Comments on: “New Moon” On Friday: The Twilight Of The Indie Boom?

By: sicksteanein

sicksteanein — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:59:17 +0000

@drunkwithpower: Nah, it makes total sense, bro (or sis). You’ll just have to trust me on that.

And I do understand why it’s “problematic”. Because there is a segment of the population that cares more about “cool” bands doing “cool” things than if the music is any good.

Just relax, bro. Who cares what soundtrack it’s on? Who cares who it’s aimed at? Who cares who reviews it? Just enjoy the tunes.

By: Maura

Maura — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:20:25 +0000

@drunkwithpower: dude, it's just the internet! chill out! (not to mention that pitchfork, as a site that has to get pageviews thanks to it needing to, you know, MAKE MONEY, would be stupid to not cover this because of some sort of misguided "principle." it's in the site's wheelhouse; think about the other "corporate" things related to their main subject matter, from "saturday night live" appearances on down, that they've covered over the year. nobody has clean hands!)

By: drunkwithpower

drunkwithpower — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:36:51 +0000

@sicksteanein: You are a tool and your comment about "the transitive property of indie cred loss" doesn't make any sense. You are trying to sound smart, but you sound incredibly stupid. It doesn't matter if they pan it or praise it, it has absolutely no bearing on its merit or its sales. If you are too dumb to figure out why an soundtrack to a tween propaganda movie about vampires comprised completely of bands that a so-called indie tastemaker loves is problematic for them then you need to do us all a favor and dive into a vat of hot oil.

By: Maura

Maura — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:32:07 +0000

@drunkwithpower: They don't always peg their reviews right to release dates, though. (And this release date got pushed up, so.) More importantly, can we talk about how Entertainment Weekly just makes me sad at this point?

By: drunkwithpower

drunkwithpower — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:29:29 +0000

@Maura: So did the Bob Dylan Christmas album that came out this week and they haven't reviewed that

By: sicksteanein

sicksteanein — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:17:59 +0000

@drunkwithpower: Ah yes, the transitive property of indie cred loss. Methinks youthinks too much about these things, sir or madam. However, I do like how you've completely ignored whether the review will be a rave or a pan and just went for "if they review it at all, they are fucked". It's almost elegant if it weren't all so pointless.

By: Maura

Maura — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:46:49 +0000

@drunkwithpower: i'm going to guess that it'll be reviewed on pitchfork, since it's garnered a fair amount of ink on the news side.

By: drunkwithpower

drunkwithpower — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:34:17 +0000

Will Pitchfork review this, considering that they would report on each and every one of these bands individually? If they do, their indie cred is gone (even further than it is already). If they don’t, they’ll be ignoring new music by some of their most loved and hyped bands.

By: NedRaggett

NedRaggett — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:33:56 +0000

Only the Killers, with Brandon Flowers channeling Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy

And failing.