duga

i can't say i disliked it because i wanted to be even more of a hipster...like i mentioned i really tried to get into it. i can see how people do like it and, as i said, one day i may get into it. i could see what they were trying to do artistically and musically, which is why i did give it a few listens before i set it aside. just right now it seems like too much work to appreciate when i have so much other stuff i feel like listening to.

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Astronomer

Can't people like or dislike anything these days without being labelled as trying to be hipster or trying to counteract the hipster trend to make themselves more hipster?! Whatever happened to just liking or disliking an album without any ulterior motives...

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Rickenbacker

These social trends have been around for a long time. I don't disagree with what you're saying, I was just making a point about how music criticism affects the music listening community.

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Urban Hat€monger ?

I think it has less to do with wanting to appear more 'hipster' and much more to do with being sick of hearing about how it's supposedly the best album of the year from just about everywhere.

I don't think that makes much of a difference when you actually listen to it yourself.
Most of the criticism I've seen of it doesn't think that it's a bad album, the main criticism I have seen of it is that it's nothing really that special.

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gogojessicat

the weird thing is, with all the hype about animal collective you'd think they'd be good.. but they just aren't... but what's weird is.. i don't know anyone who actually likes them.

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sidewinder

That's how I felt until MPP, which is a good album.

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Rickenbacker

Have you heard anything other than Merriweather Post Pavilion? While their earliest stuff up till about Campfire Songs is just a little too experimental for me, most of their material isn't nearly as accessible and poppy as MPP. I'd say that their other albums warrant more listens as well, even though I do love Merriweather's replay value. I suggest listening to those albums before forming an opinion on the band as a whole; Merriweather is not representative of their style for the most part.

To prove a point:

For Reverend Green (from Strawberry Jam)


Leaf House (From Sung Tongs)

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Zer0

I really like them but i don't cream myself over them. To be completely honest they are a bit over-hyped, certainly by the hipsters. Merriweather Post Pavilion was in my top 5 of 2009 but it wasn't my favourite album of the year. Apart from Strawberry Jam i find their older stuff very tough to get into, but MPP is certainly an album that a lot of people can get into and like. It has some great moments, but it's not an album for everyone.

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Dieselboy

I'll be honest, and say that I'm really not digging this after a month of really trying:



I'd heard nothing from them before, but it seemed like it would be safe to purchase without listening based on what I'd read about it. Reviews I'd read compared it to Tobacco - F*cked Up Friends (which I love), and vice versa, as they share members and have sorta similar sounds. I've given this many listens now though, and for whatever reason, just can't seem to get into the psychedelic/happy sounds on Dandelion Gum as much as I expected to.

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The Rosedales - Once Upon A Season

Horror punk in the vein of early Misfits. Their previous album was excellent, but this one simply isn't good. It feels like a collection of songs that weren't good enough for the first album. It's nothing new and just feels stagnant.

Sucks too, because I was looking forward to this release. I suppose Calabrese is the only good Horror Punk left these days.

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