[MP3]
Las Robertas Street Feelings
(via Gorilla Vs Bear)
(Download free EP @ bandcamp)
The post-chillwave era make me feel kind of lost. I am not sure what I am searching for after this era of ‘chilling authentically with a group of bros’, listening to nostalgic music that reminds me of my youth. I’d give anything to go back to my youth, back when I didn’t have to worry about anything, and I just got to be a little bro. Back before ‘bro’ was a complex social term / way of life. Tired of being a post-altbro. I’ve gone from indie, to electro, to conceptual core, to chillwave… now what?
I feel like now it might be time for the current ‘popular indie music zeitgeist’ to manifest itself in our desire for something most serious than just nightly chill sessions with our bros. We want to enter a relationship that is semi-serious, and enter into a happy, naive phase of our lives’ which may or may not be ‘fleeting’ / doomed to fail.
Just heard Las Robertas, and I feel like they might be ‘the final piece’ in commodifying the genre of ‘female garage rock bands.’ Even though Best Coast, Vivian Girls, and Dum Dum Girls already exist, this type of compelling band from a Latin American Country finally gives us a sample group from which to analyze these bands, and select which ones we want to be the most successful / authentic.
Sorta just want to move to Costa Rica and get into a 2 year relationship with of of Las Robertas girls. She would sing me fuzzy tunes on her guitar, and we would make out late into the night. Do u think Las Robertas are ‘hot’ in a way that gives them a huge advantage over uglier female garage-ish bands? Could Las Robertas capitalize on ‘press’ about how ‘cool’ it is that the internet ‘created them’ even though they are just 4 teen girls from Central America?
After ‘debuting’ on Gorilla Vs Bear, will they be flown to America for their first American debut in New York City within 2 months?
Do they remind u of a ‘hot, Latin American version of Best Coast?
Even though Best Coast has ‘been around a while’, it seems like she is only ‘just now’ hitting her stride, both musically and commercially. Seems like Bethany Consentino has ‘a huge opportunity’ to become one of the most important important females in indie rock as long as she ‘continues to release listenable mp3s’, and possibly puts together an album that is conceptually coherent. Her Pitchfork ceiling is probably some where around a 9.5.
[MP3]
Best Coast Our Deal
Best Coast Far Away
A lot of people compare Best Coast to the Vivian Girls, but I feel like that might ‘be an insult’ to her, because her personal brand is more approachable than the Vivian Girls + her music is ‘way better.’ I think when you have a band that consists of all girls, it is difficult to take the band seriously on a critical or even on just a buzzworthy level, because you are basically just saying ‘hey, look at these alt girls making some blogworthy music.’ Hard 2 tell what is truly blogworthy, and what is just sorta covered for the sake of Joanna Newsom/Zooey Deschanel where you kinda get the vibe that bros just want to look at hot indie chicks. The male-dominated blogosphere can sometimes blog with their ‘erect penises.’ U need to strike a ‘happy medium’ of sex appeal and relevancy/quality product, possibly like Au Revoir Simone and the Dirty Projectors.
I feel like this new ‘it’, post-chillwave genre is not only about exploiting bros who want to go to a concert and ‘romanticize’ females in indie music, but also realizing that ‘girls need bands, too.’ Girls can be into Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple, and crap like that, but sometimes they need something more ‘buzzworthy’ and ‘underground.’ Something earnest, something alt. Many major labels are ‘quick to scoop up’ female independent artists, since they are easier to market/ generate coverage + money from. Bands full of bros with stupid haircuts are a more difficult sell in such a saturated alt rock market.
