These people need an outlet, Matt. Let it go, son. Let it go...

Oh dear.

all people who dance to rock, dance badly.

that's life

yeah i agree let it go let it ALLLLLLL go!!! but i have to agree its shit! and is there acctually indie clubs? i also agree with the dude who said that anyone who dances to rock dances shit!!! well done for pointing this very good fact to me!!!

my band had a gig last night and the two bands that played with us were fucking atrocious, really obvious mid-90s heroic britpop. Made me want to puke. I fucking hate shit indie, and i REALLY hate indie clubs.

You pretentious bastards! How do you think a musician becomes a rock star? He starts off in a little shitty garage band when he's thirteen. Then he plays in a less shitty band on the pub circuit. Then he plays in a crummy band that's lucky to have his EP panned on DiS. Then, if he's lucky, his next band puts out a decent little disc the indie kids, like you!, love. And before you know it he's hob-knobbing with Noel and Liam and making speeches at the UN.

I saw the opening band of a show the other night, and the chick bass/keyboard player gave one of those knowing little nods out in the audience. I remember thinking how shit-thrilled she probably was and how she was probably sharing her glory with her mom and sister. I thought it was pretty cool.

I think we've managed to establish, beyond all reasonable doubt, that no-one here likes crap music. Good. Can we talk about something different now?

Hey! I completely agree with what you are saying...I've just joined DiS and in the speil you have to spin I wrote this...thought it was appropriate:

"The Education are the band I am managing... they amaze and enthral me so I've decided to dedicate my days to getting their message (and in turn my own) out there to the rest of you motherfuckers! Their music is truely inspiring. In a world where everyone seems to have become stuck in a loop, repeating decades in music, fashion and views they have come to smash up our metaphorical gramophone of society and put it all back together again. Drawing influences from the best of punk, dance, drum & bass, industrail, rock and fucking everything else, in a way that just makes you wanna dance, scream and quiver in it's beauty."

Go check out their free MP3 at www.theeducation.co.uk, they're the only band that are keeping my faith intact...

Fraid I agree with OceanRain to an extent, you have to have some shite to get good stuff. When I saw bands everyweek, they were obviously variable, but If I couldn't find enjoyment in the whole band I could sometimes find it in some componant of the band. If you see/hear a great guitarist/drummer/bassist/vocalist with a particular style in a crap band then they might want to join some band you know that are defficient in that department.
How do we expect to apply quality control to bands that play, that implies quality censorship, what would that have done with punk/grunge/garage....your talking about control here, you want to be able to control the type of night out that you have....well I think....rock n roll SHOULD be unpredictable.

Actually I guess you are just offering a personal drunken comment, not a true critical appraisal, so thats fair enough

I like shit indie, in the same way I like shit horror flicks. It's the love of a genre. Comfort food, if you will.

Shit indie = Shindie

i've been to some dire fucking indie clubs, that's one of the reasons i like hip-hop, to get away from rubbish garage bands on a friday night.

Ive gotta agree... indie is shite shite shite!!!