Article: COMMENTARY: Too much Internet hype can wreck bands, jobs

Justin Jacobs
University Wire
03-27-2008
(The Pitt News) (UWIRE) PITTSBURGH -- Just last week, respected indie-rock magazine Harp put out its last issue - the mag is closing its doors because of poor sales.

Around the same time, SPIN magazine, arguably the second most popular music magazine after Rolling Stone, featured on its cover a little band called Vampire Weekend, whose raison d'etre thus far in its short career has been blogging, the Internet and a little thing called hype.

Now how in the world are these two events connected? As Bob Dylan might say, "The modern times."

Before we go any further, let's clarify: Vampire Weekend, the quartet of Columbia University grads who just recently ...

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