All of these artists need to ‘unify’ into a coherent market group, and have a genre name that is more bloggable than just people writing stuff like ‘reverby’, ‘beach jams’, ‘garage pop’ and other stuff like that. Here are some potential genre names for this ‘movement’/'genre’:
- fuzzy buzzy
- buzz garage
- reverb wave
- beach wave
- beach sluts
- cutesie indie girls with guitars
- blisscore
- fuzz garage
- garage skank
- cutesy guitar broad
- beachy fun
- beach reverb
- chill fuzz
- relationshipwave
- blisswave
Ultimately, I think ‘blisswave’ might be the best name for this genre, in order for them to ride in the wake of the chillwave. In addition, the keyword ‘bliss’ is an important brand buzzword. After the chillwave, there will be a ‘huge backlash’ against the positive vibes of that era. Many bands will try to go ‘hardcore’ (kinda like Crystal Castles & M.I.A.), trying to kill the vibes of the chillwave. The blisswave will go in an entirely different direction. The blisswave represents going thru an era after hanging out with ur bros for a year where you get into a two year relationship with a desirable alt girl that feels very real and vulnerable. Just want to get in a blisswave relationship with an authentic post-indie girl.
It seems like women are the best blisswave artists. Their vocals sound the most ‘earnest’ over the blisswave sounds/aesthetic. Even though bros are ‘pretty good’ at this sound, I think the sound of these bands might be ‘forgettable’ in the long run / they don’t have as big of an opportunity to carve out a niche sound.
Think that I enjoy the bro band Beach Fossils, but I feel like I might like them more if they had a cutesy female singer, singing honest ass lyrics about relationships + ‘getting serious’ + ‘taking a relationship to the next level.’
[MP3]
Beach Fossils Wide Awake
Beach Fossils Youth
Wonder if Pearl Harbor is the most authentic blisswave group because it is two sisters, and one of them is 13 years old. Wonder what it is like to be 13 years old and play relevant SXSW showcases.
Photo by GVB
[MP3]
Pearl Harbor Luv Goon
How r u going to evolve past chillwave?
R u gonna go ‘hardcore’ and seek out unchill vibes?
R u gonna search for something ‘earnest’ and go for an era of bliss [via blisswave]?
R u gonna go mainstream psychedelic and listen to a lot of MGMT?
Do u want to get into a serious relationship with an earnest girl who plays fuzzy guitars?
Is the blisswave female cliche the new indie female cliche for the next 1-3 years?
Should I move to Costa Rica and date some authentic blisswave girls?
Is this a ‘coverable’ genre, or is it mainly for older bros who want ‘guitars’ + females in their music?
Is Best Coast obviously the most talented performer in the blisswave genre?
Can Best Coast be bigger than Feist / Karen O / Lisa Loeb / Lady Gaga?
Is Best Coast a just 1 girl, or a ‘band’?
Will blisswave artists become the ‘kewl’ topic for generic, voiceless tastemaking blogs and magazines to ‘cover’ for the mainstream alt music fans?
Who is ur fave blisswave artist?
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69 Comments
FIRSTMUTHAFUCKAS
fuck yall.
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//////////Reply by j to the o
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Genre – Seaverrrb. Ya gotsta.
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//////////Reply by shapes
//////////Posted May 9th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
@king shlong, BEST POST ON HRO EVER
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//////////Reply by neeyukk
//////////Posted May 17th, 2010 at 4:38 am
blisswave… or garagewave?
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missed u, ‘evidence that crls actually listens 2 music sometimes’
also, feel like GvsB is the one ‘sacred’ thing on hro. pitchfork is always the joke, but GvsB always gets the real love.
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//////////Reply by jd salinger
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
@triforce, totes. i worried for a second that i couldn’t like las robertas anymore after they became my new fave band after i ‘discovered’ them on GvsB last night, but this is great news. a whole new wave dedicated to meaningful relationships with alt costa rican girls. this is going to be a great weekend.
blisswave x infinity
blisswave x infinity
blisswave x infinity
blisswave x infinity
hope this lasts and i don’t just ‘peak’ this weekend.
feeling scared.
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//////////Reply by jd salinger
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
@jd salinger, oops. i’m usually ‘jz’ salinger. feeling embarrassed.
