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most overrated bands.
Not An Addict:
Really, can any band mentioned in this thread top Radiohead? I doubt it.
dinosrawr:
interpol
magazine-wise, the killers (meaning all the magazines need to stop SUCKING BRANDON FLOWERS PEE PEE.) (YES I AM TALKING TO YOU, SPIN MAG)
Garcin:
--- Quote from: Spirit Stereo ---clap your hands say yeah
art brut
lcd soundsystem
pavement.
yeah.
--- End quote ---
This is a troll, or else OP genuinely believes that anything that receives a high rating from Pitchfork (and benefits from the inevitable hoopla) is overrated. If you don't believe me check the startling correlation between Pitchfork scores and the four bands OP cited -- the first time in fact that I have seen a correlation between 8.5+ Pitchfork scores and anything else.
Anyway, I'll give OP the benefit of the doubt and call this a troll. Doesn't mean it can't be a valuable thread. For instance, I'm still boggling over how, when any post-rock band is always subject to a spectrum of professional reviews and indie fanbase reactions, it makes sense to call them "overrated". Special contempt is reserved for calling Clap Your Hands Say Yeah overrated before their official album release (which yes, I know, began and was delayed . . . but still). Overrated by whom? Most of the indie crowd hasn't even heard of them yet!
Inlander:
Hasn't been released yet? Silly foreigners, they've got it in my local record store here in Melbourne. Same goes for Illinois with the original cover art, for that matter.
sjbrot:
In this thread, there seems to be a direct correlation between media saturation and being overrated, which is why it is very easy for a band like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah to be seen as overrated. Even though their first album was just released today in North America (and won't reach my hands for another month or two since I have to order it), everyone has already heard so much junk about them from so many outlets.
And we have these damn hipster genes that force us to stray from the norms to establish our individuality. Which is why there is an impossibly high standard for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah to live up to.
And I live in Canada, and Superman is on my copy of Illinois. But that's just 'cause I'm that good.
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