Is The New Moon Soundtrack The Best Album Of 2009?
Whoops, looks like two cultures just got shocked. Obviously that headline is a joke! Except that maybe it isn't? Rumors had been swirling about Thom Yorke and Bon Iver penning songs for the The Twilight Saga: Teen Vampires In Love Some More soundtrack, and those rumors are confirmed with today's OST tracklist, exclusively revealed by MySpace. But you already knew that because MySpace is your homepage. And hey, this thing looks good, like mini-Dark Was The Night good.
In addition to Thom's new tune "Hearing Damage," and Bon Iver's duet with St. Vincent's face on a song called "Rosyln," Twilight scored previously unreleased tracks from Grizzly Bear and the Killers. Atlantic, in conjunction with soundtrack curator Alexandra Patsavas's Chop Shop, will release the album, and so there's a correlatively strong showing of Atlantic-affiliated artists (Death Cab, Lykke Li, and Muse, the lone holdover from the first film's OST) and a Patsavas pet (her Chop Shop puts out Anya Marina who made the cut). You've heard Death Cab's "Meet Me On The Equinox." Here's a few more reasons you suddenly love vampires:
01 Death Cab For Cutie - "Meet Me On The Equinox"
02 Band Of Skulls - "Friends"
03 Thom Yorke- "Hearing Damage"
04 Lykke Li - "Possibility"
05 The Killers - "A White Demon Love Song"
06 Anya Marina - "Satellite Heart"
07 Muse - "I Belong To You (New Moon Remix)"
08 Bon Iver and St. Vincent - "Rosyln"
09 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Done All Wrong"
10 Hurricane Bells - "Monsters"
11 Sea Wolf - "The Violet Hour"
12 Ok Go - "Shooting The Moon"
13 Grizzly Bear (Feat. Victoria Legrand) - "Slow Life"
14 Editors - "No Sound But The Wind"
15 Alexandre Desplat - "New Moon (The Meadow)"
The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack is out 10/20 via Atlantic, and the soundtrack artists will tour Hot Topic outlets nationwide. As if you needed another reason to go there after school.
Posted at 3:32 PM by amrit in Album Art
Tags: Alexandra Patsavas | Alexandre Desplat | Anya Marina | Beach House | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Bon Iver | Death Cab For Cutie | Editors | Grizzly Bear | Hurricane Bells | Lykke Li | Muse | OK Go | Radiohead | Sea Wolf | St. Vincent | The Killers | Thom Yorke | Victoria Legrand
This pisses me off 'cause now I feel compelled to actually watch the movie.
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Whoa, whoa, don't overreact. Just buy the soundtrack.
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Well, this is the beginning of the end for indie rock, the official pop culture peak... the soundtracked will be loathed by critics and bash the artist for this move which will be considered a way to earn money and fame by appearing on such teen friendly movie...what band will be able to turn to?
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I actually agree with you. This is the point where indie-rock music took a wrong turn. It actually feels just right seeing that the music industry is non-existant & we are nearing the end of what has been a sad decade in music. Looking forward to Grizzly Bear shows being hella-crowded with vampire-inspired eyeliner emo fat chicks. With that being said, can anyone point me to where the the new NEW-underground scene will be located?
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oh, so THIS is the first point which indie has taken a wrong step.
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Point you to where the new NEW-underground scene will be? So, you are saying the "scene" is more important than the music being made? Don't you want the musicians you love to be successful at what they do? Oh wait, you love the "scene", not the musicians or the music being made. Oh, such a sad state, Pitchfork nation.
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Think of it like this: The "scene" is like a ship where every indie-rock band is currently on. The ship is currently getting crowded with more exposure than what it's been used to. As everyone know by now, too much exposure does nothing but distract bands from the most integral part of their own existence: the music. Success can only be measured in the number of loyal fans that follow the them wherever they choose to go with their music. An overcrowded ship will sink while taking everything else down with it. There will always be an anti-establishment to whatever is currently being regarded as popular and/or trendy. The next "scene" ,"ship" (or..whatever you call it) might already exist but we must be careful not to settle with what's currently popular (vampire-movie in this case) because this only lowers our own musical-standards to dangerous levels. We still yet to see the effects the Bush-era has had on all these up-and-coming bands. To sum it up.. some of us are still waiting the next Nirvana.
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haha, wow, you're hilarious. keep it up.
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I see what your saying... do you think it is possible for a band to have the impact a Nirvana had in the early 90's? Society and culture have changed so much, can one band (or really, one legendary figure) do what Kurt Cobain did given the time we live in?
