ca_gere Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 a hipster list would look a something like this:1. FlanGeNuGGets Feat. Miss dotcom - Skoolground Mashup (a compilation of speed garage remixes of 80s kid's TV show theme tunes)2. Krjjian - ltora (Traditional Norwegian fishing ballads which are 'fucking mindblowing' when coupled with 'epic' amounts of Ketamine and a 'spliff yeah')3. Daddy Peanut - anti-music (Dub-step, 2-step, quick-step step-ladder step-step from Camden...often followed by, 'he was on my media studies course at college innit, we're really good friends innit')4. Hedfone - untitled (this was an internet only release consisting of a file you could download onto a USB stick (a novelty one of course) but only play through a tape cassete player. Hailed for its 'creative' use of media despite the apparant idiocy)5.... fuck it, I could go on but I won't, you get the idea... There is a lot of silly music and silly people knocking about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfer_Rosa Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I wish it would let me rep you for that. That's scarily bang on to some people I've met. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewarden Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Wirelessly posted (LG-GC900/V10a Obigo/WAP2.0 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1)Tight jeans wearing Camden nonces who wear gay hats and skinny ties. Like that cunt Nick Grimshaw. That's who reads NME.Its really not though anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I don't know what your perception of 'hip scenester' is but I don't think most people I'd associate with that phrase (i.e the Vice magazine worshiping creeps of the 'blogosphere') would be caught dead listening to half that stuff. Can you imagine any self-respecting 'edgy' scenester listening to Muse and The Coral?On the subject of the list itself, it's OK. Predictable and bland would be my two main complaints. Only a small fraction of those albums would make my top 50 though. I read NME fairly regularly, simply because I like music and I enjoy reading music journalism and it's the most frequent print music magazine we have. Some of the writing can be brilliant, a lot of it is utter shit just like most publications. Awful journalism can be as fun to read as good journalism.Touche, I'm obviously out of touch then. Although i did have you in mind along with a few others on this site as a hip scenester and obviously seen as though you seem to know the ins and outs of this i was at least half-way there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CR816 Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I'm sure NME journo's don't even listen to music. They probably found some hip scenesters iPod and took the top 50 most listened to albums.Reading NME is like looking at a 2D version of a second rate student disco, but reluctantly doing so because the alternatives are an overpriced 2D fidgetrave club or a horribly self-concious RAAAAWK!! club where people can throw the 'horns' without blushing. I guess the third alternative is logging onto Aberdeen-Music and writing analogies that even I find suspect :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I would have put 'Plan B' as an edgy hipster magazine. Some of the music they were touting is pretty similar to what ca_gere had in his taking-the-mick-but-not-really-list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 1) Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot2) Nick Cave & TBS - The Lyre Of Orpheus3) Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica4) Low - Trust5) Beck - Sea Changeimo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Amazed that the NME list didnt have the first Vines record in it, given the hype when it came out and how influential it has proved.Actually, I just scanned the list, maybe I missed it.Astonishing that Rated R didnt make it. And Yankee Hotel Foxtrot not making the top 5 is an outrage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 There's quite alot of bands that the NME went tits about for ages, whose albums aren't on the list. The Hives? The Distillers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I would have put 'Plan B' as an edgy hipster magazine. Some of the music they were touting is pretty similar to what ca_gere had in his taking-the-mick-but-not-really-list.I really liked Plan B! But then, I'm a prick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I would have put 'Plan B' as an edgy hipster magazine. Some of the music they were touting is pretty similar to what ca_gere had in his taking-the-mick-but-not-really-list.me =finger the pulse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Although i did have you in mind along with a few others on this site as a hip scenester and obviously seen as though you seem to know the ins and outs of this i was at least half-way there... Haha, what you've done is confused 'hip scenester' with 'really, really cool' which I definitely am I'd almost be flattered to be considered 'hip' if it didn't carry such horrible connotations of the Nathan Barley-esque wankery that's become alarmingly popular.Anyway, I think if pushed for a top 10 it would be.......1) Joanna Newsom - Ys2) Camera Obscura - Lets Get Out Of This Country3) The Concretes - The Concretes4) Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things5) Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala6) Beirut - The Flying Club Cup7) Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit8) Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain9) Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of The Broken Seas10) Grandaddy - Sumday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I agree with whoever said that we should be starting a new thread for this. I'll have to give it some thought. I can't decide what order the Sleater-Kinney albums are going to go in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CR816 Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 The AVclub (awesome site affiliated with The Onion for this unfamiliar with it) have posted their top fifty. Some stuff I really enjoyed in there like The Thermals' 'The Body, The Blood, The Machine', Fugazi's 'The Argument' alongside stuff that is actually pretty defining even if I didn't pay too much attention at the time it came out like Justin Timberlake's 'Justified' and The Killers 'Hot Fuss' and The Street's 'Original Pirate Material'.The best music of the decade | Music | The A.V. Club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Just looking at their Top 10...have I totally missed the boat on The Hold Steady? I mean, they're alright but I don't think they'd get near my Top 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Just looking at their Top 10...have I totally missed the boat on The Hold Steady? I mean, they're alright but I don't think they'd get near my Top 50.The Hold Steady are teh nizzles. Theyd make my top fifty, but not top twenty though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Von Mondragon Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 AV club fucking RULES, SLAYER BITCHetc, ad infinitum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 I really liked Plan B! But then, I'm a prick.I used to buy it, and then my brother got me a years subscription for Christmas not last year but the year before it. It was okay and I got turned on to some very good music, but for every page of good writing there was some that was just assballs. It's a shame they stopped, but considering they were aimed at a relatively niche market considering the music they covered then it's no real surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Just looking at their Top 10...have I totally missed the boat on The Hold Steady? I mean, they're alright but I don't think they'd get near my Top 50.I agree with you - they are alright. I was briefly excited by them then decided meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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