HIPSTER RUNOFF

I'm not sure why SPIN Magazine decided to put Odd Future on the cover. Of course, the simple answer is because they 'get mad hits', fueled by 'controversy', and indie white kids apparently like them or something. I don't understand why Tyler the Creator didn't get a solo cover bc he is clearly the only member of the 'group' that any one cares abt.

It seems like they are a totally relevant and successful buzzband according to the wikipedia-wave intro.

Odd Future have provoked nonstop conversation throughout 2011, creating some of the year's most vital, kinetic, urgent, raw music and art. A brief overview of the young crew's output: Tyler's solo album Goblin, which has sold 135,000 copies via indie label XL, and his riveting "Yonkers" and "She" videos; Frank Ocean's twisted R&B confessional, Nostalgia, Ultra; MellowHype's remastered re-release of their Blackenedwhite album and the effectively creepy "64" video; Domo Genesis' Under the Influence mixtape; Mike G's chopped-and-screwed mixtapes; Syd the Kyd's Raunchboots instrumental EP; the stunning coffee-table photo book Golf Wang, with writings by Tyler; not to mention all the group's Tyler-designed merch. Their 2012 is booked with worldwide tour dates; they're shooting an Adult Swim show, tentatively titled Loiter Squad, set to premiere in early 2012; a clutch of releases, including a full crew album, are planned for the newly minted Odd Future Records (distributed by Sony Red); and there are rumored collaborations with Pharrell (Tyler's idol) and Justin Bieber (an acknowledged fan).

Moreover, they've defined a fresh rallying cry for disaffected youth and have reinvigorated the decades-old debate over whether rap music reflects, or ruins, society. Amid discussion forums and Tumblr'd fan tributes, there are hundreds of essays parsing whether the group are misogynistic, homophobic, or hate-filled, due to several graphic depictions of murder and rape in their lyrics. They were subject to domestic-violence protests at the Pitchfork Music Festival and were admonished in GLAAD press releases. This May, Sara Quin of lesbian folkies Tegan and Sara denounced Goblin on the duo's website, wondering, "Why should I care about this music or its 'brilliance' when the message is so repulsive and irresponsible?" Tyler's response, via Twitter: "If Tegan and Sara need some hard dick, hit me up!"

The whole 'cover article' just goes on and on about how 'they are actually very nice, down-to-earth people.' They aren't just using 'shock tactics' to generate interest. They are just t0tally zany, and singing about killing women and having sex with them is just funnie! Also, Tyler the Creator doesn't h8 gheys. He is tolerant. Black ppl are naturally tolerant because white ppl discriminated against them once.

"That was the first thing that came to my head," Tyler explains later, sitting on a Seattle hotel bed, after the show following the Vancouver date. "When I said that shit, I thought it'd be funny. But then I was like, I don't even care anymore….I mean, I guess my dark side comes out in my music, but it's just weird that so many people think I'm such a fucking evil person. I don't fucking hate gay people. I'm probably one of the least homophobic rappers in the world. I don't discriminate, because that's what the fucking whites did to the blacks back then, and that's what kids did to me at school, because I listened to different music and shit. So I don't fucking discriminate.

What a body, bb!

Tyler the Creator claims that he will 'never go solo', but that is just a common vibe in the black community. Whether you are a rapper or professional athlete, you have to 'take care of ur crew' even if they bankrupt you or if you end up going to jail for funding a dog fighting ring.

A couple of times during the trip, when the tour bus is too hotboxed or somebody's boxers are on the floor, Tyler jokes about going solo. But when he accepted his MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist this year, his mom crying and screaming at his side, he delivered his largely bleeped-out speech with the group hopping around and hugging behind him. "I would never, never leave these dudes," he says. "Without them trusting my lead and having my back no matter what the fuck happened, I wouldn't be here. Because I come up with some crazy shit, and nobody trusted me, but these motherfuckers was like, 'You know what? Fuck it, eat a roach.'"

We learn that Tyler the Creator bought his mom a house, some of the members of Odd Future have children, and Tyler the Creator has a GF so he doesn't bang groupies.

Here is a picture of that guy who punched that photographer lady.

The article concludes with confirmation that the write 'became friends with Odd Future', and is basically a member of their band now.

