I was looking at some pictures of chillwave artists in SUP MAGAZINE. I feel worried about them. It looks like they have a lot going on in their minds. Like maybe stressed out, or something. You might recognize Ernest Greene, the lead singer of Washed Out. But if you saw him on the street, would u think he was one of 2k9's most successful new musicians?
Even Neon Indian bro seems like he has been going on a lot of long walks. Looks like his mind is cloudy, overwhelmed with worry.
Probably a lot of pressure. So many people want to 'get at u', offer you money so that they can take your brand to the next level. But you're just one bro. You just made some songs on the compy. Asking yourself, "Why is there even a backlash against me?" Being in a buzzband must be a post-absurd experience. Pretty isolating. Like very few people would even be able to understand the problems and pressure in ur life.
Going to just chill. Free my mind. Drink an iced coffee.
Still feel empty, even after the barista made me the perfect iced coffee. 'My Glass is Half Empty.'
2k10 is here, and most artists have a lot to think about. There is so much pressure on all musicians and mp3 blogs to stay 'now.' Ultimately, there is a new meme + trend cycle on the horizon, and we are all scared of being left behind. The more we openly talk about the state of the modern alt scene, the better equipped we are to move forward and help one another stay relevant. We cannot be paralyzed by fear. We must confront our issues and become better humans.
Life isn't easy. Even the most successful people have a stress. Sometimes u just need a friend. Sometimes u just need some1 to talk 2. Never be afraid to ask 4 professional help. Just be U. We will <3 u no matter what. U'll always be a part of us.
Is chillwave dead?
Is stresswave the new chillwave?
When will the first 'good' new band of 2k10 come out?
Why do u think they are so bummed?
Maybe we can't 'just chill' n e more... maybe it's time 2 want something more out of life...
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Stresswave. lol
@monster, And post alt butts.
@monster,
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*chillwave isnt dead but probably should be.
*stresswave isnt reel
*some blogs are saying the first 'good' band of 2k10 is the vampy weeks.
*they r bummed cause the're genre is dying/shit, & they feel 2 much pressure to change into a new meme-worthy genre
*we can always 'just chill'. never underestimate the power of 'just chillin'
@shapes, their
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This post just made them feel like they're dead.
I look like this at a normal day at home or at work. I don't get much sleep. We dig into our deepest thoughts to be creative. We sometimes become overly melodramatic/feeling poignant. We party with friends and kiss and touch each other and tell forever tales to our significant others or if single, in the wee hours of the night, we think of ways to wanting to feel alive another day. We forget our health. We forget the importance of sleep.
@Coolio,
thats kinda gay bro.
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Beachboyz>chillwave?
neonindybro's legs look supes weird.
blunt trauma
Ima get one of those iced chillwaves from Starbucks, looks tasty.
I really want chili's right now.
@Henry, chili'swave
maybe he is bummed cause kanucks stole all of their instruments in august
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lollers.
neon indian bro looks like 'humpty dumpty'
via odd body composition.
@generk witty cmmnt, also looks like he's 'poopin out ribbons'
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<3 chillwave.
Thinkin that man should ob-la-di, ob-la-da
I worry about new memes. The electro wars took from 80s culture, the current weed demon/ghost beach/hazeglaze glo-fi skate dream is taking from the early 90s, and a lot of popular Tumblrs post images of cheesy/garish late 90s Internet graphics/gifs
Seems like pomo memes have almost 'caught up' with present time
What is a post-chillwave life.......
@apreludes,
would like 2 smoke+listen 2 dubstep w/u
in a strictly heterosexual fashion.
@apreludes, remember wearing a tee with the 70s coca cola logo with 'flared jeans' back in 2k1. now it's 2k10 and we are moving swiftly through the 90s. soon we will catch up with ourselves.
what will happen then, bro?
hope u make ghost beach into a band while u still can.
