So there's this blog out there called Gorilla vs. Bear that's supposed to be some sort of hot, "finger on the pulse" indie music thingy dingy. I put them up on my Google reader so I can skim through their junk and harvest whatever free mp3's I can get.
Well, they put together this "definitive" list of the year's 50 best songs. I downloaded all the downloadable ones, and I was nottttt very stoked on their choices.
I feel like every single one of these songs is a down tempo snoozer, with lo-fi production and barely audible vocals just to hide their general crappiness, and some synthy stuff just thrown in the mix for good measure.
Am I getting jaded towards new music? Can I not handle the "hip new jive"? Do I miss the "good old days" when indie songs actually were accessible and well written?
Nonetheless, there were a couple I liked. For instance:
Cute little 60's poppy ditty, with an infectious "ooo OOO ooo" hook.
This song sounds like a funeral.
And of course this one:
That's it, kids. I think I need to take a time machine back to 2000, and go back to "simpler times."
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