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Washed Out Feel It All Around
Washed Out You’ll See It
It’s kinda weird how the musicsphere is searching for a new ‘authentic, undergroundish product’ that isn’t a huge brand like AnCo/GrizzBear/etc. People who ‘love music’ need new music to ‘get excited about.’ It seems like these ‘conceptual, chill projects’ are really ’starting to become mainstream alt rock’ or something. Think that these are apparently the next artists who we will ‘go to see at music festivals’ before ‘every1 finds out about them.’
I think that it demonstrates that a ‘new band’ can’t have too strong of a ‘personal brand’. It seems like if you start out being ’somewhat mysterious’, then ppl can write abt u when they ‘unmask’ u. It’s too easy to ‘not take a band seriously’ if you see pictures of them, and they look like dweebs/people who are ‘trying too hard.’ It seems easiest to have a chill project, that is somewhat ‘conceptual’ but also demonstrates that ur band has ‘pop sensibilities’ or something. Not sure what the ‘ceiling’ for these types of bands are. Seems like they will probably have to build their ‘live brand’ as being something that is ‘artistic.’ Most of these bands exist with ‘a few strong singles’, but seems like they will get enough ‘promotion’ [via maltstream weblogs+webzines] to be relevant in the market of people who ‘buy songs off iTunes.’
Not sure if this genre has a name. Seems like it needs to have a name that is ’serious.’ Here are some ideas for this ‘genre.’
- no-fi
- post-AnCo rock
- post-bloghause
- GorillaVsBearcore
- Chill Bro Core [via Butterteam]
- Kewl Boring Music
- Music 2 smoke weed 2
- Synth Computer Pop Atmospheric Wave
- GazeWave
- ShitWave
- CumWave
- WaveWave
- ShoeWave
- Chillgaze
- Pitchforkwavegaze
- Blogrock
- No-gaze
- Blowgaze
- GazeStep
- post-electro
- conceptro
- ChillHouse
- Browave
- Conceptual Blog Core
- ForkcastRock
- Forkshit
- No-fork
- ZanyCore
- Industrial
- post-freakfolk
- freakgaze
Feel like I might call it ‘chill wave‘ music in the future. Feels like ‘chill wave’ is dominated by ‘thick/chill synths’ while conceptual core is still trying to ‘use real instruments/sound like it was recorded in nature.’ Feel like chillwave is supposed to sound like something that was playing in the background of ‘an old VHS cassette that u found in ur attic from the late 80s/early 90s.’
Not sure if this genre is ‘emerging’ or if it is only just becoming ‘properly monetized’ now that there is a ‘demand for it.’ Do yall prefer ‘Neon Indian‘ or ‘Memory Cassette‘ or some other chillwave band? I feel like Washed Out might be my favourite chill wave artist, so far, but Neon Indian might have the ’strongest brand’/'highest possibility of becoming a legacy indie artist.’
What’s yalls fave genre of music?
Washed out Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/thebabeinthewoods
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58 Comments
illy
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FIRSTTT
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what about deadbeat (via press release, via butterteam)
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What about classic rock [via the postal service]?
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tagging private torrent sites/last.fm pages for these bands as ‘chill wave’
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i wish you would split your music posts off onto another site/blog. that’s the only thing worth looking at on HRO anymore.
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//////////Reply by arajay
//////////Posted July 29th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
@oyn, the semi-annual mp3 post is probably not worth registering a 2nd domain
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yayy wave wave
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//////////Reply by Mari
//////////Posted July 27th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
@/0/\/_, Post-WavvesWave
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makes me wanna smoke a fa-a-a-a-aa-at-y-y-y-y
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//////////Reply by anonyt
//////////Posted July 28th, 2009 at 12:02 am
@vdieselfor20, = suck a dick?? fggt.
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//////////Reply by leak
//////////Posted July 28th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
@anonyt, yaaaaaaaaa frrl. weedfiendbro.
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//////////Reply by vdieselfor20
//////////Posted July 28th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
@leak, smoke weed erryday. 420. kottonmouth kings. bob marley. afroman. large bongs.
//////////Reply by vdieselfor20
//////////Posted July 28th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
@anonyt, that’s homophopic bro. kinda ignorant. you should smoke some weed. really opens ur mind.
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//////////Reply by jjj
//////////Posted July 28th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
@vdieselfor20, suck dick after sucking a fatty. luv fggt.
post-electro-bloghouse
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Mr. Carlos, why don’t you follow me on Twitter @unclefarkus? Why don’t you be my friand on Blogspot?Why don’t you email me back? Why don’t you try to legitimately help me in my life? I need guidance. BTW your site is slow due to all the crap you have added to it.
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//////////Reply by dahmer
//////////Posted July 27th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
@Farkus, cool story bro.
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i dont understand what conceptualcore is. i mean i understand what bands, but i don’t ‘get’ what makes it more conceptual than other music.
no-gaze actually sounds like a ‘cool idea’
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//////////Reply by jjj
//////////Posted July 28th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
@neuroticsterrunoff, conceptualcore is like post-conceptualcore but more meaningful.
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lol @Kewl Boring Music.
good post.
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//////////Reply by smedly
//////////Posted July 28th, 2009 at 7:51 am
@Mari,
yess to Kewl Boring Music
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deadbeat
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Music to hate yourself to for the hipster hangover?
