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

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

first NP is pretty nice, there's some good songwriting on it. Never listen to it anymore. Also never understood why they had such a wide appeal, they really seemed to blow up for no particular reason that I could discern.

catchy tunes iirc

if you haven't heard Twin Cinema, i recommend doing so

btw "just not that into them" /= "bullshit of the 00s"

Electric Version's the one to hear, Shakey Mo, if you haven't

itt h8in urselfs wtf imo

them being the future and savior of indie pop, a supergroup for the cardigan set = bullshit of the 00s

xp i think Sigur Ros and The Streets haven't been mentioned because their respective albums (I imagine you're referring to ageatis and OPM) were so well liked, as opposed to freak-folk which perhaps swayed people on a buzz (or evan a novelty) factor. OPM and Agaetis made relationships with their fans a lot deeper I feel.

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

that stuff is all pretty much first-tier and still pretty much dope.

oh yeah, i def fell for the Streets, oof

OPM = ()??

but lol @ anyone who fell for Sigur Ros. whadda crock of shit

lamp u fat cocksucker don't get so aggrieved

lol if u cant tell y ur post is entirely loathsome & shameful then best end things now here 2day

"YOU SAY LOOOOOOOOO"

"omg i'm crying"

I guess I fell for the Streets - I bought one album, which I convinced myself I sorta liked for a short period of time.

"crying in my own language"

i love that record, man. and it's "YOUUUUU SILOOOOOO OHHHHH FIIIII LOOOOOO" x1000 iirc

enjoy the things u like assholes iirc

"help, i am a whale with a guitar, i am crying"

"my heart is heavy and full of sorrow, i am a whale-man, taste my blubber in a made up language"

ahahaha

the early streets albums are still charming.

there's so much here that i could talk about, i'm sort of stuck as to where i should begin.