Unlike most articles, please read the comments. It's hundreds of hipsters trying to think of ways to say, "Nuh-uh! YOU suck!"
I also have to say that I totally agree with this comment about Death Cab for Cutie: "Death Cab sounds like what would happen if you stripped Weezer of their power chords and sense of humor."
Seems they just picked the 20 most popular bands that they've heard some 'hipsters' have somewhat praised and decided to shit all over them. Bon Iver, #1, is the only one I agree with. There's a number of bands I'm not familiar with, but the ones that I am were lazily described with cute little cynical soundbites.
I've heard of maybe three of these bands. No wait, six:
Black Keys ("Lonely Boy" rocks my socks) Pomplamoose (yes, I did look them up after those annoying Hyundai Christmas commercials) Bon Iver (only because they won a Grammy) Death Cab For Cutie Fun. (I like the grand total of two songs I've heard from them) Arcade Fire (See Bon Iver above)
I guess I like "hipster music", although I think of it as alt rock.
I really like a lot of Death Cab stuff (Dyl even proposed while a Death Cab song was playing. Awwww) Others that I either like or love that made the list: Black Keys Fun. The Decemberists (LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE - got to see them in concert) Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros The Airborne Toxic Event Bright Eyes Arcade Fire
Basically, I think this guy just wants to sound cool by bashing popular music. "Oh look how awesome I am! I am way too cool for popular music!"
The new Fun. song is catchy, but man, it makes me think they take themselves way too seriously. Especially for a band called Fun. Half the lyrics don't make sense and the other half are just way too much.
It reminds me, also, of an NPR story I heard talking about the Ke$ha song Tik Tok, and how it was completely engineered to be a hit song. Not a good song, mind you. Just a hit song.
The new Fun. song is catchy, but man, it makes me think they take themselves way too seriously. Especially for a band called Fun. Half the lyrics don't make sense and the other half are just way too much.
It reminds me, also, of an NPR story I heard talking about the Ke$ha song Tik Tok, and how it was completely engineered to be a hit song. Not a good song, mind you. Just a hit song.
Eh, they are kind of awesome. Some of their stuff is just OK, but I really like most of it. And I love that they have given proceeds from the sale of a specific shrit to GBLT causes, and have been very outspoken as allies.
I guess I like "hipster music", although I think of it as alt rock.
I really like a lot of Death Cab stuff (Dyl even proposed while a Death Cab song was playing. Awwww) Others that I either like or love that made the list: Black Keys Fun. The Decemberists (LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE - got to see them in concert) Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros The Airborne Toxic Event Bright Eyes Arcade Fire
Basically, I think this guy just wants to sound cool by bashing popular music. "Oh look how awesome I am! I am way too cool for popular music!"
I like some of those. I think my husband has a thing for hipster music, because Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are his new favorite band. He's a painfully uncool 38 year old, so someone should tell him this.
I'm pretty sure I like the Decemberists, but I'm also pretty sure I confuse them with Belle and Sebastian.
I guess I like "hipster music", although I think of it as alt rock.
I really like a lot of Death Cab stuff (Dyl even proposed while a Death Cab song was playing. Awwww) Others that I either like or love that made the list: Black Keys Fun. The Decemberists (LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE - got to see them in concert) Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros The Airborne Toxic Event Bright Eyes Arcade Fire
Basically, I think this guy just wants to sound cool by bashing popular music. "Oh look how awesome I am! I am way too cool for popular music!"
Ironically, that makes him the quintessential hipster.
Just because a lot of idiots like something, doesn't mean that something is bad.
I like Bon Iver, and Death Cab. Bright Eyes is hit and miss, and Arcade Fire is too. I haven't heard music from the rest of them. But on the whole, hating on music is such a pointless thing to do. I don't like Metallica, but if you do, go on with your bad self. Whatever makes you feel what you want to feel, really.
But on the whole, hating on music is such a pointless thing to do. I don't like Metallica, but if you do, go on with your bad self. Whatever makes you feel what you want to feel, really.
Completely agree. I'm a HUGE music fan. There is SO MUCH good stuff out there. I always feel woefully behind and like I can't keep up with my other music fan friends. I don't want to waste my energy thinking - let alone writing 20 paragraphs - about bands I don't like. I'd much rather see a column about underrated bands to check out.
I love the Black Keys, and I have a soft spot for fun. THe song Some Nights is super catchy. I had never heard of Sleigh Bells until they opened for Hot Chip (who I adore)... OMG they were awful. They might be good recorded, but their idea of playing live is sticking up a giant wall of speakers and blasting your ear drums out while the lead singer screams at you. We got better seats because the pavilion didn't sell out, and we actually fled to the lawn seats to try and preserve our hearing.
Post by lyssbobiss, Command, B613 on Aug 28, 2012 18:35:35 GMT -5
I love Fun. The new song sounds like Queen. Except I can't stop thinking about Tracey Chapman when that guy sings. I haven't read the whole list but if Band of Horses shows up I will be PISSED. The rest of them I won't get offended over. Maybe.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
Post by earlgreyhot on Aug 28, 2012 19:03:14 GMT -5
This is a stupid list. They put all "hipster bands" on a whiteboard and played "eni-meeni-miny-mo" to make this list. I mean, how else do you explain Arcade Fire being on the list instead of Vampire Weekend???
He's a wailing vagina! I mean, I love me some vagina. But I don't wanna hear them.
This makes me sad lol. But to be clear, I absolutely love 3 of his tracks - Holocene, Re:Stacks and the other one that I can never remember the name of. The rest all blur into...ummm....wailing vagina? lol
But on the whole, hating on music is such a pointless thing to do. I don't like Metallica, but if you do, go on with your bad self. Whatever makes you feel what you want to feel, really.
This x1000. I do not understand criticizing musical preferences.
Well, except for maybe Taylor Swift.
mmm, I think I heard that NPR story about Tik Tok. Was that the one where they talked about the fact that the song is about absolutely nothing?
But on the whole, hating on music is such a pointless thing to do. I don't like Metallica, but if you do, go on with your bad self. Whatever makes you feel what you want to feel, really.
This x1000. I do not understand criticizing musical preferences.
Well, except for maybe Taylor Swift.
mmm, I think I heard that NPR story about Tik Tok. Was that the one where they talked about the fact that the song is about absolutely nothing?
Oh, it's a very hipster thing to do.
"Oh, [insert successful "indie" band] is just a blatant copy of Fugazi (or whatever), if you had taste you'd know about [insert obsure band here]."
This is a stupid list. They put all "hipster bands" on a whiteboard and played "eni-meeni-miny-mo" to make this list. I mean, how else do you explain Arcade Fire being on the list instead of Vampire Weekend???
This is a stupid list. They put all "hipster bands" on a whiteboard and played "eni-meeni-miny-mo" to make this list. I mean, how else do you explain Arcade Fire being on the list instead of Vampire Weekend???
Decemberists do suck, no argument there.
One of my friends said the same thing about Vampire Weekend not making it!
This is a stupid list. They put all "hipster bands" on a whiteboard and played "eni-meeni-miny-mo" to make this list. I mean, how else do you explain Arcade Fire being on the list instead of Vampire Weekend???
Decemberists do suck, no argument there.
You are dead to me.
I know they are popular, my DH loves them. I have really tried to like them.
Also, MGMT is on my Pandora right now and I loves it.