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//////////Reply by This is Happening 4aoty
//////////Posted May 9th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
@jd salinger, ~~~~~~~~~~~
Is Blisswave a good word for Best Coast, Las Robertas, Pearl Harbor, and Beach Fossils? I don’t think so. Is this music really that blissful when you consider it next to Delorean (“Seasun” “Stay Close”), El Guincho (“Kalise” “Antillas”), Animal Collective’s “Brothersport”, Millionyoung (see their remix of “To The Lighthouse” by Memoryhouse), M83, Passion Pit, “Havin’ My Baby” by Think About Life, or “Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster The People. Who am I missing? Am I full of shit?
Fuzzy buzzy (or polaroid-core) is a playful way to describe the lo-fi, distorted sound and Internet buzz around Best Coast (Las Robertas don’t have any Internet buzz besides CRLS though), but Pearl Harbor and Beach Fossils are more surf rock revival imho. Beach Fossils is not very fuzzy music. It’s more sparse and minimal. *Minimal surf rock revival core*
I loved “Daydream” by Beach Fossils b4 u did when I first heard it last July.
+1 unemployed early adopter with no one to shag at the time
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//////////Reply by jz salinger
//////////Posted May 10th, 2010 at 12:14 am
@This is Happening 4aoty, think it’s more of a ‘universal’ term. like in 30 years when post-apocalypse-core is in we’ll say “this shit is nothing compared to the ‘good old days’ when we were ‘riding’ the blisswave”. you might’ve been bro-ing out at a pashy pit show while i was more into those fuzzy buzzy girls, but we’ll all look back and remember when we finally opened up our throats & let all of that time go as ‘the best yrs of our lyfes’
//////////Reply by This is Happening 4aoty
//////////Posted May 10th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
@jd salinger, haha
for the record i’ve nvr bro’d out at a pashy show. i spend all my concert money on djs and dance sets and LCD Soundsystem. in fact i’ve nvr authentically bro’d out ever. even if i wanted to, i wouldn’t be able to. i’m blissfully/tragically alt via adhd, lankiness, and effeminate qualities like empathy. only altbros choose to be alt. the rest of us were just born that way [via social deviance]. i just thought that pashy better described the post/pre-chillwave genre that CRLS is branding blisswave because he created the album on a macbook in his bedroom. “It’s recession-era music: low-budget and danceable [via Ableton Live and M-Audio].”
regarding your myspace jz salinger/chocolate alaska, i couldn’t download earlly stuff. Myspace sent me this “…
Sorry, you have reached a link that is no longer accessible due to one or more of the following:
- A reported spammer site
- A reported Phishing Site: A site designed to trick the user into giving up user name and passwords.
- A site which contains malware
- A site that currently contains a lot of spam
- The user entered HTML syntax was inaccurate.
end quote
:/
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//////////Reply by jz salinger
//////////Posted May 13th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
@This is Happening 4aoty, oh yeah i just wanted to say ‘bro out’ in reference to passion pit. i went to a concert about a month ago (i’m not big on them by any means – my roommates friends were going, and they bought me beer and i tried to get in free drunk and it worked) and seriously a state school shirt guy tried to pick a fight with me in the crowd. thanks for telling me about the link – myspace blog entries seem to do that. it’s fixed if you want to listen.
it kind of ‘gives me hope’ knowing that hipsterrunoff commenting can be used like this. like we are an ‘actual’ ‘community’.
where do u think solange fits in to ‘our’ ‘community’?
//////////Reply by bro
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
@triforce, that’s because pitchfork is a joke
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word
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best coast is best. las robertas are pretty sweet too.
mmm.
blisswave.
….
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sry carles,
but blisswave is just “not going to happen”
it’s the same lo-fi / garage pop that’s been going on for a long time now
still fits under “gorillavsbearcore” on the genre tee
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//////////Reply by skybread
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
@halls,
yeah but, subgenres, bro
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i don’t know anymore. i’m just going to start taking the advice of joe jonas until you “influential bloggers”make up your minds of what genre is “in”.
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blog music sucks
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//////////Reply by MultipleHeadTraumas
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
@Mr_Neffets, YEAH!
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great post carles! Thank you!
I like all of these artists but i thought we decided to label this genre ‘fuzz core’. nalt kewl.
