Is the Insufferable Karmin Run Already Over? [Karmin]

The Epic debut of irritating viral duo Karmin, Hello, arrived this week to little fanfare. The only major music publication to have reviewed it is Rolling Stone – Jody Rosen’s brief, one-and-a-half star review says it well: “Karmin can make you hate pop music.” The New York Times finally got around to writing about it yesterday, and Jon Caramanica is equally dismissive if slightly less savage. On the group’s assault on pop, which has found them racking up disgustingly massive numbers for covers of Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now” and Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass,” Caramanica writes, “by delivering [these covers] in exaggerated styles more notable for their affectations than for their execution, it in effect renders its source material as a punch line, something not deserving of respect. It’s the bad kind of irreverence.” More »