http://www.villagevoice.com/pazzandjop06/0706,reynolds,75737,22.html
Reynolds' makes some interesting points here, but I can't help the feeling that he's being somewhat disengenuous as to the de-poptimization of "hipster" (he uses that a lot unproblematically) tastes. He also presumes that the pop-picks before weren't chosen on pop-positive rockist grounds of progressiveness, sonic ingenuity, auteurism (ie all the Timba-love) etc etc, rather than the pure popist position he imagines being corroded by dubstep, metal and noise. Thoughts?
Reynolds' makes some interesting points here, but I can't help the feeling that he's being somewhat disengenuous as to the de-poptimization of "hipster" (he uses that a lot unproblematically) tastes. He also presumes that the pop-picks before weren't chosen on pop-positive rockist grounds of progressiveness, sonic ingenuity, auteurism (ie all the Timba-love) etc etc, rather than the pure popist position he imagines being corroded by dubstep, metal and noise. Thoughts?