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"Yeah, I'm older now but I wouldn't trade anything with a kid who is in their 20s now. Those people are REALLY getting the short end of the stick. I don't feel sorry for them though, everything they do seems to be under some corporate logo and they seem to go along with it at every turn. Oh well, good luck robots!"
As someone in their mid-20s, I can vouch for the fact that the internet has made it virtually impossible to simply enjoy even a FRACTION of all the great music that gets released every year. Now is the best time to be a music-loving youth since perhaps ever.
Anyhow, I agree with both Wilco and My Morning Jacket, incredible live in terms of both energy and technical skill. I've also really enjoyed the Walkmen (lots of passion), and seeing Akron/Family in a tiny club dancing around with about 25 other people was just transcendent.
As for shows I didn't like, Animal Collective were incredibly dull. I thought they would be very animated in concert but they just stood around tweaking samplers and all the songs sounded like a big, slowly frothing pot of stale shoegaze.
