2006 I would say in my opinion not a good year for music. Here are my reasons. I still to this day can not remember a new incredible band that really came out with a full length. The closest was TV on the Radio (not a new band) - Return to Cookie Mountain, which was very disappointing when I saw them live with Massive Attack. Paris Hilton released an album. The fucking dude from Lord of the Rings thinks he’s a DJ now and we are getting celebrity bullshit DJs all across LA now. Major labels now misuse the word Indie as a genre in order to try and make their bands more hip and marketable, example 44 plus or what ever their name is. Travis Barker is a very bad influence for dudes over 35, who think a Mohawk and riding a dirt bike will make them look younger. I will admit it does work on the less intelligent of women under the age of 25. Everything this year has been all about mediocre generic indie “blog” type bands. This results in ½ ass music being pushed all through the universe. As a result this year CMJ did not even have any good bands on the bill. Shoegaze has officially evolved now to a genre of pop punk played 1/4 speed with a delay pedal. No great melodies or tones involved anymore. Ex-mall-punk bands now try to evolve into this ,example the dude from the Ataris and Tom of Blink 182. PLEASE I would like to here a decent Shoegaze band! The closest I could even find which, by the way is an incredible band and did release a new album this year, is The Radio Dept. They are going a bit more electronic but none the less an incredible group. They are also featured on the Marie Antoinette Soundtrack which is definitely the best thing put out in 2006 even though it is a soundtrack. I honestly think Sophia made this movie just so she could put out another killer soundtrack. Now there is a celebrity DJ that needs to show Frodo or whatever his name is what’s up. Also on another good note David Yow from the Jesus Lizard is singing again in Qui,a band from out here that rocks really really hard. I would suggest going to see them tomorrow night at Safari Sams in Hollywood. Also there is an interview with Qui coming up shortly. That’s about it. I know the new Stooges Album is coming out in March and Steve Albini is doing it. I already know what is going to be the best album of 2007.
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