If you think that Monomania is a better song than Spring Hall Convert, than your ears aren’t working correctly. Also, I’m not quite sure why no one wants to talk about the fact that Lockett Pundt is a much better songwriter than Bradford Cox is.

No one in Williamsburg really reads this site anymore bro. Nor does this sight really cover that many bands from there anyway. And most Brooklyn bands live in Bushwick not Wiliamsburg these days.

Agreed. That Marnie Stern album is fantastic. Phosphorescents new album is much better than this as well. Also, as far R and B goes. Shy Girls’- Under Attack is better than anything on this record. With that said, the end of Strawberrry Bubblegum is fantastic.

Have you ever thought that people who like this kind of music are actually cool? i generally have very similar music taste to my friends or the people I become friends with. And I almost always have the exact opposite musical taste as the people I meet who I think suck.

Michael_ may be a lot of things, but I think the one thing we can all agree on is that Michael_ is not cool. He’s a straight edge whiny pussy who throws hysterical hissy fits on the internet. And thats fine I guess, but it is certainly not cool. Its awful, and I would say, that if you agree with him on a lot, it probably means that your kind of awful as well.

So If you don’t like synth bands, or don’t like Wampire that’s fine. But just know that it most likely just means that you’re not very cool, and probably tattled on people who cheated on test in high school.

Well, I meant specifically just the track Rosie Oh sounded like Congratulations. But I get what you mean. Panda Bear and MGMT certainly don’t sound the same normally. But I will say that they both are kind of “psychy” and have some wildly great vocal melodies. And yes. The DOM Ep was okay, but this is hot garbage.

That’s kind of misleading.

Taylor Swifts first two singles were co written with Max Martin.

Katy Perrys first two singles from her last album were co-written with Max Martin.

Christina Aguilera’s first single from her last album was co-written with Max Martin.

Kesha’s firs two singles from her last album Warrior were co-written with Max Martin.

Avril Lavignes first two singles from her last album were co- written with Max Martin

Britney Spears first two singles from her last album were written by Max Martin.

I like Taylor Swift just fine, but Im not really sure how you can say that she is so much different than the rest of the pop star girls??

I’ll tell you why their is so much massive hate towards this band and the Kings Of Leon. Because their songs suck. I personally don’t care if they write their own songs, I don’t care if they play “real instruments”, or don’t use autotune. I only care about what the songs sound like. And to my ears, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, and Justin Bieber all have much better songs than both bands. Mumford and Sons are Creed and Nickelback status as far as I’m concerned.

I’m with stereogum on Beyonce, Crazy in Love is brilliant, and Love On Top is fantastic as well, Taylor Swift is ok but she’s not nearly as good as some people have tried to make her out to be. But Mumford and Sons is where I get off the train. I’ve never heard even one good melody come from these guys, let alone a good song.

I actually think this song is influenced by Lil Reese and Chief Keef. Its super repetitive like all their songs, and the “no new niggas” line is definitely taken from Lil Reeses Us, when he says “A small circle with no niggas.” That was actually my favorite line of any rap song that came out last year. Drake also was on the remix for the song as well.

Also I really like this song and I detest Kendrick Lamar, so I’m gonna go out on limb and say he this is probably his attempt to make his own version of a Chicago Drill song, than it is a Kendrick Lamar song.

You should have picked up on this Breihan. Your slippin.

I actually kind of hated this. Dave’s voice was distractingly off key. And they didn’t really do anything different with the song. The song is great, so I guess any faithful version will be ok. But even Ambers voice. I mean its fine and all, but If you get excited over every cute white girl with a good voice, then you should be shitting your pants over American Idol every week. Overall. pretty terrible version of an otherwise great song.

In other news, that White Noise song by Disclosure is insane!

You’re taste hew closer to MOR stuff, because your taste just isn’t very developed yet. If you ever talk to some one who has weird obscure taste in music, they more often than not have an extensive knowledge of music in lot of other genre’s as well. And almost always, people with MOR indie taste in music have a really limited knowledge of music.

You’ll never meet some dude who is like “I really haven’t cared for Graham Lambkins post Shadow Ring stuff, I’m actually much more excited about that new Christopher Owens solo record.”

Dudes who are excited about Christopher Owens or a new Bon iver album. Simply don’t know much else.

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Tiny Mix Tapes is kind of the best. That Farrah Abraham album is actually really great. You should listen to it before you write it off as a cash grab. And that Vaporwave album by Mediafired was my choice for the #1 album of the year. Its fucking fantastic, and the song Pixes off of it, was my #2 song of the year.

They have way better taste than Stereogum to be honest.

If you listened to as much music as those guys, and knew as much about it as they did, I bet you would have similar taste. You just don’t listen to as many records as they do.

So your taste leans towards the MOR indie that stereogum likes.

Well I will tell you what sets Frank Ocean apart from mainstream R&B. Its subject matter and melodies. Frank Ocean sounds much more like the early 2000′s late 90′s Love Jones Soundtrack, HBCU R&B, that my sister and her friends loved so much in college. Its basically Neo Soul with a little different subject matter. I personally always hated Neo Soul, and I feel the same way about Frank Ocean. All the Neo Soul singers, John Legend, Lauren Hill, Frank Ocean, seem to be much more influenced by Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway. Who are personally my least favorite soul singers. And the newer soul singers, like The Dream, are much more influenced by people like Prince and R Kelly, who are much better than Wonder or Hathaway.

I personally think that Ocean is much worse than the R and B you hear on the radio. Justin Beibers new song is much better than anything on Channel Orange. And The Dream’s worst songs are much better than even Oceans best.

I think when it comes down to it. Frank Ocean is earnest, where people like The Dream and R kelly really aren’t. And I think that appeals to people who generally listen to MOR Indie. That would explain all the indie love for him and Kendrick Lamar, who I really dislike as well.

Give me Chief Keef or the Dream over that Love Jones bullshit any day. So yes you are correct. Channel Orange is terrible, but it does sound quite different than most of what is on the radio these days. It sounds like what was on the radio in 2001.

Bizarre Ride 2 is better as well. And maybe even Low End Theory.