Why punks hate hipsters

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Become a sponsor. LAist logo. We Explain L. The Brief. How To New LA. Search Query Show Search. I'm not sure what they're supposed to be called. If I'm not mistaken all of the really annoying bands like All Time Low are supposed to be 'indie' right? They're pretty mainstream. I bet these Pitchfork people don't like Muse because everyone in Europe is talking about them and not the beloved crap bands like All Time Low.

I'm a Seattleite at the moment and have noticed the exact same thing. I think one of the contributing factors is that a large number of touring bands tend to neglect Seattle, meaning that our homegrown music scene is all the kiddos have to live on.

Granted, it's good stuff, but so is Muse. Of my hipster friends though, I would have to disagree and say that they can see Pitchfork for what it is. Most of them are culturally observant to a fault, and Pitchfork is 'pretentious as fuck,' apparently. Is that supposed to be sarcasm? All Time Low are poop punk. They're signed to an indie label, but that's an indie label, not indie the genre, or indie the hipster.

They tend to like lo-fi bands like Beirut, Bon Iver, Portishead, or experimental noise rock bands like Sonic Youth or Animal Collective, which are fairly unknown compared to mainstream stuff.

Of course the holy grail for them is Radiohead. With regards to the OP, I'm guessing it's because they're fairly over the top and over-produced, and have a few cheesy singles here and there which I love by the way. Although I wouldn't class myself as 'a hipster' I hate that term anyway , I have to admit I don't exactly shout about my love for Muse amongst some of my friends, but whatever, their loss really.

All I know is that hipster kids intimidate the crap out of my American Eagle wearing ass. I have honestly come across people who will wear anything and everything that American Apparel churns out. Even sparkly gold leggings. To class. Ahh okay. I was just making sure. That's what I thought but stupid people keep telling me differently. Shave and do something proactive, you bum:LOL:.

I don't really understand the problem with something being "overproduced. Since when are high production values bad? The only songs that are "overproduced," to me although I wouldn't use that term are songs like "No Air" by Chris Brown and Jordin Sparks where the synth is extremely heavy and there's too much going on.

I've never found any of Muse's songs to be like this except maybe the very end of Take a Bow. I think a lot of indie kids use it as an insult so that they can take pride in their lo-fi stuff. It's fine if you like lo-fi, but there's nothing objectively worse about a well-produced song. I completely agree. I probably have the same philosophy toward music as you in that it's a song-by-song thing.

My friends and I all love the same music. I'm a huge fan of the more electronic side like Bonobo, Caribou, Yeasayer, and whatnot. But I adore Muse, and my friends don't. My best friend says "sometimes Muse is just way too epic. To me there is simply no such thing as too epic. In fact the more epic, the better exception: The Resistance did not have enough psychotic falsetto moments '.

So Muse is the Anti-Christ.