Uncool

I've been looking at the mp3 blogger's and critics' top ten album lists for 2004 and I've determined, I'm not cool.

After reading about Arcade Fire all year, I've tried and tried to get into their stuff, but to no avail. It's just not my thing. Same for Interpol or Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. These guys are everyone's favorite band, but they don't do a thing for me.

Maybe I'm just getting old. It was one thing when I despised POD, Good Charlotte, Maroon 5, System of a Down, etc. Those bands legitimately sucked. But these bands aren't awlful. The Libertines, the Hives, Scissor Sisters, Pedro the Lion... they just don't get a rise out of me.

I guess I'm just not cool enough to like them.

Speaking of overrated: the Garden State soundtrack. An album of a bunch of old Shins material. Now, I LOVE the Shins, but these tracks have dust on them. If you want a cool fucking soundtrack, try the SpongeBob Squarepants disc. New material from the Shins, Wilco and the Flaming Lips. Only SpongeBob could get these bands to contribute new stuff to his soundtrack.

Zach Braff couldn't hold SpongeBob's jock.