Hater vs Homer: The Lumineers are the worst band ever. No, wait, they're the best band ever.

"No talent ass clowns"

The Lumineers epitomize the dumbing down of America and represent some of the absolute worst tastes in music history.  It is apparent that the guitarist/lead vocalist knows three chords. That's it! 

People who like this band have no soul in terms of music, but rather judge what is good music by anything that is trendy or new at the time.

Don't understand their appeal at all, but then I feel the same way about Mumford & Sons.

Right on Erin. Yeah totally. Sorry your friend's abrasive electro noise esoteria isn't really catching on in the masses dude. But don't call the masses dumb just because they don't 'get' your pretentiousness. It's just as hard, perhaps even harder to write a song that your uncle or little cousin can relate to. Ask the Beattles! EJ LeFevre! Private me your e-mail! I want to send you some stuff.

Good for the Lumineers. I don't know what the fuss is about. They happen to create music that a lot of people can relate to. If you think they don't deserve the kudos, then you write a song that your uncle might like as much as you little brother and you might get there too. Just my opinion. Good for them. And who cares where they're from. Honestly I would love to play in band that only plays out of town.

Neither the worst or the best, inoffensive NPR background music. When I first heard that "Hey Ho" song I knew it would be a commercial in under four months. Still, better than the Fray.

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I hate the "Ho Hey" song. Never liked it, and it is way overexposed. But I have to admit I've really like the other Lumineers songs that I've heard. So I guess it's kind of a wash for me. The song that made them famous I could really do without, but I think they overall are a talented group that is doing interesting things.

Who cares what they dress like? When I listen to music I don't stare at the artists. What a stupid reason to hate! I think they make beautiful music, that's all I care about when supporting musicians.

I haven't played in a band here in over a decade and wasn't exactly in any scene anyway so I can't speak to all that (I'm sure it's true), all I know is that the bands going national from here--i.e. the Lumineers and The Fray--play bland mass appeal music. They're the new Matchbox 20s. All are fine if that's what you're into, I guess, but if you like any degree of personality, bite or darkness in your music, you're not going to find it with these bands.

They make boring Caucasian minstrel music.

'civil war wave' umm no.

They told me that they were from New Jersey,that makes them cooler...

Can't be any more lame than the Fray.

I can understand how "Ho Hey" could be polarizing. But, "Stubborn Love" is pretty damn great. Still, Churchill is 10 times better and should have been the next big thing to come out of Denver.

Agree with Peace, I don't even know who they are.

Really, who cares.

Theyre average at best. But at least we arent hearing about The Fray anymore constantly. Now they are beyond fucking terrible.

As a side note... Imagine that one of Denver's sweethearts like one of the paper bird girls or Nathaniel Rateliff was singing that very same song on Saturday night live. I bet no one would say that it sucked.

This bashing of bands that don't fit the right criteria of local insider status is very elitist. MOST people in MOST Denver scene bands are transplants. Most of these kids in bands were not born and raised in Denver. I think that when people are upset about a successful band claiming Denver when they "aren't REALLY from Denver" it's unwelcoming and very elitist. It offers yet more explanation as to why most of the world views music scene people to be elitist snobs. I think the hate of these successful bands is less about their geography and more about them not being from one's particular scene of insider hipster friends. You know? People that are lucky enough to be considered 'cool' by the local music scene. I myself have been "lucky" in that regard I guess. But I am just as much a transplant into Denver as the Lumaneers. Most kids in bands here are. If my band is successful (as if!) will I be considered cool enough by the elite to claim Denver? Or should I claim somewhere else so as to not soil your image? I mean... I HAVE played at the hi-dive more than the Lumaneers and the Frey combined. Am I "Denver" yet? I think that playing open mic nights at meadowlark is very dorky and innocent. So then secretly, music scene people are annoyed that a dorky band and not one of their 'cool' bands are having success. They would rather it be someone from their own elite scene. And I get that. Everyone wants to see their friends do well. But man. That one little group of Denver elite are not the only thing going on in Denver. The fact that time and time again, national success comes from outside of the "core Denver scene" only further proves that that scene is, contrary to believe from with in, not the center of the universe and that the rest of the world could give a shit about that little pocket of Denver.

They would then need to be a pretty good band with a couple of pretty decent songs. Not there yet.

The NYT article was the nail in the coffin for me. The way Denver was portrayed, the bs about the "community" around the Meadowlark open mic, belch. So boring. The whole story was as contrived as their sound -- however, the NYT writer feeling the need to create an agenda/angle in such a way to tell a story isn't the band's fault. And hey, more power to them for selling what they've got and getting out of Denver with it. 

Can't they just be "a pretty good band with a couple of pretty decent songs"?