Looking back, what's the biggest bullshit, musically speaking, that you fell for in the 00s

pretty mediocre art-rap
is exactly what I meant too. The remorse part has more to do with my embracing the snobby purism of this scene and ignoring a lot of what was happening overground at the time.

i don't think Devendra has made any listenable music since 2005, but then again i barely payed attention to his 2007 record and his 2009 record passed me by completely

yeah snobbiness in general is my real response to this thread tbh x-post

The Decemberists, specifically Picaresque O_O

xpost Cripple Crow kind of sucked too I think

el-p, the hives, the mooney suzuki

xpost Cripple Crow kind of sucked too I think

― Davek (davek_00), Tuesday, April 13, 2010 3:39 PM

way too fucken long for sure, it has some solid jams iirc, and "Canela" is a great closer

if someone says Deerhoof I will cry

yeah that of montreal cd was a mistake

dunno what constitutes third-tier Big Dada/Ninja Tune/Quannum but let it be known that i still bump blackalicious, latryx, roots manuva, herbaliser on the regular

good thread idea btw

that i even listed 2 music at all...

deerhoof is great. my appreciation for them has grown throughout the decade. (xp)

I probably overrated "Cripple Crow" at the time, but I still put it on from time to time, and there are a few gems in their amidst the dross. It's not any more inconsistent than "Rejoicing in the Hands" or "Nino Rojo", tbh.

yeah, ditto on "good thread idea."

think i did alright here given my youth for a lot of it, pretty much ignored/despised dubstep, free folk, twee/indie, abortive crossover grime, 'new rock revolution', anticon, secondgen post-punk afterbirth etc etc

probably something like klaxons or mathy hardcore or tigerbeat6 ish idm/breakcore, but i still don't hate them rly even if i seldom (if ever) listen to them

xpost yeah I mentioned them because I feel their status as an exciting band people were talking about a lot really dipped as the decade went on.

Other 00s stuff I sorta overrated: Aphex Twin "drukqs", Apples In Stereo, a lot of Kompakt stuff.

drukqs is still underrated imo

a lot of the nu-metal i listened to from 2000-2004 iirc

I bought two Dizzee Rascal albums, two M.I.A. albums and the first Burial album. All that money could have been better spent on bags of Doritos.

hahahahahahaha

drukqs is intermittently great

((((ksh))))

boy in da corner is very great

i really like the first Burial record

think i did alright here given my youth for a lot of it, pretty much ignored/despised dubstep, free folk, twee/indie, abortive crossover grime, 'new rock revolution', anticon, secondgen post-punk afterbirth etc etc

probably something like klaxons or mathy hardcore or tigerbeat6 ish idm/breakcore, but i still don't hate them rly even if i seldom (if ever) listen to them

glad 2 hear u were such a beacon of light in those dark times u fukken feeb

lamp u fat cocksucker don't get so aggrieved

I can't think of the last time I've put on a Kompakt "Total" series CD.

I can't think of the last time I've put on a Kompakt "Total" series CD.

oddly I never dug most of the stuff mentioned so far (freak folk, early 00s indie rap, sufjan) is this the part where I get to post nelsonmuntz.jpg

the other side to my post (implicitly) is that i probably missed out on loads of good things due to being too circumspect, which is far worse than once liking something which is now sniffed at or w/e

I can't think of the last time I've put on a [...] CD.

lol conversely I have played at least one physical CD every day for the past week

I fell for Sunn O))) for about 30 minutes the one time I saw them, but I'd got over it by the hour mark.

(reminding me I need to pick up something to play my iPhone thru the car stereo actually)

pretty much every artist that is or will be mentioned itt is p. good imo

xpost retro chic

xp so you just like everything huh

Yeah my only current reason for CD listening would be car. Or if I woke up and decided to become a lossless nut conservationist.

pretty much every artist that is or will be mentioned itt is p. good imo

the "sleepingbag loooooooves Ashanti" rumor starts here

Okkervil River

xxxp i love music

the kleptones

xpost yeah I mentioned them (deerhoof) because I feel their status as an exciting band people were talking about a lot really dipped as the decade went on

meh. i think this is more part of the normal career-arc of a band. early releases are "vibrant" and "fresh," mid-career releases are more "settled," "polished" and "restrained."

"Skinny Love"

Dubstep w/ wobbles. aka Skream, Benga etc. Still love the 140bpm techno sounding stuff, but that half-step wobble bullshit makes me want to eat lava.

xp lool back when I was starting high school everyone loved Ashanti AND Aaliyah, Ja Rule AND Jay-Z

Vampire Weekend

xpost nuh-uh, people were interested in (I know, I know) Animal Collective the entire decade who went through a similar trajectory. The place a band is in their career doesn't always square with when people are *very* excited about them. See also: Ariel Pink.

ksh shedding his skin

lool back when I was starting high school everyone loved Ashanti AND Aaliyah, Ja Rule AND Jay-Z

both of those comparisons are the easiest Taking Sides in the history of music; I'm still amazed that people bought Ja Rule/Ashanti records

i think this is more part of the normal career-arc of a band. early releases are "vibrant" and "fresh," mid-career releases are more "settled," "polished" and "restrained."

yeah I think this is apt (and ref to AC also relevant - AC's career arc/indie cred is only going to go down from here, for ex.) I will totally rep for Deerhoof's 00s albums. really unique, inventive band.

the Brian Wilson Smile album

i kinda agree.

