Saw him in both Burlington and Montreal. Absolutely impeccable; the concerts made me feel 15 again. :')
Too bad that he recently confessed to not wanting to record again but ya know, it's his prerogative and why taint the legacy of Neutral Milk Hotel?
"ZERO originality and completely inaccessible – do you really think anyone can listen to it? You can’t give an album a 5 out of 5 when its so vulgar that people of all ages can’t enjoy it."
I have no words.
Oh, I like those artists (except maybe Cuit Copy; not familiar with Edwards) but yeah, I meant that those names alone would not be a big enough draw to prompt some grump like me to pay the inevitably costly ticket price.
For “hip-oisie” groups, a lot of those mentioned artists are making challenging and genre-bending music that legit wusses (i.e. fans of pop-punk or Owl City) could never tolerate.
wth
It disturbs me that the new Animal Collective material that premiered two months ago got more flak and immature comments than a new Coldplay single.
That said, the only truly offensive parts of the song are its heavy repetition and its name. Out of all the junk that plays through my store's speakers when I do my part-time work, Coldplay produces the most tolerably bubblegum and for that I thank them.
Saying “young black people” was meant to be sarcastic, hence why I later typed "inner-city American teens".
The interviewees heard of the Beatles and therefore knew that they are "landmark figures" but the band is not necessarily probable subjects for History class. Not all youths study music as thoroughly as you probably think they should.
Only about two years ago, the Facebook network for my old high-school had a tally of what were the favorite bands/artists/genres among all the students who had an account. Guess who was #1?
What that tally represented was a demographic within a demographic (upper-middle-class Canadian teens) and the video of this article does the same thing (inner-city American teens). A lot of the responses from those "young black people" were pretty honest and innocent and if someone were to quiz my former high-school peers about country or even hip-hop culture, the results would probably be spotty and equally embarrassing.
On another note, you should take into consideration how much footage was left out of that final version of "Beatles Fan Club 2011". As if nobody from those school-grounds have heard of Lennon or "Here Comes the Sun"...
Let me paraphrase W.C. Fields to try to summarize the Odd Future mentality: "I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally."
Tyler's grumpiness and sadism is no more genuine than that of any other attention-deficient young man but if rhyming 'Columbine' with 'Adventure Time' is any indication, he is a tongue-in-cheek showman who can appeal to wider audience because of his ambiguous character. Would you have something against Carroll'o'Connor for playing a bigot on television?
And music had taken "this turn" around the time that you were probably born and even then, there are plenty of dull-ass middlebrow artists that Stereogum spotlights elsewhere who might be able to pamper to your needs.
Animal Collective (sans Geo) back in high school...
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And then here's the band's 1997 incarnation (as the Pavement-ripoff "Automine")...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf6eflDpxpA
And some early concert footage from 2001...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGIsIlL07Kg
You know what I am going to do? I'm gonna give a negative vote to each comment that expresses discontent towards an artist/band that I happen to enjoy more than others. Not that unenthusiastic feedback is illogical; it's just that my close-minded, sensitive self gets ticked off by simplistic, potentially disagreeable feedback overclouding the simplistic, potentially disagreeable feedback that I agree with the most.
That's the art of comment-sections. And back on topic, the song is (harmless) tripe.
Do you honestly believe that OFWGKTA are as much of a novelty act as Die Antwoord? Compare the lyrics and artistic bravado of Tyler the Creator's (19 y.o.) recorded material with that of Ninja (nearly 40 y.o.) and tell me that you don't pose a false analogy.
These boys from Odd Future are still quite young and their buzz is centered around an already flourishing cult-following, which was hardly the case for Antwoord (who now seem like a dated cyber-meme). If you really do want to make pompous and snarky presumptions about the blossoming career of a few teenagers then at least wait until after Goblin's release.
Sonic Boom's production will make the songs quite different from what they were as singles (judging from the amateur research that I've conducted). Regardless of how much YOU dig Panda's 2010 releases, there is still a slight chance that the final LP will be a miscalculated mess.
I personally love some of the bootlegs that I've heard from Noah's more recent shows but it's not as if folks are going head-over-heels for what he has released thus far. Like, out of all the singles and b-sides that the man has shared since last year, only "Slow Motion" was placed in P4K's list of top tracks of the year. Also, reviews for Panda's recent concerts have been mixed at best and even some of his stronger fanbase (i.e. internet forums) have been unusually picky over those Tomboy singles.
Therefore, my silly prediction is not disproved. So...ha!
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