Friday, October 1, 2010

HIPSTER RUNOFF

HIPSTER RUNOFF

A fan of the XX wears XXes taped over her nipples 2 their concert

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:52 PM PDT

Photo by locotorpphotography via youtell concerts

Checkin out my fave band

Went to this rave
Sorta hoping that they play

Maybe Jamie XX will come out
and play some dubstep
Or Oliver Sim will come out and eyeball fuck me
Maybe my girl Romy will come out and just say ‘hey how r u’

X-es over my nips
Worried that the adhesive tape will tear away my skin
leave my areolas raw
rip off the nip

Will be unable to ‘slip’ it out in the future.
Just vibing out the
don’t mind me
Don’t want any attention

Wearing the most authentic XX tshirt possible
except for the previous XX broad
Miss u ‘ broad’ [link]

Do yall ever wear nipple covers around?
Does sell hella progressive merch?
Are XX fans just a bunch of UK ravers?
Rlly mss broad 4 serious

Can Twin Sister become the lofi Beach House of 2k11?

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:16 AM PDT


[MP3]
Twin Sister All Around and Away We Go

It is so difficult to harvest a buzzband in 2k10. It seems like it takes months and months for bands to ‘ripen’, making themselves available for a great MP3 harvest. Long gone are the days where a band can exist for less than a week, have 1 blogworthy MP3 and get ‘all buzzed about on the Hype Machines.’ So many ‘Brooklyn-based buzzbands’ that all have similar names make it so difficult for fans and bloggers 2 decide ‘who is relevant.’ Not just who can ‘get into the top 20 on hypemachine’ (which has become easier than ever due to new algorithms / blogs that are eager to publish mid-level content), but who can elevate their brand to ‘top tier indie celebrity status.’

Feel like I have ‘evolved’ from the constant hunt for bloggable mp3s, looking to be the first to share them, instead taking a chiller route, waiting for bands to ‘mature’ with at least a sample size of 10-20 mp3s before I ‘dive’ into their catalog. No longer am I young, and I can’t take a risk on an unknown band. I am maturing, growing older, my life is slowing down and I am less likely to take risks, whether it is in my investment portfolio or when it comes to my tastemaking voice.

Really vibing out to Twin Sister now that I ‘finally listened 2 them.’ Twin Sister seems to have been around ‘for a while’, but due to underbranding / mis-branding, they may not have been able to ‘break thru’ and secure a highly relevant fan base which is necessary to continue to get ‘authentic coverage’ as opposed to riding blurb waves. Maybe I am ‘completely wrong’ and need to check Billboard to see that they sold hundreds of thousands of units across the world, but this mp3 post serves not only as an opportunity to ‘buzz’ Twin Sister, but also to comment on the state of blogs as tastemakers for buzzbands.

A new sect of bands has evolved that get lost in blog fodder. It is a communication issue since our eyes and ears are trained to interpret and analyze the blog format without reading text or listening to MP3s, even when content deserve our attention. We have learned to look past annoying banner ads, and now we can look past the actual content. Even Pitchfork wrote some article abt how all blogs look the same, and all bands try to match the vintage aesthetic with their press photos [link]. What has hurt buzzbands in the post-lofi vintage Names that don’t stick out. Forgettable videos. ‘Being from Brooklyn’ [via every other g-d buzzband in the world]. Videos that u can’t tell if they are ‘fan videos’ or ‘real videos that represent the brand.’

Really worried we’re going to lose out on a few buzzworthy bands in 2k11 if this trend continues. It seems like blog readers and buzzworthy mp3 scavengers have developed ‘selective buzz blindness’, a term that can be used to describe bands that ‘don’t look like they are worth checking out.’ You

It seems like bands and the ‘online banner advertising industry’ should have a pow-wow fireside chat round table to discuss how to keep people from ‘overlooking’ their content
How does a buzzband get your attention? Sex, gifs, and zany band/mp3 names.

Got super vulns with this song.

