Comments on Crammit Hall: Talkin' about other people talkin' about music.

really interesting comments..., could apply it ver...

2006-11-10T00:51:00.000-05:00

really interesting comments..., could apply it very nicely to a good handful of the list. (but shh, that's between you and i)

that said, maybe try elliott brood saturday night? there are some mp3s up on the blog.

Yeah, that was pretty stupid. To clarify, or mayb...

2006-11-09T23:01:00.000-05:00

Yeah, that was pretty stupid.

To clarify, or maybe contradict myself, I don't totally hate 'indie rock' as a style - I mean, I really like the new Yo La Tengo, and haven't yet gotten tired of Belle & Sebastien.

But I think a) I'm old and don't like that the kids have moved on to like something I don't get, and b) an entire genre of music based on drawing out a visceral emotional reaction from the listener is just naturally going to get tiresome for anybody who's not a hormone-addled teenager. Which I guess is my objection to a lot of the bands presented in the list; their reliance on emotional button-pushing to cover up a lack of...well, much else.

And, as a "maybe I'm not so old" post-script, right this second I'm enjoying the shit out of Deerhoof's last record, which is very hip and totally unlike anything I've heard except maybe the Art Bears or Thinking Fellers Union Local 282.

Well, since you and I both started playing music e...

2006-11-06T10:04:00.000-05:00

Well, since you and I both started playing music essentially to escape the rest of the crap that was happening (musically and otherwise) in the '80s, or to attempt to provide an alternative (hah!), I'm not surprised by your frustrations with indie rock (whatever the hell that really means anymore).

Also, didn't Nelly Fucking Furtado make number 22 on that list? Jeezus.