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if you can't find it on your own, maybe you should take that as a sign
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Bon Iver playing at Hot Topic? What the hell....
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I bet when they said "soundtrack artists will tour Hot Topic outlets nationwide" they're referring to Band of Skulls, Sea Wolf, and Hurricane Bells. The ones that people don't really care that much about.
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Whoa there Markop. Perhaps it's time for you to check out a little bit of Sea Wolf, because they are one of the better bands on this list. Start with something like the song "You're a Wolf", and then try some of their new songs "Stanislaus" and "Wicked Blood".
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Excuse me? Have you even heard the latest Band of Skulls album?
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What? No Animal Collective?
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Hot Topic still exists?
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Alexandra Patsavas is probably the major force behind the commercialization of 'indie rock'
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no.
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at least the editors found work.
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Ha! I was just thinking, "The Editors still exist?"
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Alright folks, lets not get our American Apparel tightie undies in a bunch now. Its just a well-crafted soundtrack that obviously is targeted at a niche market in indie music fans because, lets be honest: Indie music fans are an easy market right now and probably the only ones who will probably buy a compilation of some exclusive DCFC, Thom York, Bon Iver, etc. tracks.
The thing is you shouldn't buy this soundtrack because it has all your favorite bands, and look at how this is just a money making grab for the Twilight brand. I say download the thing off a P2P or bit-torrent and show those stereotyping Twilight pricks that they definitely underestimated its target audience. Burn it to a CD if you have to, if physical copies are your thing. I say this as someone who does buy albums all the time, but I hate when music like this is exploited for commercial purposes. This isn't Dark Was the Night... At least the money there went to charity. I'm sure Mr. Yorke already got a nice paycheck for his contribution whether or not we buy this thing.
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So artists are not entitled to be paid for their art? They should just give it away to asshole thieves trying to "fight the system"? Theft is theft, no matter how you try and church it up.
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I don't care as long as I get more new material from Thom.
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exactly my thinking. and I doubt Thom will tour hot topic - i mean isn't he the same guy who can't stand people photographing him.
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Let me just get my TEAM EDWARD shirt for upcoming Grizz shows.
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i heard that radiohead will be slotted to play hot topic, but if the tickets go too quick they'll get bumped over to JCPenney.
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sick. can't wait to fight through even thicker crowds of tweens at next summer's batch of festivals.
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Why couldn't she stick to using artists her fans want and not her. If the fans had their say it would be all Paramore tracks.
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Goddamn fangbangers.
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I'm not typically bothered by the "commercialization of indie rock" or bands selling out or any of that bullshit, but this is just ridiculous. Soundtracks are wonderful because they pair two art forms in a way where each informs the other. To pair actually talented artists making complicated and progressive music with a shitty money-scheme like Twilight is to drag the names of these bands through the mud, in my opinion.
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While I mostly agree with you, these artists aren't helpless - I blame them as much as anyone else involved with this abomination. Any taint or consequence brought on the artists by this project is well-deserved, although they're probably not gonna hate it (unless they hate money)
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This is hilarious. What is shows me is that major labels are desperate for cash and are ditching old techniques by reaching out talented 'indie' acts for help. I think it's great. It'll be interesting to see who actually tours Hot Topic stores b/c it certainly won't be Thom, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver or the like. Much of the time, some songs that appear on soundtracks aren't even in the movie.
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Great, now I can't wait for Radiohead and Grizzly Bear fanboys to beat the crap out of anyone who dares to say out loud that they discovered their music in New Moon.
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I think that 'Hearing Damage' evolved out of 'Everything in it's Right Place'. I remember reading early lyrics of the latter which included that subject matter.
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I thought St. Vincent and Grizzly Bear were safe from the tweens. This is a sad day indeed. But hey, at least they get good money! And on second thought...Annie Clark does look a little like a vampire.
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thom performing in a hot topic store... ponder the thought of him performing surrounded by goth and anarchy related gag gifts
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This feels like a social engineering experiment designed to foist indie blog music on the barely pubescent. But whatever. Context aside, happy to hear new stuff from BRMC.
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New Grizzly Bear, Thom Yorke, Bon Iver & St. VIncent, and YOU'RE looking forward to BRMC?
It's a crazy world!
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ya what a crazy world, someone actually likes something that isn't spread all over an indie blog
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I don't like this. :( I don't like this at all. I'm sure the music will be good, but every time I'm gonna hear one of those songs I'll think of Twilight.
