i mean, whatever it's not shocking that since "indie rock" is big-business/cultural movement now that the think most marketable to middle america is the safe/tame/cuteypoo parts and not Pissed Jeans.
i mean if Garden State/Juno/Arcade Fire was "modern indie's" "nirvana moment" on whatever microcosmic level which means SNL and car commercials 6 years later, we're already at the nickelback/creed stage of thangs.
― our man flint flo$$y (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
like i definitely hate the "i heard Cat Power and i think i'm just gonna kinda ride that out instead of ever trying to really sing" type singing and it is kind of indie but it's funny how people watch a couple wearing christmas sweaters and singing jingle bells and go "ugh HIPSTERS"
― hann am0n tana (some dude), Sunday, January 2, 2011 8:42 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i dunno this seems p twee to me
― ich bin ein ilxor (deej), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
i mean these people are hipsters like nickelback are grunge-rockers, which is basically just proof of what little/if any weight that term/movement is going to carry in 2011 and 2012
― our man flint flo$$y (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
more accurately:
these people are "hipsters" like stone temple pilots was "alternative"
Toy pianos and xylophones add to tweeness.
― Rotating & Blunders (MintIce), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
what little/if any weight that term/movement is going to carry in 2011 and 2012
this is what we have carles for
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
i'm sure the oppressive irony/sarcasm of the 70s/80s babies
grown into Gawker-readind snarko A-dults caused this backlash of SUPER SINCERE peter pan adobe slab nostLOLgiawave like Neon Cassette Teen Beach bands AND ALSO this cuet twee ellen page burgerphone music from kids young enough to see Max Keeble make his Big Moves.
so honestly we have no one to blame but oursleves
― our man flint flo$$y (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
So is this girl's Cat Power-style singing the female version of Wayne Coyne/Jonathan Donahue/Daniel Johnston guy-with-cracked-voice singing?
And this whole debate is sort of funny because it's another case of ILX-types thinking a trend was dead or dying years ago (in this case the twee aesthetic et al) and now seeing that it's far from it.
― Cunga, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
weve covered this in depth on ilnfl btw
― ice cr?m, Sunday, January 2, 2011 9:30 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
we've invected against this at ilh too
― dayo, Sunday, January 2, 2011 9:39 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yes actually more on ilh but both places - sports fans for whatever reason have been non stop tortured w/these fucks for the last 60 days - girl is p hot tho
― ice cr?m, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
And whiney: I thought you were exaggerating or really scraping the bottom of the barrel last year for those post-anco band names, but then as the year continued I would hear people talk about "Universal Studios, FL." Seeing Pwin Teaks on a music site was the turning point.
― Cunga, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
btw they have been youtube sensations for at least a couple years
― ice cr?m, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
Whiney do you ever get out of Brooklyn
― ARP 2600 vs. Atari 2600 (Ówen P.), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
last time i checked these guys were on national TV ads and not Brooklyn so?
― our man flint flo$$y (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is the worst shit btw enjoy
― ice cr?m, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
pom*plop*moose
― buzza, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
their name is pomplamoose? oh.
i thought they were the arcade fire.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 3 January 2011 03:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
we can take consolation in the fact that the girl is obviously suffering from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanpaku
we should feel sorry for her
― dayo, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
"pomplamoose" reminds me of this
― buzza, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
this thread is making me think about why i like this band so here are my reasons.
1. they remind me pleasantly of some friends i have in portland, only these people are rich because their youtube glories propelled them to car commerical fame, while my friends are rich because they have rich parents.
2. i like the sound of cat power's voice only i have heard all the cat power songs.
3. there's a lack of pretty female harmonies in the other music i listen to and this is fulfilling that urge.
also i've never paid much attention to animal collective/arcade fire etc. so maybe this segement of indie-hood has some novelty value for me.
