my fave indie bands some are alt bands too (blues, funk)

adidasss · 10-02-2005, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Expletive Deleted

You can be blues rock and still be indie, seeing as how indie isn't a genre. And...

Doves = Major label
Jet = Major label
White stripes = Major label
The coral = Major label
Maximo Park = Indie label
Simian = Major label
Franz Ferdinand = Major label
Razorlight = Major label
Death Cab for cutie = Major label
Kings of Leon = Major label
The cribs = Major label
Bloc party = Major label
The futureheads = Major label
Kaiser Chiefs = Major labe
Rooney = Major label
The strokes = Major label
The Zutons = Major label
The Dead 60's = Major label
The Libertines = Indie label

Do you see now why I would call those bands "pseudo-indie NME tripe?" Almost all are signed to a major label or a subsidiary of a major label, almost all are written about by the NME, and almost all are bad.

i would love to hear what bands YOU listen to.....

Expletive Deleted · 10-02-2005, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

i would love to hear what bands YOU listen to.....

Why don't you read what I wrote above, then? Here, I'll make it easy for you, my top five bands...

1. Spoon
2. Les Savy Fav
3. Belle & Sebastian
4. The Rapture
5. Broken Social Scene

I'm also a very large fan of Rufus Wainwright, but he's not a band, so I couldn't put him on.

adidasss · 10-02-2005, 04:16 PM

that's it? 5 bands?.....please....and you're so high and mighty....stop making bullshiit comments about "indie" bands you don't like...plenty of other people do....and not because the dreaded nme hypes them up.....

hookers with machineguns · 10-02-2005, 04:23 PM

Never a dull moment in the indie forum, eh?

Right now mine looks something like
Denali
Stereolab
Deerhoof
The Unicorns
Call and Response
The Notwist
TV on the Radio
Headphones
The Robot Ate Me
The Decemberists
Trembling Blue Stars
Belle & Sebastian
The Black Heart Procession
Sons and Daughters

obviously im really big on the indie-pop sound

Expletive Deleted · 10-02-2005, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

that's it? 5 bands?.....please....and you're so high and mighty....stop making bullshiit comments about "indie" bands you don't like...plenty of other people do....and not because the dreaded nme hypes them up.....

Fine, you want to see what I listen to? I put iTunes and shuffle and here are the first 30 bands that came up (that I didn't already name)...

!!!
Bjork
M83
Soiled Doves
The Beatles
Franz Ferdinand
The Unicorns
The Boy Least Likely To
Brakes
Architecture In Helsinki
The Clash
Chin Up Chin Up
Captain Beefheart
Of Montreal
The Arcade Fire
Sufjan Stevens
Elliot Smith
Elefant
Radiohead
Blur
Modest Mouse
Sigur Ros
The Kinks
Gang of Four
The Cure
Kraftwerk
The National
The Most Serene Republic
Xiu Xiu
Dance Disaster Movement

Happy?

adidasss · 10-02-2005, 04:43 PM

oh but sigur ros, franz ferdinand,architecture in helsinki, the arcade fire and sufjan stevens are liked by the nme...oh no...i guess that means they're crap....too bad.....

Expletive Deleted · 10-02-2005, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

oh but sigur ros, franz ferdinand,architecture in helsinki, the arcade fire and sufjan stevens are liked by the nme...oh no...i guess that means they're crap....too bad.....

There's a difference between being written about by the NME and being hyped as the next big thing by the NME. And those bands are universally liked. Maximo Park, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight? No one besides the British press cares about those bands.

But I think you know that and just want to be an ass.

adidasss · 10-02-2005, 05:51 PM

actually franz ferdinand and the arcade fire WERE in fact hyped as the next big thing by the NME...so please, don't think that just because NME really likes a band it sucks....that would make YOU a snobbish ass....some people like maximo park, the kaiser chiefs and razorlight...i personally don't but i still check out anything NME recommends....and, what do you know, i can actually make a decision if a like a band or not for myself even if NME likes them...who would have thought it....

Expletive Deleted · 10-02-2005, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

actually franz ferdinand and the arcade fire WERE in fact hyped as the next big thing by the NME...so please, don't think that just because NME really likes a band it sucks....that would make YOU a snobbish ass....some people like maximo park, the kaiser chiefs and razorlight...i personally don't but i still check out anything NME recommends....and, what do you know, i can actually make a decision if a like a band or not for myself even if NME likes them...who would have thought it....

Oh please. Stop trying to turn this into some Snob vs. Non-Snob thing, or trying to make me into some close-minded elitist who hates everything that isn't on some one-band record label out of Bum****ville, Arkansas.

You know full well what I mean when I say bands that the NME hypes. 10 years from now do you think anybody will remember Razorlight? Kasabian? The Futureheads?

No. And that's what seperates the good from the bad when it comes to the NME. They try so hard to be the magazine that broke the next big thing, that they'll put any band with a record deal on the cover if they think they're it.

Obviously, the NME is sometimes correct in naming good bands, but as I stated in another thread where you hounded me for this, a good portion of the bands are utter ****.

beardovstars · 10-02-2005, 10:53 PM

look adidass I used to love the nme but after ten years of the next greatest band to change your life it becomes a bit hard to take seriously.
This isnt to say that all the bands they champion are crap. Just to say that if you hype every other band as genius your not really gonna be taken to seriously when you get one right.
That said its a great read at times.
expletive...heard a bit of that m83 disc..thought it sounded pretty cool..is it on your recommends list as well as your ipod?
Thanks for the tip on the band hookerd with machine guns. Will check it out.

10-02-2005, 04:16 PM	#23 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	that's it? 5 bands?.....please....and you're so high and mighty....stop making bullshiit comments about "indie" bands you don't like...plenty of other people do....and not because the dreaded nme hypes them up..... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

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hookers with machineguns Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,753	Never a dull moment in the indie forum, eh? Right now mine looks something like Denali Stereolab Deerhoof The Unicorns Call and Response The Notwist TV on the Radio Headphones The Robot Ate Me The Decemberists Trembling Blue Stars Belle & Sebastian The Black Heart Procession Sons and Daughters obviously im really big on the indie-pop sound __________________ LASTFM

10-02-2005, 04:43 PM	#26 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	oh but sigur ros, franz ferdinand,architecture in helsinki, the arcade fire and sufjan stevens are liked by the nme...oh no...i guess that means they're crap....too bad..... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

10-02-2005, 05:51 PM	#28 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	actually franz ferdinand and the arcade fire WERE in fact hyped as the next big thing by the NME...so please, don't think that just because NME really likes a band it sucks....that would make YOU a snobbish ass....some people like maximo park, the kaiser chiefs and razorlight...i personally don't but i still check out anything NME recommends....and, what do you know, i can actually make a decision if a like a band or not for myself even if NME likes them...who would have thought it.... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

10-02-2005, 10:53 PM	#30 (permalink)
beardovstars Groupie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: a city in australia Posts: 19	look adidass I used to love the nme but after ten years of the next greatest band to change your life it becomes a bit hard to take seriously. This isnt to say that all the bands they champion are crap. Just to say that if you hype every other band as genius your not really gonna be taken to seriously when you get one right. That said its a great read at times. expletive...heard a bit of that m83 disc..thought it sounded pretty cool..is it on your recommends list as well as your ipod? Thanks for the tip on the band hookerd with machine guns. Will check it out. __________________ unlearn and evolve