It’s taken a while for me to publically jump on board the spirit of DFA/James Murphy productions. Of course they are really good, but maybe I’m just afraid of commitment (It’s great to have a music blog where you can talk about choosing not to like something that is undeniably good). Maybe the story of the DFA brand is that their pretentious ‘we are authentic and honor the past in our sound and in our production techniques’ is probably a better long term move than the over-designed & over-dbagginess of the Ed Banger Crew. So while DFA teammembers get bonuses based on implementing innovative percussion, Ed Banger crew teammember get bonuses based on party-pic appearances. I guess in the long run, DFA crew probably has the competitive advantage.

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HIPSTER RUNOFF: Is Holy Ghost!’s “Hold On” the next “D.A.N.C.E.”?

I’m sorry, but if you’re not reading Hipster Runoff by now, what’s wrong with you?