― illiterate and hateful, as expected (reddening), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
pamplemousse = grapefruit
― =(^ • ‿‿ • ^)= (corey), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
On April 11, 2010, the band was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered. Conte discussed the "glitz-free" manner in which they record:
"I guess I kinda don't like how there's such a pedestal for music culture and especially for band culture, it just feels fake; it feels like smoke and mirrors. I feel like music doesn't have to be like that. It can be something that's very normal and very accessible."
― buzza, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
America should help n korea bomb the south for letting hyundai run those commercials past the 25th― infinity rebounding stats (m bison)
― infinity rebounding stats (m bison)
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
xp lol delusions
― call all destroyer, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
t/s these commercials vs. the honda vampy weekend ones
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
both of which are FOR SOME REASON STILL RUNNING
I can't even do this
― ARP 2600 vs. Atari 2600 (Ówen P.), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
hillfigger vampire weekend is fairly embarrassing
― ice cr?m, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
― buzza, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
I've never been to Brooklyn, btw
― puff pastry hangman (admrl), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
The people in this ad seem to me like they live in Chicago, for some reason
― puff pastry hangman (admrl), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
fwiw they're talking about the way their videos play out: like the kutiman "thru you" thing, all the images on the screen correspond to sounds being produced in the song. so like if there's four-part harmony they shove in four shots of the girl singing all the different parts, etc.
― illiterate and hateful, as expected (reddening), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
i guess they imagine a world where no one understands multi-track recording
― call all destroyer, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
i mean you gotta sing it four times, right. like that actually happens in reality, for your four-part harmony you gotta sing four times.
― illiterate and hateful, as expected (reddening), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
this girl is really ANNOYING amirite fellas
(no, she really is)
― dayo, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
the reason i actually hate these guys is the proliferation of non-band recording acts so fuck their multi-tracking imo
― call all destroyer, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
the girls tuneless voice and lameo affectation is maybe the most grating part, she just really has no feel for singing
― ice cr?m, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
the real question is whether the "images on the screen [that] correspond to sounds being produced in the song" were actually recorded at the same time as the sounds — because if not then that is some bullshit
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
insulting to grapefruit :(
― teledyldonix, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
hahaaaa
― call all destroyer, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
i wld disagree that she has "no feel for singing" — it's more that she has perfected a brand of singing which i have no desire to hear, like yodelling or black metal growls
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah no kidding vin de pamplemousse is some bomb-ass drinking fun, like white sangria but better.
xxp
― sleeve, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
hmm imo not only is the style of singing shes chosen unappealing shes also horrible at it
― ice cr?m, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
you know, when I listen to music, the first thing I always think is "wouldn't it be awesome if I could see the musicians in the studio playing all the parts at the same time" and then I found pamplamoose and now I am happy
― dayo, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
also the fact that she spells her name 'nataly' is somehow infuriating
― dayo, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
hardly a cogent criticism of pomplamoose, you'll need to take that up with pomplamom
― illiterate and hateful, as expected (reddening), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
they are so pdx it's painful.
― tears of a self-clowning oven (The Reverend), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
every time i see that commercial i'm glad i left.
― tears of a self-clowning oven (The Reverend), Monday, 3 January 2011 04:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
really, these commercials barely even register on my bloodboil-ometer, but that EW&F raping upthread is simply beyond the pale
― my little pony prophecy (will), Monday, 3 January 2011 04:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
this thread horrifies me
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Monday, 3 January 2011 04:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
This thread still has the greatest single reveal in the history of ILX (even if it is 50% likely to just be a joke reveal).
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 5 May 2013 13:22 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
huh, what was the reveal?
