Gone off Indie

[eggyrocks]

There is plenty of great music in the UK even excluding Blur/Oasis/Kasabian clones...

Laura Marling

Emmy The Great

Slow Club

Blood Red Shoes

I LIKE TRAINS

Editors

Foals

These New Puritans

The Boxer Rebellion

Los Camp

To name but 10...

Although I do tend to agree that US / Eurozone music has improved considerably, whereas we've been stuck in 1995 (in the mainstream)

Arcade Fire

That National

Beach House

Cold Cave

Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Joanna Newsom

Warpaint

Soap&Skin

Scary Mansion

Zola Jesus

First ten that came to my head (probably as listened to them very recently) - new / indie / alternative music, whatever you want to call it, is in my opinion better than ever.

[eFestivals]

Is this the same Joy Formidable I know?!! I don't think TJF particuarly have the indie kids raving, more like the 40's demographic. I've seen them about 15 times and I think they are the one of the most exciting live acts today... I think their EP is great, but live they are even better - I'm shocked you've seen so many disagree but I'm perfectly acceptable to different strokes for different folks... Good job it's a big festival site!

I doubt there's two bands with the same name.

I didn't actually say that TJF had the indie kids raving about them, but they're defo a band that do have people raving about them, as you get to show. Yet I could (well, if we could time travel ) show you 3,000+ people who would wonder why, and that's just from one show! There were perhaps 150 people loving them, while the rest were bored beyond belief.

It's of course possible that it was their worst show ever, or that they're an act best suited to a room for no more than 300. I'm simply saying my opinion, and the very obvious opinion of the majority of the others there watching them (mostly an 'adult' audience BTW, rather than teenagers).

I will give a little back their way, and say that the audience reaction probably wasn't much helped by that stage at that fest having served up too many dreadful bands over the weekend, and that perhaps myself and the rest of the crowd lumped them together with those others, and didn't give them as much of a chance as we might have done otherwise.

But it's still not the case that they were great, because they just weren't. I've got more than enough experience to know a great band when I see one, even if they're not to my own tastes.

[amfy]

I think the trick is to like bands and artists rather than genres.

[eggyrocks]

It's of course possible that it was their worst show ever, or that they're an act best suited to a room for no more than 300. I'm simply saying my opinion, and the very obvious opinion of the majority of the others there watching them (mostly an 'adult' audience BTW, rather than teenagers).

But it's still not the case that they were great, because they just weren't. I've got more than enough experience to know a great band when I see one, even if they're not to my own tastes.

[Jackmypie]

Just a quick question how many songs do you have on you're itunes or w/e you use? Random I know

[eggyrocks]

Just a quick question how many songs do you have on you're itunes or w/e you use? Random I know

[eFestivals]

Their biggest show to date was at the Electric Ballroom

that's wrong you know. They've played bigger shows, such as the one I saw at a fest (which i'm not going to name cos of some of what I've said, and the fact I know of the offence those cause the organiser [been there and done that already, he gets very upset]).

[strudders]

Just a quick question how many songs do you have on you're itunes or w/e you use? Random I know

[TheSeventhOne]

Oh yeah check you 'The Drums' an amazing Indie band from Cali, saw them Live with BOMBAY at NME Awards Tour.

[Jackmypie]

I'm downloading Ra Ra Riot's discography Atm, anyone listened to there stuff, what did you think?

[eggyrocks]

that's wrong you know. They've played bigger shows, such as the one I saw at a fest (which i'm not going to name cos of some of what I've said, and the fact I know of the offence those cause the organiser [been there and done that already, he gets very upset]).

[Jackmypie]

If I looked up the term 'try-hard' I'd probably be presented with a picture of The Drums.

[eFestivals]

Duuude stop dissing my taste

But it's hard not to - you have Florence in your sig.

That's another act that in 5 years people will be thinking "why did I like that....?".

[Buddhafish]

If I looked up the term 'try-hard' I'd probably be presented with a picture of The Drums.

[Jackmypie]

But it's hard not to - you have Florence in your sig.

That's another act that in 5 years people will be thinking "why did I like that....?".

[safe]

'Very true. Particularly the comment about Los Campesinos. They are completely different from their peers and should be praised for it. Rather, they receive little airplay and not much publicity. Shame'

Los Camp's latest album is f**king insane

[NeilVJ]

Can people stop grouping all music as indie. The xx for example are not indie, its just slow depressing garbage.

I think the worst thing to happen for a lot of these indie bands was Oasis quitting. As they all then came out saying how they were going to fill the hole left by them only to fall flat with average second albums (Enemy, Courteeners).

Also music as most things in life goes in trends. In a couple of years people will be saying there is too much indie and not enough electro

[st00ka]

This is what I call real indie as in independent music, not floppy haired boys with skinny jeans and guitars...

[nu-marc88]

radio 1 are to blame for all this shite that gets churned out!

jo wiley thinks she is doing us a favour by letting us know about these so called next big things. the only way she could do me a favour would be to f**k off and die!!

[nu-marc88]

This is what I call real indie as in independent music, not floppy haired boys with skinny jeans and guitars...

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[fatyeti24]

radio 1 are to blame for all this shite that gets churned out!

jo wiley thinks she is doing us a favour by letting us know about these so called next big things. the only way she could do me a favour would be to f**k off and die!!

[st00ka]

nice man! just downloaded dettmann's fact mix, looking forward to getting my lugs round it. you can find it here

http://www.factmag.com/2010/05/17/fact-mix...arcel-dettmann/

[Red_Eye_Jedi]

can't believe that guy called Bombay bicycle club 'Landfill Indie' I mean dude wtf!!

And that other guy who called Vampire weekend bland

SHAME ON YOU!

[TheBoyInTheBubble]

But it's hard not to - you have Florence in your sig.

That's another act that in 5 years people will be thinking "why did I like that....?".

[Jackmypie]

I'm into some indie stuff..

and [fact]Bombay bicyle club are the biggest pile of shite i'v ever heard.[/fact]

To sum it up, stop reading the NME.