The Next Big Thing

It's the perceived popularity of this stuff that gets me (See J's post just before this incase you wonder...). It may sell for a short space of time and the all-encompassing media that goes with it makes it seem more palatable than it actually is. The Libertines single is like a Cure b-side. Vis-a-vis that familiarity warms the cockles of Robert Smith's crew and you've got an instant nostalgia buzz. What about The Killers, how goddamn below par are they? The "post-punk" Strokes anyone?? And, now there's a kinda "boy-band" 70's rock thing comin' atcha called ROOSTER. They were on Top of the Pops last week and reminded me of the horror of REEF. The lifestyle choice of not caring about what people put in their ears anymore is damaging our collective musical health. Sonically super-sized.