| PitchFork |
I don't expect to hear too many complaints about the rating above. Daydream Nation is a great uniter: You'd be hard pressed to find many fans of indie rock who don't have some love for this record. That's partly because this record is great, sure-- that's one boring reason-- but it's also because this record is one of a handful that helped shape the notion of what American indie rock can potentially mean. It's almost a tautology: Indie fans love Daydream Nation because loving stuff like Daydream Nation is part of how we define what indie fans are....full text |
| PrefixMag |
| When punk kids put the needle to the groove in 1988 and heard the first whispered words of Daydream Nation -- "You're it. . . . No, you're it. . . . Say it, don't spray it." -- it may have been hard initially to foresee the cultural impact it would have. But it likely only took a minute and a half, when Dinosaur Jr.-style riffing exploded into "Teenage Riot," for them to be convinced they were hearing musical history in the making....full text |
| Aversion |
| Progress: It's a time-honored American tradition. We've come to expect that through twin toils of science and industry will improve everything. And if we can't make it better -- or just don't want to figure out a way to fix it up -- we can at least make it bigger. Cheeseburgers are yummy, but that coronary-baiting triple-stack at Wendy's goes large....full text |
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I don't expect to hear too many complaints about the rating above. Daydream Nation is a great uniter: You'd be hard pressed to find many fans of indie rock who don't have some love for this record. That's partly because this record is great, sure-- that's one boring reason-- but it's also because this record is one of a handful that helped shape the notion of what American indie rock can potentially mean. It's almost a tautology: Indie fans love Daydream Nation because loving stuff like Daydream Nation is part of how we define what indie fans are.