Klosterman does not have an "obnoxiously verbose comparative-lit MFA style of writing." He has a set-up and punchline style of writing that people mistake for insight.

"Everybody needs a fix once in a while." true for junk food but not for junk music. some people never ever want to hear this inane bullshit, ever. it doesn't scratch some itch on my back.

why the fuck is the av club reviewing this? what a joke

im going to guess you're 14 years old.

nah

ya you really gotta start with crooked rain

but that's not really one of his better-loved, right? I didn't like it either. I did love Wind Up Bird Chronicle tho.

not judging their taste, judging the hypocrisy that if it comes from a "credible punk band" they are down, if it's dressed up in the pop cloak that it actually is, the're not.

i dont care what is punk or not punk but this album is pure pop garbage.

the melodies are as repetitive and grating as Dr. Luke/Kati Perry scrap. The production sounds like My Chemical Romance. I understand why people like this record but it kind of reveals their taste and double standards for garbage. Her vocals are way over done and kind of hilarious for how poppy this record is.…

this album is terrible.

donnnt caaaaaarrrre

Meghan Trainor, Eric Clapton, Ariana Grande, Eagulls, Twin Peaks and White Lung are all definitely contemporaries fervently listened to by the same fad listenership. yr kind of dumb.

"the whole hipster fad." wtf does that even mean

the entire new White Lung album is a pile of dogshit. i hate it so much. predicting a Best New Music for it and probably a Stereogum cum avalanche next week.

Twin Peaks' last album was called Wild Onion, not "White Onion."

id rather discuss Coachella fashion than listen to this dog shit.

they might sound nonchalant but im pretty sure these dudes are anything but apathetic or indifferent. they actually give a fuck and that's why they're the best rock and roll lyricists around right now. best band in america.

wtf i wish this was a transparently sponsored story so I could accurately direct my cynicism. fuck this

I've never made a "but where is the thing i like on this list" post, but for real, this list is worthless without Amusing Ourselves to Death.