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hipsterrunoff.com - 12/23/2008

TV on the Radio: 2008’s Biggest Sham/ Gimmick/Pyramid Scheme

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Let’s get serious, yall. TV on the Radio isn’t as good as people would like to pretend that they are. Not sure why they are ‘gettin s0 much love’ from Best of 2008 Lists by ‘Music Magazines with Tastemaking opinions.’ Not that I listened to their 2008 ...

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mtv.com - 12/17/2008

The Best Albums Of 2008, In Bigger Than The Sound

— mtv.com — Major-label blockbusters, quiet indie fare, hip-hop, electro and some LPs that are all of the above. By... James Montgomery TV On The Radio's Dear Science Photo: MTV News Is the album dead? I guess it depends on who you ask. ... The Best Albums Of 2008, In Bigger Than The Sound

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poptartssucktoasted.blogspot.com - 12/23/2008

Top 50 Albums of 2008: #9 & 10

— poptartssucktoasted.blogspot.com — 10. TV On the Radio Dear, Science People were probably thinking that TV On the Radio would... have shifted towards the mainstream with their major label debut Return to Cookie Mountain but nothing could have been further from the truth. Instead the ... Top 50 Albums of 2008: #9 & 10

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thetapeisnotsticky.com - 12/17/2008

Asher’s Top 10

— thetapeisnotsticky.com — 10) Skeletal Lamping - of Montreal For over a decade now of Montreal has been making off-kilter,... innovative pop music. This year, Kevin Barnes and crew lost it. 2007’s Hissing Fauna was a hint at what was to come: the years wackiest, most ... Asher’s Top 10

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Katie the Pest: 'Baton Rouge' Stream, other inner-nets
SURFING ON STEAM — ... the Pest: "Baton Rouge" MySpace||| Other inner-nets: Stereogum Brandon, Sinking Radio's Sylvia, Todd and Matt Dwyer, and Passion of the Weiss unveil their lists of albums/songs you should get your hands on. Hipster Runoff thinks TV on the Radio's latest album is "2008's biggest sham". ...

Required Reading
The Rawking Refuses To Stop! — Nick Sylvester's epic piece on Girl Talk, a critical gauntlet-throw with -- gasp -- actual criticism, and one not beholden to a word count. Ironically, writing so much about the guy only further legitimizes him, but them's the breaks. And Hipster Runoff takes on TV on the Radio -- thank God: "I just have this image of a 35 year old man reading P4k/Rolling Stone/NME/SPIN’s best of 2k8 list, going on iTunes to buy the top 3 albums, halfheartedly listening to them, then going back to listening to meaningful songs from the late 90s, ‘back when good music was ...

Bands that I did not listen to in 2k8
Artrocker — ... King Khan & BBQ Show - heard it is some fat bro with his shirt off. Don’t know what they/he sounds like. Bruce Springsteen - doesn’t he come out with an album 4 old people every year. Read he piggy backed off Obama to ‘sell more records.’ Guns N Roses - Gave away album with Dr. Pepper. ‘waited s00 long 4 it.’ -no1 I know. Do yall drink Diet Dr. Pepper or Dr. Pepper or Mr. Pibb? Late of the Pier - don’t know what they sound like. Acoustic or electro? TV on the Radio - wrote a post about these bros. nvr listened to them. ‘Am I a racist?’ Hercules and Love Affair - ...