FWIW, I am listening to XFM (a UK station) right now, as I usually am. I like the XX and I think The Gossip is way overrated. If Beth Ditto lost half her body weight and said she likes dudes now I think that a lot of their critical appreciation (as well as a large part of their audience) would evaporate.

Fever Ray is Bjorklike.

I'll come back to this later when I have more time to listen.

Oh c'mon... Santogold songs are in beer commercials. Her music is similar to MIA's...she's great but nothing new.

I've seen them live and they are good.

Yes, they have a Paul Simon/ World Music sound but they aren't clones. They have their own thing they bring to the table, and they are cool. Paul Simon is not cool. This isn't a thing of,

"well Buddy Holly used a guitar solo in his song, so every artist that uses a guitar solo is copying Buddy Holly"

I'm just saying that the claim that there's no new bands making the scene so Lady Gaga or Katy Perry is all we have, is false.

The examples I posted are very mainstream acts, but are yet not played on the radio. I'm just trying to show that there are other options.

I'm not sure what you guys are looking for in NEW. Do you want someone to invent a new instrument or something?

Uhh, that's not the point (or even really true).

Did anyone actually say that? I think the basic argument was that Katy Perry and Gaga are just reincarnations of past pop singers/acts. Not that they're the only people putting out music right now.

Again, I think all anyone is saying is that it's all been done before and it will all be done again.

I don't have to make assumptions, you stated yourself that Rihanna is "fierce" and that you adore Lady Gaga.

But don't think of them as the best that's out there, or that they are popular because they are actually really talented. I think this topic is getting muddled by different points, I jumped in to talk about artists altering their music for mass appeal and the so called dying music industry.

So NO ONE knows ANYTHING about music but, PIKA2001 and also he is the only one allowed to determine or debate what is good. Yes... let's not share opinions when he can just dictate what all of us should individually enjoy.

How did this get so heated? Sheesh.

Also, Paul Simon is THE cool.

When music snobs meets casual listeners.

I definitely hear Vampire Weekend on the radio a lot.

I'm a music snob but damn.

As long as it's not the vuvuzela, I'm cool.

LOL

There's no need to get all butt-hurt over it. Just because YOU think that there isn't anything NEW or GOOD out there (other than GAGA) doesn't mean others feel the same way.

That's all I'm saying...

I'm just going to let this one go :D