LAW: But when there are three magazines, when there was just Rolling Stone and Spin and whatever, it was very difficult to get sick of reading about a band.
DR: Maybe this is terrible -- this is terrible, I probably shouldn't say this -- but I kind of believe that the majority of bands that are forgotten are forgettable. I don't actually believe Deerhunter is spent, and I don't actually think they've been damaged by blog hype because I think, critically, their records hold up. They're young enough and hungry enough that they're going to keep working. They haven't blown up where they're playing giant venues or anything; they're just doing well. But they're incredibly prolific. They work really hard. The singer, I forgot, what's his name again? Bradford? Atlas Sound?LAW: It's fantastic.DR: He's amazing. And you know, he can be inconsistent. He does a lot. He has a huge output, but he works constantly and he's obsessive and he's a fascinating guy, and I think somebody like that has potential. I don't think blog hype can destroy that. I'd like to believe that if you have that potential it's not going to go away. Whereas I don't know about Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. I mean, I personally I never really liked the records. I heard it and thought, 'no one is going to care about this in five years.' And that's maybe terrible, but I'd like to think that, you know, if you make a product that's pop that is inherently kind of disposable, then that's what's going to happen.LAW: Do you consider what you do to be 'pop music'?
DR: I don't know. I don't ... I mean... that's a good question. I don't really know. I'm not really sure if what we do is disposable or not. I guess I don't want it to be. I'd like to think we kind of straddle that boundary a little bit, and I think most people that have any kind of staying power do that a little bit now. I don't know. I just feel like there aren't really -- the only kind of great pop star we have anymore is someone like Justin Timberlake. I feel like there aren't bands anymore that really occupy that space. Bands like Radiohead, maybe. You know what I mean? There just aren't these epic bands anymore, especially in the indie world.
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