2013 Lineup

[VCK]

This could be a big year for them. Are they gonna be a band that NME rave about getting right (Libertines) or an NME flop? (Viva Brother)

[mrtourette]

They're OK.

[sammylee]

Not exactly doing anything particularly innovative but having seen them live a couple of times I can say they're quite exciting live, not incredible on record or owt though.

[The Placid Casual]

Having heard their album already ( ) it doesn't sound like a band who are going to take the world by storm on the back of it, but they should do okay, some decent songs on there. They sound nothing like The Libertines as well,, despite all the journos being convinced that they do.

[Chief Scout]

_{saw them in leeds on saturday night on the NME tour, stole the show, very good live band. peace were a real disappointment live, Miles' new material is very good}

Edited February 11, 2013 by Chief Scout

[The Placid Casual]

_{saw them in leeds on saturday night on the NME tour, stole the show, very good live band. peace were a real disappointment live, Miles' new material is very good}

[PDAD]

They should have a Britpop day

Blur

Pulp

Suede

mhmmmmm

[VCK]

It's not the music that they use to compare the 2, it's the relationship between Sam and Chili, which they compare to Pete and Carl's of the Libertines'. Link me to the album?

[The Placid Casual]

Sam is basically the lead singer, Chilli only sings lead vocals on two of the songs, which are Best Of Friends and Johnny Bagga Doughnuts. I think it's typical NME hyperbole, talking up the "next big thing" by constantly comparing them to other acts.

The download link where I got the album has been taken down Might try and make a .rar file of it and upload it though.

[mrtourette]

THEY ARE THE SAVIOURS OF GUITAR MUSIC (FOR THIS YEAR ANYWAY)

[dentalplan]

My thoughts on their placing would be rather than being in the opening four/five acts reserved for NME hype acts, they'll go straight to 4th from top, maybe 3rd on NME; like the Vaccines. Seems as though they're getting especially hyped compared to normal.

[VCK]

You'll be a hero if you could what are the best songs?

[the wonderwhy]

Please get into festival organising

[PDAD]

No joke, I'd love that Actually, I'm kinda keen to get into the promotion/PR side of things...

[the wonderwhy]

Yeah, I can see Palma Violets slotting in quite high on the NME (where did they play on the FR last year?) I find them kinda boring tbh. Best Of Friends was decent, but there other stuff doesn't particularly interest me

[dentalplan]

Yeah, I can see Palma Violets slotting in quite high on the NME (where did they play on the FR last year?) I find them kinda boring tbh. Best Of Friends was decent, but there other stuff doesn't particularly interest me

Edited February 11, 2013 by dentalplan

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I don't know where this NME pushing the saviour of guitar/return of guitar thing has come from.

If NME ever sought to play up the downfall of guitar music, they'd be fucked, because indie landfill is their market. They always have to push guitar bands.

I will say though, it does shock me the way acts are getting signed having not played live or something similar, and I think that's a problem throughout the industry arguably stemming from the almost overnight rise of Oasis.

[dart]

Heard Palma Violets album, Best Of Friends is good but I found the album pretty dull and forgettable, it's not poor though, I completely agree with the point made that they're sound over substance. I'd probably check them out live though if they were midway on NME tent provided nothing else better was on.

[VCK]

The problem with guitar bands nowadays is that none of them have anything interesting to say. None of them take risks the way The Clash, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, the Manics, Oasis or even The Libertines did. Of course, you get many bands who try to emulate bands like those, such as The Courteeners and The Enemy, but they seem to be merchants of rehashed, contrived stuff.

People think that copying Oasis, The Stone Roses, etc will mean instant success, but they don't realise that the key to those bands success was the fact that there wasn't really any bands like them before. Nowadays, donning an Adidas jacket and singing "proper tunes" about "life on the streets, man" in regional accents is just boring and unambitious.

I'd quite like to see a band who are like a British Gaslight Anthem. Of course, what Gaslight do isn't entirely original, but the music stands out, for me anyway, and you can hear the passion in the music whilst a lot of Indie bands nowadays just sound like half-arsedness to the sound of reverb. (Horrible effect, the autotune of Indie)

[PDAD]

The problem with guitar bands nowadays is that none of them have anything interesting to say. None of them take risks the way The Clash, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, the Manics, Oasis or even The Libertines did. Of course, you get many bands who try to emulate bands like those, such as The Courteeners and The Enemy, but they seem to be merchants of rehashed, contrived stuff.

People think that copying Oasis, The Stone Roses, etc will mean instant success, but they don't realise that the key to those bands success was the fact that there wasn't really any bands like them before. Nowadays, donning an Adidas jacket and singing "proper tunes" about "life on the streets, man" in regional accents is just boring and unambitious.

I'd quite like to see a band who are like a British Gaslight Anthem. Of course, what Gaslight do isn't entirely original, but the music stands out, for me anyway, and you can hear the passion in the music whilst a lot of Indie bands nowadays just sound like half-arsedness to the sound of reverb. (Horrible effect, the autotune of Indie)

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

And you can find the roots of that in Oasis. Those years of Britpop might have been some of the most productive for people starting bands, but it went a long way to fucking it up as well.

[thetime]

oasis original?

[PDAD]

oasis original?

[Tobieski]

Tribes have announced a tour in April/May time, pretty certain they'll make an appearance now. Somewhere on the NME tent?

[dentalplan]

Tribes have announced a tour in April/May time, pretty certain they'll make an appearance now. Somewhere on the NME tent?