[MP3]
Twin Sister The Other Side Of Your Face

Can Twin Sister be ‘saved’, re-processed thru a more authentic buzz cycle?
Do u think they could have received a 1.0 point boost if they were ‘branded’ ‘correctly’?
Should all bands wait to release their albums on an well-known label and overpay a PR agent who adds ‘legitimate value’ to ur brand?

Feel like the best strategy for a band with female vocals and an attractive alt singer is to ‘brand’ the band around the female, even if she doesn’t carry much of the artistic load.

Feel like I would rather listen 2 her
instead of this band:

It seems like the lead singer, who is named Andrea Estella, is ‘mad indie cute’ and should probably be exclusively branded as ‘the leader’ of the band. Probably make a video with her singing/dancing, altbros can ‘oggle’ over her, alt girls will ‘want 2 be her’/wish they had a unique voice so they could be in a buzzband.

I remember when Beach House sorta had an awkward phase, but then my girl Vicki ‘took over’ and ‘ran shit’, carrying that brand 2 new authentic heights using her talent + indie sex appeal.

Just watched Andrea’s personal brand ‘live’ in this lofi rendition of some song.

Bros seem chill, but just trying 2 think about Andrea and then I feel all sausage-festy. Just wanna focus on Andrea, see her face on an album cover, put it up on my wall. Really gotta take down the picture of that lead singer from Glass Candy lady.

What does a buzzband need 2 ‘break thru’?
Can Twin Sister ‘rebound’ even though their album cycle is ‘long over’?
Do u believe in ‘selective buzz blindness’?
Does it take a band 2.5 albums to be ‘authentic indie brands’?
Do all buzzbands on the internet ‘look and sound the same’?
Can Twin Sister ‘get better’ and reach Beach House status?
Can u see Andrea Estella being branded as a Victoria LeGrand / Feist / Alice Glass / Bethany Cosentino?
Would it help if we just started calling her Twin Sister, sorta like how every calls Bethany Cosentino ‘Best Coast’?
If u were starting a buzzbrand, how would u brand their internet identity to make them memorable?
Will the next era of relevant bands have ‘Twin’ in their names/should I make a blog post abt them to SEO for the twin wave?
Is Twin Sister’s career ‘already over’ or will they ‘evolve’ in2 a relevant indie brand that won’t die for another 3-5 years?
Can Andrea Estella become the next big indie it girl?

Photo via flickr


Afraid I’m going 2 lose her
Afraid I’ll never get 2 know her if they don’t make more buzzworthy mp3s
Afraid I won’t have another premium indie front woman in my life if my gurl Twin Sis fades away :-(

Can Twin Sister make ‘the leap’, brand themselves effectively, and sell mad albums/license their well-written songs in relevant commercials?

Unchill AZN Bro is ‘too alt’ 2 smoke cigarettes like a normal chill bro

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:03 AM PDT


Hi again
How r u?
Ur smoking some ciggs or what?
That’s kewl

Ya cancer’s bullshit
Just like diabetes
U can only get them if they run in ur family
but mainly blacks and mexis get ‘the sugar’

Yeah
Better safe than sorry
u don’t wanna get diseases
Yeah cigarette holder is a good idea
No more herpes
Seems rlly alt
might order 1

Okay kewl
Yes, ur unique and zany
Yea ur unchill
Virginia Slims menthols
kewl

god i gotta go
srsly have to run some errands
stop ruining vibes
bummed for the rest of the day

existential unchill crisis

I get it dude
Stop posting on my blog

Get off my blog.
Srsly tired of this bullshit
not funny anymore
goddammit

trapped
hi
bye

we are family
i’ve got all my unchills and me

PHOTO: Best Coast’s set list–Does her handwriting look ‘mad blazed’?

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 07:31 AM PDT

Via http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/09/best_coast_play_1.html
Photo by Chris Gersbeck


They say u can learn a lot abt some1 by analyzing their . You can learn about their mood, what they’ve been thru in life, if their parents are divorced, if they have ever killed any1, or if they are gay/straight. There are tons of stylistic tools you can use to identify more info abt a human being based on their scribble scrabble. So fascinating how communication works–really makes u think that the internet isn’t helping communication after all [via typing with standardized fonts.