+LOL at those legzz
hope they are ok
but chillwave artstuffs/visual blog memes takes from the 60's/70's so it's more like our culture is being 'fucked up'/ripped in 2. what would being post-culture=post-alt mean for yalz
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mal effects of being chill
too much chill = bmrz'ed
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@Still mad (BLOG365), omg allcaps hurt my eyz
@Still mad (BLOG365),
too "loud"; didnt read
feels like im reading something in comic sans
@cousins, omg comic sans ruined my life. : (
@lainz, no it didn't shut the fuck up
@Still mad (BLOG365), lolz @ same number of levels of meta.... i'm up to level 8 or 9 now! where ya'll at?
@d00dz,
if u've got few enough layers that u can count em, u clearly don't 'get' hro.
@Henry, fug
Think chillwave bros just need to go "chill" (@Chili's).
i’d look depressed 2 if i paid that much for an iced bevvie.
look at their eyes! They're on the dope! A bunch of hopped up dopers.
@Mr. Hand,
they have a monkey on their backs cause these channel swimmers are all whacked out on harry and got the nod (via grand dad slang)
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@HJ,
'ha ha', y'all.
real funny.
I know old ppl slang/opinions about drugs
are kewl/funny
n a good bonding experience
but grow up.
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@generk witty cmmnt,
i dont wanna grow up ima toys r us kid
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stresswave makes me sad
want something exciting for 2k10
want everyone "2b happy" but still produce meaningful tracks to jam2
@cousins, just want every1 2 b happie+healthy+cutting some 'sick' tracks.
i agree, carles.
@jdh, me 2
@cnt we all b friends, miss u
I'd like yall 2 know that none of my meaninful comments end up making it to the post. Think I need 2 b lone and dangle me feets sumweres
@pinkusmuginkus, tone it down smugins
@cnt we all b friends, I know it's just that most of my comments are DcKY. Worried abt lookin like a fartsniffer
@stankfangersmugins, dont worry about looking like a fartsniffer. that only happens if you appear to be sniffing farts. as far the first part is concerned, i am not familiar with the concept of "DcKY"
'Sup Magazine are fucking amazing.
All hail them and the people who write for them (especially me).
Oh shit Carles
your mobile version of HRO totally makes up for
flaking on blog365
love2 check up on shit via obscure mobile phone (iTelegram)
luv u
@cousins,
lol@"iTelegram"
Leave Neon Indian bro alone, he's just a little shawt.
Poor weepy eyed baby...
Shawty want a hug, that's all.
I'm pretty sure neon indian bro is sad because he is unsatisfied with the music he is making and how it sounds live... I would be too.
@Gainesvillain, good point. Feel like Daft Punk is the only electronic band that is exciting to hear/watch live. Playing to a track is fucking lame. Really depressed that live electronic music was unable to take it to the next level last decade.
chillwave is dead. uk show for mnstrm teens who want 2 b alts 'Skins' featured washed out bro on their advert. RIP chillwave y'all.
@torbro y moi, too much carlespeak. STOP
vulns-wave
chillwave makes me laugh so hard. all wash out's concerts are hilarious. he plays the mp3 and just sings over the track. maybe i'm not chill and awesome enough to dig his true-ass vibes. maybe i'm irrelevant. g'bye 2k10. g'bye world.
@Michael,
washed out doesn't know what to do live because he has only been making music for some months. also, his music is admittedly fairly simple sample-based stuff
wouldn't say washed out is reflective of the skill of the entire chillwave genre - if you want music with 'serious production skills', try toro y moi or memory tapes
michaelbro, come back 2 us, embrace the chillwave
vibe out, live it
@apreludes, thanks preludebro. i think with your help i will return to my north-east liberal arts college far better versed in the ways of chill. maybe i will even one day have a ridiculously chill moment in my dorm room when everything that i've experienced in my life comes together in a synthesis of one big chill epiphany that i am apart of something bigger than just "me".
my only real knowledge of the genre is this video; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrS4etrxb7s
and some real shitty mix someone made with some neon indian, washed out, kurt vile (whom i in no way acknowledge as a purveyor of the ChillWave), and some other chill bros.
