Most tedious thing said by worthless VHS idiot JOHN MAUS in p4k interview

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hello this is john maus, please listen to my new album on spotify

Xp ha! That IS stupid!

Despite this, you’d be hard pressed to find another pop musician as socially awkward as Maus. I ask if he’s autistic.

http://www.thestoolpigeon.co.uk/features/john-maus-interview.html

the most offensive thing about this whole interview is that i just listened to some of his music and it is awful

^^^

hell no dogg this is totally my shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B22EVG7wsMQ

but then, of course it would be

“The main reason why I’m here is for a good kick in the ass to go and finish the next album. I went back to Minnesota last October [from Hawaii] and got this little house in the country. The plan was to work on the next album but the months rolled by and it kind of seemed impossible to do.”

man first owl city now this

the song crut just posted is alright

ok i am willing to be open let me listen to that then

where are my fellow fans of ariel pink and third-rate clan of xymox shit to back me up on this

ok

i actually like that song.

Imo getting mad at this dude is like when ppl get mad at some artist for being rockist, it's like, "man, imagine if he was an ilx poster!!" And he does seem like an overly academic cornball. But everyone here listens to artists who espouse considerably worse worldviews on a regular basis. This guy is just an "lol first world problems" type easy target

john maus makes ok music. there are a couple of ariel pink albums i have yet to fully absorb so i am kind of shocked that people have already moved on to this leach

Imo getting mad at this dude is like when ppl get mad at some artist for being rockist, it's like, "man, imagine if he was an ilx poster!!" And he does seem like an overly academic cornball. But everyone here listens to artists who espouse considerably worse worldviews on a regular basis. This guy is just an "lol first world problems" type easy target

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i wonder if he would do a mountain dew ad

ok before my "this song is ok" vibe gets used against me its kinda obv that this dude is a cunt and every other song i have heard is fucking terrible

important I make that clear

lol, every other song basically sounds just like that one

also for the original poll question purpose if there is anything more tedious than a dude in the right now talking about how the imaginary record clerks gave him the once over and were too cool for school and mean i dont even know

xpost nah i listened to a bunch of stuff where he was way more "steven merchant got super drunk and recorded the worst demo ever" level terrible

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DAYTTNNQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

his music is not really that bad maybe you just dont like indie music

i know i dont

thank you captain obvious

ok so in the service of defending my "most of this is terrible"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLVpZme0kRQ&feature=related

which kinda ties up the terrible music you cant sing and the pomo smug shut the fuck up tribes in my head pretty well i guess

like no matter how you try to parse that it is pretty much the worst thing ever as far as i can tell

amazing

oh yeah!

holy shit

you dudes shoulda read his myspace page, dunno if its still up

he just made it horrible review after horrible review of his shit

yah its still up

REVIEWS OF 'SONGS' (2006)
It took this Ariel Pink cohort five years to write and record his debut album, and only five minutes to become more annoying than Ariel Pink. - CMJ
For me, this is just too weird. The first couple of tracks make this the most skip-able album of 2006. -Subba Cultcha
Apparently, Maus spent five years working on this album, which is a shame because, frankly, its awful. -Vice
There isn't one song you could call 'good' on the whole album. -Music Zine
Overall, I can't recommend this album even as a novelty listen. Maybe I just don't get it. It seems as if Maus sabotages practically any hint of an interesting melody, lyric, or instrumental part with a blatantly grating one at almost every turn. -Indie Workshp
Maus's baroquely deadpan voice - and thats being polite - effectively spoils many a song. Some will hear a little Nick Cave in it; others will hear a man crapping out of his mouth. -Drowned in Sound
If it is supposed to be funny, it is not. If it is meant seriousy, then Maus needs some SERIOUS help. -Another Zine

REVIEWS OF 'LOVE IS REAL' (2007)
His music now lacks the surreal, jarring juxtapositions that made his earlier work such a rewardingly confounding experience. Maus seems content to sing his heart out instead of rattling cages, which is rather a shame. -The Wire

I'm a big fan of his, don't really listen to his recorded stuff that much but enjoy it when I do, his live show is really great

man he is so lucky to have so many horrible reviews of his music to post

what are the odds

i mean, i really do love this turn of Ariel Pink/John Maus being derided for years and then being regarded as heroes when the narrative changes. It took disco like 15 years to make that happen, kudos

when did the narrative change

when we fell in love with the sounds of misremembered memories, hoos, teen daze and campfires, beach haze and waterlogged VHS tapes, cassette hiss and long beach trips looking out of the back of the station wagon while soft rock plays, hoos. the intangible memories of innocence lost.

i mean, i really do love this turn of Ariel Pink/John Maus being derided for years and then being regarded as heroes when the narrative changes.

I've always liked Ariel Pink! and I certainly don't think he's a "hero"

because the narrative is based on what crut thinks

well who exactly are you saying is touting him as a hero all of a sudden

i thought the narrative changed for ariel pink when he released a record that wasn't half bad, can't speak for maus

man everyone is writing it gets better songs these days

crut, sorry if im wrong (note: i'm not wrong, that's sarcasm) but isn't ariel pink regarded as the father of a genre that has its own iTunes features and countless alt-weekly articles and simon reynolds defense pieces and constant best new music traction

and thusly he gets to play festivals like coachella and jimmy fallon even though like two years ago he couldn't even fill the knitting factory

if ilx crashes can we agree to all go here:

http://www.mausspace.com/phpBB3/index.php

http://www.mausspace.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7

you have to be fucking kidding me

I don't know; I don't pay attention to that noise. I just don't think people are doing a weird 180 on Ariel Pink like you're implying?

i dunno look at the pitchfork scores and get back to me

I GUESS IT COULD BE A COINCIDENCE

http://www.mausspace.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1249

ok I didn't realize u were talking about p4k specifially. but, yeah, we're all well aware that pitchfork rides trends and is not necessarily fair or consistent.