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

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/1648861_o.gif

Looks like a few of you have a case of the hyundais

http://www.gifyoutube.com/gif/A2m9rz

aw, cmon
http://www.gifyoutube.com/gif/A2m9rz

https://gifyoutube.com/gif/A2m9rz

http://share.gifyoutube.com/A2m9rz.gif

worth it imo

just a sprinkling of anaconda

bold new direction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDXzZ1Gc2I

everyone eventually ends up at krautrock once they completely run out of other ideas

is this supposed to be their statement on gamergate or something

Honestly, I like this band.

*backs away slowly*

*Kicks Eyeball Kicks in eyeball*

While I don't exactly *like* them, in the sense that I never find myself actively wanting to listen to them other than in the context of "what the fuck are they up to this time," they are kind of ingenious. I can't help but admire them a little in spite of all their insufferability.

I mean honestly if everything they did wasn't so completely consumed by forced, painful smirkiness, they could be good imo.

She has a certain way of looking at the camera which is unaccountably irritating. Without that, they'd just be innocuous.

Actually I find the guy's goofball antics to be even more annoying. But those 'tudes bleed a little into the music too.

They actually remind me a lot of this, which I like

http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/pop-candy/2010/03/08/birdx-large.jpg

They still have this giddy freshmen staying up too late in the dorm lounge thing that I wish they would grow out of. I really think musically they are amazing at times, and very clever with their videos and such.

oh heh, guess we discussed B&B multiple times upthread, including me specifically discussing how I did NOT like that record at the time. Memory is frail.

*Kicks Eyeball Kicks in eyeball*

I mean, it's not like I would buy their records, but over the years I've grown to look forward to this thread getting bumped. I find them irritating in many ways, but it's a very pleasant form of irritation.

I like the music he makes in that video, but she is as irritating as ever.

These two make the current wave of indietronica (i.e. "Hip™ for basics") being discussed in the "high-selling singles" thread seem gritty and likable and REAL

when they weren't twee-ifying r&b, they weren't bad live

they're a reminder that you can be in some sense objectively talented and also sorta terrible.

speaking of which have we discussed the postmodern jukebox ppl anywhere?

http://www.youtube.com/user/ScottBradleeLovesYa

"No Diggity - Vintage Jessica Rabbit- Style Blackstreet Cover"
"Anaconda - Vintage Bluegrass Hoedown - Style Nicki Minaj Cover"

*shudder*

can one reasonably say they are racists

It seems they have heard "Father cannot yell"

"No Diggity - Vintage Jessica Rabbit- Style Blackstreet Cover"
"Anaconda - Vintage Bluegrass Hoedown - Style Nicki Minaj Cover"

*shudder*

Postmodern Jukebox made Maroon 5's "Maps" listenable, so they can do all the Jessica Rabbit covers they like and I'll still support them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gO_lxThc1M

There's also something a little claustrophobic and sad about the "from our basement to yours" vibe they create.

otm.

Now I am trying to imagine them covering anything off of The Basement Tapes.

Despite this being Pomplamoose, and definitely despite the song being named "The Internet Is Awesome," I sort of unabashedly like this one. *shrug*

is it a reworking of 'the internet is for porn'?

holy shit, that woman in the Maps video can sing. and that is all that I will say about her here in this public forum ... yup ... that's all.

I don't get why they went with such shitty sounding drums in that, otherwise not bad.

This dude has been killing the stylized cover game since maps were in diapers tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVWjThlEzts

I don't get why they went with such shitty sounding drums in that, otherwise not bad.

Recording everything live in a little room like that is an absolute nightmare. The biggest problem is that the drums end up in *everything*. I'm guessing that most of the drum sound you hear in that track is actually bleed being picked up in other mics - if they turned the drum mics up it'd overwhelm everything.

I tried to do what they did (live band in a small room with a camera on the wall, not sultry retro pastiche) and we had to put big bits of carpet off-cuts on the drums to deaden them. Did interesting things to the cymbals...

I don't know what you're talking about, I effing love that drum sound (except for the hi-hats)

Wow, lady in that postmodern jukebox video plays Teena Marie and others in the Motown show on Broadway.

drummer is also playing something too busy imo

ok i gotta admit this is pretty... something

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

all these puddles the clown videos are pretty great

9,000,000 views for that clown video, which probably nets them at least $50,000. A lot of that is going to Lorde or whoever, but this must be one of the most profitable ways to make money nowadays.

to make music, I mean, but yeah also money

puddles is selling out shows in NYC; he's become a pretty serious draw on the nu-cabaret scene
i've seen him live a time or two, dude can sing

i'm simultaneously happy for puddles and resigned/not-really-surprised/but-kinda-surprised/but-what-did-i-expect with regards to the existence of a thing that is called the "nu-cabaret scene" such that it has shows that can sell out.

u guys that corny ass internet song is super lame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-Z0gKTpCM

https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37

Why don't they include youtube streaming income in income?

I mean it seems weird to mention income from itunes sales but not that