As most HRO readers have learned, this is the music/mp3 blog that is not interested in ‘doing journalistic research’, fact-finding, or making fair comparisons. Additionally, I am pretty into the audience perception of artists and music, as opposed to trying to formulate traditional music criticism on the historical relevancy of a Justice album, etc.
I know every one always wants new music, because ‘that’s the point of a music blog’ apparently, but I want to make an effort to re-open conversations about bands after their initial BUZZ ends and the audience auto-approval mechanisms terminate. Isn’t it weird how blogs can sometimes be more sustainable than startup bands, because it’s just a process of blurbing about something once, then never mentioning them again?
So I’m trying to look for ways to write more about music that I enjoy beyond the usual “DL this HOT TRACK” blurb, and an excuse to re-blog about bands+songs that I [HIGHLY or MODERATELY REC]. Or maybe I’m just trying to bait more angry comments about misinformation.
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So now that every one knows about GLASS CANDY and CHROMATICS, I guess we can finally tackle the question: WHICH 1 IS BETTER? WHO DO YALL LIKE MORE? WHICH 1 REPRESENTS U MORE?
Sure, you like both GlassCandy & Chromatics a lot, because you are an interesting person who reads music blogs and alternative magazines, but which one of these bands do you like more? It’s an important question that you should spend some time debating.
Hey look, it’s Johnny Jewel, the guy who produces both of these acts. He’s a disco genius, right? When is that guy going to produce for Madonna?
Before you start to compare their tracks, you should confront the question of which female lead singer is the KUTEST?
The girl from CHROMATICS
or the girl from GLASS CANDY (Ida No)
Which one would you rather be in a long term relationship with? While I enjoy vulnerable, dark nights with Chromatics, sometimes I want the heavy, fun sounds of Glass Candy. I wonder which one represents the REAL ‘me’ the most… If I had to drop one of these bands off a cliff, I’m just not sure which one it would be.
This might be a personal question: Did you feel like you couldn’t like Glass Candy as much when you found out they were going to be opening for Architecture in Helsinki? I mean, you know how those Arch in Helsinki fans can be…
When it comes to arpeggios, which we must use to evaluate the strength of every band, I’d say Glass Candy’s “Etheric Device” is probably the best ’song based around a super intense arpeggio’ in the past decade. However, the guitar arpeggio in the Chromatics’ “I’m On Fire” is pretty refreshing after listening to too many electro-arpeggios.
WHICH 1 IS BETTER?
IF U HAD 2 SHOVE 1 OFF A CLIFF, WHICH 1 WOULD IT BE?
IF U HAD 2 DATE 1 FOR 4 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE, WHICH 1 WOULD IT BE, & WHY WOULD U BREAK UP?
[MP3s]
CHROMATICS I’m On Fire [Get Vulnerable With This Song]
GLASS CANDY Etheric Device [BEST ARPEGGIOS OF THE PAST DECADE]
Myspaces
www.myspace.com/glasscandy
www.myspace.com/chromaticsmusics
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33 Comments
the uniqueness is why we read this blog in the first place.
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what’s wrong with Arch fans?
and Glass Candy cause I like my girls wearin sailor beez costumes
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ok
glass candy duh. chromatics is totaly a spin-off.
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oh I love this blog! and I’d def say Glass Candy, it’s a way better name for a band than Chromatics.
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Def Glass Candy by far, love their sound thx for bringing them back out of the dust bin. Plus, I have never seen, BUT if you watch a video of Glass Candy that chick is hot and dances hot.
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I saw Glass candy a few weeks ago and they went off! Or whatever the Italo-Disco equivalent of “going off” is.
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i’d rather just bang johnny while listening to beatific
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chromatics definitely.
considering their noisy post-punk past, i definitely relate to them more.
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glass candy stole her sailor hat from my friend at the new years show in sf, so i guess i like her more. but if it had been my hat i definitely would have broken up with her.
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they’re both overrated and if Johnny Jewel up and dies they’re both fucked.
end of story.
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they both suck
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you should blog about that girl who got beat up in Florida(Victoria Lindsey_, because I feel like if those kids had more Glass Candy/Chromatics in their lives, it wouldn’t have gone down like that, or maybe they read this post and disagreed about which was better
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i like the blog the way it is.
& i prefer glass candy any day. it just strikes a chord with me.
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I don’t care about either they both suck ass.
although at least they aren’t fucking BNGRS.
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they both bore me.
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I’M NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAIN, GUILTY FEET HAVE GOT NO RHYTHM
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chromatics
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can you plz just post about justice and music that sounds like justice, disco isnt hard enough
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Hipster runoff has a new author now
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carles is nick sylvester
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Glass Candy. Ida No is hot, weird, and witty. What more could you want in a girl?
Also: Fuck da h8erz.
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I don’t know who any of theses bitches are anyway, but thnks for introducing me.
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Not even close, Ida by a mile. Especially with that voice.
Also, check out her dance moves: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Qgv82sJyUA
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alright so both of these bands are essentially identical, they both have an earlier catalog that deals in the post punk nosier side of things. But recently johnny jewel has been responsible for making them both disco.
so who cares, they’re both good…
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the girl from glass candy has a terrible voice and looks like a 35 yr old soccer mom in person.
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I don’t like this new gimmick
BRING BACK THE MYSPACERS
and
new gimmick: MAKE FUN OF OTHER BLOGS!!!
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Glass Candy
But lets wait and ask the folks down at The Brighton Barfly. They’ll agree.
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girl from chroatix = way kooter in that pic than tha kandy.
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yar stop sukin tha otha blogz diks.
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This blog has a super jaded tone. Which seems rather hypocritical of the blogs/music scene you seem to be jaded towards. But I will say… Those girls pretty much look the same. I really don’t know these bands. So, I will check them out. You must excuse me I have been in a third world country for a while.
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you are obviously really disgusting and only judge a female musician’s credibility on how hot they are
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The Arpegg from Silent Shout can kick the crap outta etheric devices like Mr T on murdoc
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Glass Candy can fucking suck a dick. They are seriously one of the worst bands I’ve ever seen. I even turned around and just looked at the back wall while they were playing, hoping that by not having to look at them they might sound better. I never found out. I saw someone selling hot dogs on the street outside the club and that was the last thing I remember.
Seriously, how fucking drunk / coked up / adamant about driving traffic to your blog would you have to be to unironically like Glass Candy?
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