In defence of hipsters (3 Viewers)

[Jerry Twig]

I'm so bored by internet outrage.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I'm starting to like the Horrors. When the I first hear them I thought they were just the worst type of hipster hair cut band. Probably a justified opinion. Total style over substance, but that's okay.

Oh to be young and pretentious.

 

[Jill Hives]

Explanation of hipsterism, perhaps?

I did like the sentence: "So maybe midlife is about figuring out how to accept the limitations."

Generation X gets really old: How do slackers have a midlife crisis? - Salon.com

 

[Lili Marlene]

I'm starting to like the Horrors. When the I first hear them I thought they were just the worst type of hipster hair cut band. Probably a justified opinion. Total style over substance, but that's okay.

Oh to be young and pretentious.

I miss the Horrors who weren't trying so very hard to be MBV. Strange House was great!

In fairness so was Primary Colours but the last two just seem to be more of the same.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Skying is the one I like

 

[Lili Marlene]

Skying is the one I like

I gave it a shot but it sounded to me like a duller version of Primary Colours. It certainly wasn't bad but I'd already had enough of that kind of thing from them. Sea Within in a Sea though, what a tune:

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[therealjohnny]

Didn't these guys have a raucous garagey sound at one time?

 

[Lili Marlene]

Didn't these guys have a raucous garagey sound at one time?

Yeah, no one likes that album except me though. The band pretty much refuse to acknowledge its existence as far as I can tell.

 

[therealjohnny]

I'd sooner have this carry on than that other stuff

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I saw them on Jools Holland recently and I thought it was like the Human League or something

 

[therealjohnny]

Bloody hell...I've just scanned a few songs on youtube..these guys need to be added to the "Bands that changed their sound" thread

 

[Hector Grey]

I like that they look like a band, rather than some programmers on their lunch. Also, don't hate that sound. I too thought they were sub-Jet wank at one stage. HMMM. Must I reconsider all my prejudices?

 

[Unicron]

I gave it a shot but it sounded to me like a duller version of Primary Colours. It certainly wasn't bad but I'd already had enough of that kind of thing from them. Sea Within in a Sea though, what a tune:

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I liked their second album, whichever one that way

 

[Lili Marlene]

I liked their second album, whichever one that way

that was Primary Colours

1. Strange House
2. Primary Colours
3. Skying
4. Luminous

 

[David Kronenbourg]

i hate the horrors and the ersatz, public school psych movement they spawned which is still the prevalent genre of music in london today. it's so shit!. chuck a rock in any direction and you're bound to hit some emaciated prick in winkle pickers, a tassled suede jacket and giant hair carrying battered guitar cases. just look at these pricks.

temples

toy

telegram

they all came in the wake of/are mates with the horrors. i've seen them all live and they all suck. there's countless other bands in london with large trust funds, immaculate vintage clothes, cool drug habits and zero original ideas. it's pretty depressing. i place blame on the horrors (and brian jonestown massacre).

 

[Lili Marlene]

The only one of them I've listened to are Temples and they are indeed dreadful.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Mind you we still have Mainline The Brothers Movement Sweet Jane Buffalo Sunn

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[therealjohnny]

Just skipped through the album and as a passing fan of 60s psychedilic rock it ticks the boxes

But it's odd seeing this sort of thing being treated as contemporary music. I have no beef with it apart from that.

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[David Kronenbourg]

these guys are terrific Milky Onions

 

[Lili Marlene]

Just skipped through the album and as a passing fan of 60s psychedilic rock it ticks the boxes

But it's odd seeing this sort of thing being treated as contemporary music. I have no beef with it apart from that.

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They are tremendously wealthy though. It can be kind of disheartening to see rich kids being the only ones who can afford to get a band together. It's a whole debate they've been having for a few years:

Let’s talk about class | 33revolutionsperminute's Blog

I dunno. I like Vampire Weekend for example and they're all rich kids. But at least they write snarky lyrics about the rich US college kid experience.

Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers – one of the last truly working-class bands to break through – said it best: ‘Music shouldn’t be a gap year.’ Right now, that’s precisely what it’s become.

whatever your opinion on the manics is, it's worth thinking about

 

[therealjohnny]

I hear you. I shouldn't begrudge but..

I was in a pub where a collective of musicians were playing--all in their early twenties. They had all sorts of amazing, and expensive instruments and none of them had a proper job as far as I know. Nice for some ( I thought, bitterly)


People here seem to inexplicably like Kula Shaker too