Average Bands

[Floodedstatue]

What's the big deal with all these over-hyped, average bands at the moment......Franz Ferdinand are being played to death on Virgin radio and MTV2 - and they're nothing special. Hundred Reasons, Von Bondies, Lostprophets.....none of their stuff is ground-breaking or interesting in the slightest. Is there anything new worth listening to at the moment?

Heard the new Vines track on MTV2 earlier, that sounded pretty decent.

Rock on.

 

[karkus30]

Yeah, get away from the mainstream a bit and pick up 'The trees are dead and dried out and waiting for something wild' by Sikth.
or Dead Cities, Red seas and Lost Ghosts by M83, or A song to ruin by A Million Dead, Feast of Wire by Calexico, Absolution by Muse, Killing Joke by Killing Joke, thirteenth Step by A perfect Circle. Must be something in there you might like. Oh yes, as a PS You like The Vines, so try Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins.

 

[Floodedstatue]

I have Absolution and Thirteenth Step - may have a butchers at the others and let you know what I think.

Cheers

 

[karkus30]

Have a look at The Rapture, Echoes. I could go on forever, tend to buy mostly none mainstream music, occasionally get caught with c**p like Snow Patrol (Aghhh what made me do it, Ive even got tickets, help me ).

What about earlier stuff like MBV ? Pavement ? Television?

 

[seany]

Red seas and lost ghosts is breath taking, as is absolution-well what can i say, i like snowpatrol. Check Zero7's new album "home" out on march 1st.

 

[karkus30]

Originally posted by keanyboy
well what can i say, i like snowpatrol.

Mate, its the special hypnotism disc on the front of NME thats made you do it, it made me buy tickets Concentrate on our voices and you can break the spell..............however you wont be able to take the album back

 

[Floodedstatue]

What's the deal with nme? Are they just a rubbish bunch of reviewers, or do they just totally over-hype bands/artists/albums?

It seems like if something is liked by nme then it's a sin to buy it

 

[eviljohn2]

NME is the worst publication I've ever had the misfortune to read.

Funniest thing I ever read in an issue was when they gave "Enema of the State" by Blink 182 0/10!! They should have known better really as it had already produced a top 40 single before they got hold of it!!

 

[Floodedstatue]

I saw that they gave Limp Bizkit's latest pile-o-pants 1 out of 10.......

........they must be a bunch of idiots, where did they get the 1 from?? Was the artwork good or something?

 

[seany]

Did the nme start out as a jazz mag? I'm sure it did