Friday, February 25, 2011

HIPSTER RUNOFF

HIPSTER RUNOFF

Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear) shows up to the NME Awards, looks keut and alt

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 01:01 PM PST


Popular Animal Collective front man Panda Bear recently attended the NME Awards rocking a cool yellow sweater, a nice jacket, and healthy curl on his hair. He was recently spotted bronoodling with MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden [link], but as TOMBOY's album cycle approaches, I'm sure we'll be seeing more of this smoking hot indie heart throb.

Noah needs 2 get used 2 the red carpet bc next year, maybe will be Animal Collective winning the 'Best Album Ever' Grammy instead of indie pioneers The Arcade Fire.

Does Noah look totally hunky?
R u jealous of his wife?
Do u think Avey Tare gets jealous of his good looks?
With a face like that, how will critics ever pan TOMBOY?
R u getting anxious abt TOMBOY being released in 2k11... or are you betting on a 2k15 release?

I'm getting lost in Vicki LeGrand's curls...

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 12:42 PM PST

Photos via Brooklyn Vegan by Chris Gersbeck


Oh Vicki...
I'm getting lost in ur curls...
Kinda like the hit AnCo song
"Bluish"
except more meaningful... bc it is abt u

I <3 everything abt u
the way ur mop falls in ur face
the sound of ur voice
the definition that your shoulder pads within ur blazer offer ur frame

Vicki..
I can't stop thinking abt u...
Sometimes I think Alice Glass is perfect 4 me...
but then sometimes I just can't stop thinking abt u :-(

I dream abt u being close
playing the entire 'Teen Dream' album 2 me in its entirety
and I will move the curls out of ur face
and see ur eyes light up
when I present u with a new granny blazer with really nice shoulder pads...

Vicks....

I hope ur doing well...
and every time I see u sing
Just know
that I'm getting lost in ur curls

Do yall <3 Vicki LeGrand more than evr?
Does she have the best curls in indie?
Would yall rather settle down with Victoria LeGrand, Alice Glass, or a polygamous marriage with the altbaguettes in the Dirty Projectors (The DPs)?

Neon Indian and Das Racist get modeling contracts

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 08:35 AM PST

Link: http://hypebeast.com/2011/02/mishka-2011-spring-collection/


I just saw these pix of miscellaneous buzzbands 'modeling' for some fashion brand's 'lookbook.' It is called Mishka. Unfortunately, I only shop at JC Penney's, Mervyn's and Solo Serve, so I probably won't be seeing any of these brands coming my way any time soon.

Not really sure if these bands are 'professional models', but I guess u gotta do what u gotta do 2 get 'online buzz' 4 ur brand, whether u r a brand or a fashion label. Most of the clothes just look like 'generic retro bro gear' and 'homeless veteran camouflage jackets.'

Here is Das Racist, the popular post-Weird Al indie rap ethnic crew.

Jared Leto looks keut

Here is some wanna be Crystal Castles band

Alan Palombro looking as 'free and uninhibited'

Girl Talk and his backing band

Here is Salem's Jack Donaghue. No, he's not a model for a brand, this is just a picture of him looking kewl and getting blaaazed.

Do u think all of these models 'crush it'?
Were they paid multi-million dollar lump sums, or were they just given a duffel bag filled with 'homeless person camo jackets'?
Have u ever bought a super authentic vintage-looking jacket from a homeless person?
Is Forrest Gump's #2 bro Lt. Dan 'the future of fashion'?

LCD Soundsystem release new music video where they shit all over Muppet creator Jim Henson's grave

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 06:58 AM PST

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LCD Soundsystem is 'quitting', so I don't really see why they are 'trying so hard' to generate more buzz. Their album came out in 2k10 but here they are with a new music video 4 it. They are also playing like 100 more shows 2 milk as much money as possible out of their fans. Sorta wish we could just paypal them some money 2 go away.

Anyways, this is the video for "Dance Yrself Clean", and it features some fake Muppets doing zany shit in New York City. Kinda makes me sad that they aren't real muppets. They are just puppets of muppets simulated by untrained muppeteers. Really disgraces the entire Jim Henson Studios, and basically 'poops on his grave.' They even have a baby Cookie Monster drinking beer, which is not something that is 'kewl', nor is it what the Muppets

I'm glad LCD Soundsystem is quitting so they stop disgracing the hard work of Jim Henson (who had a better career than Walt Disney).