We spend two more hours chatting, about heartbreak, piano lessons, and how it sucks when your mom follows you on Twitter. At one point he exclaims, "I've never been this happy in my life. I just got a shirt with a fuckin' cat on it!" The next day, when Tyler hugs me goodbye, he says, "Bye, loser," in his famous, growling baritone. I snap back, "I hate you." As my cab pulls away to go to the airport, I already miss the Wolf Gang.

I feel nostalgic for Almost-Famous-wave rock journalism. :'-( Back then, profiling writers actually 'became friends with the band'. These days, publicists just tell the band who 'not to be a dick' to so that you can 'get on the cover of SPIN', get portrayed 'like a decent human being', and the publicist/PR firm gets to make it seem like they are 'great at their job'.

Is Odd Future the most important buzzband in the world?
Do they look totally zany on that cover bc they are covering their faces?
Are they 'what rocknroll is all about'?
do u believe that they are 'good people' underneath it all?
Should Tyler the Creator 'trim the fat' and 'go solo'?
Has their buzz already died?
Is this the greatest moment in the history of horrorcore rap?

Tyler, The Creator

Alternative Celebrity

Tyler is a teenage producer, rapper, and the leader of an experimental lofi shock-rap crew called Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All.

Lists: rappers, blipsters, Odd Future

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Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All

Buzzband, Meme

Odd Future is the lofi shock-rap crew run by Tyler, The Creator.

Lists: Californians, rappers, blipsters, African Americans

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Das Racist is an indie rap group with some Indian college grads are are 'funnie' and rap abt sillie stuff that appeals to high end white ppl, but they are also branded as being 'great at rapping.' Some how, they managed to 'finagle' the cover of SPIN Magazine. I am not sure if this means that they have 'crossed over' to the mainstream, or if SPIN Maggy is just 'trying really hard 2 be alt.'

One thing that we can confirm is that this is a 'huge win' for Das Racist as they compete with Odd Future to be the most relevant rap troupe in indie. While Odd Future might have an MTV VMA, the cover of SPIN might propel Das Racist to superstardom, eventually playing illustrious indie television shows like Jimmy Fallon and Carson Daly.

Has Das Racist 'graduated from indie'?

With that in mind, to explore the rise of rap's most radically hilarious new firebrands Das Racist, we dispatched Hari Kondabolu (a formidable stand-up comedian in his own right and brother of group spiritual advisor/hypeman the Honorable Prophet Dapwell) to grill the trio on how jokes work as truthtelling, even when you title a song "Booty in the Air." As a sidebar, the group's Victor "KOOL A.D." Vazquez also drew 102 fake rappers with names like "Turnip God," "Lil Hater," "Kurfew," and "Yurple Man," which are worth the price of the issue alone.

Does this issue look authentic & funnie?
Is Das Racist the #1 rap group in indie?
Are they 'funnie' or 'serious ass rappers'?
Should they rap abt more 'thug' and/or 'hood rat' shit?
Is SPIN Mag 'trying too hard' 2 be alt?
Is SPIN Mag becoming 'the Jimmy Fallon of magazine covers'? [via indie-leaning]
Should Das Racist add a black member to compete with Odd Future for 'negro markets'?
Should Das Racist say 'the n-word' more frequently to 'cause controversy'?
Is this the greatest moment in the history of Indian Indie music?

Das Racist

Buzzband

Das Racist is some sort of post-ironic rap group.

Lists: rap, indie minorities

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Lately, electronic dubstep ravewave music has become way more popular than 'boring ass white ppl indie music'. SPIN decided to put Skrillex on their cover, which will definitely sell more copies than last month's St. Vincent cover. Skrillex looks good, bb!

Does this mean Skrillex has finally 'won' the throne as the Prince of Dubstep?
Is he the most popular DJ in the world?
Can u believe he is 23 years old and more famous/rich/successful than U?
Do u <3 or h8 Sonny Moore?

I'd say that the article is 'actually worth reading' for an entry-level crash course on the 'electro dance house dubstep rave music' boom in the post-Daft Punk era.

This is a new era in American electronic dance music. And if you want to understand it, keep your eye on Skrillex, regardless of what you think of dance music's current ultracommercial turn, or of dubstep's regressive macho tendencies, or of the genre's 30-plus years of rhythmic refinement threatening to devolve into a Pauly D fist-pump. Dance music fans have been like those ornery partisans in the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups commercials, pre-epiphany: "You got electro in my techno!" "You got commercial in my underground!" Skrillex manically disposes of those dichotomies; his music is like a melted goo of influences, sticky and chemically sweet. And the kids are eating it up.