N e ways…
Just looked at this photograph of Best Coast’s set list, and I have to assume that this was written by Bethany Cosentino, the front-woman songstress of the fuzzy buzzy band. It seems like u can try to interpret who she is as a person based on this .

OFFICIAL ANALYSIS:
She seems chill, but kinda in a hurry, like she had to go to Subway to grab a quick smart-snack before the show.  She has a desire to be ‘quirky’ and use zany symbols to abbreviate mp3 names.  She seems tense, like she misses WAVVES, but at the same time, there are lots of soft, fun loving curves in her that seem to symbolize that she is ‘kinda lifted’ on marijuana cigarettes/bong pipe hits.   She runs out of space at the end of the page, showing that she is impulsive, and often does not think ahead. She lives in the moment, her writing started off ‘huge’ at the top of the page, but shows that she is bad at long-lasting relationships once they get boring/stale.


What is ur analysis of Bestie’s ?
Does it look ‘blazed’?
Can u tell a lot abt a person from their ?
Does she seem ‘angry and troubled’ or ‘aloof and happy’?
Does she seem ‘angry that Carles stole her weed’?
Have u seen Best Coast live? Does she ‘kill it’?

NYTimes writes sexist trend piece abt how women are ‘finally learning how 2 ride bikes’ 2 be fashionable

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:47 AM PDT

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/fashion/30BICYCLE.html


They say that riding a bike is one of the easiest things 2 do in the world since u learn how to do it when ur young, then u sorta never forget it, like when a lil babie spider learns how to spin a web from its mother. However, I just read a ‘hip, kewl’ New York Times trend piece that really tried to hype this concept of the modern, metropolitan woman starting to ride bikes to make themselves seem more independent / like they have a unique personal brand.

Basically, the article is saying like “Women are expected to get dolled up and look all pretty, but now are fashion accessories so women are more willing to ride them 2 look kewl and sexie.” The article seems to say “Women are worthless and lazy, but in order to be a part of the trend, they are riding more even if it means they get sweaty and ugly and they don’t have enough muscles to power the two wheeled mobile self-transport system around town.”

Here is some intro ‘personal story’ abt some1 with a super important job who still rides a bike to work. Really helps u 2 connect with the spirit of the modern New Yorker / bike riding broad:

Sometimes she's done up in sparkly necklaces and towering heels; other times she coasts to appointments, sans helmet, in a blazer and fresh-pressed jeans. "I get sweaty a little, but it doesn't bother me," she said. Her bike, after all, is a stylish appendage, "a kind of rustic enhancement," she said.

She is one in an increasingly visible band of chic New Yorkers whooshing along the green-painted bike lanes that have proliferated in Manhattan, from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Hudson and from TriBeCa to Harlem, clutching BlackBerrys and clad not in spandex but in fluttery skirts, capes and kitten heels.

Seems soo modern [via Blackberries] and relevant [via name-dropping townships in New York City]. I hope my bulky, ugly mountain bike will still help me look fashionable when I ‘move 2 the city.’

Really feels like this article is kinda sexist, like women are ‘just now discovering bikes’ or something because they are the inferior sex.

Here is some paragraph that tries to be all ‘beautifully worded’, like sentences that used to exist before we could look at a picture and be like ‘Okay. I get it. Laters’:

Roadways are the new runways for these style-obsessed cyclists, their bikes no mere conveyance but a racy adjunct to their look. More than a few are infusing what used to be an athletic, or purely practical, pursuit with eye-catching glamour and sex appeal. Their style, a modish amalgam of fashion and function, is documented on blogs and emulated by like-minded sisters on wheels. Their enthusiasm is fueling an uptick in business among independent merchants.

Need 2 major in journalism at my local community college so I can write for the local news and try to come up with trend pieces / profile pieces that ‘go viral.’

