I know this may come off as a bit ill-humored, but all of the “Bradford Cox iz totes ugly u gaiz!!!11!1″ comments in this post strike me as rather immature and more than a bit too Hipster Runoff for my tastes. Yeah, everyone gets it – he’s not going to be on magazine covers anytime soon. Hilarious stuff, that.

And maybe this is also a very feminine viewpoint, but crushing is hardly all about looks (in my opinion of course, though I’m sure lots of others would agree). Besides being a ridiculously talented and endlessly fascinating musician, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Bradford before, and he’s very kind, engaging and endearing. (Not that I’ve had the chance to meet tons of famous people, but of all the ones I have, he was probably the sweetest.) What isn’t attractive about being kind, interesting and super talented again?

Personally I don’t get the passion that this girl instills in people at all, positive or negative. I do think she’s probably full of shit, but lots of “artists” are. It’s easy to pick and choose who you want to listen to though. I give Lana Del Rey roughly the same amount of attention I would give someone like Katy Perry – none, except for the occasional bemused comment when she shows up on my radar.

How very sexist of you, Mr. Pants. I for one am female and I cannot stand Florence.

With the exception of Bon Iver and PJ Harvey, this top 10 is dreadful. I like the St. Vincent album but it’s not top 10 material. Actually the whole list is dreadful. The notion of Noel Gallagher and Kasabian making relevant music in 2011 – brb loling forever.

I LOVE Atlas Sound and Deerhunter, and I think Bradford Cox is one of the most overall creative musicians/responsible for some of the best music made within the last several years. But no way is he one of the 100 best/most iconic/however you want to say it guitarists of all time, and I honestly think he would be the first person to agree. Come to think of it, neither are all of the other people you mentioned, with the possible exception of Kevin Shields. The list may be a pile of shit, but insisting that one’s favorite indie and alt stars should be added doesn’t really improve it.

I love most of what James Blake has put out so far, but to me this song is just incredibly obnoxious.

Okkervil River. According to their Twitter they’ve been recording/mixing new material for months now.

As for stuff already on the list… any year with a new Radiohead album is a good one as far as I’m concerned!

Anyone who thinks Radiohead is exactly one degree better than Aerosmith is not worthy of my time.

Also, KISS at 56. KISS “better” than R.E.M., The Stooges, and forty-one other musicians. Hell, KISS on the list AT ALL. I will never understand what baby boomers see in those pseudo-clowns.

I read the piece earlier and I thought Diplo’s comments were the most damning too. The writer’s input, as well as that of the political analyst, was hardly flattering either, but criticizing MIA’s political credibility (or lack thereof) is hardly anything new. What’s so brutal about Diplo’s comments is that they seem to hit her where it really hurts: her artistic credibility. This is someone who knows her very well basically calling her a manipulative liar, which I think is a hell of a lot worse than implying she’s a bit naive where global politics are concerned.

No matter how unflattering the article may have been though, there’s zero defense for posting the writer’s phone number on Twitter, which was a disgustingly immature and thin-skinned move on Maya’s part. I’ve defended her a few times here and there in the past, but somehow I don’t think I’ll feel compelled to do that again anytime soon.

I find it very hard to believe that Damon Albarn made a conscious decision to copy Eddie Grant’s song, blatantly avoid getting proper clearance, and then release his own song as the lead single to his new album – but according to The Guardian article that’s pretty much what Grant’s claiming. Like nearly everyone else has said, yeah, it sounds the same, but I’m sure it’s hardly the only time that particular three-note progression has been used in a song.

I was so sad to read about this late last night. He was a brilliant, underrated musician. I’m a big fan of his music and as such I wanted to say something more poignant, but the bottom line is that this just really, really sucks. Best wishes to his friends and family.

I’m all for unique marketing techniques and making yourself stand out from the crowd, but an unusual idea doesn’t necessarily equate to a good idea. What exactly does a scratch-off album cover have to do with their music again?

I’ve kind of come to expect great videos from these guys, and this one is no exception. I had a bit of an “er, I don’t know about this…” moment when I first realized it was a blend of live action and 3D rendering, but that quickly passed. Damn, what an awesome video (and an awesome song too, imo).

A counterargument:

1. 11 of the 21 videos above are from the last 15 years. Unless your recollection is exceptionally horrible, I’d say that puts over half the list within memory of the average Stereogum reader.

2. How does being older excuse the shitty production? There are plenty of amazing music videos (and songs too, for that matter) from the eighties and nineties.

3. I don’t know what you’re on about with “ur hipster bands should make a superstar charity video then lol!!!!” thing, other than falling back on “hipster” as an (overused) insult. I’d like to think most people would agree that a bunch of indie musicians getting together to create a schmaltzy, badly produced cover would most likely result in a really terrible song too, but maybe that’s just me.

4. I’m not sure if this is what you’re getting at, but I don’t think anyone here is even remotely disparaging the sentiment behind these songs/videos. There’s no harm in pointing out the fact that they’re all varying degrees of hilarious/cringe-worthy.

5. Following up a statement like “I can’t believe you would sink so low!” with a bunch of childish insults = lame.