Wait a second, those artists are "objectively" terrible? One thing I WON'T miss is people like you dogmatically acting like the only good records are the ones that middle-aged, white, male rock critics like.
You could write this article about any week in popular music since the beginning of recorded music.
Here, I re-wrote this article for 1995:
"(No Doubt)’s debut (Tragic Kingdom), out this week, makes the case that the monogenre doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Their music ties together so many different sounds and styles — (third wave punk and ska); (new wave pop)” (Tejano flavored guitars); (post-grunge distortion); but you can’t see the seams. The band also pulls off the time-honored trick of coming off like a neat and tidy pop group on record while wilding out rock ‘n’ roll style in concert. (Tragic Kingdom) is distinctly retro yet undeniably modern. Like the best pop musicians, (No Doubt) is easy to enjoy but impossible to pin down."
Nothing new is happening here. Genres converge all the time.
- Rock music happened because rhythm and blues mixed with gospel and elements of country/folk music.
- Hip Hop happened when folk poets and jamaican style toasting melded with funk and disco breaks.
- House music melded hip-hop, italian disco, Kraftwerk, etc.
Were those all instances of "kids today don't have genre filters" or just a continuation of musical history that's been happening since the beginning of human culture?
Robin Thicke is still coasting off the goodwill that came from having one of the best genuinely great songs of the year. This song and video are meh, but it feels like an event because Thicke is on a hot streak.
Part of me thinks it would have been better without the effect, if they had spent more time building this elaborate Louis XIV world starring Dizzee. Pretty cool video but anything would look cool played on top of this song. Dizzee's best in a while.
Wait a second, these guys haven't even been around for a full decade. We already have to start giving them career retrospectives?
This just further serves my hunch that indie rock is officially no longer an actual genre and that stereogum mainly serves as a reminder of the glory days (2003-2008?). There's nothing new to talk about, and now it's just an endless rehash of everyone's old favorites. This site is basically just helping build a cannon that can one day be turned into a classic rock playlist for whatever type of radio we're listening to in 2018.
ugh was not.
Oracular was a pop masterpiece with carefully constructed songs and amazing melodies. Congratulations was the sound of a band aping a bunch of hipper influences and forgetting to write songs in the process. If it weren't for the popularity of Oracular, Congratulations would have sold 7,000 copies on an indie label and vanished.
Their whole anti-pop attitude is so annoying and outdated. No one would still be paying attention to them if it hadn't been for the pop hits on Oracular Spectacular, which was the best music they ever made anyway.
Those were some of the biggest bands in the world in the 00's and their records were really well produced. Is not different than kanye working with 30 seconds to mars or skrillex, just a product of the times.
no, he's right. nothing much happens. i fast forwarded to the end to make sure. waayyyyy too many indie rock videos this year are just a dude wandering around aimlessly. spike jonze, come save us!
Screw silly white person guilt. Why should she turn down money for appearing in a commercial for a product that everyone uses anyway? She rode around in disgusting vans for a decade so hipsters could use her as a symbol of their authenticity- she's earned the right to finally make some money.
After hearing this 10 times, I've come to this conclusion: it's basically a perfect companion piece to Suit and Tie. Not a bad song, but it's retro music pastiche that isn't as interesting as the artist's previous work.
Azealia Banks is way more interesting as an brand image than an actual artist. Interscope has let her release dozens of failed singles in the last year hoping something will catch and I have a feeling this one will suffer the same fate. She gets an inordinate amount of press coverage because she looks like a model but she's amounted to the biggest overhyped dud of the early decade.
it's 2013, are there any bespectacled folk in cardigans left? Anyone who still acts like there's something shameful about enjoying pop music sounds like a dinosaur these days.
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