The Hood Internet Mixtape #7
The Hood Internet put out another mixtape recently. It’s another classic hipster dance mix, complete with popular and indie rap artists and backing indie bands. It’s pretty much your wet dream. The only…
Andrew Bird Plays “Colbert” In Confusing Overlap of Things I Like
I have a hard time being a fan of professional whistler and glockenspiel…ist(?) Andrew Bird. He spends almost as long as U2 to release a new album, and to much less popular acclaim….
Indie labels ‘won’ the Grammys so let’s all get drunk
In a rather interesting factoid, the American Association of Independent Music put out a press release pointing out that at this year’s Grammy’s, artists on indie labels won 34 of the Academy’s 78…
The Internet Blackout and an Anti-Corporate Rant
I’m sure by now everyone has at least heard the commotion over SOPA and PIPA, the two acts in Congress that would fundamentally change the nature of the internet. Wikipedia, Reddit, and a…
You can no longer use the term ‘indie music’ anymore
My roommate and I got into a heated discussion about ‘indie music’. In the end, we agreed that it was an antiquated word which is now used primarily to act like a pretentious…
When the fuck did indie labels become baseball card companies?
This may be the weirdest/WTF moment of indie music in 2011. As it turns out, the video chronicles the making of a special feature included in the limited special edition of the band’s…
From now on I’ll only listen to musicians that lose money
I bet this guy is the lead singer for a band you’ve never heard of. I’m tired of listening to big name indie acts like TV on the Radio. They make lots of…
Should we start a record label?
I read an article last week in Wired.com about how some hip music blogs have started record labels in order to bridge the gap between indie music lovers and indie music production. Needless…
The dance of indie music
Wanna up your hipster cred? Need that new cool band to listen to? It aint gonna be easy. Because the indie music world is a game of mirrors, being popular but not mainstream….
A Child’s Hipster Dance Mixtape
I made a child-appropriate dance mix. If you are a mom or dad, teach children, or having nieces/nephews with really unhip parents, this mix is for you. Children love to dance, and adults…
05/17/2013 Randy Hampton — Are you an idiot? Well, yea you already answered that. Label people racist lol. And I'm going...
05/17/2013 Lainna Cohen — so much for loving kindness....what is sad is that people will take this to mean that this is how...
05/16/2013 cole — NOT FUNNY
05/16/2013 Karl — how long before Huma ditches this dude?
05/15/2013 Double Sunday — I don't know what to say other than that's not a good look for us.