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i’m all for the beachwave tho
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//////////Reply by elektrowave
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
@Ains, that is a srsly nice word with all the right connotations, most importantly ‘effortlessness’
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//////////Reply by /
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 9:32 am
@Ains, I like beachwave…
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where does Caribou’s new album fall?
Seems like we are fully embracing the late 50′s early 60′s aesthetic.
C’ya 1980s
C’ya Gay 1990′s with your gay plaid.
I will just listen to the beach boys slowed down while simultaneously watching Casablanca sped up x2, and zone out for a bit.
I probably will dress like this guy too
http://stylescout.blogspot.com/2010/03/california-dreaming-perfect-example-of.html
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//////////Reply by post-post
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
@HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK, i think ur prediction is ‘accurate.’ this trend is growing. wonder if the beach boy bros know that they are becoming relevant again. wonder if they care.
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//////////Reply by alter ebro
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
@post-post, the beach bros are still alive? prolly most concerned with the jello flaverz of the day
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//////////Reply by haribro
//////////Posted May 9th, 2010 at 11:15 am
@post-post, beach boy bros have been relevant since beach house, the instrumental to caroline no or something like that by beach bros sounds very beach housey/the other way round obv
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//////////Reply by skybread
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
@HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK,
more like the 90s versions of those aesthetics
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//////////Reply by HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
@skybread, yeah true bro… thinkin the same thing… via Polaroids.
I can’t help but think it looks totally put on, filming with 8mm and using crappy cameras in 2010, It’s too obvious the mood the band wants to put us in. Using an 8mm/’Aged Film effect’ (via iMovie) is cruise-control for cool.
I think these bands just want everyone to feel buzzed off nostalgia.
w/e it’s probably just a Post-Avatar/BlueRay/ 20″ LCD/ reaction or some shit. If I start a band, I think I will only record it in Super HD and only in 3d, and I will get tiesto to produce everything for me.
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//////////Reply by TheFuck?
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 11:20 am
@HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK,
Will the music be in 3D too?
mind=blown
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i’m tired of all this fuzzy buzzy california surf beach boys lo-fi 60s garage rock girl band shit.
is chillwave officially dead now that the jonas bros tweeted about it?
what’s next… what’s left… the new panda bro record is going to come out and it’s going to be his congrats [via the mgmts]. i feel fucked.
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//////////Reply by jimmm
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
@gucci mane,
You speak truth, bro.
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//////////Reply by Jim Morrison
//////////Posted May 9th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
@jimmm, a depressing moment in music indeed.
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just want to ‘chill’ all ‘blissed out’ on a relevant beach w/ an authentic fuzzy/buzzy/lo-fi baguette
2 much 2 ask 4 in 2k10??
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//////////Reply by chong
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
@Nipslip, for real bro
any lo-fi baguettes down on long island?
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Blisswave is best. The similarity shows some kind of continuity (via an organic outgrowth/mutation) rather than outright rejection of the Chill Wave. Also Chillwave isn’t dead till Chill Murray has been out long enough to be appreciated/ridiculed .
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//////////Reply by jz salinger
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
@Karlkasselonyourhomeansweringmachine, obvs u haven’t heard the new Blisstopher Reeves.
blisswave x infinity
blisswave x infinity
blisswave x infinity
blisswave x infinity
blisswave x infinity
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//////////Reply by Karlkasselonyourhomeansweringmachine
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
@jz salinger, Blistopher Reeves is smalltime. I’m still waiting for the Blisstopher Walken leak.
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//////////Reply by kumquatparadise
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
@Karlkasselonyourhomeansweringmachine,
wait
wait
dong tell me
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//////////Reply by kumquatparadise
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
@kumquatparadise,
joke fail; typo
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//////////Reply by jz salinger
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
@kumquatparadise, lulz. after i wrote that i was like ‘fuck! should’ve said blisstopher walken’.
blisstopher reeves : vivian girls :: blisstopher walken : dum dum girls
//////////Reply by Karlkasselonyourhomeansweringmachine
//////////Posted May 9th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
@kumquatparadise, NPR 4 lyfe negro
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changed my chillwave genre
itunes now says jonascore
never looking back
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//////////Reply by Karlkasselonyourhomeansweringmachine
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
@\\\\\, lolololol
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//////////Reply by alter ebro
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
@\\\\\, ++1 lolzzz
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a good post about good music. i can dig it.
