I really don't dig this at all. But I also really don't like pop music, which appears to be the direction Stereogum has taken. Different directions, I suppose.
These guys were a bunch of bratty fucks at Pitchfork Fest this weekend. The onstage tension was less embarrassing than their general stage presence and banter. Even their musical performance seemed less than sincere. Dunno yet if the show ruined my ability to enjoy their last album.
The Tribune's review pretty much nailed it:
"Clad in thin paisley trousers, the wiry France embraces the role of Jim Morrison, replicating many of the latter's juvenile look-at-me antics and inane banter. He strives to convey elements of weirdness and humor, the equivalent of the kid in class that will stop at nothing to get attention and draw laughs. Yet France's cartoonish behavior is about as authentic as Foxygen's originality. "
I hope this isn't a double post.
I agree, I have a feeling if this is what the Stokes' last album sounded like, people would have been pretty happy.
That being said, when a band releases music as unbearable as "Only by the night," it's pretty much impossible to unhear it during each subsequent release.
I agree. Pretty sure if this is what the Strokes' new album sounded like, people would have been pretty happy.
That being said, when a band releases music as unbearable as "Only by the night," it's pretty much impossible to unhear it in everything the band does subsequently.
I guess I vote "Black Skinhead" because I really don't like the rest of this shit.
"Diane Young" is not going to age well. It sounded dated the day it was released. Cool voice modulations!
I could keep going but no one gives a fuck.
I did listen, my comment is a rhetorical question. I don't think he's much different than before, maybe a little less predictable in his rhyme patterns, but not enough of a change to justify this reverse in opinion. The only real change I see is the right people now think he is good, so now he is "good." I don't think he was the worst to begin with, just sort of boring and harmless frat rap.
Is Mac Miller really any different than he was before, or is it just that now he has the implicit endorsement of "good/cool" emcees who are appearing on his tracks?
Sorry for the minority opinion here, but that new Daft Punk album is a pile of fucking cheese. When I'm not grimacing, I'm trying not to laugh, especially at the "serious" moments. It takes all the cocaine out of disco and replaces it with umbrella straws. Destroyer tried to get this whole yacht rock party going two years ago and I'm still not buying it.
This is all I want right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R44Qh2P7wo0
Thee Oh Sees, The Men, Milk Music and Chance the Rapper prolly top my list right now.
I always really really liked "Get Innocuous," dunno if it beats anything on this list for me, maybe "You Wanted a Hit."
Also I can't adequately express how fucking happy I am this isn't a slide show.
The worst part of Evil Urges is not Highly Suspicious, it's the terrible soft rock detour in the middle of the record, as the writer of this article states. You are setting up a straw man argument.
yeah that was rough. That was probably the last song from this album they should have picked to play on national television. He can't really sing it in the octave he wrote it in, except for maybe after several takes and lots of straining in the studio. This song has fallen flat every time I've seen them play it live.
Why is Tom trying so extra hard to be nice about this performance? We all love Japandroids regardless.
I think you're right, but even if he was talking about distribution, I'm not sure how pop stars were "way ahead of the so-called “serious” artists that are supposed to lead the way in creativity.”
If anything, my initial point is exactly the same when you talk about distribution, the pop stars and their corporations finally figured out how to use the internet just like the indie bands have for 10+ years.
"Meanwhile, popular music, at least in terms of distribution on the social web, is way ahead of the so-called “serious” artists that are supposed to lead the way in creativity."
Give me a break. Show me one major label pop hit from the last year that wasn't a warmed-over, simplified version of something more interesting from than a year or more ago or more.
Everyone on the internet feels like they have to have a strong opinion about everything, because everything is available. But most things in life are not love-it or hate-it, despite what people try to forcibly claim, constantly. How about this: I don't really like Mumford and Sons, but they're not the worst thing ever. In fact, you could do a lot worse on mainstream radio. Still, I love Frere-Jones casual description of them as "vest-fetishists." Makes me lol evrytime.
I think everyone is mistaking the words "not good" for "inaccessible."
There's nothing inaccessible about this. The beat sounds like re-heated synth modulations from "Time for The Percolator" or any other house jam from forever ago. The vocals are terrible, and the lyrics make me cringe. There is going to be a lot of rationalization and self-deception among previous Knife fans when this LP drops, if this song is any indication.
i love Japandroids and "Celebration Rock," but I can't be the only one a little concerned that it only really had six new songs on it, right? As we know "Younger Us" was from 2010 and "For the Love of Ivy" is a cover.
I like brevity, especially in music similar to Japandroids, but is Brian running out of songs and/or ideas? In three years he was essentially only capable of seven album-worthy songs. Will this band even put out another record at this pace?
super happy to see Parquet Courts on here, prolly the best of the year IMO; and Nude Beach, top ten for me
.. but get the fuck out of here Taylor Swift
I can't believe it, but I actually kind of dig this. I agree with Tom and the commenters, this shit is just plain likable. Beats the pants off of Channel Orange. If you're going to make pop/r'n'b, just go ahead and make it, and give it a beat and strong melodies like Solange does. No need to fuss around.
“over-praised”-Every hipster’s favorite way of saying of “I don’t seem to like this as much as everyone else and I can’t figure out why”
You might disagree with my reasons, but I know exactly why I don't like it, as stated above. Nice use of "hipster," btw, it really stings.
The album is a pile over over-sung rambles that more often that not lacks strong melodies.
And banal does not mean "details in each song are there for their own sake and nothing else."
Banal means boring and unoriginal.
Bitter because I don't like a ridiculously over-praised record? Channel Orange is the result of someone who learned all the worst lessons from Stevie Wonder's schlockiest songs and then confused observational lyricism for banal specificity. The album is bloated and aimless.
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