The Buffering Stream: First Things First

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In regard to the SFJ:
This is one of those trends that has seemingly always been in place for as long as I've been following pop music (about the last 5-6 years). I don't think about it unless someone points it out, like when "Maladroit" was released in 2002 and it was a big deal that it came out just a year after the green album. Some reviewers were sure to mention that this is how all the acts used to do it back in the day.

There's still people like Neil Young and Van Morrison, who crank out an album a year, it seems. Devendra Banhart and the Mountain Goats, too. (Let's not forget Ryan Adams, either). I just remember my surprise last summer when I found out Franz Ferdinand was releasing a new album...just a year & a half after their debut!!? It's true that many of us have been weaned to simply accept that we have to wait 4-5 years for new material from our favorite band. If you don't want to wait four years for the new Radiohead album, either suck it up or become a Robert Pollard fan instead.

Posted by Mac Wilson | September 29, 2006 2:54 AM