real talk j_brooks im bummed yr all "Sleigh bells r so nice"

[badhat]

hold on all this time i was thinking this thread was about broken bells and i was so confused

[mcwop23]

Dawg if fiery fucking furnaces put my band on tour I'd totally at least begrudgingly compliment them So I'm with jbrooks on this one genuine or not

[Ankh]

I like it when we talk about the music world

without discussing the quality of the band Sleigh Bells, or the motivations behind Brooks's shout out, I'd just like to chime in with a weariness of the constant positioning that a lot of acts do to try to put themselves in a scene/context via "Yo, my boy @music's new album is KILLER" tweets, remixed by ___, etc. I know that some if it is sincere, and that it's kindof always existed (I used to scour "thank yous" on my favorite CDs for tips of new acts to check out), but a lot of it feels like Web 2.0 LinkedIn MySpace Top 8 Tumblr badges and signifiers. I know as someone who is kinda currently making music I've fallen into this trap and I'm an idiot and want to die.

I think this sort of networking overkill is one reason I've felt more attracted to older albums & projects lately (not "older" as in 60s junk, but just anything that's left the current discussion, which really is pretty much anything before six months ago), because you can approach them as singular works and artistic statements and say "hey I like this, it's good" on it's own merits and your own mood alone
but maybe it's just cause I'm approaching 30

[Juggly D, The Posting Maniac]

this was one of the best Serious Threads in ages. shouts out to solid discussions.

[shin chan]

everyone calm down and get bizkit

[Juggly D, The Posting Maniac]

Rap Game James Brooks

[Totally]

God that was the darkest time. Woodstock '99 was solid justification for 9/11.

[lostintheair]

a muthafuckin chainsaw

what

what

[spix et chicho]

[Juggly D, The Posting Maniac]

I WANT YOU TO TAKE ALL THAT ANGER AND FRUSTRATION AND JUST LET IT ALL OUT

[shin chan]

durst said as several women were raped at that exact moment

[jerbear]

brooks is the sleigh bells lady pretty in person or what

[jerbear]

im not sure i like her new hair