You gotta hand it to him. It's not a popular thing to do, spearheading a campaign against such a beloved group of indie rockers. Common reader complaints go something along the lines of, "You're just giving them more publicity!" but the author really does put forward a strong argument for stopping PB&J.
"Right now, as I type this, reporters for national magazines and newspapers are looking through music blogs, looking at download charts, trying to draw up a short list of potential buzz bands that they can flog to their readership.
As much as we would all like to just ignore the whole "buzz band" phenomenon -- to chalk it up (correctly) to the meaningless machinations of a press in need of a story -- the fact is that those decisions matter. They matter in terms of what bands get played, what bands get signed, what bands get associated with indie rock as a genre. Whether we like it or not, the sound of the "buzz band" gets attributed to us, in terms of what we supposedly like. We, the indie-rock fans, suffer when the buzz band is bad.
Which brings us to the question: Do we want Peter Bjorn and John to be hailed as the standard bearers for a whole genre of music? And the answer is: NO WAY. As I acknowledged in the previous post, "Young Folks" was catchy and harmless, but this band is not a significant band. Peter Bjorn and John must be stopped."
The only thing I really hate about Peter Bjorn & John is their poor use of punctuation. I thought Peter Bjorn was the main guy, and John was like his sidekick. What a genius band name! But no, theres 3 of them.
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