like, they wrote this thing too about the "worst hipster bands" which was basically a list of the 20 most famous indie rock acts in america.
http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/08/23/the-20-worst-hipster-bands-the-complete-list
― Treeship, Sunday, 20 July 2014 06:35 (nine years ago) link
so their music section is basically old-ilx, except someone's getting paid for writing it?
― Kiss Screaming Seagull Her Seagull Her (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 20 July 2014 07:10 (nine years ago) link
Phil Spector?!
― campreverb, Sunday, 20 July 2014 13:49 (nine years ago) link
basically xp
― Treeship, Sunday, 20 July 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
C'mon, those olde-ilx discussions were much more interesting than this drivel.
― I Need Andmoreagain (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 July 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
[Editor's note: The Weekly staff is divided on Pink; for an argument in favor of his genius see our recent feature story. For the opposite opinion keep reading.]
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Sunday, 20 July 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
I love that the case for Fogerty's douchiness hinges on him not accepting the "standard music rip-off deal" with grace and good humor.
Come on, John, it's just the standard deal! You know, the kind where you get ripped off! What's the big deal? Lighten up!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 20 July 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/move-over-rihanna-a-new-generation-of-female-rb-singers-are-taking-the-lead-9615001.html
― ey, Sunday, 20 July 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link
yes all female r&b singers are locked in a battle with one another.
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Monday, 21 July 2014 02:45 (nine years ago) link
there can only be one. too bad riri, you had a nice run.
From the Arts Desk review of Latitude:
From the sublime to the ridiculous, we stopped by Norma Jean Martine, a bluesy pop singer with soaring vocals and a warm, husky sound, before nipping in to catch some of the Swedish psychedelia that is Goat. They are everything that far-out festival fun should be - golden sequined kaftans, barefoot stomping, elaborate face masks, head dresses and costumed guitarists that could spawn their very own subculture. Would I want to go away and download these tracks? Probably not, but I sure as heck enjoyed getting down and cutting a rug to their experimental psychedelic beats.
― Unsettled defender (ithappens), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:24 (nine years ago) link
More from that Arts Desk review:
The American sisterly trio treated audiences to an array of musicality in their thunderingly original sound, almost as impressive as Este's range of terrifying faces as she went hard at her guitar (pictured, above right). If she's the personality in the band, middle sister Danielle is the serious, musically accomplished one while the "babyest of baby sisters" Alana, gets the percussion going as well as adding to the group's outstanding vocals. Cutting through the emotional BS (as she calls it) Este demands that the crowd get on each others' shoulders - most are too frightened to ignore her insistence, but they are rewarded with an invite into Haim's metaphorical home to jam with them and shake their "asses and titties" so hard that at least one of them sheds a tear. The audience try pretty hard. Haim let rip with an emotional honesty that was raw, endearing and impressive - maybe because as the last stop on their 2014 tour they gave all that they could. They certainly proved their worth and showed how they occupy an important space as a serious female rock band that can be enjoyed by a pop audience. They are the antithesis of Lily Allen, representing non-manufactured pop that can spring from Indie roots to get ahead on the strength of their individuality. They can shred and headbang with the best of them while we sing along to their radio-friendly hits like "If I Could Change Your Mind" and "The Wire", and party as hard as they want us to.
― Unsettled defender (ithappens), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:26 (nine years ago) link
Man why would you cut Goat's rug? That's what they sleep on!
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:26 (nine years ago) link
"the ____ that is ____" is always a terrible construction even when done better than it is there
― wins, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
I sure as heck enjoyed getting down and cutting a rug to their experimental psychedelic beats
Worth repeating and marvelling at
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
they are rewarded with an invite into Haim's metaphorical home to jam with them and shake their "asses and titties" so hard that at least one of them sheds a tear
dying of lols
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
it's like HAIM fan-fic
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:35 (nine years ago) link
I'm just imagining Haim on stage shouting "DANCE! DANCE UNTIL YOU CRY!"
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
i dont want to be around anyone whose titties are crying, let alone their asses
― Everyone is awful except you. Wait, no, you are also awful. (jjjusten), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
why would you choose this thread of all places to take a stand about public breastfeeding? neither the time nor the place. smh @ u.
