As ever, MTV has its finger on the pulse.

[jjchampion]

Times New Viking, No Age, Jay Reatard Keep Lo-Fi Punk Alive (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1586843/20080505/times_new_viking.jhtml)

The closing paragraph really sums it up perfectly:
The lo-fi movement continues to gain fans and momentum with every distorted beat, note and word. Just make sure that you listen to it loud. It's the most fun that way.
It's a movement!

[Elijah]

How exactly does one classify Jay Reatard as lo-fi? I know his early stuff was rather crude-sounding, but there isn't exactly a world of difference between the fidelity of Blood Visions (or any of his recent singles) and say, the first Clash album.

[jjchampion]

Perhaps in MTV's view, the first Clash album would've also been part of the lo-fi movement.

[johansen smith]

~~**~~iT's mOrE FUn tHaT WaY!!!!