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reminds me of those cutesy girl bands from late 80s/early 90s. talulah gosh, tiger trap, heavenly, cub, etc. this music is clearly post-cuddlecore.
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This is the most cynical and depressing thing I’ve read outside of Pitchfork. Perhaps your time and thought would be more appropriately spent evaluating the adolescent brand of musical criticism most current music writers engage in.
There was a time when people wrote about music they genuinely admired; earnestly and with affection for the things that moved them to observe. I miss that.
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//////////Reply by danja
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
@Louis Kelly,
shut the hell up
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//////////Reply by Louis Kelly
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
@danja,
thats cute
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//////////Reply by strato
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
@Louis Kelly, dang
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//////////Reply by skybread
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
@Louis Kelly,
hello! welcome to hipster runnoff, look around, enjoy your time
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//////////Reply by ho-fi
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 12:43 am
@skybread, HI!!!!!
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//////////Reply by Alex
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
@skybread, <3 saying that to people. Love it when tweens get hella pissed.
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//////////Reply by \\\\\\\\\\
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 7:59 am
@Louis Kelly, o hai u sound really smart do u have a blog so i can read abt important music and AARP member stuff?
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//////////Reply by marcus garvey
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 10:56 am
@\\\\\, i need that link too
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//////////Reply by Louis Kelly
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 11:46 am
@\\\\\,
aww. the punctuation made a funny
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//////////Reply by 5555
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
@Louis Kelly,
damn. that comeback was a clever one-liner. is ur fav TV show Arrested Development? for most of us, that’s our fav show here. glad we have something we can bond over!
look, the numbers made a comment!
//////////Reply by DEE VEE ENN OHHH
//////////Posted May 9th, 2010 at 12:21 am
@Louis Kelly, I’m happy to see you found a blog that you love. I think you’ll have a great time in your new family with all of us!
ps what do you think carles looks like? that’s something i like to ask every new person
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Real Estate-core y’all… Fender Mustang-wave?
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‘over it’
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i aspire to make a truly authentic comment like Louis Kelly, or maybe Keats–now there was a real musician.
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//////////Reply by Louis Kelly
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 2:12 am
@]{e$haj0//as4trill,
“I think when you have a band that consists of all girls, it is difficult to take the band seriously on a critical or even on just a buzzworthy level, because you are basically just saying ‘hey, look at these alt girls making some blogworthy music.’ ”
I mean, who says that
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//////////Reply by \\\\\\\\\\
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 8:01 am
@Louis Kelly, Carles, dipshit didn’t u read the article?
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//////////Reply by Louis Kelly
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 11:49 am
@\\\\\,
true
Why does no one respect Tapes n’ Tapes anymore?
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//////////Reply by comments
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
@Mollusks, miss TnT. miss the helio sequences.
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//////////Reply by hello sequencer?
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 12:52 am
@comments, love helio sequentials
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Hey, can someone tell me what they think of The Clap Your Hands Say Yeahs?
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//////////Reply by xXxhottiexXx
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 1:41 am
@Bloggerz4Lyfe, i think there ok but when im in the mood for that style of music i would rather listen to beirut/arcade fire
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hey guys,
i foresee the only possible evolution of chillwave is DSBM (depressive black metal). It sounds fuzzy and contemplative.
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sucks the guitar player in best coast doesn’t get talked about – that dude makes the band
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//////////Reply by lasketchups
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
@mat, bobb bruno <3
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//////////Reply by funky_rutabaga
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 9:49 am
@mat, Bethany Consentino > Bobb Bruno (via being a keut female).
