be wary of shitty lo-fi

i'm still underwhelmed by the vivian girls. their new LP is still more lackluster ambiguous sounding garage influenced indie rock. though you can tell that their song writing might be aiming closer to the hype the always seem to elicit. maybe LP four or five will finally merit the blog hype, or maybe they'll be broken up by then......

what unnerves me though is that the indie webzine engine keeps looking for the next big thing. right now the genre of choice seems to be some sort of lo-fi garage rock....which i've been a fan of for years. but most of the bands can barely keep a myspace page up and running and have little of no excitement to their music.

a couple of examples.

times new viking... maybe the sonic youth kim gordon thing can be sifted out of the shit noise, but to me nothing is there.....

the beets....captured tracks brooklyn based band that toured with the vivian girls. and that may be their only claim to fame. lo-fi songs that sound like bad campfire sing-a-longs.....

woods....though the neil young via sebadoh thing might work out. more recent listens make me wonder why i even took the time to download something this drab.......

anyway, use lala before you buy the next big thing.....you might save yourself some money. i'm glad i didn't mistakenly buy any of the vivian girls LPs.

some friends have said the same for wavves and the crocodiles, though personally i like both these bands, but i can see why there are some detractors. nowadays bands put albums out as soon as they can, while the PR is right. and many of them just don't bother to hammer out their songs......

and they use the LO-FI label as an excuse. fuck that.....don't buy into bad lo-fi, just cause pitchfork says its the best new music..........

there are so many good bands out there to seek out.......