R I P Jim Henson...
I know ur watching from heaven
upset about how they are ruining ur brand & vision
but it's okay...
they're going away for a long, long time (2-5 years)

Is this video 'fun and creative' or did they ruin the Muppet brand?
Would u be 'awestruck' by the performance, or would u be like 'why do those muppets suck'?

Is there anything 'lovable' abt this performance, or does it just magnify the lack of truly creative ppl living in our world right now?
Whatever happened 2 imagination + creation 4 the sake of making the world a better place, not just 2 create content that a blog will post and inspire consumers 2 purchase ur products and align with ur brand?
Does James Murphy need 2 stop 'bastardizing' the work + vision of Jim Henson?

Do yall h8 entry-level, inauthentic muppets?

Toro Y Moi gets higher score than Radiohead, Pitchfork craftily avoids using word 'chillwave' in review

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 06:39 AM PST

Link: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15129-underneath-the-pine/


Yesterday, Pitchfork Media, a popular indie reviews site 'panned the fuck' out of the latest Radiohead album [link], giving it a lackluster 7.9, which is basically like a 5.0 (adjusted for buzz inflation). It seems like they have returned to 'giving out 8.4s' to overperforming albums by artists that might be prolific (Toro Y Moi) but on the other end, might just be buzz flameouts (Best Coast, WAVVES).

Many experts projected this album to get between a 7.9 to an 8.7. Do yall <3 this album, or do u miss the vintage Chaz pure chillwaves of 'Causers of This'?

Anyways, for some reason the reviewer 'refused 2 use the word chillwave.' Maybe they are just in denial abt the prevailing story lines of the Neon Indian, Washed Out, and Toro Y Moi albums being 'Is this chillwave or not?' Or maybe just sad that 'glo-fi' didn't catch on.

Here is a paragraph where they talk abt the chillwave lifestyle without saying chillwave.

When Chaz Bundick sang, "I found a job I do it fine/ Not what I want but still I try," on "Blessa", it became Causers of This' most-quoted lyric for obvious reasons. Not only can all of us relate to that sentiment at some point in our lives, but it also drew a direct line between the escapism of home-made electro-pop and the lives of most of the people creating it. Talk about Hipstamatic prints, Ariel Pink, and surfing all you want, but y'know, it's also the economy, stupid. Now, I've never shared a cubicle with Bundick, but that kind of resignation is completely at odds with his work ethic as Toro Y Moi, given the steady stream of remixes and side projects he's released in the time since. Just over a year later, he's already the first of the A-listers from this scene to release a follow-up. But if he was feeling any pressure to validate himself and his peers, Underneath the Pine doesn't show it. The album may be too lyrically opaque to have a line as bloggable as "Blessa"'s, but it's a far richer and more accomplished whole, and it makes a strong case for Bundick as an artist with scope, ambition, and a firm grasp of how to balance the two.

'escapism of home-made electro pop'
'Hipstamatic prints, Ariel Pink, and surfing'
'first on the list of A-listers from this scene'

Cmon bro... Just say 'chillwave lifestyle', broski. Really let down the criticism community by not directly confronting the main chillwave issue.

Here is another part where they list every chillwave buzzband, admit that they are grouped together in a genre, but still don't drop the term 'chillwave.'

Because Toro Y Moi is so closely linked with the likes of Neon Indian, Washed Out, and Memory Tapes, it's tempting to read into the success of Underneath the Pine as some predictor of those bands' collective staying power, or a direction others might take. But Bundick seems to be following nothing but his own internal compass.

Feel like the author of this review should have followed his own internal compass right to the chillest chillwaves, riding chillwaves and not being afraid of the chill water and waves crashing in2 his face.

Will Pitchfork avoid using the word 'chillwave' in the Neon Indian and Washed Out album reviews?
Is there a 'movement' by the blogluminati 2 kill chillwave?
Is chillwave dying?
Is it fair to these artists 2 ask 'are they still chillwave?' or does it take away from the discussion abt the quality of their albums?
What are some creative ways to say 'chillwave' without actually saying it?
-lofi bedroom pop
-spaced out bliss electro
-diy home recorded fuzz core
-South Carolinian-inspired post-pop
-wavewavewavewavewhoa
-floating in vibes
-post-Ariel Pink pop
-Music 4 alt 20somethings

///PART OF THE CHILLWAVE NEVER DIES/////

Did Toro Y Moi deserve an 8.4? Is he on his way to an 'above 9.0 career' or has he reached his ceiling?