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Showing posts with label Japandroids. Show all posts
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Are You A Compact Disc Fetishist?
3 comments Posted by Andrew Kurjata Posted Friday, February 20, 2009
Japandroids: buzz band; technology killers
This Vancouver duo Japandroids is getting a lot of buzz, I guess mostly thanks to being covered on Pitchfork. I enjoy their stuff alright, but what I find buzz-worthy is the fact that they're releasing their April 28 debut, Post-Nothing, on vinyl and digital download. And that's it. Vinyl. Download. No CD. Last year, the Waking Eyes released Holding on to Whatever It Is, first digitally, then on vinyl, and then, months later, as a CD.
Is this a mark of things to come? Everyone listens to music on iPods now, and if you want a physical product, nothing beats the pop-art quality of a big ol' piece of vinyl. But the compact disc? Meh. Even in computers and cars, disc drives are no longer standard.
--- So what does this mean? Do you mourn the imminent demise of the contact disc? Or is it going to take on the collector's status we assign vinyl today? Leave a comment below!
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