kazoozak wrote:I thought that song "A-Punk" was ok, if derivative of Aztec Two-step.

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kazoozak wrote:total waste like Crap Your Pants Say Nah.

AWESOME.

ugh

boring music

stupid name

do not want

DazeyDiver wrote:ugh

boring music

stupid name

do not want

you're right, it does sound like spoon playing police songs... or something equally terrible.

Pitchfork is about pop music. Their top 100 songs of 2007 was a laundry list of catchy, dancey music, most of which was in fact pretty damned good. The cultural and technological confluences of our time have created an interesting period for those who like safe, fun music that feels fresh and new. Alot of good pop music.

None of that stuff (Strokes, etc.) is edgy or groundbreaking save for the way they reference artists and fashions that were once upon a time cutting edge so as to build mainstream reflections. I like the music for what it is.

Vampire Weekend is okay. I prefer my afro pop to have some punch, some funk, some psych. Whatever. NC, but not really good, either.

Ranxerox wrote:I prefer my afro pop to have some punch, some funk, some psych and a black guy or two.

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D.J.-

I was worried you were going to like this band...because when I heard them for the first time in the Urban Outfitters (I shit you not), some of the guitar lines seemed all right. It quickly made me want to die.

They have a song about getting out of Cape Cod and "escaping" to Jersey. That pretty much sums up the problem with hipster kids my age and the Pitchfork generation.

CRAP.

Minotaur029 wrote: I heard them for the first time in the Urban Outfitters

Haha! You were in the Urban Outfitters!

(Wait, our keyboardist works for them now. Why am i pointing and laughing?)

^Sad, but true.^ We were getting a birthday present for my girlfriend's friend. Really. Honest. Super cerial.

well its certainly one of the most offensively wank band names ive ever heard.

Pitchfork is about pop music. Their top 100 songs of 2007 was a laundry list of catchy, dancey music, most of which was in fact pretty damned good. The cultural and technological confluences of our time have created an interesting period for those who like safe, fun music that feels fresh and new. Alot of good pop music.

I disagree.

None of that stuff (Strokes, etc.) is edgy or groundbreaking save for the way they reference artists and fashions that were once upon a time cutting edge so as to build mainstream reflections. I like the music for what it is.

I hate this music for what it is, which is crap.