Music Now: Living In The Present

June 5th, 2008

Somewhere between seeing the Glow In The Dark tour two weeks ago and M.I.A. last night I realized that this is a great time for music. I’m not gonna lie, when the millennium rolled around and popular music moved from boy bands to rap-rock I was very scared. Boy bands were pretty bad but Limp Bizkit was absolutely rock bottom.

But if I’ve learned anything from celebrity fall-outs it’s that you need to hit rock bottom before you can recover. 50 Cent came in and made hip-hop so much more competitive and all of a sudden it was sharp again. Then Kanye rolled in casually and pushed everyone even further. We had shows like The O.C. (on Much!) that gave a huge audience instant access to some genuinely good indie music, and commercials have been pushing that trend even further. (I discovered The Walkmen through Saturn and I don’t care). Feist is one of the biggest artists in the world right now which just goes to show how far popular music has come.

I feel like one day we’ll all be looking back at this stretch of time as one of the best to ever happen to music.

Posted on Thursday, June 5th, 2008 at 2:35 pm by Mike VK and is filed under Music & Videos.

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5 Responses to “Music Now: Living In The Present”

  1. oh, now i understand much’s excuse for airing the oc so often instead of music videos

    By de on June 5, 2008 at 4:18 pm |

  2. Don’t stop there son!

    There’s still so much music out there to discover, especially with the help of our friends at You Tube and MySpace.

    *It’s a digital world after all, it’s a digital world after all, it’s a digital digital world!

    Personally I’d like to see the mainstream stuff take the back seat (yeah, in my dreams) and let artists create what they WANT to create, without thinking about marketing, sales, and distribution. All that business stuff, doesn’t it just kill the creative buzz?????

    And yes, artists can be business people too. It’s actually really good if they are for the sake of their project, but why haven’t I seen ANY postings about Slipknot playing @ Downsview in August? (Even MTV has interviewed Clown)

    Is it because they’re only on their 4th album?

    Are you worried that their masks will scare off the teeny boppers who are still watching the O.C (even though the show was CANCELLED FOR A REASON)?

    Or are six grammy nominations not good enough for you guys?

    Someone please answer me.

    By Rose Aaliyah on June 5, 2008 at 5:31 pm |

  3. You can’t talk about music in the present, without mentioning Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, who have done FAR more for music today than 50 Cent will ever do in his lifetime.

    By Khristopher on June 5, 2008 at 7:42 pm |

  4. They have an excuse for everything

    By Senester on June 6, 2008 at 2:36 am |

  5. I have no excuse for not mentioning NIN or Radiohead … sorry. As for Slipknot I believe we support them on MuchLoud(?)

    By mikevk on June 6, 2008 at 3:34 pm |

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