― ian, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
this is a good thread to take a stand on public buttfeeding, tho
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
straight from the asshole of the critic to the mouths of the music-loving public
― ian, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
wait, rewind for a second...sorry, I've been out in the woods for a few days. from that clip about the Ram show:
"sans-baby-faced individuals"
what in the world does this mean? does this mean...older people?
― alpine static, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 06:04 (nine years ago) link
it means the author is trying too hard
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 14:53 (nine years ago) link
honestly, that thing (Ram show) is the kind of terrible writing I read a lot of in the alt-weekly and student publications where I live. twisting, turning sentences, grand proclamations presumably to make the subject sound important, lots of hot thesaurus.com action, shit that just doesn't fit together well. and stuff like this:
"At risk of listing off the individuals on stage and their respective contributions, or overemphasizing any single person’s contributions, the set was extremely cohesive."
what
― alpine static, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
hahahaha
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
i think they mean it was more than the sum of its parts?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link
"At risk of listing off the individuals on stage and their respective contributions, or overemphasizing any single person’s contributions, the drapes were purple."
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
― ey, Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:23 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
so glad someone posted this in here
one of the worst writers (with the worst taste to boot) around rn
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
They are recognisable by their soft vocals, an alternative to the brash singing and hyper-sexualised style of Rihanna and Beyoncé, yet their music is deceptively tough, even harsh. Or it can be gossamer and strange, putting the “ether” into Aretha.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
literally every strawman of the indie-r&b fan who can't stand any other r&b
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
shouldn't that be "etha"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
Putting the OSHA into Ke$ha
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Sufjan Grafton types his articles with the fingers on both hands, putting the "les paul" into Pau1 L3ster
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
how is posing nude with a georgia o'keefe flower 'rejecting explicit sexuality' btw, like has this guy just never seen a vagina
― maura, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
he's putting the eureka in urethra
― Evan, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
have to wonder how comfortable Kelela feels about being edited into sounding like she's intent on throwing shade at B and Riri
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
maybe that was her intent, maybe not, but she's hardly at risk of eclipsing either one of them any time soon
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
Throwing the shade in Sade.
― cwkiii, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
"“There’s a generation out there who don’t have that many role models who aren’t using their bodies."
ARE BRAINS IN VATS SETTING BAD EXAMPLES FOR TODAY'S GIRLS
― katherine, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link
PL has always been very pleasant when we have communicated and I do think he has a genuine excitement about r&b, rap and pop music. Quite how he manages to maintain that excitement while disliking 99 per cent of what makes r&b, rap and pop functionally different from indie rock has always been a mystery though.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
real life lol @ "brains in vats"
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
BRAINS IN VATS:
http://comicsalliance.com/march-modok-madness/
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
larf
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/75/75f0b2c7a64ca65b679dbe16b140aab6043d04f59eea1ae0db3f22a5630472a7.jpg
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
http://thirdculturecafe.com/2014/02/24/crackles-last-stand-by-david-a-singh-2/
― Evan, Friday, 25 July 2014 13:04 (nine years ago) link
Behind the cramped counter made for two, but manned by four, was always Amanda who would immediately reach for a pile of records stashed below as soon as she saw me. What then took place was purely non-verbal with her pointing to the pile, which meant, “Some new stuff in this week – I saved the good ones for you”, and me nodding and pointing to the shelves which meant, “No problems babe – let me just have a gander first”.
― Evan, Friday, 25 July 2014 13:06 (nine years ago) link
I have no intention of ever buying a turntable again – been there done that and I know it’s over. I live a stone’s throw from an Indie record store in Geneva. I never go inside – I don’t even stop. Like every fighter I know when to hang up my gloves. The future has never been clearer.
― Evan, Friday, 25 July 2014 13:07 (nine years ago) link
“No problems babe – let me just have a gander first”
― Barry Gordy (Neil S), Friday, 25 July 2014 13:11 (nine years ago) link
...Amanda
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Friday, 25 July 2014 13:13 (nine years ago) link