Word: hype
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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...
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...
...obscures the mediocrity of his music. Photographs of his skinny indie-bod and endearing bedhead hair frequently appear in the music press, which predictably enough, has gone apeshit over his weepy singer-songwriter crooning (as if atoning for the loss of Elliott Smith). Thanks to their relentless firehose of hype, Oberst has become the pouty poster boy for an uninspired mass of faux-alternative artists whose gentle yet tearful lyrical confessions sell millions of records to disaffected youth squealing, “I want my MTV2!” And their duct-taped wallets are just twitching for Bright Eyes?...
...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...