[NewMusic] The breathtakingly bad John Zorn

[Sarah - 21 Grand]

- speaking of which, there's an article in the SF Bleakly about Battles ...

and I'd say the fact that a number of the bands you mention, Matt, are from
New York has something to do with their success.

sl

Matt:
I guess I'm with Jacob wondering why some 'experimental' groups (ex:
animal collective, all the bright/wolf/black/eyes/dice bands) take off
while others don't. I don't know enough about AC to accuse them of
hipsterdom, but I think their music largely serves as a marijuana to
bring people in from the indie rock crowd. What I heard sounded
similar to a modern Throbbing Gristle. (And TG was part of what got me
into experimental music.)