See Skrillex perform and you understand why Deadmau5 -- the genre's most spectacular, or at least recognizable, act -- has anointed him with his magic mouse pheromones, releasing Skrillex's official debut EP on his own label, Mau5trap. You understand why Atlantic Records has made Skrillex a cornerstone of Big Beat, its recently relaunched dance-music imprint. "It's changing so rapidly, it's just crazy," cool-hunting DJ/producer Diplo shouts into my ear backstage at Electric Daisy Carnival while Skrillex plays. Diplo's T-shirt reads BABYLON IS FALLING.

Are RAVES the future of the modern music festival?

Consider these numbers: The total of 230,000 attendees this year at Electric Daisy Carnival surpassed Coachella, which sold 75,000 three-day passes (a reported drop from 2010's take). In its 12 years, Coachella has grown into a cultural institution, an event whose imprimatur makes stars, confirms legends, and attracts a parade of willowy starlets who are chronicled from the Huffington Post to US Weekly. Electric Daisy Carnival's profile is sketchier, to say the least (see SPIN magazine's "Electric Mayhem," page 54). But even indie-centric Coachella has been skewing its lineup towards electronic dance music over the past several years.

DJs are a more cost-effective act than some dumb boring band with guitars. The kids are going crazie for DJs, and u can sell Red Bulls to underaged kids at massive markups.

"Promoters make a lot more money on the DJ shows," explains Diplo, a few weeks after EDC. "A band plays, it's 45 minutes; DJs can play for four hours. Rock bands -- there's a few headliner dudes that can play 3,000–4,000-capacity venues, but DJs play the same venues, they turn the crowd over two times, people buy drinks all night long at higher prices -- it's a win-win."

Should I stop trying to launch a buzzband, and instead launch a buzzstep DJ project? I feel like I will make more $$$$ instead of just buzzbucks/PitchforkDollars.

Has ravewave gone mnstrm?
What kind of music does Skrillex play?
Is he the #1 DJ in the world?
How do u feel now that electro music is OFFICIALLY more popular than 'RELEVANT WHITE PPL INDIE NPR MUSIC'?
R u gonna go to a rave soon?
Who is more famous: Bon Iver or Skrillex?
Who is more famous: Panda Bear or Deadmau5?
Who is more famous: Diplo or Skrillex?
Who is more famous with ppl under the age of 25: John Lennon or Skrillex?

Skrillex

Alternative Celebrity, DJ

Skrillex is a popular dubstep DJ who is arguably the #1 alt DJ in the world.

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I was in my local Borders, looking for some sweet deals bc they are going out of biz, and I saw the cover of SPIN Magazine from afar. At first, it looked like Alice Glass, and I was really excited. I screamed, "MY BB IS ON THE COVER!" Then I moved closer, and I noticed the curly hair. Bummer. It was just St. Vincent.

As yall know, St. Vincent is totally obsessed with her facial structure and how her curly hair frames her face. Honestly kinda let down. Do u think she is GRADE A INDIE HOTTIE? Or would u prefer Alice Glass / Vicki LeGrand / Maddie Follin / Andrea Estella any day of the week?

I used the zoom tool 2 try to see if this was a see-thru dress. Maybe I am a bit pervy, but I am OBSESSED with areola vs. skin tone in an artsy kinda way.

R u at all interested in St. Vincent enough 2 buy a magazine abt her?

Here is some funnie 'profile piece' journalism where u just try to make an artist sound smart and interesting, but they just come across as douchey:

Clark is at Quartino, a restaurant near her apartment in the East Village, when I arrive. She's wearing something chic and black, looking slight and effortless, and reading a book about shamanistic psychoanalysis and surrealist exercises written by Alejandro Jodorowsky, the director of El Topo. We talk about that, and about films and serial killers and podcasts, and she says she listens to "Savage Love" sex columnist Dan Savage in the van when she's on tour.

Want a little bit more?

When I meet Clark again, she is wearing a peach miniskirt and a white button-down silk top. She looks like a John Currin painting: all eyes and curls and a long pale neck and sloped nose under freckles that seem to cry out, Render me in oils. Exaggerate nothing.

We are at the student entrance of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a tour of Savage Beauty, an exhaustive exhibit of the work of 
designer Alexander McQueen, who killed himself last February at age 40. Clark likes fashion, but she doesn't talk about it with any kind of pretension or grandiosity. Fashion likes her, too. She wore a McQueen dress for her date with 
Byrne to the White House Correspondents' dinner, and she's friends with the Brooklyn-based design duo Vena Cava, but is smart enough to joke about how silly it all is when she's asked about her involvement in that world.

