The whole 'looks like I haven't brushed my hair' thing that girls have going on these days kind of annoys me.

/brush your damn hair

I met a queen hipster at a party a few weeks ago and she tried to put on some 'new stuff you have to hear' ... I obliged and regret every second of that buzzkill crap she said was music.

The things I do for tang...

Who, who, who, who, who, who and who?
I literally know none of those.

nothing for nothing, but if horrible music is going to be written and placed on a pedestal, I prefer it to be made by hot chicks rather than whiny man-AWs.

SilentStrider: Who, who, who, who, who, who and who?
I literally know none of those.

Same here.

*pops a Shiner 100 and hands it to ya.*

SilentStrider: Who, who, who, who, who, who and who?
I literally know none of those.

Congratulations, you're not a hipster. Have a non ironic Budweiser on me.

Reminds me of the grunge days. When the head cheerleader starts wearing flannel, it's time to move on.

yeaaaaa, only heard of #1 and even that i never actually heard the music. NEXT

All these bands are very young people. Once in a great while, some group of post-teens will come up with something great. Once in a GREAT while. Otherwise, they're typically just a buncha cute kids who haven't put in their 10,000 hours.

/Keep practicing.
//Keep making music.
///Hone your craft till it's PERFECT.
//Then you can call me.

Never heard of any of these either... and I'll only be 25 on Friday...

Too early to yell at hooligans to get off my lawn?

SilentStrider: Who, who, who, who, who, who and who?
I literally know none of those.

I'd heard of one or two of them, but not heard the music. So I looked up Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on YouTube, and watched this (new window) from Letterman. Slap His Face Say No. I warned you.

Then I looked up the Vivian Girls, and found this (new window) from some outdoor show. This Spike list may actually be 100% correct. Crazy.

CitizenTed: All these bands are very young people. Once in a great while, some group of post-teens will come up with something great. Once in a GREAT while. Otherwise, they're typically just a buncha cute kids who haven't put in their 10,000 hours.

/Keep practicing.
//Keep making music.
///Hone your craft till it's PERFECT.
//Then you can call me.

Oh, I get it. You have to be a certain age to make good music. Let me dial Ian Curtis's corpse and let him know.

/Yes, I know you said typically. Okay, okay, I'll get off your lawn. Damn.

Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend.

/Guess what my pick is!

Pains have kind a cool fuzzy sound that works well in the background of a smokey bar. They can't be directly listened to.

Clap Your Hands hasn't been cool in a long time. Their 2nd album was even a failure by indie standards.

MIA kicks ass!



/but, who's that chick?

Haven't heard of any of them.

/my lawn
//get off it

Bands like that, make me happy that im no longer a record store employe. Worked at a "mom and pop" store for 7 years, and i thought the shart that came out in the early 2000's were bad.

I have a soft spot for CYHSY, but "Some Loud Thunder" was pretty unlistenable.


Tapes & Tapes and TV On The Radio need to be on that list.

Excellent points about most of those bands.

I thought MIA was the only tolerable part of that wankfest Grammy opening number.

CYHSY have more than a few good songs... but fair on the vocals and the live performances.

Vivian Girls have a decent record, but they suck live. Most of the people who like them want to nail them.

Pains Of Being Pure At Heart? I like 'em. No shame in being influenced by The Cure. The Cure had their share of influences that I prefer too.

PB&J, well... the article is dead on.

The writer references No Age a couple times... such as when he calls Times New Viking "that My Bloody Valentine/No Age sound"... I don't think he's heard them. More Sonic Youth/GBV in my opinion.

Anyway, my ultimate point is that he's not far off with a lot of these bands, but he's also a writer for SPIKE, and probably youtubed all of these guys after he was done the article because he was busy trash talking hipsters when he was "at" all these shows he claims to have seen.

They only put these artists up on a pedestal so they can try to look up their dresses.

/Hello, Steve Martin, we salute you!

CYHSY is excellent. So, so excellent.

Peter Bjorn and John suck - but who likes them? I thought Young Folks was like a VH1 song.

Times New Viking is not for everyone and this writer clearly doesn't know enough about music to not make an idiot of himself whilst talking about them.

tPoBP@
Vivian Girls are lame, absolutely horrible live, and I cringe each time I see that they've gotten a little more popular.

Wavves is great music but he's a douchebag/diva.