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//////////Reply by shalalalalalalalala
//////////Posted May 9th, 2010 at 4:35 am
@mat, bobb is good
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grrrrlwave
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The Las Robertas song sounds like Jesus and Mary Chain
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//////////Reply by Full Moon
//////////Posted May 9th, 2010 at 6:14 am
@Look Yall
The Soft Moon is prolly better than any of these fucks.
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cant wait for this fakeass-wave to end
50s suburbia inspired shit
cant relate
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//////////Reply by knocksy
//////////Posted May 7th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
@cousins, 4realz dawg
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Does ne1 else feel like some of these bands saw Juno and then decided to start a band?
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//////////Reply by \\\\\\\\\\
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 8:08 am
@eggs, thought Juno was abt having a baby and ‘having the strength’ to not get ur conservative parents upset by having a retarded alt baby from all the toxins in meat so she has to become a vegan and get all fat/ugly.
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//////////Reply by eggs
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 10:15 am
@\\\\\, exactly and then she starts a shitty derivative band with her husband and baby called Las Robertas
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//////////Reply by \\\\\\\\\\
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
@eggs, is that the sequel after when she starts a rollerblade community center for lesbians?
What happens when Panda Bear saves the world?
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do they live in pto rico?
r they gonna make ptoricans criminals like in arizona?
r they gonna make newyorkers criminals if they move to california or tx?
i read 80% pple in maryland/baltimore have a criminal record cuz theyr not white
sophia coppola had jesus&mary chain in 1 of her movies
when r artists gonna do zumthin real & not lame feeces
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hey change that lame avatar, mia is already officialy an ass hole,
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ho-fi
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i enjoyed going on that journey w/ you carleser
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sweet
feel glad u talked about beach fossils
i <3 them
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ISITMYFACE?
ITS IN MY FACE
THERES SOMETHING IN MY FACE
ITS IN YOUR FACE
THERES SOMETHING IN YOUR FACE
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Honestly, all of these were awful…except for Best Coast. Her hooks are the best. Her vocals are the best. Her tracks have the best lo-fi production (via Bobb Bruno).
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//////////Reply by ray carles
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 11:23 am
@zxcvb, Totally. The vocals in Street Feelings are off-key and weak, the music is repetitive and uninspired. It looks like their 1st band after playing guitar for almost a year. Which is cool that they can get “blogged about”, but it’s not cool because it’s amateur as fuck and I dunno if giving an amateur attempt success encourages them to “get better”.
All this music is totally put on. Reverb + super simple progressions + “vintage video”effect + cute girls = success, or at least blog success. Los Robertas pretty much proves this
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//////////Reply by munstafarian
//////////Posted May 9th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
@zxcvb, completely agree. aside from best coast, the rest of these bands are painfully mediocre. las robertas and beach fossils = snoozecore
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2nd from the right on the beach fossil foto was playing with darwin deez.
didnt know what it was, but i knew that i wanted 2 sleep with it.
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what was that post about being an old dude that stumbles upon an alt dive bar…. felt like reading that one… but after minimal google searching i couldn’t fiind it…
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Want to have a “serious relationship” with a keut chick who moderately resembles Zooey Deschanel and plays me blisswave music into the early hours of the morning.
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awwww, creating another music genre
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you got it wrong, carles. blisswave preceded chillwave…lo fi fuzzy buzzy bands got popular with blogs circa march 2k9, chillwavers hit the scene circa july 2k9…….you’ve lost all cred with me.
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bet the music is crap but these girls are hot :)
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you have shitty taste in music
fuck chill/bliss/happiness in general
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Cool post carles, was kinda worried for a bit, thought the alt report maybe was too much 2 handle. But this was chill… or bliss? So confused by genres 2day.
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//////////Reply by Andy Bro
//////////Posted May 9th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
@Alex, i am 12 and what is this?
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Hi! how r u? i am a bearded ginger alt. Do u think ny of these alt girls like ginger bearded alts?