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So I take it that indie music is an exclusive club that only 'real' fans of 'real' music are allowed to enter? Sorta like a country club that only lets in 'their own'? You don't want new people to discover your favorite bands? Teenagers shouldn't be exposed to real music because if they like Twilight they must suck and they can kiss your ass?
I don't think I like your club.
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no
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who cares! i'm glad that bands i like are getting paid and i don't think there's anything bad about more people being exposed to good things. Maybe this means good things for improving the tastes of "mainstream" america. plus, twilight's kind of a guilty pleasure... also i don't think all the bands on the soundtrack are touring hot topic... heard grizz wasn't at least
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Is this really good exposure though?
How many people will actually decide for themsleves that they like these bands after first learning about them from this soundtrack?
C'mon, it'll only be selling because Twilight stuck it's name on it.
Would most poeple pay $50 for a plain t-shirt if it didn't have American Apparel's tag on it?
I read the Twilight Saga. It was an interesting read, but not worthy of all the fuss it's gained.
Yes, it's awesome that these bands are getting exposure.
But unfortuantely, this isn't long term gain. They won't really be winning over the "kids".
It'll just earn them this one quick buck.
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Pretty sure american apparel shirts are more like $15 not $50. Maybe not when a band slaps their logo on it...
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not good enough, i want a yorkey cameo on twilight 3 please.
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I feel the same way, only I'm compelled to never listen to any of these artists again.
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Its 10 times more disgusting that a fan wouldn't relish the opportunity to hear NEW music from a band because its associated with a blockbuster movie series, as opposed to a new fan being created by its association with said blockbuster movie series.
What this tells me is that you're probably not a real fan of the music and just a scene hopping pretender if that's the case.
Here's an economic lesson for you all. If a successful author approaches you with an opportunity of creative freedom to contribute one track on an album that will likely top the 2 million in worldwide sales mark, you take that opportunity. If anything, for the royalties alone. Among the fifteen bands, that still equates to 133,000 album sales per artist, which I guarantee most of these guys don't come close to sniffing in a typical album release.
Selling out? That's so ridiculous. Hell, this can afford that band the time and money to craft another stellar album without the pressure involved in constantly touring to generate income as is the norm and demise of a lot of YOUR favorite bands these days.
If anything, you should actually be heralding hollywood on this move in that they're trying to produce ORIGINAL content for this movie as opposed to including another version of "A Time To Pretend" in their movie.
Hopefully this will become a trend. Hopefully this will be another revenue stream that can actually make smaller sized musicians be able to provide their fans with entertainment.
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I don't think it's a question of "selling out" or caring that pre-teens are listening to the same music as the 20-something crowd (I personally, could care less). It has to do with equating 'good' music with an awful franchise that exists only to suck money out of the parents of said delusional pre-teens. It's worse than putting art on the same level as kitsch. It's like equating a Dalí or Picasso piece to dog shit.
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I'd much prefer to see a badly acted takeoff on Dark Shadows set to two dudes singing about shooting heroin and pretending to have models for wives over BRMC any day of the week. At least then I'd know someone involved has a sense of humor about how terrible it all is.
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I couldn't agree with Tuddle more! especially about this being a way for these bands to buy time without having to tour to make MORE GREAT ALBUMS. Give these bands a break. Anyone over the age of 21 knows you gotta work. the less hours you have to put in doing a job, which something like this is, the more time you have to do what you really want, i.e. make great albums. Are we still so naive about "selling out"??? Dude, radiohead was on the soundtrack to Clueless if i remember correctly. This ain't nothing new.
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If there's one album that I think the blogosphere should pirate the shit out of, it's this one.
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Have you seen the film? I haven't. I haven't even bothered seeing the first one.
I don't care if 13 year old goth girls like the same bands as me. It doesn't effect my enjoyment. People should stop trying so hard and just listen to the music.
The nice thing about this soundtrack it makes it pretty easy to spot a scenester
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It should be illegal to have the words "New Moon" and "Best" in the same sentence.
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Elliott Smith - New Moon (2007)
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Good point.
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Great, now I can look foward to higher ticket prices for Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, and St. Vincent shows. Now with bigger crowds too.
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Well, at least my 16 year old sister can lose her virginity to that moppy haired pretty boy she's been dating to for the past month to something cool like Bon Iver now. It beats The Garden State soundtrack I got reamed to!
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Why does Stereogum keep questioning what is the best album of 2009?
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Because it's a funny question and people lose their shit trying to answer it.
