Word: hype
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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While Graff’s admittance to the briefing has created hype throughout national news media, Graff himself said that the briefing was less than dramatic, and that McClellan remained tight-lipped...
...titanic waves of hype cresting over M.I.A.’s long-awaited debut album have created one of the finer ironies in recent memory: So much music-crit ink and bloggy bits have been lavished on Maya Arulpragasam—an artist who studiously, hyperactively, sublimely avoids cliché—that it’s nearly impossible to write about her without indulging in a few already-saids...
Longwave have every right to be jaded. Three years after joining the Strokes on tour just as Is This It? crested the hype curve, the New York five-piece is still dogged by the mixed side of that blessing, weathering inapt Casablancas comparisons at every turn (their dirty bangs and beat-up couture don’t help matters) as they play small clubs...
...DiFranco's Reckoning. The first track on that album, Your Next Bold Move, is one of my favorite songs. And two Depeche Mode albums I got for Christmas: A Broken Frame and Songs of Faith and Devotion. I want to hear Bright Eyes and what all the hype is about surrounding Conor Oberst...
...based duo, recording fuzzy, repetitive psych-folk that sounds like it’s made to be sung and strummed by a slightly stoned campfire. Need a hint? The band is named after a large, hibernatory forest dweller. Those who paid close attention to 2004’s underground hype would probably buzz in within picoseconds. “This is obviously another spinoff from Animal Collective—the critically-acclaimed two-piece that dominated the ’04 with long-player Sung Tongs and a solo debut from member Panda Bear. Next question, please...