![]() ![]() ![]() Rest in peace, most recent reason for rock critics to use the words like “earworms” and “infectious” as a euphemism for “there is literally nothing of substance on this.” Die Antwoord promptly began their tumble from being the new Sleigh Bells to being the new William Hung. Luckily by the time the record dropped most critics moved on to laughing at Double Rainbow guy. No one seemed to notice or care that the entire thing was a grand hoax for the South African version of a Pratt Student to make a career out of “Pretty Fly For A White Guy” poser-baiting. Indie sites started co-signing them, major labels started taking interest, Diplo gave a seal of approval, and people started treating what was basically an art-school Andy Milonakis routine like a real band. ![]() When the viral video “ Enter The Ninja” was passed around in January, everyone had a hearty lol at what combined hipsters’ love of unfunny joke-rap (it’s been 30 years, guys, it never gets old!) with hipsters’ love of people with funny accents (holler at me, .) “They have guy in the band with Progeria” became the 2010 version of “50 Cent’s been shot nine times” in that both of these things make them awesome rappers and totally worth your time.īut then a funny thing happened. ![]() See everything from Lil B’s tuneless swag-offs, to Tonetta’s outsider pervert-punk, to the chin-stroking reevaluations of the stupid fucking “ Bed Intruder Song.” Seriously, guys, when does “Dramatic Chipmunk” get his turn at Sundance?! The worst of all has been the mercifully brief critical hoopla around Die Antwoord, the shrill, sub-Juggalo rave-rap crew from South Africa. Yeah, everyone is trying to pass off grating YouTube novelties as “serious art” right now. When these people hit critical mass, proclaim them “secret geniuses” to mask your childish xenophobia. Use the safety of the internet to laugh and point at people who look and act different than you.Ģ. How to be a rock critic in 2010 in two steps:ġ. F2K10 is a countdown of the 20 worst songs of 2010. ![]()
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