Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

[miltan]

I'm about to write something that I basically never do: a review of a CD. But, in classical Milind style, I'm first going to preface it with some navel-gazing about why I basically never do these things

Comments

[whatsupdawgs]

Also, they are coming to NC. (from their website)

10/17 Carrboro, NC @ Local 506 // 18+

I am listening to one of the tracks now. Sounds like good stuff.

-Alex

[ericflee]

i heard these guys at my friend's apartment last week, and i liked them a lot. good ears for new music, milind!

as for pitchfork, you are giving them way too much credit. yes, the reviewers know a lot of music, but I am convinced that they use all of these comparisons to show their superiority over the readers. They really don't talk about thom yorke that much, if you've noticed. it's more often little-known bands that very few people have heard of. I'm guessing that the authors also have a secret agenda--to get more people to read their reviews, they throw in obscure bands. then people have to read more reviews to make any sense out of the new reviews. thus, the perpetual cycle. makes sense, yeah?

i like conspiracy theories, and sometimes they are unfounded, but this one seems bulletproof.

[miltan]

Oh, I agree. I think that Pitchfork leans heavily towards pretentious. But then again, I first heard about the band because someone mentioned that Pitchfork gave them a good review, so I don't want to totally dismiss them (Pitchfork, that is, not the band).

[iamkirinlemon]

Personally I'm more a fan of the band Moksha, and their lead singer Prashant ... he's hot stuff when he wears his black wifebeater ...

*gag*

[cpandar]

I was definitely a fan of their earlier stuff, before P. Shizzle went solo and made all those pop songs, and the rest of the band started doing collaborations with Justin Timberlake. I think it'll be okay soon though, since I hear the lead singer is dropping his name to just "Shizzle" because the P. is getting in between him and his fans.