Here is a part where they say that women who ride bikes are just copying more famous people who rode bikes just to ‘be green’ and ‘look kewl/famous’:

Ms. Rose and her cycling cohorts began appearing in Manhattan in significant numbers a couple of years ago, influenced perhaps by a handful of early adopters, including local celebrities like Chloë Sevigny and Naomi Watts, who aimed to burn calories, not fossil fuels. Their example inspired Ms. Page-Green. "When I ride my bike, I'm not wasting rubber," she said. "I'm not spewing exhaust fumes. And I actually keep myself fit."

Must be a trend if a famous person does it.

They quote some lady who tries to say bikes are as sweet as cars, and tries to make it seem like New York is better than LA:

"A bike in New York City is sort of what a convertible is in Los Angeles," said Bonnie Morrison, a fashion publicist who gave up her fancy mountain bikes years ago, preferring to scoot around the city on a boy's Raleigh Chopper from the '70s.

Honestly would rather just drive a hummer, be safe from the elements, and run over bikers who were trying to ‘look kewl’ / ‘adopt trends.’

Here is the ‘closing part’ of the article where they have to name drop ‘fixed gear’ + ‘hipster’, which seems mandatory in any NYTimes ‘trend piece’:

Ms. Dares has her heart set on a Raleigh single-speed, once she settles in. "I know, that's so hipster," she said sheepishly, "but everyone in Brooklyn rides one."

Is ‘riding bikes’ a legitimate trend?
Have ppl been riding bikes 4evr?
Is this trend piece sexist?
Should I move to Brooklyn / a relevant Manhattan subdivision and start a boutique bike shop that overprices ‘kewl looking’ re-assembled that are bedazzled?
Can u use ‘faded jeans technology’ to decorate new bikes to look ‘vintage’?
Do u think all of these women ride their bikes like 2x per year, then they just sit in their apartment 4evr?
Do u ride a bike, and are mainstreamers beginning 2 ride bikes?
Do yall hope more hawtties start 2 ride bikes around town wearing sluttie clothes?

Lamestreamers on Facebook sing Matt & Kim, ask ‘WTF is Shazam?’

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 06:10 PM PDT


So many social tools exist to help humans discover relevant bands. Utilizing social networks, iPhone, and android applications, any1 can identify songs, and let people know what you are listening to. As advanced as we get as a society, nothing beats word-of-mouth marketing, even if it doesn’t come out of ur mouth, and instead ur taste manifests itself in a meaningful status update.

It seems like fans of the entry-level band Matts and Kims wanted 2 let every1 know that they were pumped about the cutesy song “Day Light.”
Here is the music video so u can familiarize urself with the entry level indie brand of the song while u read the convo.


First a bro starts singing the song, being like “lalallala.”

then another bro comes along, and is all like “lalalalala pt 2. loves this song. We are bffs and we love great music!”

Then Bro #1 sings some more, and is all like “lalalala.  I know the words.  Loveeesss it!”

A new bro comes out of nowhere and is like, “I have great taste in music, and I must say, this song is brilliant.”

Then Bro #1 is like “U’ve heard of the Matt and Kims?  Thought u were a lamestreamer. haha!”

Then the bro responds and is like “Matt and Kim… every1 has heard of them.  But if u really want to know, the first time I heard their song, I had to Shazzams it in order to find out who it was.  I went home, downloaded some more of their songs off iTunes, and needless to say that I am a fan.  Thanks !”

Then a bro comes out of nowhere and is like “WTF IS , YALL?  I NEED EFFING HELP FINDING NEW MP3s and BUZZBANDS. helllpppp meeee”

Some1 else comes along and says “Listen to Edward Sharpe and also check out Pashy Pits and Posty serve”

Some1 finally answers the question about , and is like “It’s an iPhone app that can help u identify songs.”

Then some1 is like “ugghhhh h8 all of these hippie-star bands.  Just trying to find buzzbands and cutesy MP3s.  Eff life.  Just wish I knew who the Matt and Kims are.  Laters yall!”

THE END

Do yall use 2 find artists?
Do these bros seem chill, or like huge lamestreamers?
Does technology beat ‘humans’ when it comes to work AND music referral?
Is Matt & Kim mad entry level?
Do yall ever see lamestreamers talking abt ‘indy muzaks’ on facespace?