| This month, the crap that clogs my pipes is: the whirled of music |
New wave exhumation finally hits bottom with the Killers
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Yeah,
yeah, yeah. We know, we're being naive. I mean, once Franz
Ferdinand broke, who could have imagined major labels would
be falling all over themselves to sign every bunch of synth-toting,
eyeliner-wearing twenty-somethings they could find?
And yeah, we suppose we're partially guilty of egging them
on for non-ironically liking those Futureheads and Bloc Party
songs (hey, they have cool accents).
But
was there really a compelling excuse for The
Bravery? Just asking.
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So
help them, 20 million-plus Americans, twice a week, just can't stop watching American Idol
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In the name of all that is good and holy, just stop! Cocaine-addicted
monkeys with free access to unlimited drugs have more self control! |
Jane's
Addiction allows "Mountain Song" to be used
to pimp Coors Light
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You'd
think, after all of Perry Farrell's First Amendment battles,
he'd at least sell out to a brewer with slightly less obvious
ties to right-wing extremists. Whatever. Cash in now, honey.
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When
even the singer from Louis XIV has one...
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 ...it may be time to cut off your indie rock shag haircut. |
the oKtober People
 |
Come
on, they played SXSW. They'd make an excellent supporting
act if the reunited Slint gets around to touring again.
Why are they not on Touch and Go yet?
Chop, chop, people!
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The
inscrutable critical popularity of The Arcade Fire
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Okay,
yes. So it appears someone can recreate the sounds
of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, almost yelp for yelp,
twenty years after the fact.
But why would anyone want to? |
