Fickle Jades

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There was a time, a couple of years ago, when a new GA and a new Sugababes single within a week or two of one another would have caused mass fizzing and rejoicement among the "online pop community". No longer it seems - "Sexy No No No" got a warm but not really thrilled reaction and "About You Now" seems to have snuck out without much trace.

This is maybe grist to thenipper's theory (sassy early-mid 00s pop has been superseded by Allen/Nash/Harris indiefied pop (Amy W. now seems a difft. k of f)) but what ARE you getting excited about at the moment? What are you looking forward to, o Poptimists?

(&, as importantly, what do you see other people getting excited about?)

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[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

There seems to be interesting stuff going on upthread, but just to answer the original question: what ARE you getting excited about at the moment? What are you looking forward to, o Poptimists? (&, as importantly, what do you see other people getting excited about?)

the answer to part 1: is *nothing*, actually. I keep hearing good things about the minimal / electronica world and although nothing seems to quite live up to the excitement plotted for it this is the one area I keep buying things in. But I wouldn't say I was excited, really. Radio pop sounds good actually -- I've kind of got used to the shonky indie, as long as I don't hear anyone making great claims for its vitality or originality. Most of the stuff on Zane Lowe sounds ok. But can't say I'm waiting for or looking for anything in particular. I think I'm at a bit of a low tide for new music, TBH, but I've learnt enough to know that this doesn't mean there's anything wrong with new music!! This may well be connected with the fact that I don't see anyone getting excited about anything, apart from the interweb alt-rock hordes, since excitement is infectious IRL so I might be excited if anyone else I knew was!