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No. It just means that these indie bands will not be recognized for playing good music. They'll be recognized for being the bands on the New Moon soundtrack.
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That was meant to reply to Chris, but I'm sorta noob at this right now.
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I just hope its the worst Thom Yorke song of all time. Which is probably still better than any Killers song.
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they should have put Nosferatu Man on there. I mean, last time i checked teenage girls just can't get enough Slint!
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I'd check out the Thom Yorke & maybe the BRMC tunes. The rest? No thanks. Yeah, where are Animal Collective? (And The National & The Hold Steady & Vampire Weekend &....all the other overhyped bands?)
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you leave the national out of this.
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Hopefully this movie is beter than the last! TWILIGHT WAAS HOORIIBBLLLEE
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it seems to me that the wonderful people over at twilight central have no idea. the first movie is shit. an angsty teenage romance which doesn't do justice to the music that's been put with it. same with this one too. grizzly bear and bon iver are quality - the twilight 'saga' isn't.
just no.
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Well, it's pure marketing ploy. They realize that most people when watching a movie don't give a flying rat's ass what's playing behind the characters. And they realize that every indie music aficionado will be at least buying singles from the record on iTunes, along with all the people who are the kind of people to buy soundtrack albums. Plus, as an artist, why wouldn't you turn down an opportunity to be involved in any movie saga, good or bad?
Did we all so quickly forget that Radiohead was involved in the "Romeo + Juliet" soundtrack? Or that Death Cab for Cutie was involved in "The OC" soundtrack?
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hey R+J was pretty good, really.... come on now....
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That was when Radiohead had a major label deal, though, which in many instances involves the label itself allowing/pushing hardly for a band to be put on soundtrack without much of their permission rather than the band giving the okay.
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although Radiohead was featured on Clueless too. which i also kind of like. i'll see myself out?
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There already is a "Best Album of 2009" and that's There Will Be Fireworks's self-titled debut. The only album that can possibly top that is Sainthood.
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Anya Marina? why would you, as an artist, put yourself on a soundtrack on which you so clearly do not belong? It is obvious that she was the lone addition based on connections and not talent. She is terrible.
the rest of the sdtrk, though? aces.
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If you genuinely like the music, then you won't care what other people think about it.
But you expose your insecurity by feeling threated when the music you like becomes "popular"
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hold up! sea wolf's last record was incredible and hurricane bells is really good - try listening before bashing...
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Why should everyone assume these musicians aren't solely concerned about the money?!
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Dude, twilight is so rock!! the dude from the harry potter movies totally has a leather wristband
and everything...
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i see your logic and agree, I'm hoping that this will do the same for Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, and all the other bands who aren't already famous on that album what Garden State did for the Shins. I find it fun to imagine the look on the face of a Twilight fan who is listening to the album without any preface to most of the bands on the soundtrack. A look of surprise that will either lead to loving these bands(fingers crossed), or hiding in the walk-in closet
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That last comment is a reply to Tuddle, sorry for the mistake.
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I've been trying to get my friends to listen to these bands. I hope now they do since they are all Twilight fans.
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Leaving horrendously inaccurate comments about amazing bands like the National is over hyped.
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How was Vampire Weekend not selected for this?
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they're way too positive. plus i think "do you want to fuck like you know i do" is a little inappropriate for a book / film series based on a dumb metaphor for chastity
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when I first heard about some of my favorite artists being on the soundtrack to New Moon, I cried.
Seriously, the Twilight series is not the right place for bands like Grizzly Bear or St. Vincent; here come more kids becoming indie just cause they think it's the cool thing right now.
Honestly, I have nothing against people discovering these artists and liking them for their music, but I am against people saying they like the music because its associated with a movie about a 300 year old vampire who likes 17 year old girls, sneaks into their bedrooms and watches them while they sleep.
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Over-reacting much people? Crying and ranting and being mad? I don't give a bat's ass what soundtrack this is, I'm just happy I'm getting all these new songs from all these great artists!!
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Its kind of already been said in part, but I surprised this thing doesn't have any tunes from vampire weekend or fleet foxes... you know considering the species, if you will, of k-stews suitors in this flick
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Thom Yorke and Bon Iver penning songs for the The Twilight Saga:
Teen Vampires In Love Some More soundtrack.
obviously its targeted at a niche market in indie music.
Cha Ching!
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Why begrudge a bunch of great bands a chance for some really wide exposure as well as good money? Its not the 70's and selling out isn't what it used to be. Commercials, movies, tv are great ways for bands to get their music out and collect royalties for their music. And if Chop Shop is helping the wider population discover good music, what's wrong with that?
