creatively bankrupt newish chillwave/post-AnCo bands whose names are just '80s ephemera

Hypercolor revival! I bought some Hypercolor space putty as a stocking filler last Christmas and kept a pot for myself. Minutes of fun warming it up and sticking it in the freezer. "Ahh, a faint colour change! well ok then." But maybe I can impress the too-young-to-remember-it-the-first-time-round dude in the office with my set of similarly weak Hypercolor ball-point pens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lh2bDz9h-Q

mathemagic show in TO was loooooooool

what the fuck is going on

This could go on the pitchfork is dumb thread, but I figured I'd post it here....cannot...believe.....

Mark Webber is a busy guy. In addition to being a member of haze-gazers Neon Canyon, the Canadian musician has a like-minded solo project, Memory Screen, as well as a hand in art-pop duo Japan Sue.

it just feels like this shit has doubled back on itself, for real.

the first band to dress up their effects pedals so it looks like a power pad will get a stern, disapproving look from me (although in private I will high five them and say it was a funny idea)

http://i47.tinypic.com/2qn2n84.jpg

as well as a role in haze-gazers Neon Memory Japan Canyon Screen Beta Cassette

not chillwave but

http://www.myspace.com/urkelandthewinslows

URKEL AND THE WINSLOWS

Did I do that?

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

literally just came here to post that

Post the photo of Dale Earnhartdt Jr. Jr. that they sent around

except it's not chillwave and it's not 80's ephemera? there are plenty of threads on SHITTY BAND NAMES.

sounds like wilco with some electronics

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

Duran Duran Duran

apparently there's a newish D.C. band called Connect The Dots (La La Lala)

i mean it's bad enough just to have parentheses in your band name

are they playing here?

http://www.smdh.net/images/SMDH_Entrance.jpg

lol

is there a band called Karate Kid II yet? If not, dibs!

there's a p0rn star called April O'Neil. is she chillwave?

I saw Phillip Seymour Hoffman at a festival last weekend. How does shit like that even get booked on the same bill as Ecstatic Sunshine and These Are Powers?

lately it's come to my attention that there are DJs around here calling themselves Uncle Jesse and AC Slater. maybe DJ names are a whole different category from dumb band names though.

LOL my best friend made an RPG once on some RPG maker game on PS2 and made AC Slater one of the characters...he lived in the Bayside Wrestling Gym...Steve Perry had a House of Blouses, and Teen Wolf was a character too (special skill: ability to surf minivans)

that's weird when DJ Tanner is the obvious choice (ie one that's been used about a billion times already)

I'm really wondering if all of these bands are proving that everyone needs to spend a lot less time on the internet, myself included.

I once saw And Also The Trees supporting the Cure - real 80s pretension

Coolrunnings - "I Am You"

http://vimeo.com/13388931

this is one big joke right? all these bands are the same person going through his 1993 tv guide to make up names?

What I want to know is which, if any, of these bands are actually p. good. Or are they all just lame?

com truise is amazing.

I'm going to start a band called the New New Kids Kids on the Block Block. AHhahahahahahahaaaaaaa.

xp: yeah, I really like that ep.

I like the Cool Running's guy's voice.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/hro/26ef1dd8.jpg

Frankie Boners

xpost dude knows his shit

they will be loved

Check em out!

I'm really wondering if all of these bands are proving that everyone needs to spend a lot less time on the internet, myself included.

― filthy dylan, Wednesday, July 21, 2010 10:37 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i almost feel like the opposite is more true, like you have to be kind of naive or out of it to think referencing a TV show you watched in middle school is still clever or funny and not just played the hell out

The Lacts of Fife

Illusion, Michael (an Arrested Development ref)

Bunnky Prewstarr

Soleil Moon Frye's Breast Reduction Surgery

Back to the Future Ride covering George Michael's "Father Figure" is like the top prize here.

http://alleveryone.blogspot.com/2010/07/back-to-future-ride.html

The gift that keeps on giving

the cafeteria at the hospital where my wife and I had our baby is called "The Chill: A Place for Food and Art." I saw no art there.

http://www.lecastlevania.com/promo/releaseart/NGOA_RMX.jpg

probably not chillwave