LA Weekly's 20 Worst Hipster Bands

competition near the bottom

this paper is such garbage

i am trying to remember when la weekly wasn't a total piece of shit rag

Grizzly Bear

i wish people could talk about how horrible these LA Weekly listicles are without linking to them or (even worse) commenting on them

ALLOW DIS

The Black Keys
TV on the Radio
Sleigh Bells
MGMT
Wavves
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
Beach House
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Beirut
Grizzly Bear
Bon Iver

should clarify that by people im referring broadly to the hundreds of thousands who have clicked on this, shared it on facebook to tell their pals how dumb it is, tweeted it, etc

Terrible list. Only a select few actually-awful contenders.

having Pomplamoose on here is cheating

Even though I actively dislike a few of the acts on that list, I would like to cast a write-in vote for the LA Weekly, please.

la weekly is useful sometimes... for lining litterboxes.

i didn't even consider pomplamoose, they're in a different circle of hell

I think LA Weekly's shit-stirring lists are hilarious. keep it up guys.

voted fügügüffü

like as soon as you open "Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre" you see they've ranked J.S. Bach at 20, Rolling Stones at 19, Xian Xinghai at 18, and then you get to scroll down to the comments to see who took that bait -- what's not to love?

xpost: agreed

the Beach House blurb contains the phrases "neo-soul," "trip-hop," "Massive Attack," "post-rock," "Stereolab," "electro mush," and "house music."

somehow they managed to not include the phrase "snacks the cat" so +1 to LAW

Best Coast is the one w/ the famous pet but i can't blame you for the confusion

<i>i am trying to remember when la weekly wasn't a total piece of shit rag</i>

When Alan Rich wrote for them, that's when.

Dangit, used the wrong kind of brackets. My bad.

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I would like to point out that the Decemberists are not hipsters, or hip or Indie. They are an alternative pop band. Crash Test Dummies weren't Indie or hipsters. Neither were They Might Be Giants. Nor were "Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" era XTC. Take the Decemberists and shuffle them with these not-that-hip bands from 20 years ago, throw in Shiny Happy People and you've got a pretty seamless playlist.

valuably hilarious posters

no amanda palmer, no credibility

she & him.. same deal

because yeah, tv on the radio is so obviously so much worse than she & him ... excellent call ben whatever your name is