Comments on: “Entertainment Weekly” Makes A Grab For Those Indie Rock Pageviews

By: Paul Houle

Paul Houle — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:51:37 +0000

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By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:51:29 +0000

@kisskisskiss: ‘Exile’ was just the album I had in mind.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:26:32 +0000

@SuperUnison:

Don't get me started on my Superchunk love. Incidental Music would probably be a desert island disc for me. I will never understand how that band didn't have massive success.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:05:58 +0000

@drjimmy: i can name a ton of better albums by bands that came out in 2005 off the top of my head. 'the woods'? 'separation sunday' (which is much better than 'boys & girls' imo)? lcd soundsystem?

and if pj harvey can be eliminated because of the 'no solo artists' thing for rid of me then so can bright eyes. :P

By: tigerpop

tigerpop — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:50:15 +0000

@graeffufighting: Srsly. The Hot Rock is good, but wasn't nearly as defining as The Woods or Dig Me Out.

@kisskisskiss: They had to mention BTS, but There's Nothing Wrong With Love came out in 1994, and they had to pick a GBV record, but Alien Lanes came out in '95, and Archers of Loaf went there b/c EW had to mention more than one band that never jumped to a major. Makes sense, don't it? (I still think Exile was the obvious choice.)

@Lucas Jensen: re: Lips/Bulletin/watershed moment for indie rockdom -- Yes, but it was on Warner. I'm not sure, but I think that qualifies as ironic.

By: Hamm Beerger

Hamm Beerger — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:00:35 +0000

Interesting. I have all these albums except Bright Eyes, Belle and Sebastien, and Built to Spill. And I bought, hated, and returned the Built to Spill at some point in the 90s.

Being from the Triangle area, I always assumed that the Archers of Loaf weren't a big deal outside of North Carolina (or the South, at the most). Nice to know they were noticed... I'll have to put Vee Vee on the stereo tomorrow.

By: SuperUnison

SuperUnison — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:32:11 +0000

They had to get a bright eyes nod in there just to acknowledge his footprint. Same goes for built to spill and radiohead. Plus, it's EW so they're at least another press cycle away from getting over the idea that he's the "new dylan" or whatever condescending boy geniusy horeshit they'll still be trying to tag him with when he's fucking 30. Also, I looked back through my itunes and it seems like I bought an obscure hardcore record every 2 or 3 weeks in 2006. It's probably good that I started smoking pot around then, otherwise I'd probably be much more bitchy about them picking "Elephant" over "Burn Piano Island."

@Maura Johnston: Thank you, Separation Sunday is totes their masterpiece. They had all the dense, biting aspects of hip hop and hardcore, plus better lyrics and an overarching story that I can't quit getting lost in.

@whoneedslight: Yeah. Tangentially, I'd seriously consider "Foolish" by Superchunk over "Bee Thousand" Mainly because I only like about half the songs on "Bee Thousand" while "Foolish" is maybe the best record I got into last year. Not a dud on there, just a couple I'm not infatuated with.

By: graeffufighting

graeffufighting — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:02:17 +0000

@Tauwan: Indeed it was. But it was completely understandable why. I love that record. "Providence" = shivers down my spine.

By: drjimmy11

drjimmy11 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:58:54 +0000

some arbitrary picks (see: Bright Eyes in 2005)

really? try listening to the album maybe.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:36:12 +0000

@SuperUnison:

I would love love love a Loaf reunion.