I actually met Jon Caramanica at the Skream and Benga show on Saturday night. Didn't know it was him until my friend told me afterwards.

 

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Such is the conundrum of the rapidly anointed and even more rapidly dismissed. Yet few bands work harder than those trapped in the hype cycle, especially in the Internet era. Groups that decades ago would have been local cult favorites remain cultish, but in multiple locales at once. “No matter where you go, no matter how small the community, it’s there,” said Kickball Katy, 25, who was born Katy Goodman. “They have it in Brooklyn; they have it in Provo, Utah.”

Which means that Vivian Girls have been busy. They’ve played approximately 300 live shows in the 16 months since the initial, limited release of their self-titled debut album on Mauled by Tigers (the In the Red label did a wider release in October), a number that has kept them moving steadily but also fixed in place.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/arts/music/19girls.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1253541860-KMFuCOSOk0eCYS5zI0Jwqg

He does have something of a point. The band is somewhere between the insane hype and the backlash, but the reactions are so extreme that it's difficult to come down in between.They're kinda like the Vampire Weekend of 2009.

This band is a barrel of mehs.