Hip™ for Basics

"basic" bothers me as a pejorative but I can't understand why. maybe because I have no problem with elitism in practice but don't like talking about it?

I was invited to a Grouplove/Portugal. The Man concert this summer that was uhh maybe in this genre?

I didn't really have any idea who these bands were. Still not sure. People seemed really into it.

i really like basically every grouplove single but yeah they might fit here

they covered "drunk in love" and it was really bad

other than that, pretty unobjectionable!

Atlas Genius, I think, is one of these bands.

― alpine static, Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha this is the perfect name for one of these

i hate the term 'basic' a lot but there's definitely an aspect of ... eagerness to be synced that connects all the bands that can fall under this particular rubric

I want a canonical list, mostly to screen dates

Ha I love that this thread was started. (I was too lazy to do it myself.) I made a Spotify playlist that includes a few of the more critically loved -- but still widely popular -- acts in this vein: http://open.spotify.com/user/seaworthyset/playlist/1GA3uz7IjIEXBcF796L2Rk

And the fact that I called the playlist "H4B" signals my own discomfort with the term "basic" -- but I think I was high when I wrote the posts quoted at the top of the thread.

Catching up:

Grouplove definitely belongs.

Portugal. The Man kinda does, but really only by association. They're a lot proggier/weirder than a lot of these bands. Or at least they were the last time I paid attn, which was probably 5 years ago.

I liked "Safe & Sound" too, until I saw the video. The video kinda made me hate the song.

I feel like there are some big/obvious ones I've noticed but can't remember now.

like, Bastille / Kongos / Rixton ... do these bands fit? Or are they too unabashedly pop / not enough faux-indie?

the lines between Hip™ for Basics and Post-Arcade Fire Stomp 'n' Shout-along All Together Now (But Not So Rootsy Like Mumford Et Al) Faux-Indie Rock can be pretty blurry.

except for rare exceptions i.e. two door cinema club, british bands shouldn't count

the fact that most of these bands are american is v. key to their lack of critical acclaim imo

This is pretty much ubiquitous London pub-bar music 2006-2014.

"campfire stomp" genre as coined by uh, was it goole?

Yahhh this is v definitely a different genre from campfire stomp. I feel like Phantogram are ILX-approved but definitely in this nexus.

yeah this stuff is all i hear at bars these days

wait what is 'campfire stomp' it's turning up 0 results in ilx search

is that like mumford etc?

it returns tons of posts in ilx search?

relevant post:
GTFO rolling worst music of 2014

iirc The Lumineers and their hit single are the main example

Lumineers/Mumfords/Of Monsters and Men, that type of shit

does this qualify? it maybe kind of forgets to be hip™ after its merriweather post pavilion rip intro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBTB54ty-tc

I can't tell the ironic ilxor threads from the normal ones anymore.

TM™

the "cake by the ocean" video was directed by gigi hadid, and the fat jew is in it

the youtube ad preceding passion pit's "take a walk" was for a charity that benefited with each bottle of 5-hour energy you buy

yes, Colony House counts. they look like Mac DeMarco made a baby with a Gap commercial

I have seen (not read) a couple of things recently that gave me the impression that Kongos is now considered (a) good and/or (b) credible.

True? False? Anyone know?

this "broken" song by lonelytheband (horrible name) is definitely this aesthetic. how cute that a song that would have been considered vaguely trendy in 2008 can be a hit a decade later