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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
love - there's no restriction on music anymore. Anyone can make it -- which obviously spawns lots of bad shit, but it also means there's tons of amazing shit we'll actually hear thanks to myspace, soulseek, etc. Anyone with a computer can easily record albums now. It's nice. Also, plenty of great labels (Tzadik, Ipecac, Web of Mimicry) still release plenty of innovative records. Never to be taken for granted.
hate - The wrong bands (No Age, Be Your Own Pet, HEALTH, Deerhunter, etc.) usually get all the attention. Not that all those bands are necassarily awful, but there are plenty more amazing bands doing plenty more amazing things that never get the exposure they deserve. It's always been like that, though, and I guess in this age -- when any band is a soulseek/myspace/youtube/last.fm away -- I figured it wouldn't totally 100% be like that.
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the reason those bands are gettin more exposure is because, though theyre so called 'underground', theyre still a helluva lot more accesible than say, rat bastard. i generally think of there being an 'underground', with bands like no age and deerhunter and liars, and then a 'sub underground', where the really wild shit goes down. i mean, i like no age, they make nice enthemic sing alongs, and deerhunter is pretty good, and liars used to be sorta allright, but none of those bands are anything fascinating, and are all pretty easy to grasp. thats why they get all the exposure. its always been like that. in the 80s, you could read a hundred articles about the replacements and rem every week, but prolly would have to break your neck to find something about hanatarash or borbetomagus. underground and sub-underground.