What are you listening to right now? (PLEASE put videos behind spoiler tags)

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Well, your mileage may vary, I suppose. Hipsters really annoy me, and Pitchfork is pretty much the homesite for them; seriously, so many of their reviews are extremely pretentious. I will never forgive them for giving PJ Harvey's Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea a low 5.5 rating! By the way, Beck is really frickin' awesome.

"Release the Pressure", by Leftfield featuring Earl Sixteen, Cheshire Cat and Ad-Libs
 
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IT'S OVER 2000


My Funny Valentine -- J.J. Johnson
 
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Yeah, I know what you mean. The real trouble is that half of the bodies of most of their reviews don't even talk about the music. >_> It's always some odd tangent that makes nearly no sense in context. Whatever. Their news section is actually pretty good.

"Baby!" by Lorentz & M.Sakarias
 
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Bloc Partier said:
Yeah, I know what you mean. The real trouble is that half of the bodies of most of their reviews don't even talk about the music. >_> It's always some odd tangent that makes nearly no sense in context. Whatever. Their news section is actually pretty good.
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I know, right? They really need better critics, man.

"How Soon Is Now?", by The Smiths

I still maintain my belief that The Smiths are the greatest indie pop band in history.
 
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Hana Maru Sensation - Little Non
 
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"History Lesson - Part II", by Minutemen
 
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The Smiths are truly awesome. They've really grown on me. Actually, a lot of 80s alternative bands are fantastic. :D

"We're From Barcelona" by I'm From Barcelona
 
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The 1980s may have been the second worst decade for music (the 2000s was the worst), but God was it great for its underground music.

"Hurt", by Johnny Cash
 
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Well... 00's popular music was, indeed, awful. Truly detestable. I'd say it was one of richest decades (if not THE richest) for indie, electronica, underground, and I could probably name quite a few others. Still though, popular music of today does make me want to shoot myself in the face.

"ecstasy" by jj
 
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It wasn't just the popular music on a sharp decline; quite a bit of indie music has become far too whiney and redundant. Not to mention the fanbase is even more arrogant and self-centered than ever before, making it very difficult to appreciate really good indie bands due to how annoying the fans are.

"Untitled #3 (Samskeyti)", by Sigur Rós

How the hell do you pronounce any of these names?
 
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I'll admit that the more mainstream indie has become quite uninspired and less interesting than the beginning of the decade, but I still argue that the obscure subgroups have become far better than ever before. Even by itself, the creation of dubstep was truly groundbreaking in the electronic world; Joy Orbison's, 2562's, and others' alterations to the genre were even more game-changing. Animal Collective's organized yet chaotic noise pop, too, has been seriously influential. But, yes, the fanbase of all these genres are ridiculously annoying. However, I just take the music for what it is, not its fans.

And, heh, I guess you learn Icelandic to find out. :P Or Hopelandic. xD


"A Drowning" by How to Destroy Angels. AKA Trent Reznor's new project.