It is actually kinda a funny read. It must be a parody, like The Onion or something. Here is how it ended.

Clark and I part ways after lunch -- she's heading to the 6 train, I'm getting a cab on Park Avenue. I say goodbye, we hug, and she's off, a tiny silhouette in the distance. Her silk shirt and skirt billow in the hot breeze. I look uptown at the horizon, processing the memory of her, and my eyes creep up to the huge sky.

BB did u straighten ur hair? She kinda looks like Feist in this picture. Maybe they are trying to confuse ppl into listening 2 her music.

R u totally in2 St. VInny?
Do u <3 or h8 her music?
Does she need to write girlier music?
Should she 'be more mainstream' by showing more skin?
Do u think she is going to eventually 'lose it' and 'go Sufjan' [via crappy electro era where she dances around on stage]?
What kind of consumers actually enjoy/purchase St. Vincent?
Who is prettier: Alice Glass or Annie Clark?

St. Vincent

Alternative Celebrity, Buzzband

St. Vincent is Annie Clark. She plays the guitar and writes deep songs that go on for a really long time.

Lists: QTs, indie songstresses, Texans

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It's sorta weird how 'mainstream' indie has gotten. I'm not really 'lamenting' it, but sorta shocked that we're finally at a point where a popular indie-ish band is pulling the whole 'overcoming substance abuse addiction'. Sort of a generic 'album buzz narrative', and I'm not sure if that type of story even 'endears' u to new markets.

I think he is just trying to make his personal brand 'more edgy' or something. But he should probably just 'become an alcoholic' and go on some sweet benders.

In the three years since Death Cab for Cutie released Narrow Stairs, frontman Ben Gibbard has turned his life around: He married his sweetheart, actress and singer Zooey Deschanel, began running in marathons, and overcame a serious drinking problem, the singer reveals in the June issue of SPIN.

Speaking with writer John Sellers, Gibbard opens up about how he kicked the bottle in 2008 and replaced that vice with a healthier addiction to running. His thirst for alcohol was partly borne out by the intensity of writing music for Death Cab, especially during the sessions for Narrow Stairs, which he calls the group's most "depressing record."

"Writing is such a solitary act," Gibbard says. "You spend hours alone, only with your thoughts, and you torture yourself. It's a tendency of many writers to temper the self-destructive act of writing with other self-destructive acts. I certainly was one of those people for a long time."

I feel kinda bad 4 Zooey Deschanel. Like she probably 'picked him up' from a dark place in his life, and he is probably 'keeping it together' 2 preserve their relaish, but now she is sorta like 'ughhh.... I should have married [buzzworthy actor/musician of today].'

He told some 'bender' story, except it didn't involve cocaine or prostitutes or watching snuff films. Instead, it involved 'five beers, five shots, and pizza.'

Gibbard says that he realized he needed to change after a particular bender with a friend in Big Sur, CA. "It was so stereotypically my own little Kerouac Big Sur weekend," Gibbard says. "And I remember being on the flight home, going, 'You know what? I really have to do something about this. This has really gotten out of control. But I have a friend's birthday tonight, and I need to go out and have a beer with him.' Cut to three in the morning, five beers and five shots in, eating a pizza. I woke up the next morning and I was like, 'That's it. I'm done. I have lost the ability to control this.'"

"A great bender means there will be pizza." -a 12 year old bro

Really want to hear some thing dark, about doing lines of blow at 10 am, staying up for weeks at a time, accidentally dabbling in meth, losing your teeth, having your social security card stolen by a prostitute, and paying 'down on their luck' souls to perform untold sexual acts on one another with a group of your closest bender bros.

<3 Benders <3

So what is he like now? Has he totally changed? Is he healthy in spirit, mind, and body?

These days, Gibbard prefers running long distances — he recently completed the L.A. Marathon in under four hours — and spending time with his wife, Deschanel, whom he started dating soon after hopping on the wagon. "Quitting had been such a positive change in my life," he says. "Nothing was going to make me want to go back to that. But I want to qualify that. I'm not, like, walking around with a chip in my pocket. I don't have a sponsor. I don't go to AA. It's not like that."

Do u think he was an 'alcoholic' or 'just livin buzzband life'?
Was he 'really' an alcoholic?
Do u wish u could go on buzz benders every nite?