M.I.A. is farking lol. Got stuck at her set once and she was even worse than I could've imagined.

...who knew you can't use ASCII hearts on fark? as I was saying, Pains of Being Pure At Heart is so farking catchy, I don't care that they're not that talented otherwise, and they're decent live, but I don't think they're "top 5 bands to know in 2009"-worthy.

deevo: yes!

Anything on the Slumberland label (practically) is great. Pains Of Being Pure at Heart, Crystal Stilts and old noise poppers Black Tambourine are all excellent.

I guess we're "hipsters".

Haha, your post wasn't there while I was writing mine up, but we seemed to concur more or less.

That "MBV/No Age" comparison made me "WAT" so hard and realized I could stop taking this guy seriously. Anyone whose negative opinion of TNV doesn't include "Robert Pollard wannabes" probably doesn't know shiat about [the recent state of affairs in] rock music.

Right? Exactly. If he's accusing people of being shallow, uninformed followers... he's a hypocrite. Who works for a company that bastes itself in homoeroticism and CSI.

deevo: CYHSY is excellent. So, so excellent.

Did you watch that video I linked? I know that music appreciation is subjective, but he makes Bob Dylan sound like Marvin Gaye.

factoryconnection: he makes Bob Dylan sound like Marvin Gaye.

True. Like, it's terrible on the album and that's the best it gets. Good songs though. Take this for example.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvw2cf0DJYA

The basslines for this song and "Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth" are pure pop goodness.

d000fus: Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend. Vampire Weekend.

/Guess what my pick is!

Thank you.

I'm fairly certain there's one of each of these bands in any given medium-to-large metropolitan area. Same poorly played, but genuine indie music, same hipster crowds, same dingy hole-in-the-wall bars.

I just don't understand why people get excited about these acts when you could find some band that sounds exactly the same in your own back yard.

/for the record I've heard of none of these bands

When I bought this record a while back I thought I knew what I was getting into. I thought the LP would be filled will some skillfully crafted lo-fi/no-fi tunes straight outta the city of Columbus, Ohio. What I got was a record that was almost unlistenable.

What decade are you living in?

the dallas hipsters are into italo disco and anything remixed by the cool kids. i don't get it at all. also, what's the deal with multiple letters now? wavves, mayyors, and there's a couple more.

the pains of being pure at heart is very catchy. great album. the first peter bjorn and john album had some decent material, but their latest effort didn't do a thing for me. i can't stand MIA, or diplo for that matter.

the MBV comparison is just lazy writing. if times new viking's music were darker, the writer would have compared them to joy division.

Millzners: I'm fairly certain there's one of each of these bands in any given medium-to-large metropolitan area. Same poorly played, but genuine indie music, same hipster crowds, same dingy hole-in-the-wall bars.

I just don't understand why people get excited about these acts when you could find some band that sounds exactly the same in your own back yard.

/for the record I've heard of none of these bands

and it shows

lajimi: When I bought this record a while back I thought I knew what I was getting into. I thought the LP would be filled will some skillfully crafted lo-fi/no-fi tunes straight outta the city of Columbus, Ohio. What I got was a record that was almost unlistenable.

What decade are you living in?

What the hell do you want him to say? CD? MP3 file compilation? FLAC download? Shut up, it gets the point across.

As an aside, I will contend that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's first album - may I say album? - has some really great songs on it. I can understand if you can't stand that dude's voice, I really can. But I still think there are some pretty catchy tunes on that, um, musical compilation of songs that is distributed via some medium.

^ misquoted. That's for you flaminglip.

P.S. - CYHSY's second album totally blows, for the record. Ha! Record? What's that!?

flaminglip: Did you forget to eat today?

/has more vinyls than I wish to count, thank you

Yeah, I'm cranky. That's not the point. I mean, seriously, is "record" or "LP" really that offensive though? I'm curious; what would you call one of those things in everyday speech or type?

flaminglip: Dude, I agree with you. I didn't say it, lajimi did. You are confused. I use the term 'record' mostly because they are 'recordings'.

Now step away from the keyboard, ya botherin' me, son.

Oh, you mean I quoted the correct person in the first place? Jeez, I'll just go kick myself in the balls right now. Sooooo, we're on the same page then... OK... yikes...

/didn't need to call me son though, guy. that's just annoying.
//regardless, you win.

