I sincerely love the whole Roadrunner organization and get way prickly when kvlt types slag them. Monte Conner and crew are great folks, Metal people of the highest caliber for realsies. Now, post-platinum Roadrunner (Slipknot, Nickelback) and I have lost touch a bit, and who knows the pressure brought about by the Universal and now Warner Bros deals. But if you look up there it reads Hipsters Out Of Metal! and RR dangled this info for all to see so if we at HooM! were to give them a pass, we'd only be hurting ourselves. And you. From Roadrunner Records' roster/staff picks for Best of 2008:
T*** S*********, Promotions CoordinatorGirl Talk – Feed The AnimalsGnarls Barkley – The Odd CoupleDeath Cab For Cutie – Narrow StairsBon Iver – For Emma, Forever AgoShe & Him – Volume 1Bloc Party – IntimacyThe Parlor Mob – And You Were A CrowFleet Foxes – Fleet FoxesAnathallo – Canopy GlowPhantom Planet – Raise The DeadTV On The Radio - Dear Science,Gaslight Anthem - The 59' SoundSigur Ros - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum EndalaustLow Vs. Diamond - Low Vs. DiamondLykke Li - Youth NovelsThe Wombats - A Guide To Love, Loss, & DesperationR** B*****, Senior Vice President, A&RBat for Lashes - Fur and GoldTV On The Radio - Dear ScienceMGMT – Oracular SpectacularNickelback - Dark HorseSigur Ros - HeimFeist - Let It DieColdplay - Viva La VidaThe Wombats - A Guide to Love, Loss and DesperationPortishead - ThirdRay LaMontagne- Gossip in the GrainCold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty
Ack! These aren't fussy artists (like the disgraces in Trivium and Killswitch Engage) or office staffers -- these are major decision-makers in the Roadrunner organization! Hipster subversives charged with promoting and managing some of our greatest Metal resources! Arm-crossers, not headbangers! They like Ray LaMontagne? His new video looks like a Dockers ad! Coldplay? That shit is for people who find Radiohead too challenging and U2 not shrill enough! Bon Iver? Yeah we get it dude, your gf dumped you. Why don't you cry about it? Hipsters out of Roadrunner Records!
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Yup, Thom makes some very major decisions. He's why we almost signed Hot Hot Heat.
*did* sign Hot Hot Heat.
Thom with an H, stop making such major decisions so badly. Just because you have a ripped up shirt that does not make you metal.
gulp!
You're having a killer '09 Anso, best post and the year's only a couple old
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