Wavves

Wavves And Susan Boyle Appear In Their Own Versions Of “I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here”

noah | June 1, 2009 12:00 pm
noah | June 1, 2009 12:00 pm

wavvesboyleNathan “Wavves” Williams and Susan “Conventionally Unattractive People Can Have Good Voices Too” Boyle both stumbled along the path toward celebrity this week. Williams, whose lo-fi star has ascended almost as quickly as the backlash against him, saw his drug-fueled antics onstage in Spain last week result in music-blog chatter and a canceled European tour; Boyle–the early favorite to win the Simon Cowell vehicle Britain’s Got Talent–capped a week of British tabloids chronicling every bad word she said with a second-place finish on the show. Shortly afterward, she checked herself into a UK hospital because of “exhaustion.” Sure, Wavves (and its attendant backlash) is relatively small-potatoes compared to Boyle’s lauding by the likes of Oprah Winfrey and hounding by the British press, but yet again, one is forced to wonder why anyone wants to be famous at all. More »


Wavves Meltdown Results In Mass Outbreak Of Twittenfreude

noah | May 29, 2009 2:00 pm
noah | May 29, 2009 2:00 pm

wavvesThe Pitchfork-beloved lower-than-lo-fi outfit Wavves has certainly caused certain corners of the Internet to get their danders up, thanks to the influential review site’s unabashed enthusiasm for the band so early in its career rubbing up against its ramshackle sonic aesthetics and bordering-on-unbearable live show. Those live woes continued yesterday at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound Festival, where they basically staged a melt down while playing the fest’s Pitchfork-sponsored stage. What started with a bad soundcheck grew into bottles being thrown at the crowd, Wavves main man Nathan Williams mocking the crowd’s choice of recreational pharmaceuticals, petulance toward the sound guy, and the drummer finally pouring a big cup of beer over Williams’ head. Naturally, this news of an overhyped band being sort of crappy led to no shortage of responses on the microblogging service Twitter, which, in times like these, serves as the Internet’s perhaps-too-rapid-response unit. A sampling of reactions from people who felt the urge to issue 140-character statements on what this means for Wavves, music, and the world after the jump! More »


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