HIPSTER RUNOFF

I heard of this new band that has possibly been around for a while. They are called The Dirty Projectors, and I think that they are from the greater-New York area. They have a new album called Bitte Orca--not sure what that name 'even means.' Might be Latin / French / German / Mexican.

I think that they might be one of those bands that people think 'are really good' but are hard to 'identify with' for a normal bro. I have listened to their songs a few times to 'try 2 understand them' but I still feel like they are 'close to impossible to identify with.'

They have a song called 'Stillness is the Move.' The song has some guitar playing, and some girls singing, as if it is some sort of conceptual indie karaoke song.

From what I understand, people are saying that this is 'better than' Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear [via the Indie Contest 4 'da best album of 2k9.' Not sure if I 'understand why' any one would think that, even though I haven't listened to the album.

From what I understand, there are two bros in the band, and 2 broads in the band.

Feel like I have to go back to HRO's ancient MIXED GENDER BANDS theory, where HRO says that bands appeal to a wider audience when they have boys+girls in them. Also, indie music critics enjoy 'liking bands with girls' since it makes them seem less chauvinistic/like they are an equal opportunity provider. I think it is good to have 'haute indie girls' in ur band, because bros will come to ur show and say 'damn...want my gf 2 look like her' and girls to think 'wish I could be as authentic as that girl on stage...feel like i'm trying 2 hard and don't have any indie talent besides dressing like a lil cunt.'

Here is a clip of them from 2008 that I randomly found on the utube. Think that they showcase that the girls are 'actually talented' altbaguettes.

Not sure if it 'sounds good' to me, but I think that might be because it is in complex time signatures and has more key changes that I am used to in bloghouse/electro. Might be uncultured. Feels weird when something is 'deemed relevant' even though u don't have a past history with it/it is 1 of those bands who u always ignored because their name sounded douchey/boring.

Start to feel anxious when there is this band that is 'highly critically acclaimed' but I can't seem to appreciate them. Like there's something wrong with me--but I feel like I make good consumer decisions. Maybe it is just like an arthaus film from the Frog Nu Wave era--I feel pressure to 'appreciate it' but I would rather 'take out my junk and tug off 2 pornography.'

Do yall like the Dirty Projectors, or does n e 1 have a 'healthy way' to approach their music that would make me seem 'more open'?
Do yall think that the girls in the DPs are 'hot' or 'just indie keut' or altbaguette??

Previous bands that I don't 'get'
No Age / Santogoldy / TV on the Radio / Most bands from 2k8

Dirty Projectors

Buzzband

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Men and women are important contributors towards the creation of modern alt-ish music. Now, more than ever, we are able to put aside stereotypes of women being incompetent, and men being the source of all that is good. We can appreciate bands for who they are, no matter if they consist of male members, female members, or any mix of both.

Mixed gendered bands are pretty interesting from a consumer perspective. Would it be fair to assume that 'a band with both male and female members' has the best chance of appealing to a broader audience of male and female fans? Is the Arcade Fire more approachable because they have women in their band? I'd say that a band is not truly a MIXED GENDER BAND when there is a female lead singer who pretends to play tamborine sometimes. It would be kind of like this live Scarlett Johansson performance of a cover from her latest album.

(Pretty awkward/worthless/I am not interested in finding out that she has a personality and is creative.)

I think when it comes to 'popular music', most people think of women as only singers. Sometimes female pop stars claim to be writers, but then they end up writing a song like Britney Spears' "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman." In the latest crop of alternative music, I think there's probably one of the strongest economies of women-who-are-actually-talented-and-applying-their-musical-skills-to-create-good-music.

How do you feel about women in music? Remember when Paul McCartney's wife was in Wings, but every one knew she didn't really do that much? Are we breaking away from that stereotype?

Here's a few blurbz about mixed gendered bands.
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Sometimes I wonder how much I actively like the band CSS, or if I just like a few of their songs. I know "Let's Make Love And Listen to Death From Above" is as catchy as it gets, and they also have the most viewed video in the history of youtube, "Music is My Hot Hot Sex." I wonder if I would be creeped out if a dude was the one who wanted to 'make love and listen to DFA.'

CSS were pioneers when it came to branding the 'cute, exotic, yet kind of dirty looking' female.

*****G C***
Maybe deep down inside of me, I enjoy Glass Candy because Johnny Jewel and Ida No remind me of a mom-and-dad type of relationship.

*****NYPC***
The New Young Pony Club has a female majority. I wonder if there is one dude who is the brains behind it. Does any one know what this band is up to? I feel like I deserve a New Young Pony Club remix per month, just since their music is so approachable and/or remixable.

***TGT*****
The Go Team has a handful of women. Do you think that there should be a limit on how many members can be in a 'band'? Did you like any other songs other than "Huddle Formation"? I feel like mixed gendered bands are guaranteed one pretty catchy hit, but they can also be doomed to 'be that band that only has one song that I listen to a lot.'

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Teenagers in Tokyo is a majority-female group.

I feel like their song "Very Vampyr" might have perfected the genre of cute-dancey-thrash-chant rock.

When I see mixed-gendered indie bands, I wonder if there is one male who 'basically writes most of the songs.' I think an advantage of being a mixed gender bands is that if your female members are cute enough, you have a better chance of turning a mediocre, some-what annoying song into a cute dancey pop song.

I used to think Le Tigre was a mixed gender band. Is it fair to assume that bands that are 100% female have a smaller chance of appealing to men than bands that are 100% male appealing to women? More girls are probably willing to love Interpol or DMB than there are guys willing to love to Electrelane or Le Tigre.

Bands like Coldplay and U2 prove that all-male bands will always be the biggest bands in the world. However, bands like Fleetwood Mac and Sonic Youth prove that mixed gendered bands are great for getting fans to truly identify with and genuinely love your band's catalog of work.

Overall, women are valuable members of modern alternative bloghouse indie post-dance rock music. It's a good time to be a music fan. We even live in a world where people are allowed to convince themselves that Uffie has a unique, valuable rap style.

How do you feel about women? Is their place still in the kitchen?
Are mixed gendered bands better than all-female or all-male bands?
Are there any women producers who make bangers that I need to know about?

[MP3s]
Teenagers in Tokyo Very Vampyr
CSS Computer Heat
New Young Pony Club The Bomb (The Teenagers Crush Lou Remix)

It's a great time to be a 15 year old girl who takes guitar lessons.