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These comments remind why I hate hipsters and rock snobs so much.
What is wrong with the masses discovering and grooving to good music?
As an Artist, if you have been working your entire life, creating music, don't you want people to hear it?
If this introduces good bands to millions of teenagers (and adults) who might not have been previously aware of them, how is that a bad thing?
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now all the kids i hate r gonna prance around me listening 2 the songs i like
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I'd prefer my kid sister taking in Grizzly Bear and Thom Yorke, rather than the pussycat dolls.
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same here would rather have my son listen to this then All American Rejects and Lady Gaga
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she has no control over that because the music supervisor for the film (the same woman that does grey's anatomy, the oc, gossip girls) created chop shop records, which represents anya.
and really? the worst on the soundtrack? i'd listen to her over the killers, ok go, and the editors any day.
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why can't u people see the positive side of this...
although i hated the first movie, and i am pretty sure i will hate this one too (but hey i'll give it a try),
this soundtrack could mean more people will start actually liking our 'special' bands, and maybe, just maybe, they'll start getting more mainstream attention... what could be better than having actual good songs on the radio and mainstream charts for a change???...
or is it u feel u need to feel special about ur tastes in music... lol the indie bourgeoisie is clearly offended... not bad i say...
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I for one am happy that these bands will get to be head by a whole new market. Now maybe my 11 year old son won't just roll his eyes when i play BRMC, Radiohead etc in the car. When I was young soundtracks and compilations exposed me to so much, I remember hearing the Pixies and Leonard Cohen thanks to Pump Up the Volume (terrible movie but good soundtrack) Some of these bands deserve a little mainstream attention , if I wanted to be in a private members only club I would of remained in the "punk" genre of my teenage years.
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head = heard, I am illiterate.
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I generally avoid Stereogum because while I like indie music, I'm also fond of mainstream stuff, so I feel a little sidelined. I'll add to this discussion, though, because as a "punk" enthusiast, I've always been against the concept of selling-out. People gotta get paid, but... I disagree with everything that Twilight stands for and it honestly depresses me to see these artists on here.
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And by the punk part, I mean I love punk music but I think people who listen to it get wound up about stupid stuff. But Twilight's so sexist and stupid...and ugh.
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I will agree that Twilight is bad, but compared to other mainstream crap is it the worst message being put forth? The objectification of young girls and women that passes for acceptable entertainment upsets me far more then the sexism within Twilight. I have to pick and choose my battles about popular culture at least Twilight is no MTV reality show.
Not in reference to langford or any specifically it is my belief that a number of music fans enjoy the obscurity of "their" bands, it makes them feel unique when only a couple people in their school or work place "get" how good their music is. To see their faves put on a mainstream stage (Twilight soundtrack) means more party crashes that don't "get" how unique and stylish their music is.
Maybe I have just become hardened growing up in the late eighties seeing Green Day and Look Out Records go from a private club to mainstream success, seeing the Misfits logo of my tween years become as big of a cheesy marketing prop as Che Guevara's image.
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Oh my Bot. This list is fantastic.
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Troll
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So, a bunch of teen-aged girls are going to start listening to and loving all the artists you've all worked so hard to keep secret..? Last time I checked, these kids are only getting exposed to some awful music. Don't look at it as a cash-grab - look at it as the next generation of kids getting an easy-in to your exclusive music club.
I always forget that Stereogum is the indie-snob capitol of the internet.
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I love seeing you hipsters squirm. I can't imagine anything being more earth shattering and soul crushing for you guys than this soundtrack. The best part is that it took something so blatantly commercial for the veil to be pulled from your eyes. Hollywood and the record industry have been selling "indie rock" for several years at this point to you jerkoffs-- your quirky romantic comedies, your iTunes ads, your American Apparel-- and you are just now crying sellout? You've been a carefully constructed corporate niche for the better part of this decade whether you like it or not. I know it pains you to think of some pre-teens jamming out to Panda Bear because "THEY JUST DON'T GET IT" but when you were 12 and getting tired of the crap your parents played where did you discover Nirvana or Weezer or whatever was your gateway into "good" music? I guarantee it wasn't from some alternative underground zine-- it was on MTV or it was on the radio. If you truly like this music and believe that it is of worth than it shouldn't bother you that some kids might have a gateway into hearing good music and not crap. If you now have to pay $40 to see Bon Iver at a 1,000 seat venue than so be it--- it's because of you jerks that I now have to pay $55 to see Hall & Oates play at the 9:30 Club because you thought it was SO IRONIC AND QUIRKY when one of their songs showed up in 500 Days of Summer.
