Author Archives: Carles

The Beach House Theory of 2k10.

[MP3]
Beach House Norway

Analysis of the Cultural and Critical Impact of this Song:
This mp3 is the ‘beginning/launching point/kickoff’ of the 2k10 music season. The first step on an annual cycle to attempt to understand ‘who is the best/most culturally relevant/buzzworthy/meme-able’ band of the year. It is this cycle which gives the blogosphere purpose, giving [...]

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Are authentic alternative celebrities scaling back their internet presences?

Photo via stereogum

In this picture, u see Edward Droste (lead singer of the band Grizzly Bear), along with a series of bros on a screen. Even though this chill session was happening in real life, Ed Droste also facilitated this same relationship on the internet with thousands of followers on the popular social networking [...]

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Sorta wish I worked 4 Twitter, Inc.

If I could work for any cutting edge Web 3.0 company, I would probably work for twitter. I use google to find stuff, facebook to look at pix of hot girls, and miscellaneous blogging applications…but I feel like twitter would be a place to call home. Could imagine walking into Twitter every day, [...]

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Is Avey Tare’s wife ‘trying 2 hard’ 2 be conceptual/meme-worthy?

Yall might know Kria Brekkan as the wife of popular 2k9 buzzband ‘the Animal Collective’, more specifically, the band member Avey ‘David Portner’ Tare. She has apparently already created tons of music on her own, as well as with the popular Icelandic runoff band “múm.” [via the post-Bjork+SigurRos era]. (not sure if Iceland [...]

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