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//////////Reply by gingaz
//////////Posted May 9th, 2010 at 12:45 am
@bearded ginger alt, only if you’re this guy: http://www.gprecs.com/2009/10/15/wild-nothing/
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cant wait to get started on my solo blisswave project Bliss Farley
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sounds like the breeders.
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//////////Reply by mainstream@normal.com
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
@dudebro, breeders are the new blisswave
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//////////Reply by meme or die
//////////Posted May 10th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
@dudebro, agree sounds like Pod-era breeders
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sounds like k records shit. not original ,better than taht chillwavez shit
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“Blisswave” to me seems an inappropriate label in relation to the kind of sounds it describes (i.e. Best Coast, Pearl Harbor, etc.). The lo-fi vibes that these bands put forth inspire me to refer to them as members of a “fuzz-wave” genre. Fuzz-wave – its on the rise so get ready. Also… I must say I anticipate the massively hyped albums by Panda Bear and LCD Soundsystem to re-situate the alternative music landscape, so that will be interesting to see. From what I ca tell, these albums will earn very high scores on pitchfork- 9.3 and 9.4 respectively?
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who gives a shit? Stop promoting this bs music genre, Carles…
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//////////Reply by shrimpdiavabro
//////////Posted May 8th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
@Gino, 4riilzzz. did theez grls sumhow stold kortknee <3's draft/throw away/not written under hairohin inflnce trks frum her band The Holes [via 1998?]
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YAY
BUT ALSO
POST MORRE MP<3SSSS
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Idk crls, just don’t think that blisswave will ‘make it.’ feel like these robert bros have a g8 alt asthetic, but people won’t ‘get it’ because their music ‘sux.’
wish I could b a keut blisswaver
wish ‘cocorosiecore’ was reel so weird grls got moar street cred
wish avantgarde bitches were still relevent
feel so behind the timez, wnt 2 go back to taking acid on the chillwavez
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all those bands sounds like shitty versions of the Black Tamborines
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beb wev
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still riding the chillwave. don’t see any chance of a wipeout any time soon.
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//////////Reply by ironlung
//////////Posted May 10th, 2010 at 10:10 am
@femalt, Ditto, I want more new Chillwave bands to come out!
RIDDING THE CHILLWAVE TILL WINTER!
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girl power [via blisswave]
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so what do you call the remixes of blisswave shit? remixwave? cop magnet did a remix of daydream that’s pretty egg-cellent.
BURR
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pretty sure ive grown the fuck up. hro commenters are the collective of the unchill, untalented, pretentious losers that are always on to the next thing, and act as though they actually contributed anything to what they now think isnt cool anymore. *heavy sigh yall*
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it’s interesting that GvsB focuses on some costarican alt-tinas…
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this site doesn’t sell records. the gossip disappears, records remain. write about, ignore it, if you aren’t selling records, the opinion expressed doesn’t matter. if you aren’t consuming, you don’t count.
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“if you aren’t consuming, you don’t count.”
i like that we can all live in a free society away from consumaism – just livin the indi life with my cons and my am happy
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over all this. imean i like all this music but its not for dancing. its totally for chilling on relevant beaches and having windows rolled down n stuff.
the new LCD is good, and mainly ive been listening to techno. theres a boat party in detroit with ricardo villalobos at the end of the month, bros….get on it.
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//////////Reply by eminem
//////////Posted May 10th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
@chill murray, nobody listens to techno
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feeling connected to the blisswaves via virginia woolf’s the waves
needs more reverb tho
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hey carles,
who are these ‘uglier female garage-ish bands’? the ugliest part of best coast is bobb bruno. but he seems like a chill bro.
i’m gonna carve blisswave 4 eva into my chest like mark wahlberg did for reese witherspoon in ‘fear’
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we need more authentic music from the band GIRLS
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Garage Fuzz
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all of these bands suck. you truly need to look for new music and new sounds. i just heard to los robertos and it was the worst band i ever heard in my life. wake up people; bloggers might telling you what to think.
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//////////Reply by jc
//////////Posted June 8th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
@castlevania, get some taste fgt
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GRRRLWAVE BIG IN 2011
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