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it's not the same, cause Hall & Oates suck.
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and personally, had the same problem with 500 Days of Summer. doesn't mean this can't suck too.
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so, when "tweens" get into "my music" (say, bon iver) as a result of it being marketed to them, I'm a pussy for whining about it and should allow the youth to freely explore avenues of new music. But, when "hipsters" get into "your music" (say, hall and oates) as a result of it being marketed to them, they're "jerkoffs" who are in it strictly for the wrong reasons?
way to stick it to those elitist hipsters, bro.
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This is what's gonna happen in 2 months:
"OMG i luv Bon Iverz lawlz."
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I actually think carles from hro was right, this is the second wave of the indie apocalypse.
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WHO CARES! It's not important. All the complaining on here is just as bad as someone saying "I like Bon Iver because of New Moon." Stop being such hipsters. Like whatever you like. Listen to whatever you want. Nobody should be dictating your tastes, and anyone else's tastes shouldn't matter to you.
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"Is The New Moon Soundtrack The Best Album Of 2009?"
No.
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the new moon soundtrack--> one of the best albums 2009
the new moon movie--> one of the worst movies 2009 (i dont care about the movie anyway.)
surprisingly, there are no bat for lashes, fleet foxes and...aham! VAMPIRE weekend in the soundtrack. they all deserve and should be in this album.
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They forgot to add indie rock superstar Michael McDonald.
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I think these are some of the greatest artists...so I am excited. I read all of the books (and I am not a teeny-bopper) and like the movies... I think it is cool to expose more people to good music...
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Oh god. So glad to be getting some new songs, sorely disappointed it has to be under these circumstances.
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The soundtrack isn't miles more "indie" than the last one. All these bands are pretty accessible. Alexandra Patsavas isn't tossing No Age or Vivian Girls at you. I also bet that, however good the songs end up being (Death Cab's song is terrific for now), they will be overdone for thematic purposes.
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We were all awkward tweens at one point. Let's not forget that. I wish the inferior tastes of my 13 year old self would have been influenced by something this good.
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you people take everything too seriously. do you like music for what it sounds like or for who listens to it? give me a break. taste in music has nothing to do with inferiority or intelligence or what blog you read. the kids are gonna go see twilight and a bunch of teenagers are gonna get drunk and have sex with each other while you sit at home and stew about whether or not thom york should be on the soundtrack to a movie! superchunk pwns you.
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Whoa, whoa, don't overreact. Just download it instead
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The thing is, I want people/young kids to discover these bands......but just NOT THROUGH TWILIGHT. Really, I would just prefer a more sophisticated channel for discovering them and and so that they wouldn`t always associate these bands with Twilight. I was a bit pissed that some people only knew about Muse because of Twilight...that will continue.
You know how when a couple divorces, lets say the wife decides to marry someone who is her husband`s sworn enemy. Then the husband will say something like " Look I`m ok with you remarrying, just NOT him." That`s kinda like how we are, we`re the ex-husband, the bands are are our ex-wife and Twilight is the sworn enemy. Hmm, that analogy didnt work out
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"So I take it that indie music is an exclusive club that only 'real' fans of 'real' music are allowed to enter? Sorta like a country club that only lets in 'their own'? You don't want new people to discover your favorite bands? Teenagers shouldn't be exposed to real music because if they like Twilight they must suck and they can kiss your ass?
I don't think I like your club."
Amen, Chris. Honestly, I can't handle this mentality. Indie music is generally just good music so why is it a bad thing to expose the masses to it??? Shouldn't you be happy for the success of your precious bands??
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"If Soulja Boy killed hip-hop, then Wavves and Twlight killed indie rock"
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This is going to be the end of the decade Garden State, y'all!... but with a shitty movie attached to it. :(
At least Garden State had a little bit of charm and when Zach Braff's character looks at Natalie Portman with her headphones listening to The Shins, that's a great moment where music makes the scene more special.
I, for one, don't see that sort of thing happening with this movie. And it's not like any of these artists are unknowns who are scrapping the end of the barrel for food. This is a good chunk of the current indie crème de la crop.
Not against having great music getting exposure through a film but this might as well be Iron Man 2. Blah.
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naw, the best album is third eye blind ursa major...lol...
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This is just crap to sell at hottopic...foreget about it!
