Ok, so there’s the band name. Karaoke Hottiez is just brutal. It’s another in a growing trend of jokey pizza-fart-punk rock-ish names that seem to be all the rage in this town, evoking 8-bit ’90s Olympia backwash posing as transgressive bricolage. That being said, “I Don’t Care, It Don’t Bother Me” is a pretty little slice of lo fi bossa nova pop, more aligned to the sublime catch-iness of Herman Dune or the great, underappreciated Pet Politics than any number of Value Village No Wave bands this region is crawling with. It’s a charming little tune with heart, brains and style, further proof that one shouldn’t judge the proverbial book by the proverbial cover.
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This reviewer really sounds like a pompous, self important, POS. Although I’m positive his band must have the most transcending, magical, urbane name ever. Untalented, hokey musicians make wonderful untalented, hokey critics, don’t they?
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