Been a long time since I played it.

Brian Wilson's album wasn't that bad.

yeah, it's really good, which is easy to forget because the original Smile Sessions with Carl and Dennis and pre-breakdown Brian are really really good. the 2004 version is one of my favorite albums that I have almost no impulse to play on a regular basis.

xpost speaking as someone who was too young and too new to Brian Wilson/Beach Boys to comprehend or be swayed by the context of why Brian Wilson's Smile release was so important, I bought it and can easily say that Smile stands on its own as a beautiful piece of work. And certainly isn't "bullshit".

I also don't care if there are journalists who might lionize it more than it properly deserves - they're the ones with the extra spunk on their trousers, not me.

they're the ones with the extra spunk on their trousers, not me.

disturbingly vivid imagry.

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/9558/dirtyworkpantsfb.jpg

rockcrits, ca. 2004

rock critics and their power tools.

it's a living.

A.F.I. For a good portion of my college career, it was possible to convince myself that their transition from hardcore to mallpunk was an "artistic evolution" that would, once critically examined years later and detached from the adolescent Warped Tour scene, would be heralded. College is weird.

dude answer that and stay fashionable or whatever is still kind of awesome but yeah i got really baffled when i realized that the dudes that got booked in the teen center of my college town were now MTV SUPERSTARS

hey I only just read this thread

i have a feeling i'd be embarrassed if i revisited the Go! Team but don't quote me on that yet

Heard them on the radio on the weekend, was surprised and delighted to still dig it

Latter shitness of The Streets doesn’t taint the first two records. Tuomas should try some remixes of the first album’s singles.

Loved Aegatis Byrun but didn’t buy the () one, doubt I’d feel ashamed if I listened to the former again

i truly loved grime + to this day feel frustrated with what happened to that scene. like do ppl listen to it back now and think its just bad

I loved grime blogs and have no sadness whatsoever that the scene imploded or wilted or whatever, I got to enjoy a bunch of songs, imagine a scene, and look forward to nostalgically hearing Cock Back, Fwd Riddim, When I’m Ere, Shake Ya Bum, Ch-Ching, and dozens of others if I ever get my ipod battery replaced

Still haven’t heard Drukqs but Analord was great so no writing Aphex off

Horrific memories of getting REALLY excited when I heard the Vines cover of Ms Jackson

Totally enjoyed this when it was on the radio every day, 1,000 times better than any other Vines song

00s were too late for me to fall for bullshit. I fell for some in the 90s, and probably a lot in the 80s.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro),

lol <3

geez i don't even buy xmas presents for my friends let alone ppl i work with who i don't like

'in my experience calling a girl annoying is guy for "i'm gonna try and fuck that chick". its an instant break up in my book.' truth bombs

I still cringe with embarrassment after bragging to my friends that I had inside knowledge that it was going to get a pfork 10.0 thanks to getting duped by that ilm thread

This wins the thread

Art Brut loooool

Still like the first album/singles, didn’t buy the second

raveonettes are great! just awesome JSMC and motown rips!

Agreed but only ever played the second and third albums once each. Third was a bit better than the second IIRC.

during the 00s i went to see autechre, shitmat, modeselektor, andy c (lol?), squarepusher, venetian snares etc. would not repeat.

Saw Modeselektor twice, had a great time twice

The Strokes have always sucked but I am happy for people who liked them at the time that they still like them!

Battles? How are they tasting to y'all at this remove?

― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, April 13, 2010 5:38 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I just came back to this thread to say "battles"

I still like Battles

I was pretty infatuated with Why? circa Elephant Eyelash. By the time Alopecia came out I found his whole shtick embarrassing. Still like cLOUDDEAD though.

Dirty Projectors.

Someone once pointed out that Battles is Primus for people who think they're too cool to like Primus. I could never hear them the same way after that.

I was way into Chromeo for awhile, but I still sort of have positive feelings about them even if I haven't heard any of their recent stuff.

There's no excuse for how much I liked Weezer's green album at the time, though.

Battles is Primus for people who think they're too cool to like Primus

lol! totally makes sense. i have the last disc, but i think i've only played the one single, which i still like, if only for the funny distorted vocals.

There's no excuse for how much I liked Weezer's green album at the time, though.

I was 15 years old, loved the album and it was one of my first concerts as well. I won tix from a local radio station to see a Green Album "preview" show, pretty exclusive entry. This was 4-5 days before the album came out -- they played a handful of new songs, "Say It Ain't So," maybe the sweater thing? I forget.

I stick by my tastes throughout the 00s. Don't get me started on the 90s though.

errr, ilxor, i think you're talking about the Blue Album.

There's no excuse for how much I liked Weezer's green album at the time, though.

naw man I heard hash pipe on the radio at a bar last night and it's a solid jam for sure

errr, ilxor, i think you're talking about the Blue Album.

I should've said, "they played a handful of new songs, along with older jams such as "Say It Ain't So," maybe the sweater thing?"

The green album is fucking ace. It is their best album.

Someone mentioned the Fiery Furnaces. Allow me to second that.

I can't hear Andrew Bird anymore without cringing. That,maybe.

MIA