Speaking of 'getting sober', how did it impact the tone of their new album?

Getting sober has had a big impact on Gibbard's writing for the band's new Codes and Keys (out May 31), their least mopey album yet.

Do u <3 the 'getting sober' narrative?
Do u think he 'really had a problem' or just 'kicked back some brews'?
Did Benjamin Gibbard ever get past the 'daddy' + 'girl' issues from his earliest albums?
Has 'healthy' Ben Gibbard 'lost his swag'?
Is he just trying to 'appeal to Christian middle America'?
r u sober or do u still vibe out on benders?

Ben Gibbard

Alternative Celebrity

Ben Gibbard is the lead singer of the Death Cabs and the now defunct Postal Service. Zooey Deschanel married him to be more indie.

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Death Cab for Cutie

Buzzband

Death Cab for Cutie was one of the first 'mainstream indie' bands, but now no1 really cares abt them any more because they just play forgettable soft rock. Ben Gibbard is the lead singer but he arguably should have

Lists: Seattle bands, mindie (mainstream indie), cool dads

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Secretly, the Fleet Foxes sold 'mad albums' in 2k8 when they released their last album. I think there is a huge audience out there that likes to vibe to chill bro folkwave guitar bro music. Maybe the same overgrounders who listen to Mumford & Sons and The Decemberists. Anyways, The lead Fleet Fox 'Bobby Pecknold' is on the cover of SPIN Magazine this month, which must mean that their band is kinda maltstream. I wonder if SPIN Magazine needs to stop putting these mindie bands like Lykke Li and the Strokes on their cover and just get Rebecca Black on their cover. Or maybe Heidi Montag/Kim Kardashian.

Do u think he looks keut?
R u gonna grow a Fleet Fox beard?
Is he one of the Keutest indie hunks in indie?
If u were an alt skank in a city that they were touring thru, would u do ur best to end up in his hotel room giving him 'the tug job of his life'?
Does he look 'dreamy' and 'contemplative'?
R u gonna buy this issue of SPIN Maggy to learn more about this buzzband, or did the Fleet Foxes 'peak' 4 years ago?

Robin Pecknold

Alternative Celebrity

Robin Pecknold is the lead singer of the popular folkwave band 'The Fleet Foxes.'

Lists: beards, indie hunks, folkwave

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Fleet Foxes

Buzzband

The Fleet Foxes are a Seattle-based folkwave band signed to Sub Pop Records.

Lists: 2k11 buzzbands, folkwave, beards

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I just saw this picture of Lykke Li on the cover of SPIN Magazine. I feel like SPIN hasn't really gone 'all out' Rolling Stone strategy and put Snooki/Jimmy Fallon/Other tweeny celebs on their cover, but maybe that means that they aren't serious enough abt wanting to sell magazines 'by all means necessary.' They put Lykke Li on the cover, and I am not sure if she is 'popular enough' 2 sell units, but maybe they are just trying to say 'we think Lykke Li is popular/will be successful and we want to be famous 4 hyping her.'

Anyways, Lykke Li looks like she is 'show off more skin' than ever these days, which is a GREAT career move for any female in the industry. Our most successful female artists have followed that model, so there's no reason for them to think they can do it any other way. Personally, I'd like to see even more of Lykke's body, but she is still growing as a potential slutwaver + probably getting her body into perfect shape + getting used to showing it off.

Her lil alt breasts look really great.

Here is a sideboob Lykke Li shot from some random photo shoot.

'If u tilt your computer screen to the left, u can see nip.'

Does Lykke Li 'look hot/alt'?
R u turned on by her?
Will she ride indie slutwaves and take her career 2 the next lvl?
Does she deserve 2 be on the cover of a mainstream American magazine?
Will SPIN Magazine survive by putting indie buzzbands on their cover or should they just put Rebecca Black on the cover?

Lykke Li

Alternative Entrepreneur, Buzzband

Lykke Li is a Scandinavian crazy lady who sings in a lil keut baby voice.

Lists: Scandinavian, indie songstresses, QTs

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From what I understand, SPIN Magazine and Rolling Stone Magazine are rock n roll magazines that also write abt life, rap, kewl shit, and journalism. I don't even rlly know bc I only read blogs. I don't even 'jack off' to 'nudie magazines' because I would rather watch streaming video of 'bitches getting railed' on the internet 4 free instead of staring at a piece of paper in a magazine. Sorta goes the same way for the music discovery process 4 me.

