During the infancy of ‘indie’, back when it was something that individual fans felt that they could ‘be proud of’, a Grammy nomination was met with astonishment and validation. However, in the post-Arcade-Fire-wins-the-night-and-validates-indie era, it seems like random ass indie bands will get nominated every year, and no1 really cares, and we all already know that...
The XX won the Mercury Prize, basically making them Gods in Europe, the UK, and parts of the Third World. I think the Mercury Prize means that the government will purchase 500K copies of their albums to boost the music industry economy, so they are in a pretty good position. Can probably just go into any ‘pub’ in the UK, and point at people, and they will be forced to ‘...
Yall.. I didn’t watch the Grammys cuz I’d rather just read reactions to it on the internet, then pretend that I watched it/was there/I am connected to the modern world. Seemed like a real celebration of things that are kinda mainstream but letting more alt artists in2 the show. Some of my favourite bands like MIA, Radiohead, and the Jonas Bros were on display. Maybe next year I...
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