Posts tagged Karen O
On HRO & Carles
“When I heard this song, I seriously felt like ‘indie’ had officially become everything it could be and it was officially time to ‘close the book’ modern history’s indie era. Much like we have moved on to ‘mock’ eras like the grunge era, the 80s, emo, posthardcore, bloghouse, disco, and the era where woodstock happened, it seems like a song like this leaves us no choice than to admit that the INDIE era is over. Feeling like this song does not exist as an ‘indie song’, but possibly as a ‘parodied version of an indie song constructed via overproduction’, sort of like how Coldplay songs are just parodies of the band Coldplay.”
-Carles
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/09/is-all-is-love-by-karen-o-and-the-kids-the-first-song-of-the-indie-apocalypse.html
This sort of commentary is exactly why I love Hipster Runoff so much. It’s similar to the Daily Show in that half of the observations being made are real while the rest are outlandish. Satire gives him more room to make statements that are very truthful, under the guise of a blogger persona that no one is supposed to take seriously. It’s smart stuff.
