Yeah, how can a publication that put Kreayshawn on the cover last year sink so... oh, forget it, I can't even finish the sarcastic thought.
I would call this more nu-thrash than hardcore. The production, yipes!
the guitarist died in 2010.
Portishead has better songs.
Max's decision is actually correct.
No because PJ Harvey has, you know, SONGS. And they're not just about wanting a boy to like her.
(PS this song is meandering garbage and girlfriend needs an editor, or at least someone to teach her how to write a bridge.)
"It's sort of silly that this is the 'Official Audio' and the 'Official Video' is coming soon. Is this a thing now?"
It is, actually. YouTube is the top source of streaming audio on the Internet, and the labels finally figured out how to make at least a little scratch off that. (See also: "lyric videos" for new singles, most notably "Fuck You.")
It is, actually. YouTube is the top source of streaming audio on the Internet, and the labels finally figured out how to make at least a little scratch off that. (See also: "lyric videos" for new singles, most notably "Fuck You.")
This is exactly what I've been arguing!
Also, they bring the controversy because it gets hits! Has Denton taught you nothing? Jeez man!
She's signed to Interscope and there's another PR company working her press. I am sure that there are machinations at work here.
No, you're totally right. This just feels more... sped-up, I guess. On Internet time. Like the Kreayshawn cycle went from boom to bust to boom to wherever the hell it is now in what, four months? And it's definitely new in the music-blog game, playing to the Hipster Runoffs and the like as opposed to getting vaguely fawning quotes from the likes of Gorilla Vs. Bear.
A friend of mine posited that all of this is (quoting him now) an attempt to "beat the 'authenticity' game by creating so much hater backlash that people start to defend the artist." Which, hmm, maybe!
(I feel like I should be shamelessly plugging the Voice's website! Haha.)
A friend of mine posited that all of this is (quoting him now) an attempt to "beat the 'authenticity' game by creating so much hater backlash that people start to defend the artist." Which, hmm, maybe!
(I feel like I should be shamelessly plugging the Voice's website! Haha.)
Who is this "we" you speak of? Are you Chuck Klosterman in disguise or something?
It's old home week!! And yeah, "hipster" is really just a terrible word. Especially when imprecisely applied to 36-year-old Queens residents who are about a month overdue for a haircut, cough cough.
If more people "pull an LDR" what you have left is a bunch of people shouting at one another with increasing levels of incoherence. Is that really what we want, here? It sure isn't fun.
You might. But I bet your definition and that of the person next to you are different. Try it sometime! Or just try using different words! There are a lot of them out there!
Welcome to the latest chapter of People Sure Do Get Offended When You Question Songs They Like At All! Holy smokes.
The idea that one can manufacture controversy in order to elevate someone who's put out a 7-inch worth of (lackluster) material to the top of the Musical Trending Topics lists is certainly worthy of note. There are bigger bands that receive positive attention for their music but none of them are as pageview-baity as LDR or the other acts I've mentioned. This is in large part because it's easier to coalesce around "controversy" or disliking someone for extramusical reasons than to do so around taste, which is knotty and unpredictable. But this harnessing of negative attention for positive gain this early in a singer's career is a relatively recent development in the whole marketing-music-to-the-bloggers world.
I mean, would you have written this post if people were just like, "I like this singer and she is good"? It certainly wouldn't have passed muster with the bosses as far as its ability to generate eyeballs. (Believe me, I know.)
Also, "gangster Nancy Sinatra" is the worst publicist description ever, because, as Jay Smooth put it, NANCY SINATRA was the gangster Nancy Sinatra.
Anyway, let's fight the real enemy: Cults!
The idea that one can manufacture controversy in order to elevate someone who's put out a 7-inch worth of (lackluster) material to the top of the Musical Trending Topics lists is certainly worthy of note. There are bigger bands that receive positive attention for their music but none of them are as pageview-baity as LDR or the other acts I've mentioned. This is in large part because it's easier to coalesce around "controversy" or disliking someone for extramusical reasons than to do so around taste, which is knotty and unpredictable. But this harnessing of negative attention for positive gain this early in a singer's career is a relatively recent development in the whole marketing-music-to-the-bloggers world.
I mean, would you have written this post if people were just like, "I like this singer and she is good"? It certainly wouldn't have passed muster with the bosses as far as its ability to generate eyeballs. (Believe me, I know.)
Also, "gangster Nancy Sinatra" is the worst publicist description ever, because, as Jay Smooth put it, NANCY SINATRA was the gangster Nancy Sinatra.
Anyway, let's fight the real enemy: Cults!
I think the "controversy" mostly involves her lips being plumped, to be honest. Yay for the brave new world of gender relations in indie! (And hi!)
PS It's Lana Del Rey. Or is hoping that exotic-for-their-own-sake pseudonyms be spelled correctly a misguided swipe at "authenticity" too?
Hi Brian! You kind of missed my point, I think. I find her music pretty boring overall (she's less lowercase-f feisty than capital-F Feist!) but I think that the constant positioning of her as "controversial" even though her music is the exact opposite is an attempt to basically troll everybody in an effort to up her online profile. It's a fascinating phenomenon, really, and one that relies on blogs (like Gawker!) to give attention to an artist for reasons wholly divorced from their musical output. See also: Future, Odd; Creator, Tyler The; Shawn, Kreay.
Authenticity, hahaha. That's a good one. Also, I would love to hear the subdefinition of the word "hipster" you're using here, seeing as it tends to be used as a catch-all condemnation for "white people whose tastes make me feel old/out of touch/[insert nervous adjective here]." It's really the worst word of the past five years, I think, because it means absolutely nothing.
Love,
Maura Johnston
Not Blogging About Music For Gawker Media Since 2008
Authenticity, hahaha. That's a good one. Also, I would love to hear the subdefinition of the word "hipster" you're using here, seeing as it tends to be used as a catch-all condemnation for "white people whose tastes make me feel old/out of touch/[insert nervous adjective here]." It's really the worst word of the past five years, I think, because it means absolutely nothing.
Love,
Maura Johnston
Not Blogging About Music For Gawker Media Since 2008
