So wtf happened to the hipster darlings of 08?

Dr Zayus · 04-21-2009, 09:24 PM

TV on the Radio and Fleet Foxes are nowhere to be found. Animal Collective is the new in-band that every hipster/stoner/college student/Jon seems to be losing their shit over. Meanwhile the bands that fly low enough under the radar to avoid the majority hipster gaze - Bat For Lashes, Beirut and maaaybe the Black Lips - maintain a fairly stable level of buzz. The point is, though, that some great bands are being lost to flash-in-the-pan hype levels. Return To Cookie Mountain is high class. Fleet Foxes aren't bad either. Don't forget them.

*Captain Cornflake* · 04-21-2009, 10:44 PM

Yeah what's the deal with Animal Collective's popularity as of late.

I loved Sung Tongs since it came out and nobody ever heard of them or cared. Now everybody loves them and acts like 'oh yeah those guys are indie as fuck' and it makes me RAGE.

Taxi · 04-21-2009, 10:47 PM

Animal Collective has been around for a while... hmmm sometimes people catch on to music late....

Dr Zayus · 04-21-2009, 11:00 PM

I mean 'new' as in 'new to most people'. They're definitely newish to me. I actually heard (and loved) Panda Bear's records before I bothered to check out Animal Collective. I'm not really arguing against their sudden popularity. I just don't want to see them disappear along with the rest of the internet hype bands that didn't deserve to disappear.

leinator · 04-21-2009, 11:17 PM

TV on the radio and Animal Collective both have been putting out records for a while and will continue to do so. They just happened to hit a mainstream vein and incur temporary popularity, I don't see why it will change anything. Animal Collective will probably shift out of relevance too, but they'll keep putting out good music.

Dr Zayus · 04-21-2009, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by leinator

TV on the radio and Animal Collective both have been putting out records for a while and will continue to do so. They just happened to hit a mainstream vein and incur temporary popularity, I don't see why it will change anything. Animal Collective will probably shift out of relevance too, but they'll keep putting out good music.

True enough. It's just kind of galling to me that a lot of bands don't really get the recognition they deserve after the hype dies down. A lot of my friends have just moved on from music that 6 months ago they couldn't stop talking about.

Unless they're talking about Radiohead, of course

Ol'Zeppelin · 04-21-2009, 11:39 PM

I'm listening to tons of Panda Bear, Animal Collective, and Fleet Foxes lately... I love Fleet Foxes upbeat folky style, it is exactly what I'd love to play... soft indie with heavy folk sound and folk/bluegrass influence. I cannot stop listening to the self-titled album.
Lately I'm getting enough into music and finding these great musicians that I feel bad downloading their music and would definitely buy the albums to support them if I could.
Ben Cooper and his Radical Face "Patients" experiment was really inspiring to me... He made 100cds (at home) with tracks he didn't feel he could really make a proper album out of, and mailed them out as a "trade". The first 100 people to send him something (anything but money) got a CD, and he kept a log of everything received. People sent items that had sentimental value, their own art/music/writing, and even just random stuff.
I need to try to find a copy online... I discovered it like 3days after he stopped giving downloads to a digital version
I need to find an Electric President torrent, also

Who else you guys think I should check out?

Dr Zayus · 04-21-2009, 11:47 PM

If you haven't heard Spacemen 3 check them out. British psychedelic/drone band from the 80's. The Post War Years are good indie math-rock. Really, really good indie-math-rock.

Ol'Zeppelin · 04-21-2009, 11:58 PM

Currently listening to Fleet Foxes. Going to learn Meadowlark, it'd be nice to play when my brother cousin and I have acoustic jams this summer.
My friend keeps saying he wants to learn mandolin, and I'm getting a banjo (hopefully) soon. I keep telling him to hurry, cause I could get our other friend (guitarist, drummer, bassist) and possibly talk him into playing some indie-folk-bluegrass stuff. Sadly other friend, although he is a good musician, is not a huge indie OR folk fan... He likes more folk-punk and harder stuff. I fail at writing music, and he is good at writing grungey/punky stuff, and accidentally writes great surf rock, but I sadly doubt his ability to devise this kind of music

leinator · 04-25-2009, 03:30 PM

Bonnie "Prince" Billy's I see a Darkness is really good lo-fi pop. All his albums vary greatly in style, but Darkness is probably his best.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's debut is pretty recent, if you haven't heard that, you'd probably like it.

The Monks were a 1964 proto-punk band of American soldiers who played in Germany. They're re-issuing their album this year, it's pretty good.