― third geir, hang on tight (hongro hongro go faster faster) (unregistered), Sunday, 5 May 2013 14:35 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
his is my cousin and his wife
― plax (ico), Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
they are v strong ppl bc some terrible things have happened to them over the last couple years i wont go into here so i doubt they really care abt internet backlash
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 5 May 2013 15:10 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
completely missed that
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 May 2013 15:31 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:58 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
http://blog.omusicawards.com/2013/05/pomplamooses-jack-conte-launches-crowdfunding-startup/
Patreon — which is set to launch on May 7 — was born out of Conte’s belief that there are some inherent problems with the way YouTubers get paid and how they fund their projects. According the musician, ad revenue doesn’t really amount to too much for YouTubers who don’t have scads of subscribers, and raising cash on Kickstarter doesn’t really work either because they’re not looking to fund a huge project — they’re just aiming to keep creating.“I just feel like there’s something broken there and there should be a way that someone with 10,000 readers or viewers can be making more money and make a living on what they’re doing,” Conte says.In an effort to solve this issue, Conte teamed up with his old college roommate, developer Sam Yam, to bootstrap together a new kind of platform that echoes the role of patrons of old.Patreon works thusly: When you sign up for the service, you will be able to become a patron of a particular artist — for example, Conte himself. Instead of pledging money to a single project — or subscribing to the service on a monthly basis — you pledge to give, say, one dollar to Conte for each video he uploads. The artist then rewards his/her patrons for how much they give. In Conte’s case, if you give $1 per video, you get access to a special stream with Conte where he gives tutorials and whatnot. If you give $5 or more, you get the stream, as well as a monthly Google hangout during which Conte will perform and answer questions. No matter how much you give, however, the initial content will not be exclusive — anyone can watch/read/listen to it.“The point of this whole thing is that it’s not exclusive,” Conte stresses. “The idea is basically that content is free and we almost have to act as if recorded media isn’t around anymore. Before recorded media was around, how did artists make money? They had these wealthy patrons — the Medici family and Pope Julius. I feel like it can still work that way. Especially now that you can diffuse the patronage over the crowd, instead of it just being one wealthy person.” Patreon, in turn, takes 5% of money given to artists for operational expenses.At launch, the site will feature a limited number of artists with more being added as the days wear on. (Conte says artists will be handpicked from submissions for the time being.) Conte himself will have an offer up on the site to promote his new EP, which will be free at launch on his page.
“I just feel like there’s something broken there and there should be a way that someone with 10,000 readers or viewers can be making more money and make a living on what they’re doing,” Conte says.
In an effort to solve this issue, Conte teamed up with his old college roommate, developer Sam Yam, to bootstrap together a new kind of platform that echoes the role of patrons of old.
Patreon works thusly: When you sign up for the service, you will be able to become a patron of a particular artist — for example, Conte himself. Instead of pledging money to a single project — or subscribing to the service on a monthly basis — you pledge to give, say, one dollar to Conte for each video he uploads. The artist then rewards his/her patrons for how much they give. In Conte’s case, if you give $1 per video, you get access to a special stream with Conte where he gives tutorials and whatnot. If you give $5 or more, you get the stream, as well as a monthly Google hangout during which Conte will perform and answer questions. No matter how much you give, however, the initial content will not be exclusive — anyone can watch/read/listen to it.
“The point of this whole thing is that it’s not exclusive,” Conte stresses. “The idea is basically that content is free and we almost have to act as if recorded media isn’t around anymore. Before recorded media was around, how did artists make money? They had these wealthy patrons — the Medici family and Pope Julius. I feel like it can still work that way. Especially now that you can diffuse the patronage over the crowd, instead of it just being one wealthy person.” Patreon, in turn, takes 5% of money given to artists for operational expenses.
At launch, the site will feature a limited number of artists with more being added as the days wear on. (Conte says artists will be handpicked from submissions for the time being.) Conte himself will have an offer up on the site to promote his new EP, which will be free at launch on his page.
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 9 May 2013 01:28 (1 week ago) Permalink
doesn't sound like a terrible idea tbh
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Thursday, 9 May 2013 02:44 (1 week ago) Permalink
doesn't sound so great, either.....what about artists who are good at making music/videos but are crap at tutorials/whatnot/q&a?more importantly, what about consumers who enjoy music/videos but could give a rats about tutorials/hangouts/whatnot?
― m0stlyClean, Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:27 (1 week ago) Permalink