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Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-23-2009, 08:44 AM

I'm so bored of the amount of crap coming out of this country.
Of course people will say 'it's out there , you just have to look for it' but that's not the point.
I remember when I was able to pick up an indie orientated music paper and read about bands as diverse as Tindersticks , PJ Harvey , The Auteurs , Denim , Massive Attack , Gallon Drunk and a whole host of other bands who were sort of on the cusp of being mainstream acts (Mainstream to music fans as opposed to mainstream as in a household name).

There's plenty of reasons for this , the monopoly of the 5 major labels , DJ's who are content to play a bland playlist without wanting to play anything challenging , the number of music papers going from 4 to now just 1 , the NME , probably the worst of the 4. And I blame the fans too for accepting this crap.

Could you imagine bands like Hard Fi or The Kooks getting signed to a record label like 4AD or Creation in their prime?

Me neither.

01-23-2009, 08:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I'm so bored of the amount of crap coming out of this country. Of course people will say 'it's out there , you just have to look for it' but that's not the point. I remember when I was able to pick up an indie orientated music paper and read about bands as diverse as Tindersticks , PJ Harvey , The Auteurs , Denim , Massive Attack , Gallon Drunk and a whole host of other bands who were sort of on the cusp of being mainstream acts (Mainstream to music fans as opposed to mainstream as in a household name). There's plenty of reasons for this , the monopoly of the 5 major labels , DJ's who are content to play a bland playlist without wanting to play anything challenging , the number of music papers going from 4 to now just 1 , the NME , probably the worst of the 4. And I blame the fans too for accepting this crap. Could you imagine bands like Hard Fi or The Kooks getting signed to a record label like 4AD or Creation in their prime? Me neither. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.