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Is Chillwave the Next Big Music Trend? -
Wiki: Chillwave is a debated genre of music where artists are often characterized by their heavy use of effects processing, synthesizers, looping, sampling, and heavily filtered vocals with simple melodic lines. Its musical predecessors are diverse and include the synthpop of the 1980s, shoegaze, ambient, musique concrète and various types of music outside of the Western World. In this case, nostalgia of 80s synthpop is filtered through a distorted lens, re-envisioning the era in a more vague and lo-fi sense. Just don't
call them that. You can always check in at the
Hipster Runoff (the birthplace of the term) for news about the vaguely new subgenre.
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posted by Christ, what an asshole
on Dec 9, 2010 -
103 comments
Godspeed You! Black Emperor officially calls it quits, citing the Iraq war as a primary catalyst.
"The last American tour that Godspeed did was in the run up to the current war in Iraq. For what Godspeed did, it was very difficult for us to work out a way for us to communicate directly with the audience about what was going on." Umm...yeah. So who's to fill their giant
post-rock shoes? Well, most of the members have moved on to other projects, most notably
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band (among
others). That's not to mention the slew of next generation bands that have culled GY!BE as a primary influence to get your fix:
Sparrows Swarm and Sing,
Sweek,
The Seven Mile Journey, or
johnnytwentythree, just to name a few.
posted by Christ, what an asshole
on Feb 12, 2008 -
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