Ph.D in Hating

I know the point of this is to help you get ready for your upcoming festivals but I try my best to not hate on bands on the rise that I'm just not feeling. Music taste is obviously so subjective and depends on your mood, your surroundings, whatever the hot girls like at the time, etc. But as I see more lineups announced I see some of the same scrubs getting crazy love and more radio play. So you're not catching the next one hit wonder like Foster the People, I would say avoid the band Fun. I know they all over the place right now but man I can't think of a more annoying song than We Are Young. Maybe it's because I'm old??? When I was young I did love that stupid Green Day song about masturbation, so I guess I can understand the appeal. But if you're above the age of 8, you really should know better than to like this band. I suffered through another song of theirs and one of their lyrics was "nah nah nah nah nah". Just some quick insight, if your band has "nah nah nah nah nah" in one of it's songs than you should stop making music immediately. Especially if your musical break down includes a shaker. Old people use this in church because they are too old to rock from side to side with the rest of the choir, so they keep them occupied with this noise maker so that they still feel a part of the group. Again I apologize if you like this band; more power to you and I hope you enjoy their show. But if you know nothing about them, just happen to see the name in your lineup, and think that they will be...ahem...fun, trust me, stay away! I know it was a lame joke but I'm tired and this is what you get at this hour. fun. gets a rating of WACK!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPLMwI1wabE&ob=av2e

The fact that I totally fell asleep on this next band may make you lose respect for me and I'd understand if you did. Don't know how I missed these guys when they broke out in 2007. I think my ears could only hear The Rapture at this time and nothing else. First Gear is about as fresh as they come. But anyway, the band Justice totally slipped by me. I know they were nominated for a Grammy but who really pays attention those anymore. Ever since Michael Jackson stopped taking Emmanuel Lewis as his date to it, it just lost too much of it's weirdness.Btw this is just a testament to how weird the 80's were. The world's biggest star takes a male midget as his date everywhere and no one bats an eye??? Love you Mike! So back to Justice, when I first heard Planisphere Part 1 while at work, I was dancing in my chair like a stripper on $10 dance night! (gotta grind). This rock, electronic disco is so on point! And apparently they were teaching themselves a lot of these instruments as they were recording. Pretty impressive. Their new record will have more vocals on it than their debut but both sound like they can keep a party pretty hype. Definitely check these guys out as I will the next time they roll into town. I give them a rating of FRESH! Frenchies unite!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJu_3CPhC4