I guess this is proof that boys like to play dress up and make believe too. It's a little late for that, but I get it.
― La Lechera, Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:47 (fourteen years ago)
These guys are obv doofuses but this is the obvious endpoint of the idea that everyone who wants to play music deserves/has to be a career musician.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:54 (fourteen years ago)
On one level, their "treat it all like a business" approach isn't that far removed from Big Black or Fugazi. On another level, DIE IN A FIRE.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:56 (fourteen years ago)
Hmm, this is basically Raygun 2.0: Rich Parent's Edition.
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:57 (fourteen years ago)
My brother bought me a ukelele once, and Xmas before last I got a pennywhistle from my sister
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:55 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
what a pair of assholes
― SELF DEPORTATION (Z S), Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:55 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Bit harsh on my brother and sister, don't you think?
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:59 (fourteen years ago)
lol
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:59 (fourteen years ago)
Once again Mark E Smith displays his psychic prowess. From "Winter 2" off Hex Enduction Hour:
The mad kid had 4 lights, the average is 2.5 lightsThe mediocre has 2 lights, the sign of genius is three lightsThere's one light left, that's the one lightThat's the science law
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:04 (fourteen years ago)
I would like these people to meet with an unfortunate accident.
― emil.y, Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:10 (fourteen years ago)
they already did; they accidentally made themselves look like huge douches in Time Magazine
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:14 (fourteen years ago)
http://sickmouthy.com/2012/01/26/on-selling-out-and-privilege-in-music/
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 26 January 2012 19:34 (fourteen years ago)
Obviously this is a foolish move on their part and they come across terribly, but at least they're not pretending to be something they're not (unlike 99.9% of other NYC bands).
― Position Position, Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:07 (fourteen years ago)
dunno, it does seem like they're pretending to be a good band.
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:08 (fourteen years ago)
Thanks to our man on the inside it made Gawker.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 January 2012 21:46 (fourteen years ago)
Oh and there's damage control under way at the Twitter feed.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 January 2012 21:51 (fourteen years ago)
I want to know where they live <-- real nyc talk
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 26 January 2012 23:27 (fourteen years ago)
i mean it kind of is rough out there, it cost Low $2.7 million to just release 'i could live in hope'
― omar little, Friday, 27 January 2012 00:21 (fourteen years ago)
"aerosmith" reached his pinnacle thanks to a fortuitous lotto win
― omar little, Friday, 27 January 2012 00:22 (fourteen years ago)
ian svenonius received a quietly generous financial gift from steve jobs, allowing him to get weird war going.
― omar little, Friday, 27 January 2012 00:23 (fourteen years ago)
― ‘Banksy bacon burgers’ and ‘Shepard Fairey Bread’ (electricsound), Friday, 27 January 2012 00:25 (fourteen years ago)
I have a friend from a v. wealthy family and these guys really remind me of her little brother. I think his dad built his band a studio.
― iatee, Friday, 27 January 2012 00:26 (fourteen years ago)
I was all set to write a self-righteous post about Two Lights' clueless public display of entitlement, but these guys did it better and used bagpipes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1iR2Wi3u5o
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 27 January 2012 01:32 (fourteen years ago)
Anyway, fight the real enemy
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/popcrush.com/files/2011/06/Karmin.jpg
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 27 January 2012 01:33 (fourteen years ago)
We've been mentored by former British rock stars
― some dude, Friday, 27 January 2012 03:19 (fourteen years ago)
must've been Gay Dad
― omar little, Friday, 27 January 2012 03:20 (fourteen years ago)
no they mentored young heart attack
― ‘Banksy bacon burgers’ and ‘Shepard Fairey Bread’ (electricsound), Friday, 27 January 2012 03:27 (fourteen years ago)
Harper Willis graduated from the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies at New York University with a concentration in ancient theater and jazz guitar. He is a musician and writer, and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
― dave cool, Friday, 27 January 2012 04:28 (fourteen years ago)
wow, cool!
― sarahell, Friday, 27 January 2012 04:28 (fourteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― dave cool, Friday, 27 January 2012 04:31 (fourteen years ago)
swear to god the second verse of their single sounds like it starts with "waiting til the dawn to try and pee/promises i thought that i could keep"
― da croupier, Friday, 27 January 2012 04:42 (fourteen years ago)
those are cool lyrics!
― sarahell, Friday, 27 January 2012 04:43 (fourteen years ago)
they also sound like the jonas brothers making a snow patrol move
― da croupier, Friday, 27 January 2012 04:43 (fourteen years ago)
this is gorgeous, this story
― oneohtrix and park (m bison), Friday, 27 January 2012 12:09 (fourteen years ago)
I want to d/l that Albini article as a working spreadsheet.
― Mark G, Friday, 27 January 2012 12:36 (fourteen years ago)
graduated from the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies at New York University with a concentration in ancient theater and jazz guitar.
so goodlike it should have been the entire pitch for the article
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Friday, 27 January 2012 12:42 (fourteen years ago)
Just WTF-ing here at that bit.
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Friday, 27 January 2012 13:14 (fourteen years ago)
BA (Hons) Individ. Std w/AncThtr & Jz Gtr - NYU
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Friday, 27 January 2012 13:27 (fourteen years ago)
More like jizz guitar, amirite?
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Friday, 27 January 2012 13:30 (fourteen years ago)
Two Hats, more like.
― Turrican, Friday, 27 January 2012 13:35 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.sweetslyrics.com/images/img_gal/1651_buckethead.jpg
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Friday, 27 January 2012 13:36 (fourteen years ago)
we need a two lights v. pomplemousse poll
― dayo, Friday, 27 January 2012 13:36 (fourteen years ago)
Two Shites, more like.
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Friday, 27 January 2012 13:39 (fourteen years ago)
Orbital only spent $1 to make "Chime", you give 'em $100,000, that's a career, baby
― frogs you are the dumbest asshole (frogbs), Friday, 27 January 2012 14:42 (fourteen years ago)
No way, how did they manage to pay a guy to send email blasts to databases of hip music blogs on a budget of $1?
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Friday, 27 January 2012 14:45 (fourteen years ago)
Because they were that guy?
― Mark G, Friday, 27 January 2012 15:01 (fourteen years ago)
And one day later...the parody:
http://twolights.bandcamp.com/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 January 2012 15:34 (fourteen years ago)
lol they've taken down their Facebook page the poor mites
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Friday, 27 January 2012 15:37 (fourteen years ago)
lolxp lol
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Friday, 27 January 2012 15:38 (fourteen years ago)
Recorded at Platinum Sound NYC for $7000
haha !
cmon, own up - who did this ?
― mark e, Friday, 27 January 2012 15:38 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah that parody is A+ well done all involved
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Friday, 27 January 2012 15:39 (fourteen years ago)
That parody is much better than it has any right to be.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 27 January 2012 15:46 (fourteen years ago)
someday they will be earning the same as lawyers as lawyers
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 20:04 (fourteen years ago)
How many unearned wages were lost in the past 12 days since this thread's been updated?
― musicfanatic, Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:33 (fourteen years ago)
won't somebody please think of the children who won't be born because two lights won't have the money to support music lessons for their own family? don't you want the unborn sons and daughters of two lights to have a firm grasp of harmony and phrasing? shame on us all!
― the tune is space, Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:36 (fourteen years ago)
― musicfanatic, Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:47 (fourteen years ago)
Gotta be them:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/mar/3282106595.html
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 20:33 (thirteen years ago)
douches be janglin
― 69, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 20:36 (thirteen years ago)
They should do a Kickstarter
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 20:49 (thirteen years ago)