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preironicpostconceptualcore
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Mem Cass is the best
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Welp, Carles is on his shit before we even knew what hit us. Feelin kinda cutting edge for blogging about “chill tunes.”
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neon indian is embarassing. that guy is exactly like my jock cousin who downloaded abelton and imitates french touch even though he’s better at soccer
No-Wavves
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//////////Reply by grant golland
//////////Posted July 28th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
@indie ana,
hahahahzhahaha
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motherfucking deathcore that motherfucks you up
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Washed Out is definitely the first gazestep band I actually like. consummate taste’ again carles
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//////////Reply by bob aff
//////////Posted November 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 am
@Jeff, don’t try and run off with that shoegaze/dubstep combo- fuckin dumb.
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Conceptchill Core
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medio-core
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//////////Reply by A F
//////////Posted July 28th, 2009 at 4:48 am
@pat,
lol
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I give this 7.5 hotdogs out of 12 on a p4k scale.
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post-avant-hardcore
+ pop
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“moments like this never last”
:’-(
27
twenty
seven
RIP DASH
????-2009
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I think the future of music is in listening to the sign waves potatoes and yams make. super conceptual and organic, look it up yokes, or just buy a kit at radio shack
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are you tao lin?
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situpsbro wave
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HRO is at its most relevant when music starts sounding all wonky. and when new genre names need to be invented
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all of these bands are ripping off ariel pink in one way or another.
that’s okay with me, i like it.
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//////////Reply by Mirko
//////////Posted July 28th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
@a., if anything, they are an improvement on Ariel. Cant stand AP, br0.
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wavewavebeachwavewave
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COLD CAVE
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I can definitely see ‘chill wave’ becoming a widespread term to define this kind of music. You may have started something here.
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shoe wave is pretty good, these songs often have the sort of gauzy, “we’re making out” feel of MBV or Ride, but they’re clearly electronic, so I feel like it makes sense + is phonetically enough similar to new wave for it to catch
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I too like “No-gaze”. Also, “conceptro”.
Downloaded some electro tracks last week that were good and all but sounded kind of like something Slater would bust out his street dance moves to back in the day. I Got to thinking maybe that was the point, sort of like Paisley Underground updated to be Acidwash Underground.
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The dreamwave/ “chillwave” trend works because its influenced by 80’s bands that were actually good as a band (New Order), not just one hit club wonders (Aha). Neon Indian is great, Memory CassetteTapes is more melancholy, and Toro y Moi isn’t that good. I like this Washed Out stuff though.
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Just had the new yellow Neon Indian ‘Chill Wave’ Icee and really ‘cooled out and road the wave’ as the brand says.
I love that the Chill Wave genre is promoting themselves this way at your local ‘gas station’. S0 tasty.
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Washed Out interview up @ http://thelepantoleague.blogspot.com
p.s. i like beach wave
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you fuckin Wavves ripoff crls putting wave next to evrythng just how they put goth next 3 vrything U Ass go
——> () (fuck) yrslf
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Sounds like a slightly happier vrzn of thee m83z
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freakgaze
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1 yr anniversary http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/161353 lolzz hella conceptual
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i vote for cumwave. music for people who take themselves too seriously.
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i say “tugwave” cause the best tugs come from babes who dig n.i.
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Chillwave is good, but hillwave is probably better. It has a slight edge on curiosity, but keeps an earthy undertone. With the mundane cycles that build into a platue of excitement, I am left still reaching for the top. With nothing more to grab, its a roll. Back down to the base starting again on that unclimatic strech, from paltry to peak, never be obtained. So really, I’m just waiting (eagerly) for the next new genre, i.e. Mountainwave.
post-script: Now that I think about it, wavewave totally reminds me of a softcore porn soundtrack, and as I was typing my description, I couldn’t keep from giggling over the querralation between hillwave and softcore pornography. And this is me putting those two thoughts together with a smirk.
post-post-script: Do they make softcore porn soundtracks? I don’t think I would buy one if they did, but I would still like to know it is out there.
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//////////Reply by Demosthenes
//////////Posted September 11th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
@Niki,
lol @ Mountainwave
It just goes to show how ephemeral all this is. Here right now and seemingly gone within the next instant so I can never be sure if I’m keeping up with it or not. I guess that’s how and why this genre of music has lasted so long – because it’s able to transcend, transform and adapt so easily and neatly. Like it’s all these different faces of the same thing.
Never made me think of softcore porn music until you mentioned it… interesting
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VHS-core
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Corecore
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i just want to know why so many people like 60’s ripoffs and there are no good drummers in new music
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what’s with all the quotes around every other ‘word’ in your ‘article’? are you ‘actually’ quoting from a ’source’ or are they just ’scare quotes’. you should take a ‘writing class’.
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china crisis
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dickcore
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asswave
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face-fi
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Yay! Saw washed out for free last night + free alcohol !!!
<3 U Kia Soul [via promoting yer product through chillwave events]
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You can repackage and rebrand Washed Out any way you like, but its just a lo-fi interpretation of Slowdive.
Its still shoegaze, but maybe it was done strictly on a computer. Maybe it should be called screen-gaze.
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wavesayer….where was wavesayer???
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chillwave is a shitty term, everyone knows that the correct description of Washed Out is glo-fi.
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i like summergaze.
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