I kinda like Vivian Girls and Wavves. Does that make me a "neon flannel-wearing douchebag?"

I like the haunting sound PB&J use and the whistling in "Young Folks" is dead on. I started laughing at the accuracy of the article's summary of them though.

Cool. I now have proof that I am no damned hipster.

I tried to be a hipster once, it didn't take.

/never heard of any of those bands.

robertj: Millzners: I'm fairly certain there's one of each of these bands in any given medium-to-large metropolitan area. Same poorly played, but genuine indie music, same hipster crowds, same dingy hole-in-the-wall bars.

I just don't understand why people get excited about these acts when you could find some band that sounds exactly the same in your own back yard.

/for the record I've heard of none of these bands

and it shows

So you're telling me a band like Vivian Girls is a rare talent that only comes along once in a long while?

/whatever floats your boat

Bob Wood_National Program Director: I kinda like Vivian Girls and Wavves. Does that make me a "neon flannel-wearing douchebag?"

No dude, you just know the relevant bands of today. People that hate hipsters are usually the same people that still listen to new Pearl Jam records.

Millzners: robertj: Millzners: I'm fairly certain there's one of each of these bands in any given medium-to-large metropolitan area. Same poorly played, but genuine indie music, same hipster crowds, same dingy hole-in-the-wall bars.

I just don't understand why people get excited about these acts when you could find some band that sounds exactly the same in your own back yard.

/for the record I've heard of none of these bands

and it shows

So you're telling me a band like Vivian Girls is a rare talent that only comes along once in a long while?

/whatever floats your boat

No, I'm just saying that he obviously hasn't heard anything from any of these bands. Sure Vivian Girls are not talented, neither were The Replacements. But fun and catchy they are. Wavves, Vivian Girls, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart are young bands, they never claimed to be Rush.

//seen PB&J twice and rock the shiat out of everyone. believe it.

deevo: Wavves is great music but he's a douchebag/diva.

his music seems to be alright, but the vocals are extremely farking whiny.

robertj: Bob Wood_National Program Director: I kinda like Vivian Girls and Wavves. Does that make me a "neon flannel-wearing douchebag?"

No dude, you just know the relevant bands of today. People that hate hipsters are usually the same people that still listen to new Pearl Jam records.

This is usually true, but some of these bands are still just terrible.

/Also terrible: Dan Deacon
//If you mess with the Decemberists, though, I will farking end you

tagjim: I have a soft spot for CYHSY, but "Some Loud Thunder" was pretty unlistenable.


Tapes & Tapes and TV On The Radio need to be on that list.

TV on the Radio, admittedly made me angry and i was pissed off that their music sucked to me, but over time, i heard some of their stronger songs and it really stuck with me.

hipsters will be hipsters, sadly. Fickle and arrogant. but seriously, drop the neon, it was NEVER a good idea. even when i was 12 and had the hats and the chuck taylors....why regress?

destitute college kid: robertj: Bob Wood_National Program Director: I kinda like Vivian Girls and Wavves. Does that make me a "neon flannel-wearing douchebag?"

No dude, you just know the relevant bands of today. People that hate hipsters are usually the same people that still listen to new Pearl Jam records.

This is usually true, but some of these bands are still just terrible.

/Also terrible: Dan Deacon
//If you mess with the Decemberists, though, I will farking end you

Dan Deacon is the new Phish. I'm calling it now :D

After reading this article again I wonder what bands the writer and his posse of oranged skinned, faux hawked, Tap Out shirt wearing donkeys would place on a pedestal.

//not a phish fan
//or a deacon fan
//loves me \/\/ A \/ \/ E S

robertj: After reading this article again I wonder what bands the writer and his posse of oranged skinned, faux hawked, Tap Out shirt wearing donkeys would place on a pedestal.

keep in mind the article is from Spike TV's website. That said, of the bands I'm familiar with, I have no doubt that most of them are going to be complete flash-in-the-pans.


As far as TV on the Radio goes, yeah you could argue they're a hipster band, but I would say they're most likely to become The Next Big Thing. Though I really wish they'd have a little bit of consistency. They have some really farking good tracks, and some complete Meh ones.

Missing from the list:


There, I said it.
Unlistenable swill.

AspectRatio: Missing from the list:


There, I said it.
Unlistenable swill.

Them's fightin' words.