what makes it contrarian
"I Miss You" being the Beyonce pick
― Number None, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 17:56 (nine years ago) link
that's a great song tho
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
every time I see "Dire Straits" as a referent in the same sentence as War on Drugs I wonder if the writer means "the synthy parts of late eighties Cure + Billy Idol echo"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
no, there's a definite twangy thing going on, but obviously it's at a bit of a lower skill level
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
I tended to hear it as much in the wheedling of dude's 'Why can't I be Dylan' voice.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
^^^otm - dylan vocal bites, where would indie duderock be without them
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
where would indie duderock be without them
where it is now: dead, like all rock music.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
you're so folksy, I'd do anythingape you from the scoops to where the pitch beginsyou're so precious, you're so right as rainyou make me make me revisit the highway again
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
War of Drugs > Bob Dylan
:mic drop:
― jaymc, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:25 (nine years ago) link
xxpost thought it was p clear that was not a serious statement or one meant to laud indie duderock
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
where would indie duderock be without themwhere it is now: dead, like all rock music.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 12:16 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao i love the inherent patting of self on back whenever someone says "rock is dead"
so hip now with it and wow
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
The reason why I like WOTD is the same reason it's hard to say anything new about them. It's such a simple idea - blue-collar space-rock, aka what if Tom Petty and Bruce Horsby dug krautrock? It appeals to the same part of me that likes dance re-edits of Springsteen or Spiders (Kidsmoke) by Wilco or Balearic. I'm not sure I've discovered any great depths beyond that simple idea so it feels slightly lacking as an album of the year but for me the pleasure's instant.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
it has certain combinations of sounds that remind me of certain FM rock radio memories while placing them in a slightly skewed context
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
there's a definite twangy thing going on, but obviously it's at a bit of a lower skill level
Yeah, TWoD owes a lot more to Knopfler's rhythm playing than his lead playing.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
War On The Drugs?
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
i don't think anyone's saying war on drugs dude is notting hillbillies material! big knopf is a monster
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
lmao i love the inherent patting of self on back whenever someone says "rock is dead"so hip now with it and wow
i mean, it kinda is, or at least on life support...i don't really have any positive or negative opinions on that fact tho, and good bands that play rock music are still good bands obvs, i do believe war on drugs is one of them
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
it really isn't.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
I don't know what "rock is dead" even means but it sure sounds cool to say.
― Evan, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
I saw an "ART IS DEAD" sign in someones window. I don't know what that means either, though I bet that person is pretty edgy.
― Evan, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
yeah i'm not sure either. "rock" has become many things; i feel like a lot of the music i listen to wouldn't exist without "rock" but some people here might not consider it "rock."
― I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
the whole notion of relevance seems really boring to me and less and less important when everything's just a big mess on the internet and spotify now
if there are good bands then it's not dead or if it is dead and there are still good bands then who cares if it's "dead"? i don't care about big outsized bono/woodstock notions about rock having to be big or an important cultural force
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
this is likely the only time I will say this but for the love of all that is good and holy, won't someone post another list
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
xxxpost all around boston someone has been spraypainting NOT ART on things lately, throughout somerville & cambridge, both v edgy places in the minds of many residents, as anyone who lives here will know. to be fair, i loled
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
shakedown otm
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
Top 10 Cool Rock Bands Of 2014
1 The War on Drugs2 Crazy Eyes from Orange is the New Black3 The Pizza Underground4 Pallbearer5 Blue Oyster Cult6 ESPN 30 For 30 - Rand University7 Mr. Pibb8 Sleaford Mods9 Ricky Rubio10 Old Fashioned Minnesota Grape Salad
― i did it all for the 'nuki (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
Now would be the perfect moment to drop the Classic Rock list but tragically it isn't out yet.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
^^^ ha ditto
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
RICKY RUBIO DROPPED AN ALBUM??? WHY WASN'T I TOLD i figured he'd put his time on the t-wolves injury list to good use
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
if you only hear one release this year, make sure it's Old Fashioned Minnesota Grape Salad
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
Isn't that pop?
― Evan, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
more like neo-slowsaladcore
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
pop is dead.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
Oh never mind I misread that as "grape soda"
And Mr. Pibb was right there.
― jmm, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
the truck just came out of nowhere
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
rip pop you had a good run but austerlitz was bound to win in the end
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
it'll be back around, say, 2025.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/27865379/Pop+Is+Dead+Pop.jpg
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
looolllllllllll
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
rock is dead has been said since before anyone on ilx was born. Unless anyone was born before buddy holly died
― strychnine, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
where did Aimless go
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
to create the happy days stageshow
― strychnine, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
― Evan, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 1:56 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0691002991/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/191-3869359-1421625
― Treeship, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
6 ESPN 30 For 30 - Rand University
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
Not Art guy sounds like a complete tool. He was doing this to people's houses? http://wgbhnews.org/post/meet-man-behind-not-art
― jmm, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
I'd be in favor of it if he started spraypainting that on people.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
"We're so sick of seeing Picassos sell for millions of dollars just because they say Picasso. You know, people aren't looking at the art any more, they're looking at the signature. And "Not Art" in itself is a signature."- bob marley
― Face facts poptimism hacks, your a scam. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
This sounds like a neutered version of yellowism
― Treeship, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
If he posted "not art" on a famous work, say starry night or even better the mona lisa he would be on to something (something = footnote mention in art history books)
― Treeship, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link