So where does (mainly S London) dubstep from the middle of the last decade fit in all this? Sign of the Dub, Loefah, Kode9, Burial, DMZ, Mala, Benga, Skream, etc etc And people (more recent?) like J:Kenzo, or the whole Pinch, Shackleton, Applebim group from Bristol?
Feels like there's this disconnect between what Dubstep used to mean and what it appears to mean now. The same genre name being used for two things that are fairly, if not completely different.
as a 30+ year old metalhead, I can only say: welcome to my world!
it´s been like this for "us" for years, and it has neither hurt the genre as a whole or any of the sub-genres - on the contrary, there´s so much more BETTER, more innovative fresh new (metal) music out there now... and it is or will be the same for dubstep.
stop worrying about genres and just enjoy what sounds good to you, is what i´d say ;)
On which; is there any critical analysis or even review discussion about what's good and what isn't around Brostep? Where would you go to find journalists writing intelligently about it?
http://forum.funkysouls.com/index.php?act=ST&f=71&t=327533&s=