So who ARE that insufferable indie couple in the new Hyundai TV ads?

"...not least because that they help counterbalance..."

like the downside of the anti-rockist embrace of all things pop is that it leaves little room for for such values, for the intrinsic social value of a loyal (economic/political) opposition

fuck capitalism imo

contenderizer totally otm

plax is joeks itt rite

pompla gal is called knutsen and looks for all the world like a scandie farmgirl

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These gifs have made me realize that all this time we been mad because they stylin on us

ha ha okay i had managed not to watch this commercial, seeing that hat-and-candy cane business puts a lot of the rage in this thread into perspective.

styling on u, deal w/it *sunglasses*

new song OMGZ LOLZ BACON SO FUNNEHZ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdEhvS9P1DI

hey, it was posted today & alraedy has 26k views. gross

New SONG!! Same VIDEO THUMBNAIL, THOUGH!!

skip to 2:45 on that

wish there was a separate counter for HATEviews

That stupid high-low singing style HAS to be over soon. Please.

fwiw I think that's by far their best song to date

old school twee christian marketing still rules. beware of the devil!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhUCQCTZnkk

official euroboost theme song

Stop bending over keyboards!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2R3CmLEiGo

I can't believe Hipster Runoff still hasn't written about these guys.

fwiw I think that's by far their best song to date

― hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Monday, January 17, 2011 7:37 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the downside of the anti-rockist embrace of all things pop is that it leaves little room for for such values

I agree with Pete but I don't agree with this. At all.

In fact it's kind of the most stereotypically "rockist" thing one could possibly say!

who would win in a pomplamoose vs. ok go most annoying indie music video poll

mental health professionals everywhere

In fact it's kind of the most stereotypically "rockist" thing one could possibly say!

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand)

I'd like to see this assertion convincingly defended.

Er, not its "rockistness" but that pop in 2011 leaves room for "the intrinsic social value of a loyal (economic/political) opposition"

No really guys, I kind of like that Bacon song. I don't read it as "lol bacon" but rather a deadpan commentary on the sickness of our country, for which our empty culture can offer no better "remedy" than bacon. The video is like a post-Christmas rec room toy binge to the point of hallucination.

it seems a lot of those euroboost links and her dad's site are no longer accessible....is she doing a palin???

okay, which one of you is doing denial of service attacks on the knutsens?

tbh if i met these people and didn't know who they were i'd probably be like 'oh they're innocuous and straight, where's the tequila?'

ach, won't somebody please answer my damn question posed upthread already- are they xtians or not? is that a bile-driven rumor or is it a fact? I wanna know

well she def comes from missionary xtian family, lived in europe as a teen while parents were "planting" churches. no known indication whether she's still down with jesus tho

if she is then we should be EXTRA CAREFUL

our whinging might bring down the wrath of skydad

thx for answer, dunno why i care either way (atheistpompla-whosis is no more excusable obviously)

troo xians don't shack up fwiw

when i was researchin their lives a couple weeks ago i saw some talk about maybe they were married (semi-secretly?) too lazy to follow up

yr fallin off, bro

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In fact it's kind of the most stereotypically "rockist" thing one could possibly say!

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, January 18, 2011 2:36 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

yeah, i know it sounds that way, but that's not an intrinsically bad thing, right? would love to hear a good counterargument.

You know who else is xian? AL GREEN.

how many al green gospel albums do you own?

One. How many gospel youtube videos have we had to sit through on this thread?

just pebbles & bamm bamm, i think.

lol @ having to sit through them

pleasant plains is tied to a chair! help!

1. "hipster, yuppie and indie-person are all parts of the same interlocking venn diagram"

I suspect that for most people, yr music-store-nerd-type ILXorz are indistinguishable from these groups. Perhaps part of the rage is people who see a bright line between themselves and the Pamplamoosers, whereas most ordinary citizens would not.

I have it on good authority that some of you have beards; some have -gasp- even worn sweaters. Shit, I have a beard, wear sweaters, and can even play the mandolin! I guess I'd be up against the ILM firing-squad wall too.

2. Drummers without chairs: you mean like pretty much every orchestra ever, like Thompson Twins, or like Stray Cats?

3. Sure, I share a generous portion of eyerolling for whatever is the latest variant of Juno / Garden State / Rushmore / Tenenbaums / Little Miss Whatever. The Quirky Indie soundtracks, the Quirky Indie actors, the Quirky indie viral buzz gets all my Quirky Indie friends excited, but once I discern that "people like me" are the target market for something, it's a major turnoff.

But I recognize that the reason corporations want to market stuff to me - and why they use signifiers that they think will resonate with me - isn't because they're EEVil. It's because I've haphazardly stumbled into being a valuable demographic. One can hardly blame them for trying to chase after the contents of my wallet; that's their job. It's a sign at having "won" at "life," whatever that means.

4. "60s twee is so much more enthusiastic than modern twee!" / "there's something inherently bored about modern twee. detached."

And yet there's equally gleeful hate-ons for people who seem too attached / enthusiastic / emoting, cf. Nickelback. Y'all can just not be satisfied.

5. "people with jobs and kids"

Why the AutoScorn for people with jobs and kids? Bowie, Zappa, Lennon, Dylan, Bonham, Marley had kids.

you mean like pretty much every orchestra ever, like Thompson Twins, or like Stray Cats?