Guardian article on non-futurist pop

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2060953,00.html

Bands be borrowin'.

This is under discussion elsewhere on the interwebs but I thought I'd tap the wisdom of the Poptimist crowd.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

My take is that I don't mind retrogressive, ersatz artists - I love Winehouse! - but to have the market so filled with different types of retro, to have very little sense that somewhere someone is moving forward like a shark, is dispiriting.