generate silly discourse and not much more. Any music fan can see this is a weak effort, even for bland indie/pop music and still, people treat it like Thriller in it's importance.
If anything he sounds the opposite. He sounds funny as always, and his commentary on the Grammy and ID is warranted because his band was lumped in with them. Making a joke does not make you an old bastard.
Saw Sky Ferreria once. ONCE. One of the worst shows I've ever seen. Granted the potential is kinda low on her to begin with, but the word over-rated barely begins to describe her. The music landscape is a little prettier (funny enough) when she stays silent.
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