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I honestly don't care about goth tweens listening to good bands just because of Twilight, instead of actually liking the music. It's retarded, but who gives a fuck?
The only thing that bothers me is that fact that at shows I'm now going to have to contend with (in addition to hipster douche nozzles who only go there to be seen in their new American Apparel garb and end up talking through the whole thing) 13 year old girls who are only waiting for tHe tWiLigHt SoNg to be played so that they can jump up and down and cry and think about sexy vampires.
Otherwise, Twilight can shove whatever they want down their gullets and it doesn't matter.
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I think the reason people are so peeved, is tat their fav. bands are pormoted and sold in a way that they pretend to be above selling out for cash, but obv. that isn't true
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Not that having one song ot twilight is necissarily selling out, but it proves that they aren't
averse to being part of a big capitalistic marketing push
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Ity makes all the criticisms of anit-corporatte nature seem hypocritcal esspecially
in the case of Radiohead (last post i promise)
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this just makes me really, really, really sad
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i don't get it, i mean people are freaking out about this. can people really start hating superduper bands just because one of their songs is in an AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL movie?? it's about the music,man not what movie the song is in.
on the other hand, this could end up with a bunch of vampire lovers taking up room at concerts because they heard one good song by them in an AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL movie that they worship. but still lets not hate the bands.
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when i was eleven and i discovered radiohead, it was epic because i definitely remember raiding my brother's music collection and stealing Kid A when no one was home. i could care less whether the young ones are exposed to great music; it's better that way. however, this is a blatant marketing ploy, no different than 500 days of summer, specifically aimed to squeeze the little american apparel emblem-ed pockets of hipsters dry. but what makes it so cringe-worthy is the fact that all these great bands are being thrown at these kids; they're not actually discovering the music for themselves and finding out what type of person they want to be on their own.
i'd rather see little kids dancing to Bon Iver on Yo Gabba Gabba! (where at least they're being properly schooled) rather than equating these great era-defining bands to trash (that won't even be remembered past this decade) like twilight. it's like giving someone a five-course meal on a fucking toilet lid.
hey, at the end of the day, money is money.
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Okay, here's my thing: I don't mind indie bands being successful. I mind when they taste success and then decide they need to change their sound to chase further success. Because then they become the Kings of Leon, jettisoning anything interesting about their sound to be another bland band with aspirations of being U2. I don't think we need another Kings of Leon. They've finished their transformation into late '00s Creed. To see another good band follow that career trajectory would be painful. And things like this lead to that.
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i keep getting shi*t from my friends because grizzly bear and bon iver and stuff are on the new twilight soundtrack, personally i don't care, but it is annoying
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People have to start liking bands somehow. How many people liked Radiohead before you did? I'm guessing that most of you are in your early 20s and were still in preschool when I was listening to Radiohead. This is how I felt when the Clueless and Romeo & Juliet soundtracks came out. But I got over it. If you don't want to run into preteen pseudo-vampires at indie shows then don't go to indie shows. Who cares if they're there?!?? I didn't complain when you guys started going to Radiohead shows. I went and enjoyed the band because I loved their music. I ended up working in the music industry for several years, but was laid-off because people started pirating music off the internet (you know who you are). So I teach now. I would be THRILLED if my 5th graders were listening to Bon Iver. I'm sick of hearing them talk about Hannah Montana and Selena Gomez. I'd much rather them talk about Lykke Li or Sea Wolf. I think this soundtrack is a good idea. Expose the kids to some good music for a change.
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Having Vampire Weekend would have been the best thing for this playlist, because all these tweens think they'll likely get this gothy type music and then something like "M79" would play and scare the shit out of them.
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"WHO CARES! It's not important. All the complaining on here is just as bad as someone saying "I like Bon Iver because of New Moon." Stop being such hipsters. Like whatever you like. Listen to whatever you want. Nobody should be dictating your tastes, and anyone else's tastes shouldn't matter to you."
This is the final word on the topic.
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what a self-satisfied, reactionary mess this topic is.
it is way too early to pass judgement on this: we will have to wait and see what the effects are. certainly, nobody can object to bon iver or grizzly seeing a bit of cash; all the more power to them. the only question is, what will the implications for the indie "community" (or w/e) be? this could mean a new generation of dedicated indie fans; it could mean that a bunch of abercrombie girls will drag their bro boyfriends to the bon iver show and i'll get my ass kicked a lot more often. wait and see.
