for you Death Cab fans...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Death Cab for Cutie is #4 on the Billboard pop album charts for the week, right ahead of Mariah Carey.
 
 And alternative is the new mainstream.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  And alternative is the new mainstream.

You love to say this when something like Death Cab debuts at #4, but a week from now when it falls to #70, and the 5 months that follows in which there are no "indie" records in the top 10, what then?

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  Death Cab for Cutie is #4 on the Billboard pop album charts for the week, right ahead of Mariah Carey.
 
 And alternative is the new mainstream.

i thought alt-country was the new mainstream?

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by sonickteam4:
  i thought alt-country was the new mainstream?

Happily enough, the iconoclasts can rest assured - alt-country will never be mainstream.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Then Bright Eyes will put out two more albums and prove me right again. Or maybe Smashing Punkins.
 
 

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
   

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  And alternative is the new mainstream.

You love to say this when something like Death Cab debuts at #4, but a week from now when it falls to #70, and the 5 months that follows in which there are no "indie" records in the top 10, what then? [/b]

[ggw]

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
 And alternative is the new mainstream.

What an interesting and provocative position, Yutaka.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  Then Bright Eyes will put out two more albums and prove me right again.

its a shame when you need Bright Eyes to prove you right!

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  Then Bright Eyes will put out two more albums and prove me right again. Or maybe Smashing Punkins.

Yes, I'm pretty sure a defunct band that wasn't indie for the last 9 years of their career will soon prove your point. I await your comeuppance.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by sonickteam4:
   

Originally posted by Yutaka Fukufuji, Japanese Goalie:
  Then Bright Eyes will put out two more albums and prove me right again.

its a shame when you need Bright Eyes to prove you right! [/b]

Bright Eyes proves my point - if anything. His albums debuted at, what, 8 and 14? Then fell off the charts immediately. Then, it was 7 months until another indie record broke the top 10. Totally mainstream!

[Guiny]

Death Cab For Cutie = HFS Music
 
 Mainstream.