24: The spirit of 2011 is haunting dance music

If four generations make up a family, then how many podcast
references to the early 2010s make up a revival?


We confront the spectre of 2011 from a few different angles in
this episode, but particularly via dance music, where it feels
like the anthems of the early 2010s, not to mention the top tier
of DJs, are yet to be replaced. Is that down to nostalgia for the
music itself? A lack of inventiveness plaguing the decade since?
Or have we entered a period in history where we’re living through
multiple revivals at once?


We also talk about something genuinely brand new: Hit
Em, the internet’s genre-of-the-moment. This absurdist
microgenre was invented on Twitter last Monday, discussed in our
recording on Wednesday, and has since been covered in The Fader,
NPR and The Guardian. Maybe it’ll all be over by next week.
Twitter being used for good? Now that does feel like a throwback
to 2011.


We also chat about Jane Schoenbrun’s new film I Saw The
TV Glow, and particularly its staggering musical
moments. We doubt anyone’s 2024 bingo card had Alex G, Yeule,
Phoebe Bridgers and Fred Durst in the same room, let alone
coalescing into some of the year’s most must-see cinema.


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