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COOL STORY BRO
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I gotta fess up. When I first heard about some of my favorite artists being on the New Moon soundtrack, I was pretty pissed. And then I replied, spilling a ton of my indie pretentiousness into it. I must admit, I would totally rather my sister listen to St.Vincent than the Jonas Brothers. I still think Twilight is shit, but I guess more people liking good music isn't the worst thing that could happen in the world. I think one of the reasons why people are getting all heated about his is because they don't want to be associated with people who like the music just because it was in Twilight.
Now that I look at the situation more, I actually see how this could be an okay thing. If Twilight has some good music, maybe more films (hopefully better) will start featuring some awesome indie artists. Its not exactly a new idea, there are plenty of movies I've seen with good music (like Half-Nelson) but this is one of the first generally mainstream movies with some decent music in it.
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Really? you're all getting your knickers in a twist over a movie that probably won't suck as hard as you want it to, will have really good background music, an will expose a lot of really good, deserving artists to a wider fanbase? Yes, the rabid fangirls will eat this up like candy, but that doesn't mean that they won't connect with the music or the people who make it. And, since this big, mainstream movie is exposing these bands, maybe they'll get more press, have more success, and stick around longer. If all you care about is that your cred is being ruined, maybe YOU'RE into the music for the wrong reasons. I'm kind of confused as to which is better: discovering good music from a mainstream, widely seen source, or getting upset because you won't be the only kid at school with a Grizzly Bear ticket stub. Grow up.
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HAHA the comments are hilarious!
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I am officially sick.
I mean, really? REALLY?
Do we really want people like "that" listening to our music?
Did that sound bad?
I hope it did.
This so-called franchise needs to be taken down.
And fast.
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no.
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Best Soundtrack of the Year = Where the Wild Things Are
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Don't all you emo fools go all apeshit but this is not even an extraordinary sound track, if you recorded me shitting it would be a better album, GO BUY BACKSPACER!!!! a real album by a REAL band
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i, myself, being only sixteen, can't comprehend why a majority of elders in this room cry bloodey murder when the youth discovers an intimate music genre. for me, the thing that frustrates me beyond belief is the proposed audience this soundtrack will appeal to. no-one understands me, or at least in my school, because i appreciate things like indie or folk and always carry around a book. whether this so called "scene" gains popularity, i will continue to be myself regardless. now, advertising to a group of individuals i consider blatantly ignorant in the aspect of such artistic matters, and possibly converting them, that is what bothers me. in my opinion, they will never be themselves as hard as the try to convert to whatever scene. it's all pretend from a social standpoint. so the very people i secretly despise pretend to be interested in this "scene", when the "indie" scene isn't a scene at all. it's personality, at least for me.
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There is so much hate here. It's like a townhall meeting! Personally I am glad that all this is happening. Culture/mainstream/individualism/21century, all this crap needs to be talked about just like the damn health care, immigration, environment. No one talks about CULTURE and SOCIETY! Indie Music/Urban/AA/fixgear/urbanization of global society all freaking connected by TWILIGHT!HAHAHAHA I love it! Even Obama was criticized for wearing baggy jeans when he through the first pitch at a baseball game. How beautiful. 2012. the end. but before that I am going to wear my Edward Cullen aka Robby Pat's shirt to the Grizzly Bear concert in LA!
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im with nick jonas (spy) these bands are not even indie like that, vecka is ALL over the radio, because its good, and everybody and there mom loves bon iver: because he's good too, i mean these are the kinds of artists that BELONG on a bull shit tween movie soundtrack: up and comers, accessible, lovable tune-masters. its not a crazy business strategy by any stretch of the imagination. nobodys surprised about phoenix in a commercial because its no thing/ hell i even heard a mae shi song on cartoon network!
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wow you are all so very uptight about your "scene"... Everything in trend is rotation, great you're looking for the next Nirvana but welcome to the world, Nirvana is not underground or scene by any means, the name is as household as high school musical! You are all as hung up on trend as Paris frikken Hilton... you're trend is "look at me, I know about this indie band that you don't, I am way cooler". WTF!? Do you think your precious bands didn't know what kind of film they were choosing to make synonymous with their music. I say- listen to the music that speaks to your soul when it speaks to your soul. Not because it's underground and that supposedly makes it great. The entire indie movement is juxtaposed by it's followers, how can you be so trend driven while pretending you don't give a rats ass...
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i read all four of the twilight series. i also love some of the artists on this "hated" sountrack. there are people who exist that like both. who cares about being labeled, damn indies/hipsters.
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