Anyways, SPIN and Rolling Stone made their 'end of year' 'best albums of the year' 'check out these kewl bands and our kewl magazine' lists. Feels like they are just trying to manage 'mainstream hits [via selling magazines]' vs 'whats kewl with the kids in the blogosphere bc it is relevant':

SPIN's list:
Link: http://www.spin.com/gallery/40-best-albums-2010
20 MGMT – Congratulations -totally a lame pick. cmon
19 No Age – Everything In Between - nvr listened 2 this but I'll bet ppl say it is 'good'
18 Superchunk – Majesty Shredding - sounds like a 90s band
17 Beach House – Team Dream - 'we are too mainstream to honor indie authentic bands'
16 Drake – Thank Me Later - we have to 'cover' the blacks too
15 Titus Andronicus – The Monitor -no idea. jesus
14 Best Coast – Crazy For You - have u heard of this fuzzy buzzy band?
13 Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Song Of Chico Dusty -guess this means they picked Kanye ovr Big Boi
12 Yeasayer – Odd Blood - think they got buzz for like 1 song
11 Vampire Weekend – Contra - good mix of a mainstream + alt pick. Readers feel safe
10 Robyn – Body Talk Pt. 1 -heard 'gays' and 'bitches' loved this album
9 Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager - Probs woulda gone with Drake bc Drake is more famous.
8 M.I.A. – Maya - Rlly trrbl. jesus Christ. Maybe she still sells magazines/gets hits?
7 Grinderman – Grinderman 2 - Isn't this a horror film?
6 Janelle Monae – The Archandroid - such a trendy 2k10 pick. Gonna get s00 much annoying hype on her next album
5 Jamey Johnson – The Guitar Song - who the eff is this?
4 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening - every1 forgot abt this album. Really bad year 4 them, but maybe a good year bc they placed well on these lists
3 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs - a more mainstream Vampy Weeks-like selection. Readers feel like they 'get' relevant white ppl music
2 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest - Weird indie pick. No way they ever let Brad Cox on the cover of their magazine so probs a bad pick/wasted prime real estate on him. More of a 10-20 pick
1 Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy -"This was srsly rlly good" -dude who writes for a magazine/regular human who reads media abt music

Does n e 1 know why ppl like Kanye West so much?

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Rolling Stone's List:

20 Neil Young – Le Noise - wasn't he more famous this year 4 Jimmy Fallon doing impressions of him?
19 M.I.A. – Maya - pick for girls, and non-black+mexi minorities & ppl who like shitty music
18 Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown - Pick 4 honky white ppl
17 Beach House – Teen Dream - pick for ppl who read blogs
16 Kid Rock – Born Free - pick for people who still believe in the 'rap-rock' genre
15 The National – High Violet - pick for ppl who like dudes with deep voices
14 Robyn – Body Talk - pick for gay ppl + 'ppl who love pop music'
13 Taylor Swift – Speak Now - pick for Walmart core readers & Christians who are allowed 2 listen to pop radio
12 John Mellencamp – No Better Than This - Pick for people who think that one little ditty abt Jack and Diane just came out less than 2 years ago
11 The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards -pick for ppl who think anything Jack White does is authentic.
10 LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening - pick for NYC-based ppl that like kewl old dudes
9 Eminem – Recovery - pick for wiggers
8 Robert Plant – Band Of Joy - pick for old ppl
7 Drake – Thank Me Later - pick for black ppl
6 Vampire Weekend – Contra -pick for smart, white indie ppl
5 Jamey Johnson – The Guitar Song -pick for _____ people [via nvr heard of them]
4 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs - pick for white ass indie ppl
3 Elton John and Leon Russell – The Union - pick for ppl who really liked that Princess Diana tribute song
2 The Black Keys – Brothers -pick for people who want 'new bands' to be 'throwbacks' to 'old bands'
1 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - pick for white people who shop at Walmart that want to be blacker, but also black ppl that want to be white and relevant and transcend the generic rap game

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Do u think these magazines 'know what the eff they are talking abt?
Do u think they are just trying to 'brand' their magazine with their readers as being 'kewl'?
Do u think they h8 indie buzzbands because they are forced to think they are 'good' but they don't really drive as much traffic as mainstream bands?
Should Walmart start a relevant music mag that 'cuts the indie bullshit' and just writes about mainstream ass bands?
Are magazines still relevant?
Who will create 'the perfect' 'best albums of the year list'?