Haha, yes, I know what you mean, a friend of mine used to travel all the way to Oxford (from Ascot) to get his haircut at a normal, run-of-the-mill barbers. His hair always looked terrible...
So is this new rave nonsense an indie-thing, or is it more broadly based? Also why doesn't proper dance music have fashion associated with it anymore (with the exception of minimal scarves, obv.)
ahh now you're onto something as this seems to be the opposite of the kind of thing that's happening now, the crisp and defined snare sounds are thrown out and the cheesy wailing diva and overrought rhodes chords are the bits being kept,
so its ok to do a punky cover of better off alone by whoever it was, typically melody being more important to rhythm things get celebrated simply because they are tuneful in that respect. Maybe thats the only current aspect of this transition and its not really as radical as it threatens to be, but then you get someone like dubstepper d1 doing a version of 'you're not alone' by olive, it's a lovely tune though isnt it?
it's a weird kind of exploration.
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ITS TIMMY FUCKIN MALLET!!