I'm not mad, I just don't see the point. None of this recent Cobain "news" is interesting or newsworthy in the slightest - it's just tabloid-y pictures of his stuff. And for a site that had pointed out the crassness of Kurt's childhood home being listed at 5 times it's market value, and the lameness of the alleged former roommate hawking Kurt's skis, it seems pretty hypocritical to even make these posts. The man's dead, just let him be dead.
Why do you give a shit?
Seriously, does anyone give a shit? I'd honestly rather read the third installment of "Cole Alexander Puts His Foot In His Mouth" than see a picture of a toilet that Cobain used to take poops in. And that's setting the bar low.... very low.
The guy's not racist. He just put his foot in his mouth a bit and now everyone's piling on because it's the internet. Public statements are a tricky thing, and I'm glad I don't make them.
Sasquatch has been going downhill for a few years now, but this most recent stunt is still pretty surprising to me. They've screwed over a lot of fans here, and in the worst way - people who bought tickets for weekend 2 via Craigslist are totally SOL, as are people who have already dropped money on airfare. There's probably hundreds of folks out there, maybe more than a thousand, who just had anywhere from 300-1000 bucks disappear right from their hands. And why? Because Sasquatch got greedy (well, greedier than they already were), and bit off something they couldn't chew. And rather than eat the loss, they're now trying to recoup at the expense of fans... and moreover, insult them by putting a "the Sasquatch community has spoken" spin on the whole debacle. Totally shameful.
But really, it's just the latest move in a series of bullshit moves by this festival. Five years ago, 3-day passes were over $100 cheaper. They've steadily climbed since then. Then, the festival stopped selling single-day tickets. The advertising became more and more prevalent. The food has remained shit. The beers get more expensive each year, or so it seems. For a long time, they didn't allow in-and-outs (that's finally changed). The lineups got less eclectic and more "whatever's popular right now." Last year, I paid over 300 bucks per ticket, and the Bigfoot stage had horrible sound problems all weekend, sound problems that pretty much ruined a few sets for me. And it's a huge bummer because the Gorge remains one of the most beautiful venues on the planet, and Sasquatch used to be such a perfect event for it.
So yeah, I'm with you, I had some great years but in all likelihood I'm hanging up my Sasquatch hat. Also, I feel like I'm 40 years old when I go now. Which is weird.
Ha, yeah I did read it, but I also owned and listened to all of the albums I've referenced here back when they came out. But indeed, those titles were fresh in my memory from having read the Pitchfork thing a week or so ago.
Welp, agree to disagree I suppose. "The Man Who" is quite the snoozer for me - your criticism of Coldplay is basically how I feel about Travis. Keane, same deal. And I gotta figure there's a reason why we still talk about Coldplay and not about those bands.
I am with you on Muse, however. I like them, as ridiculous as they can be. So I guess we've got a little common ground there.
I couldn't disagree with this assessment more. For one, I see no commonalities whatsoever between Martin and Matthews' voices. Matthews tends to break into spells of sing-talking, he's got all of his weird tics, his voice is a bit rough around the edges, he goes for big dramatic wailing at certain points in his songs. Martin doesn't really do any of that; it's just smooth croon all the way. I can't help but feel like you're comparing the two only because you think they're both lame. It'd be like if I compared Rick Ross to will.i.am - yeah, I think they're both no talent ass-clowns, but that doesn't make their styles of rapping similar.
Secondly, you ever heard Travis' "The Man Who?" Ours' "Distorted Lullabies?" Turin Brakes "Ether Song?" And to a lesser extent, Doves' "Lost Souls?" To me, all of those Bends-era Radiohead-inspired albums are far, far duller than Coldplay's first two (apologies to Doves, because I do like that one). And of course, Coldplay has that immaculate, polished sound - I like to think of them as the quiet part of "Fake Plastic Trees," but not the loud part - but I simply can't accept the argument that a clean sound means there's nothing going on there in terms of dynamics or inspired arrangements. And more often than not, that's the (often veiled) argument that people bring to the table. Not "indie-sounding" enough, no distorted guitars, no weirdness, no crazy time signatures, no unexpected moments in the songs. Well, no shit, they're not Pavement.
