Washington Post Reviews the Wavves Backlash

[Vince Clortho Keymaster of Gozac]

wiggers have all the fun

[DJ Rick]

At this point I honestly, sincerely hope someone just assassinates this douche. Maybe he'll pull a Cobain and take care of business himself.

If we think we hate the over-coverage of Wavves now, imagine if he "died too soon"...Every mainstream media that hasn't already covered him will be talking about what a budding genius he was and how the next three decades was robbed. He'll have movies made about him and everything.

I don't know...the Exploding Hearts tributes died off years ago and their songs were way better than Wavves.

Granted...but I think the media hubbub over Wavves is much more widespread and exhaustive than the coverage of Exploding Hearts. Also, as Wavves impacts on ever-more mainstream strata of media, there are idiots out there who believe this music to be cutting-edge or whatever. On the other hand, even the media that fawned over Exploding Hearts understood them to excel as a tribute to certain styles of the past.

[Vince Clortho Keymaster of Gozac]

At this point I honestly, sincerely hope someone just assassinates this douche. Maybe he'll pull a Cobain and take care of business himself.

If we think we hate the over-coverage of Wavves now, imagine if he "died too soon"...Every mainstream media that hasn't already covered him will be talking about what a budding genius he was and how the next three decades was robbed. He'll have movies made about him and everything.

I don't know...the Exploding Hearts tributes died off years ago and their songs were way better than Wavves.

Granted...but I think the media hubbub over Wavves is much more widespread and exhaustive than the coverage of Exploding Hearts. Also, as Wavves impacts on ever-more mainstream strata of media, there are idiots out there who believe this music to be cutting-edge or whatever. On the other hand, even the media that fawned over Exploding Hearts understood them to excel as a tribute to certain styles of the past.

I wonder who will be the "Wreckless Derek" of Wavves when he dies soon. Who will step up to the plate, pick up the mantle, and then promptly sully the legacy and run it into the ground? What will be the Don't Tell Your Boyfriend of the Wavves generation? These questions deserve answers, Ricky!!!!

[abusive_husband]

This is boring compared to the Matt Horseshit vs. Wavves/The World Washington Post article.

[DJ Rick]

Wavves will undo his legacy the more he hangs around writing vapid songs.

His collaboration with Zach Hill has already shown how flimsy his staying power is....this stuff plays like an ESPN Sportscenter highlight reel of melodic hooks interspersed montage-style between short blasts of Zach's noise and ludicrous-speed fills and rolls. Zach's touch on these recordings completely overpowers Nathan's hooks...and those hooks are maybe the only constructive thing Nathan has something of a knack for. Upon first listen, the new Wavves with Zach Hill sounds pretty riveting, but by the halfway point of a song, you're already kinda dreading it.

So, really...Wavves is doing a fine job so far of making himself obsolete eventually.

[Vince Clortho Keymaster of Gozac]

BUT WHO WILL BE THE WRECKLESS DEREK OF ALL THIS?!?!?! WHOOOOOO?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[goneoffdatlean]

I BELONG TO THE WAVVES GENERATION

[TTT]

New from Capcom Frogger Records, the debut single of today's new music star...the one...the only...GOTHIC WAVVES!  This single is pressed on smooth vinyl.  Too many copies.

[mladysrecords]

am i the first to point that the author of this breathtakingly insightful piece of reportage was himself in a moderately successful then subsequently forgotten group in washington dc called q and not u? what a strange thing to write about. wavves arent terribly interesting. the arts desk at the post (i used to work there for many years) has always been a little mystifying. the former music crit there (not the current one who did that ridic interview with psychedelic bullshit) only got the job cos he was the only one to apply for the position. newspapers are fucking up!

[rr]

from the subject of this thread i thought it was gonna be an Onion type deal, but this is a real article!?

[LoudLove]

I guarantee if the kid OD's, it won't even make the Washington Post.

how much you wanna bet on that?

Yeah c'mon, how much you bet that Kanye West won't OD on a cocaine blowjob on the exact same day just to grab some spotlight.

That's at least 7/4 odds on Kanye blowin up first (at the moment)... just coz I've just created the betting just now. Any takers, Paypal me your bets!

[SSR]

Wavves wins again.

Every time someone types "WAVVES" he wins.

[Swampy]

I thought this thread was gonna be about Rush Limbaugh wantin' to be a part owner of the St. Louis Rams...

I bet that Rush Limbaugh guy digs this Wavves kid.  He's living the American/Republican dream -- making money off of an inferior product whilst being a soul-less asshole.

[tina]

Just wondering- have there been any other Exploding Hearts-esque accidents that have killed off entire bands?  Not to be morbid, but it seems pretty surprising and lucky with the amount of bands touring and driving all fucked up and/or on little to no sleep.

[Erin S]

I have never heard a Wavves song. I am always pretty "behind the times" when it comes to music anyway and I don't read a ton of music blogs so I could really care less. I mostly feel sorry for him...