old stuff - Hipster Runoff's been monitoring the situation pretty closely...
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
(xpost) Holy hell, that PR is real!
― Prostetnic Vogon Limbaugh (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Kind of think she's been designed for the crepey dudes who've been fantasizing about a late 60s Sally Draper.
― Stevie T, Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
that's not PR, that's from an mtv.com blog post
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
not sure if that makes it better or worse tho
is that mtv.com blog post sincere?
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
that's an... interesting question
― goole, Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmm yeah i didn't notice the "lip venom" line until you said that
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
https://twitter.com/#!/gorillavsbear/status/114395525553467392
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:21 (thirteen years ago) link
haha those two are p much twitter fighting non-stop
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
1000TimesYes Chris Weingarten@gorillavsbear U always struck me as a reformed jock who discovered Smashing Pumpkins in college so no shock that you like sorority indie
― buzza, Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
lol #shotsfired
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ gvb having a verified twitter account
― markers, Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
the state of music criticism in 2011 xxp
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
ha. thought that said "lol @ gbv having a verified twitter account"...
― m0stlyClean, Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
how do you prove that you are in fact a gorilla fighting a bear
― dmr, Friday, 16 September 2011 00:22 (thirteen years ago) link
what is gorilla vs bear? nm i'm not actually interested
seems striking that most of the UK critics i follow on twitter LOVE ldr and most of the US critics HATE her
― i asked for "HALF" a glass of wine, because i am TEMPERENT (lex pretend), Friday, 16 September 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah we like good music here, american tradition
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 16 September 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
she has one good song, and one not good song
also she had plastic surgery!
we report, you decide
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 September 2011 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
she has many more songs than that but i only really like one of them (haven't heard "blue jeans" yet)
― the *facepalm* at the trend of the hivemind (donna rouge), Friday, 16 September 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I think "Video Games" is pretty good. I haven't searched out much else by her. I like sad, moody chanteuses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6M4UJ6kzjk
― Prostetnic Vogon Limbaugh (Dan Peterson), Friday, 16 September 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
That Eilen Jewell album is excellent. One of the best of the year.
― thinveneer, Friday, 16 September 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
"blue jeans" is good but "video games" is the one that's stuck in my head ALL THE TIME.
― debenture banhart (get bent), Friday, 16 September 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
waiting for pitchfork to disown lana & pan the fuck out of her album once they see light
― cuddles (the kid), Saturday, 17 September 2011 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://usera.ImageCave.com/Vast_Halo/4haters.jpg
― Vast Halo, Saturday, 17 September 2011 09:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Probably the worst thing to happen this year.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 17 September 2011 09:43 (thirteen years ago) link
meh not feeling any of these songs at all. And I usually like sad moody chanteuses.
(That Ellen Jewell sounds lovely though - hadn't heard of HER, thanks!)
― Roz, Saturday, 17 September 2011 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
haha, here comes the inevitable ldr backlash!
― debenture banhart (get bent), Saturday, 17 September 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
god, I wish there had been a sufficient forwardlash.
― rustic italian flatbread, Saturday, 17 September 2011 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought she sucked right away, any artist I find out about through kotaku is on shaky ground
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 17 September 2011 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't read any of those sites. i just clicked teh youtubez cuz people whose tastes i respect were saying nice things about her. as far as i'm concerned, she's just a chick with some songs; i don't really care whether she's defrauding any indie kids with her lips/name/label attention.
― debenture banhart (get bent), Saturday, 17 September 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm so sick of the whole "fake!!!!!" brush that indies tar certain artists with anyway. life is not a husker du concert; put away your carbon-paper zines and mail-order tapes and enjoy something of dubious provenance for once without feeling guilty.
― debenture banhart (get bent), Saturday, 17 September 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah. the "sorority indie" comment has had me stewing.
― rustic italian flatbread, Saturday, 17 September 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
If the lips don't fit, you must acquit...
― dlp9001, Saturday, 17 September 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
― Stevie T, Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:06 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
Love this.
― Tim F, Saturday, 17 September 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Also crepey dudes are the worst!
― Tim F, Saturday, 17 September 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I could care less if she's fake or not, she just sucks, what ponderous garbage
Lol carbon paper zines, wtf are you talking about
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 17 September 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Btw kotaku is the most popular video game site, its got nothing to do with indie
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 17 September 2011 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I love 'Video Games', the other songs less so. The execution, if not the actual style, reminds me a bit of Goldfrapp, and what I think of as Moodboard Pop. I take my hat off to the stylist/art director - who knows, maybe Lana herself! - who've conjured up Rita Hayworth + Ann-Margret + Bobbie Gentry x Mazzy Star ÷ David Lynch. But the algebra for the songs is a bit more tricky.
― Stevie T, Saturday, 17 September 2011 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
The production on "Video Games" is better than her singing, particularly after the first minute. She doesn't sound too convincing at a few parts.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 17 September 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
ya I don't really care about dumb indie blog wars (fwiw lip work or not, she's gorgeous and the videos are great), I just don't think her songs are that good - or maybe it's just the way she's singing them that's bugging me. I dunno, I haven't really pinpointed what I don't like about her yet, but I'm def not hearing whatever everyone else is.
― Roz, Saturday, 17 September 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
New York-based songwriter Lizzy Grant was set to debut her Lana Del Rey moniker with a pair of shows in New York City and Los Angeles later this month. But an issued press release now reports that those plans has been temporarily postponed so that these shows can be moved to large venues. The new dates will be announced on Lana Del Rey’s Facebook page next week.
lol complications from plastic surgery
― buzza, Saturday, 17 September 2011 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I could care less if she's fake or not, she just sucks, what ponderous garbage rules, what great music
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, September 17, 2011 10:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― Vision Kreayshawn Newsun (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 17 September 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I actually dig Videogames almost just for using skate footage when it's been so taboo since Mandy Moore/Avril Lavigne kinda signed it's death as "things dudes do to impress girls"
I mean, yeah, but - no... skateboarding is, if anything, like nerds and their literal videogames... girls aren't only excluded, they're not even an afterthought.
/11thgrademusings
― Hullo, I'm Jon Moss (kelpolaris), Sunday, 18 September 2011 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
oh shi - i neglected panda bear's a fairly big skateboarding aficionado (ollie noises in...take pills, is it?) but otherwise it's not something i've seen much dared in videos since. not since this anywayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4e-eXWbbs
― Hullo, I'm Jon Moss (kelpolaris), Sunday, 18 September 2011 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah - that was my response to that footage as well, and one of the elements of the video that makes it work. And I still think it's an awfully pretty song.
― thinveneer, Sunday, 18 September 2011 06:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Below, watch the video for "Blue Jeans", the B-side to her BNT'd song "Video Games".
What the hell does "BNT'd" mean?
― rustic italian flatbread, Monday, 19 September 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
bridge n tunnel?best new 'tube?
― dmr, Monday, 19 September 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
where i'm from, "bridge 'n' tunnel"!
haha xpost
― the tyrone power mixtape (get bent), Monday, 19 September 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, It's probably Best New Track. The quote was from pitchfork. I get it.
― rustic italian flatbread, Monday, 19 September 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link