I dunno, this criticism kind of reminds me of a spat I got into on this site a while back about Alt-J. A poster was making a very similar argument against "An Awesome Wave," basically saying it's nothing more than some uninspired, dentist's office type of easy listening crap. And I can't even fathom how someone would listen to that album and say that. I think a lot of people equate "pleasant" with "bad," and I guess what I'm saying is that I'm just not on board with that point of view.
Side note - I'm really only talking about the first two Coldplay albums here; I haven't listened to much of the later three and I will agree that I found the Mylo Xyloto singles to be pretty bad.
Even aside from the issue of Pono's cut, I'm just having a hard time imagining people paying 15-20 dollars for non-tangible albums, even if they of are higher quality than 320kpbs MP3s. Most people feel that 10 bucks on iTunes is too much - is there really a market for paying double that? Personally, if I'm spending over 5 bucks on music, it's vinyl.
The scrolling, tablet-friendly format that Pitchfork uses for their magazine-style articles nowadays - whatever those things are called - would be pretty awesome. Although, I understand that's probably fairly time-consuming and/or expensive to pull off. But damn, I've been pretty blown away by how awesome some of those Pitchfork articles look.
I've heard all but Schoolboy Q. I'd agree with you on that, but seriously, that Wild Beasts. As amazing as St. Vincent, IMO. Check it out.
This has been the one of the best weeks for releases that I can remember, like, ever. And I'm lumping Phantogram into the same group, too.
I remember hearing "Tightrope" on the radio here and there. But, you're probably right. For what it's worth, as someone who never listened to the album but was surely aware of its pop culture presence, I don't remember any songs off of "Songs In A Minor" other than "Falling."
Janelle Monae's "ArchAndroid?" I dunno, Alicia Keys' debut outsold it by about 6 million copies, but that was back when people actually bought CDs so it's hard to compare.
ArchAndroid was nominated for a Grammy, made just about every year-end top 10, and Obama name-dropped it. Not exactly a blip.
1) Free time ≠babysitting.
2) So let me get this straight: compared to the tens - hundreds? - of thousands of people out there who have kids and occasionally smoke pot, you blindly assume (that's right, blindly) that you'd be a more stable parent despite having threatened to kill yourself about 20 times in the past year? Congrats, that's the most ludicrous thing I've heard in a while.
Also, would you feel the same way about a parent who has a drink or two a couple of times per week? Granted, Abraham smoking more weed than Danny Brown isn't really in the same boat, but that's no longer what you're talking about, so it's a relevant question.
That's quite the creative interpretation of what I wrote, but I'll give you that "trollish" may not be the right word to use here. However, in any event (and despite the overblown sarcasm), I think you know what I mean - there's caustic opinions with some weight to them, and then there's simply tossing out an insult and running away without further explanation. The latter is Youtube comment section-caliber; it's the lowest form of online forum contribution. Middle school tactics.
And actually, now that I think about it, that is trollish. Nobody would do that without wanting to provoke a reaction.
Whoa, really? Can anyone provide links to those?
The only one I can recall is Robin (don't know his last name) from Fleet Foxes... at least I think that happened. Unless I'm misremembering a Reddit AMA or something.
Yeah, I just figured all that out after I wrote the comment. That's cool and all, but it doesn't make her comment any less useless to the conversation, especially the way she said it.
Pretty funny that someone noteworthy stopped by and made a troll-ish remark though.
Lots of energy. Definitely didn't mail anything in. Above-average performers, as far as musicianship goes. They had a bunch of huge drums (or, sure, distractions) on stage and there were numerous percussion-only parts to the show, which I thought was kinda cool. Stage setup was pretty neat-looking.
I don't know any of their songs other than "Radioactive," which I'm fairly ambivalent toward, but I wouldn't say that the other ones I heard were garbage. Not the best thing I've ever heard, but not the worst. Then again, I was about 12 beers deep at the time so I was pretty receptive to enjoying most things in general. I pretty much just watched them for a little bit while I ate a burrito, then I moved on.
Glad to see Stereogum users are still giving downvotes for opinions contrary to the popular one! Never change.
I will say this about Imagine Dragons. Saw about half of their set at a festival last summer, where they were the odd band out on the bill as far as their fanbase and appeal goes. Surprisingly, I ended up enjoying it... they were really good live.
But like most of the world, "Radioactive" is pretty much just background noise to me at this point.
Pretty good choice for bawl so hard Kozelek songs. I personally would go w/ the 10" version of Duk Koo Kim - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG6oyaEAQzs.
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