The Swarm

December 11, 2008

Rolling Stone, Spin Name TV On The Radio Album Of The Year...NME Picks MGMT...

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Read Spin’s list here

Read Rolling Stone’s list here

Read NME‘s list here here


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#1 Always Right says:

Ugh, seriously... you would think MGMT, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend or Deerhunter were the only "indie" bands "big budget" publications listen to. Do they even have editors who listen to music or do they just with what gets the most hits on pitchfork?

#2 brother mayhem says:

spin list is ok.. would be better if they removed Coldplay, REM, Metallica, Guns n Roses and Oasis and added The Whigs,King Khan,Last Shadow Puppets, Drive By Truckers, & The Clash

#3 thirteenburn says:

Both Rolling Stone and Spin, who started out as reliable music publications, have become nothing more than dictitorial rags doing the bidding of the music industry and what they deem as relevent, and their naming two shit bands as being "Greatest Thing of the Year" proves exactly that, as well as their want to validate the relevency of the "indie" band genre. As for NME, I expected better from them, especially since there are myriad bands out there far more worthy of 'Album of the Year' than MGMT, whatever the fuck that means. "My God, More Tripe" maybe?

Ya, ya. I know it's their "clever" abbreviation of 'Managment', mirroring the same "cleverness" of their "music", both which fail miserably.

But so be it. This will only accelerate the inevitable downfall of the recording industry and their refusal to listen to the consumer and what they want in music and therefore, deservedly so.

"Make the world a better place and punch an "indie" band member in the face...repeatedly."

#4 uselessgoo says:

In no particular Order:

Verve - Forth
Local H - 12 Angry Months
Brazilian Girls - New York City
Dandy Warhols - Earth to The Dandy Warhols
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
Clouds - We Are Above You
Torche - Meanderthal
Melvins - Nude With Boots
Secret Machines - ST
Death Cab - Narrow Stairs
Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
The Sword - Gods of the Earth


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