How do you do this and not use a "DO NOT WANT" or "FAIL" image?
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 18:57 (fifteen years ago) link
^^the best question
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 22 July 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh I dunno, there's some pretty posi posts about the EP and then it was all re-recorded or something, so maybe people are down on that. I really couldn't be bothered to learn more because the songs I've heard are derivative, smug bullshit that remind me of the worst aspects of being friendly with hipsters in college.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
it reminds you of getting friend-zoned?
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
The friend zone (or friendship zone) is a folk psychology concept found in many texts geared towards a male audience about "dating advice", or "seduction advice". In that case, that man would be mentally categorized as a "friend" rather than a lover, i.e. put into the friend zone.
Great try, but no.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
It does kind of remind me of my roommate getting friend-zoned, though.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Honestly? You think Black Kids are smug? It's slightly clever twee - almost the opposite.
― skygreenleopard, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 05:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Also - slocki's comment? Hilarious. I should also emphasize I think it's the opposite not because it's twee (which can get pretty ironic and smug too) but because I think it's pretty sincere.
― skygreenleopard, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 05:29 (fifteen years ago) link
nb:: this blog: http://tweefashion.blogspot.com/
― wilter, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 05:31 (fifteen years ago) link
YO DUDE ARE YOU A SKYGREEN LEOPARD DUDE
― jeff, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 05:45 (fifteen years ago) link
jk i don't care :D
hehhhhh
― wilter, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 05:47 (fifteen years ago) link
oh skygreen leopards they will believe anything.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 11:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Jeff: Unfortunately, I'm not. Someone asked me that in the Pitchfork thread too - as I said there, I bought their CD a while ago and I've used their name as a log-in in everything since. I also like the band a whole lot. However, it can probably cause some confusion here on ILX. Might be changing the nickname soon.
― skygreenleopard, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
these things are so weird to me, like everyone goes apeshit for some halfway decent/halfway shitty band and then all of a sudden they release a new album and it's like THE SCALES HAVE FALLEN FROM MY EYES....
new shit seems like kinda spanau ballet type shit...i dunno...i seriously don't know why like vampire weekend's week-ass shit is the best thing ever and this weak-ass shit is the worst ever...like just flip a fuckin' coin. i probably like this sort gay nu-romantic type vibe better than cod-african preppy "funk"....v
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
spanDAU ballet
― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Unfortunately, I'm not.
LOL
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 24 July 2008 13:30 (fifteen years ago) link
metacritic seems to have found the review unquantifiable.
― poortheatre, Friday, 25 July 2008 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
umm..
http://www.stereogum.com/1925736/stream-black-kids-rookie/music/album-stream/
― devvvine, Monday, 20 February 2017 18:27 (seven years ago) link
Kinda into this, two songs in and it sounds like the last eight years of indie music didn't happen.
― devvvine, Monday, 20 February 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
I met someone who actually read pitchfork once, it was weird. I thought he was kidding but he looked all sad when I giggled.― Niles Caulder, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:30 (eight years ago) Permalink
― Niles Caulder, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:30 (eight years ago) Permalink
Hehehehehe!
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Monday, 20 February 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link