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

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.

ksh shedding his skin

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Good question! I wouldn't describe all these acts as bullshit per se, but they definitely have not aged well:

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Black Mountain
Destroyer's Rubies
Grandaddy
Midlake (aside from Roscoe)

In a related note, I will defend Devendra's Rejoicing In The Hands and Nino Rojo 4EVA!!

poptimists and rap-stans have no regrets, I see

xpost Yeah those two totally sucked, made the point solely because before I came here (honestly) I clumped them together.

xxpost

have to disagree with the presence of RUBIES in that list tbh, i still love that record. was listening to "Looters Follies" the other day

like, everyone still loves Britney and Fiddy amirite

xp

some of us never liked Fiddy in the first place

actually, I like him more now almost solely because he sounds amazing compared to the Young Money roster; shifting contexts have turned him from "muscular Ma$e" into "comparatively clever wordsmith with interesting flow"

looking ahead, i think in ten years time, i'll prefer jay-z's music over beyonce's

if there was only a way i'd know for sure. a poll, maybe . . .

New Pornographers.

xp I wonder if ILM will still exist in 2020.

New Pornographers.

― EZ Snappin

this makes me sad.

sort of.

the average age of things mentioned here probably tends towards earlier in the decade (2003/4ish) rather like the best album polls, love and regret following a similar timeline

a lot of these are artists who established a following and then disappointed them (sigur ros, the streets maybe too)

I'm sorry - I wanted to like them, bought the first tow albums, realized except for parts of a couple of songs - not even one whole song - they did nothing for me. Zippo.

xp

New Pornographers

that's just trolling

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