@Michael, np bro
what are you studying at your liberal arts college
how chill is it on a scale of 0.0-10.0
might be dumb for going to the 'largest university in my country'...too many people who want to grow up to work in tall buildings
@apreludes, i'm studying literature with a spot of philosophy under the intention of going into creative writing, poetry/fiction. pre-proffesional institutions never really appealed to me, i'm personally far to weak to stay alive in the mire of real world things like twenty year old girls wearing pink terri jumpsuits and a general over-abundance of axe body spray. also i really like intimate education, small classes with very strong professors etc. 9.0 for "whey chill, brah". hop on the chill-train.
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anxietywave yall? morningafterwave? postbreakupwave?
@dc, toomanyrevelationsonshroomsandoracidwave
Chillwave is a purely seasonal phenomenon. I read textbook seasonal depression disorder on their faces. Chillwave isn't dead it is just hibernating.
drinkin horchatti yall
I rlly, rlly miss 2k6... :(((((((
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Alan Palomo (Neon Indian) is doing big things..how is Neon Indian considered chillwave anyway? Wtf is chillwave for that matter? It has to be the most overused, vague, and worthless genre label of 2k9.
when you think about it, washed out's album was actually stresswave to a degree. the bro was straight stressin' while chillin' because he didn't have a job and had to live with his parents in ass-land. "got to get up/got to get away."
the first 'good' new band of 2k10 is probably blondes, via Todd P. hipster house seems to be the postelectrowar baby boom.
ernest shouldn't be stressed...he's touring with beach house. wait..is it bc both bands share names that have to do with the ocean???
why do so many hate chillwaveBros. i can be myself when i listen to washed out.
no but i believe hipster runoff is dead
Should have had a pic of jules cblancs dreamin he was neo injun
man, it's ridiculous that chillwave is dead. Man, people talk a lot of shit. It will always play a major role!!
f#*k 'stresswave' stress is school and that's no good to talk/compare/relate to
have integrated chillwave complete into my lifestyle. found that too much chilling can lead to feelings of depression bcuz most of a chillbro's time is spent being 'sooo bored,' 'toking up,' and 'eating pizza'. there is too much snow to go skateboarding/surfing, and so a certain malaise sets in.
excited for the next era to begin.
s0 happy latina miley introduced me 2 sum chiliswave
i know your goal is to attempt irony through pointless and irrelevant articles, but it seems like you're going out of your way to pick on this guy. is there anybody that could be more depressed, emo, and introspective than the author of hipster runoff?
The sad bro with the indie-fro has very short limbs. Is he a hobbit?
chillwave is in. it's amazing, beautiful music.
i spent at least 5-10 minutes of my musical day listening to a lil chillwave. lil washed out. lil neon indian. on rare occasion, a lil memory tapes. it's healthy.
lil chillwave a day keeps the doctor away.
hmm, i can partly agree...chillwave does require some sort of emo..and depressed can be 1 of them...
is it depressive to drink so much till you cry over the dumbest things at a party where you know everyone? uh, forexample, he/she doesnt like me...so lemme cry over it and piss all my friends off. lemme look like a fool. regret doing it because you dont know what people think of you the next day when they are all sober. And you walk around wondering everytime you get eye contact with some one whom you could have talked to bitched and cryed at while you were really drunk. days like this you just wish the ground could just open up and swallow you...for reals.......should you care what people think of you...the whinner, the wierdo crying over random things, the crying drunk.......1hour of non stop bitch crying!! wtf!! even i ddnt think it was possible...till i did it! going from the fun crazy drunk to the depressed crying drunk....? thanks chillwave...thanks emo...thanks all the effing depressing music i listen to. kill me nowwwww!
has anyone ever had such an experience? COZ, really i would like to know if im the only wierdo crying whinner of random things in the world....am i alone?
the only people hu like chillwave are the ones huve spent so many hours forcing themselves to try and like it theyve forgotten what proper music sounds lyke...
@Carlesfan420, lol
i finally listened to the neon indian and it fuckin sucks
@smokymtn dbldip, homie probably shud check out the paralyze humanity sequence RLLLY fucking siiiiiiq
No surprise the creators of chillwave look depressed, Thats because their music is an escape from these unchill times. The brighter the music, the more problems the musicians have.
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