Post-modernism in music.

Mumford & Sons:
Homage to traditional folk music. Started on indie folk scene - a niche audience. Now has wide appeal to mainstream and niche audiences.
Intertexutality: Quotes from Shakespeare, Of Mice and Men, East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath. Makes what is seen as high end, elitist culture accessible and is sung by teenagers who might not necessary know the reference.

Other PM folk music:
Gogol Bordello - gypsy punk band who mix punk and folk music together two things that you wouldn't expect to work together.


The Pogues:
Founded celtic punk. Mixed traditional folk music using tin whistle, violins, banjos and accordion with punk rock with guitar, bass and drums.  They covered traditional Irish folk songs e,g, Paddy on the Railway and Irish Rover as well as writing original songs.


2 Many DJ's:
Levi-Strauss' theory of addition, subtraction, substitution and transposition. They take two songs from completely different genres and eras and mix them together.
Push It - hip hop & No Fun - punk


It appeals to a niche audience as people want to test their own knowledge of the what the two songs are and how it has been mixed together but also to a more mainstream audience for people who just like the beat of the remixes.


Hurts:
Synth pop duo. Pay homage to 80's synth pop music - 


DJ Danger Mouse:
Mixed Jay-Z's Black Album and The Beatles' White Album to create a Grey album. Bricolage of 60's pop and 2000's hip-hop. 





Eminem:
Pastiche in his songs. "The Real Slim Shady" mocking celebrities

Without Me:
Though I'm not the first king of controversy
I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley
To do black music so selfishly
And use it to get myself wealthy
"Hey" there's a concept that works
Twenty million other white rappers emerge
But no matter how many fish in the sea
It will be so empty without me

Points out copycat culture of music and addresses his critics.

 Gorillaz:
Hyper-reality the band are shown as their animated characters which allows them freedom and can not be pinned down to one specific genre. They have used rock, dub, hip-hop, electronic and pop within their music.
Feel Good Inc is a bricolage with sampling of different sounds, laughter and older material with the crackling symbolising analogue sound.



In terms of live performance the actual band are not seen by the audience they use visuals to show the animated characters mime while the real band play live out of sight. This reverses the idea of the high culture because mainstream pop artists are expected to mime while a band who play instruments and singing live are not expected to mime. 


Devo:
80's synth group. Incorporate genres: punk, art rock, post-punk, new wave
http://youtu.be/Xbt30UnzRWw Whip It video is a pastiche of traditional old American west. Also in the video they pay homage to Kraftwerk, influencial synth group with the hats.


Tenacious D:
A parody mock rock band who have become a real band due to popularity who play shows & festivals. Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny film is a comedy parody of rock and roll lifestyle of the band - take the mick out of themselves and metal bands at the same time. 



Kanye West:
Mixes a wide range of genres and creates different sounding albums. Soul, RnB, baroque pop, trip-hop, arena rock, folk, alternative, electronic, synth pop & classical. Avoids totalising form. 


Uses sampling in his work - Woods by Bon Iver used in Lost in the World / Harder, Bettter, Faster, Stronger used in Stronger. 
His collaboration with Jay-Z for Otis uses sampling from Otis Redding's Try a Little Tenderness
On his debut album The College Dropout 14/21 tracks contain sampling from a wide variety of artists e.g. Aretha Franklin, 2Pac, Chaka Khan, Lauryn Hill & Marvin Gaye


Uses intertextual references in his work:
References Evel Knievel in one of his music videos which lead to a lawsuit against him.


Makes political and social statements in his work:
In Breathe In, Breathe Out he talks about the materialistic nature of society and this link with the hip-hop genre. In Jesus Walks he talks about the lack of religion in hip-hop "They say you can rap about anything except Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes. But if I talk about God my record won't get played." this can be seen as ironic because in other work the topics are just about sex and drugs and religion is scarce in his work.