04-21-2009, 09:24 PM	#1
Dr Zayus won't stop rocking 'till he clocked in a gazillion grand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Twisting and shouting Posts: 4,560	So wtf happened to the hipster darlings of 08? TV on the Radio and Fleet Foxes are nowhere to be found. Animal Collective is the new in-band that every hipster/stoner/college student/Jon seems to be losing their shit over. Meanwhile the bands that fly low enough under the radar to avoid the majority hipster gaze - Bat For Lashes, Beirut and maaaybe the Black Lips - maintain a fairly stable level of buzz. The point is, though, that some great bands are being lost to flash-in-the-pan hype levels. Return To Cookie Mountain is high class. Fleet Foxes aren't bad either. Don't forget them. __________________ fuck you, I changed it

04-21-2009, 10:44 PM	#2
Captain Cornflake are you sniffing glue? you suck! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Holyoke, MA Posts: 1,304	Yeah what's the deal with Animal Collective's popularity as of late. I loved Sung Tongs since it came out and nobody ever heard of them or cared. Now everybody loves them and acts like 'oh yeah those guys are indie as fuck' and it makes me RAGE. __________________ so keep a blast of love and napalm rollin' through your head

04-21-2009, 10:47 PM	#3
Taxi the enigmatic wanderer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: in that one place Posts: 3,839	Animal Collective has been around for a while... hmmm sometimes people catch on to music late.... __________________ You must lash out with every limb, like the octopus who plays the drums.

04-21-2009, 11:00 PM	#4
Dr Zayus won't stop rocking 'till he clocked in a gazillion grand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Twisting and shouting Posts: 4,560	I mean 'new' as in 'new to most people'. They're definitely newish to me. I actually heard (and loved) Panda Bear's records before I bothered to check out Animal Collective. I'm not really arguing against their sudden popularity. I just don't want to see them disappear along with the rest of the internet hype bands that didn't deserve to disappear. __________________ fuck you, I changed it

04-21-2009, 11:47 PM	#8
Dr Zayus won't stop rocking 'till he clocked in a gazillion grand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Twisting and shouting Posts: 4,560	If you haven't heard Spacemen 3 check them out. British psychedelic/drone band from the 80's. The Post War Years are good indie math-rock. Really, really good indie-math-rock. __________________ fuck you, I changed it

04-21-2009, 11:17 PM	#5
leinator HOW COULD WE ELECT A BABYKILLER PRESIDENT Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: washington Posts: 611	TV on the radio and Animal Collective both have been putting out records for a while and will continue to do so. They just happened to hit a mainstream vein and incur temporary popularity, I don't see why it will change anything. Animal Collective will probably shift out of relevance too, but they'll keep putting out good music.

04-21-2009, 11:39 PM	#7
Ol'Zeppelin HALT, I AM REPTAR! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: where the wild things are Posts: 1,860	I'm listening to tons of Panda Bear, Animal Collective, and Fleet Foxes lately... I love Fleet Foxes upbeat folky style, it is exactly what I'd love to play... soft indie with heavy folk sound and folk/bluegrass influence. I cannot stop listening to the self-titled album. Lately I'm getting enough into music and finding these great musicians that I feel bad downloading their music and would definitely buy the albums to support them if I could. Ben Cooper and his Radical Face "Patients" experiment was really inspiring to me... He made 100cds (at home) with tracks he didn't feel he could really make a proper album out of, and mailed them out as a "trade". The first 100 people to send him something (anything but money) got a CD, and he kept a log of everything received. People sent items that had sentimental value, their own art/music/writing, and even just random stuff. I need to try to find a copy online... I discovered it like 3days after he stopped giving downloads to a digital version I need to find an Electric President torrent, also Who else you guys think I should check out?

04-21-2009, 11:58 PM	#9
Ol'Zeppelin HALT, I AM REPTAR! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: where the wild things are Posts: 1,860	Currently listening to Fleet Foxes. Going to learn Meadowlark, it'd be nice to play when my brother cousin and I have acoustic jams this summer. My friend keeps saying he wants to learn mandolin, and I'm getting a banjo (hopefully) soon. I keep telling him to hurry, cause I could get our other friend (guitarist, drummer, bassist) and possibly talk him into playing some indie-folk-bluegrass stuff. Sadly other friend, although he is a good musician, is not a huge indie OR folk fan... He likes more folk-punk and harder stuff. I fail at writing music, and he is good at writing grungey/punky stuff, and accidentally writes great surf rock, but I sadly doubt his ability to devise this kind of music

04-25-2009, 03:30 PM	#10
leinator HOW COULD WE ELECT A BABYKILLER PRESIDENT Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: washington Posts: 611	Bonnie "Prince" Billy's I see a Darkness is really good lo-fi pop. All his albums vary greatly in style, but Darkness is probably his best. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's debut is pretty recent, if you haven't heard that, you'd probably like it. The Monks were a 1964 proto-punk band of American soldiers who played in Germany. They're re-issuing their album this year, it's pretty good.

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