I’ve bought music by CHVRCHES but not Linkin Park, so there’s my commentary on Mike Shinoda’s music.

Really great to see Ariana Grande #BreakFree and that’s all I got.

Didn’t this guy’s band ride the wave of rap-metal that was big in the early aughts? They were part of a deluge, too, they just survived it.

Do you guys want a new poll w/ just your 10 highest voted suggestions? Real Estate, Spoon, Mac DeMarco, etc? We can scrap the old one and start fresh…

Well at least the comedy is over now, no more “we hate mainstream/majors but we do a clip produced by MTV and get a contract with Epic records”, no more “Let’s put out a mixtape with a dick on the cover to get some media coverage and piss off our label”, no more “let’s make people watch a fake show with no one on stage when they payed to see us”, and “let’s cancel our tour cause fuck this we don’t owe anyone anything”.
I’m pretty sure even though they disrespected their fans until the end, those fans are gonna clap and buy into the whole “oh it’s an art project so it all makes sense for us to be treated like morons”.

Surprised this break-up note wasn’t scrawled on a penis.

I love this song, but Washed Out’s “Feel It All Around” is the eternal summer jam. 2009 4 eva <3

Linkin Park is metal for high school kids. They are Disney metal.

RIP Death Grips.

In lieu of flowers, please send pictures of your penis.

Seems like all the greats break up via napkin announcement. There’s Death Grips, my seventh grade girlfriend and I, uh… well that’s about it, but still, it’s a powerful medium.

but, but, but, but this song sucks and isn’t summery and and and and and just make it the plainly obvious choice – Real Estate – Talking Backwards.

-8???

I mean, to be fair, Chvrches, Haim and Vampire Weekend is fucking Disney music.

feel good, inc. is #1. come on people, don’t over think it.

Agreed. This whole album is so damn boring. It’s a terrible choice for SOTS.

Saying she broke up the Beatles is a shortcut to thinking. It’s been said a million times before that they were just plain sick of each other. Hell, watch the “Let It Be” documentary and tell me that they didn’t loathe each other…that atmosphere was toxic.

Is it cool that Yoko is able to perform at the age of 81? Yes.

Does her voice make me want to jab railroad spikes into kittens? Yes.

I “get” what she’s been doing, but I can’t get into it. For me, “Don’t Worry Kyoko” sounds like it was written after Yoko heard “Trout Mask Replica” and said “Oh shit, I’m not weird enough…”

i remember when the “new wave” bands starting showing up on classic rock stations. And that freaked me out. That’s when I decided it’s a 20 year thing. If it’s 20 years old and still on the radio (or whatever format you want to pick) it’s classic rock.

I like this topic because I’m 48 and I cannot believe how many of my friends are still locked into 1990-1995. Nirvana and Pearl Jam are now classic rock. Deal with it. (and maybe move on……)

Also, there is no “magical era” for music. There’s great crap and horrible crap from every era. But this much is for damn sure….ask somebody the following two questions and you will get the same two answers….

Q “When was the best music made?
A “When i was 16-24 years old”

Q “When did all the new music start to suck?”
A “When I was 24-28 years old”

PS – I LOVED Pearl Jam and Nirvana. Just like I now love Grimes and Washed Out. Cuz I’m never giving up checking out new music. And on some level I’ll always be a kid. And that’s awesome.

Hopefully this is the silver lining Kliph needs to move on.

This is them trying to get us “off their backs?” It’s like they failed at being disappointing.

Jack White’s gonna be pissed about this one

It’s funny you say that! There was absolutely zero condescension intended, although I worried maybe I came off a little too pithy. To be clear, I both was and am a fan of the albums you mentioned, and I actually like this song a lot, but I couldn’t find much to say about it that was more insightful than, “It sounds like Interpol.” I mean that as a compliment! This is a good song, and if the rest of the album is this good, El Pintor will probably be the third best Interpol album. But that’s basically definitely its ceiling, right? Honestly, this song doesn’t suggest to me that the band’s best days are ahead of them. Also, FWIW, I loved “The Heinrich Maneuver” when that song came out, and I couldn’t wait for Our Love To Admire, and that album was a total letdown, so I’m inclined to approach this one with cautious optimism. But I am optimistic, and I’d be much happier if Interpol were to release a great album that makes my pithiness here look shortsighted than a mediocre (or bad) album that makes my pithiness look prescient.

AZEALIA AND PAUL RELEASE COVER ART OF NEW ALBUM: BANKS OF AMERICA.
Oct 15th ’14 by Tom Breihan @ 4:27pm

NO MAC DEMARCO??

This just doesn’t feel like a healthy friendship. Nor a good film.

I used to be like, “Eh, this band hasn’t done anything good in a long time but you have to respect their commitment to every hokey art school freshman idea that pops into their heads.”

But you know what? I was wrong. You really, really don’t have to respect it.

Yikes! I’ve never done drugs and after seen this video I think it is safe to say that I never will.

I don’t know if there was anything “funny” about this story. But allow me to summarize for anyone who doesn’t want to read a novel.
This dude heard something for free and liked it. Then bought tickets to see the band, but got buyers remorse and nervously avoided paying for the album, then got to the venue and waited again to purchase because why look like one of those guys carrying around an album at a show. then the band didn’t sound amazing, so again – saved from buying the album. As luck would have it – he never paid for any music, but he wishes he hand’t paid for the show because it was no good.
long story short: never take advice from the cute girl at work as to what to listen to because you’ll end up dragging your wife to a show that she hates while you try to look cool, but ultimately get bummed when you don’t see the girl from work – who you’d hoped would give you a congratulatory handjob in the breakroom in exchange for your ticket stubb, but meanwhile now you can’t even jerk off at home because your wife wants to punch your ears off for making her listen to A Sunny Day in Glasgow when she wanted to watch True Blood and listen to Ellie Goulding.
Long Story Super Short: Never commit to buying any music because there’s always going to be a better place to spend your money when the internet offers countless places to stream for free or little money – also, fuck that cute girl in accounting with the bullshit taste in music and the asshole boyfriend with the cool beard i hate that guy and uuuggghh!!!

I think you have severe problems if you can’t appreciate avant garde art & music from the 60s and 70s.

Great performance… was the SXSW comment relevant or necessary? “I saw a band years ago and at a ludicrous music festival and they seemed tired so this television appearance surprised me.”

Cool story bro.

Interpol and Franz Ferdinand need to stop and……just stop

I’m kind of creeped out, because this is how most of my Pearl Jam fan faction pieces end.