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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
no. they need exposure. the actual music press (meaning NME, rolling stone, spin, etc) doesn't do shit for these bands.
they're too busy writing stories about bobby gillespie and iggy pop and sonic youth
IE hanging onto the past
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i dont agree. the NME is constantly finding these really bland bands and hailing their mediocre album as the greatest thing since definatly maybe which was the best thing since the queen is dead which was the best thing since the kinks. like when the arctic monkeys released their album and then the NME released a top ten british albums of all time and the arctice MONKEYS WERE #5!!!!!!!
the papers are about overhyping smalltime players that fit in with the socialy acceptable misfits.
i think it all has to do with the grunge outburst in the early 90's. thats when truly underground bands started getting exposure and hype, and a lot of them were bands that were doing really interesting things and not just generic rock shit. so since then mainstream radio and whatever media they decide to spread their artificial hype on has accepted slightly harsher music than your average garden variety top 40 hit band. and because of that anyband with a guitar, regardless of talent is swept up in a rush of headlines and top ten lists, and the underground has turned into a place that really belongs to itself. because there are not many underground bands that can get radio play, like NNCK wolf eyes.... even animal collective, as poppy the may be to our ears, are way to out there to be accepted by the masses....
i hope my ramblings had some form of coherency to them.