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post myspaces of bands and i will review them

yeah?

bit uneventful

keyboards and drums sound too cheap

don't like the electro ones

dronier ones need more noise, less cheap keyboards

4/10


haha

oops second ones changed i forgets it now


where's the vocals?

if ever a band needed a singer it's this one

5/10, half marks because it's half done.

VOCALS.


haha cheers!

our new songs do actually have vocals! haha just aint recorded them yet :) the ones on the myspace are like old songs


go listen

to la maman et la putain !
Link somewhere below in the board !


synths aren't to my taste

if she sang in french it'd be much better

backing music doesn't change much, does it?

i don't like the guitar tone either

5/10


...

first band: synths sound WAAAAAY too cheap, so it comes across like some second rate Depeche Mode affair when going for something more minimal would far better suit the voice.

synths are really horrid, actually

4/10

second band: too twee, and really quite bland. the songs that have vocals... i really don't like the vocals. some really annoying synth sounds.

3/10


there aren't any songs

but the profile pic is WELL BUFF

9/10


i can't believe it

i'm winning.


.


but

the shit really IS 'bananas'...!! LOL


lyrics and vocals are really bland

hilariously pretentious vocals

waaaaaaaaaaay too glossy production


bit too improvised

not enough focus

synths are pretty hideous on the fast song

the drony stuff isn't interesting enough for me to care about it yet; needs more 'texture'.

i like "Piece for wedged...", that could turn out good


the folky song is just plain irritating

the other one is bizarre, and not in the good way. the drum machine is awful; that shouldn't be on anything other than crunk records


this guys then !

Don't tell me they're shit or I'll kill you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.myspace.com/thisispop


there's potential

the guitar tone sounds a bit thin, and the vocals are a bit bland though.

it's a bit too nice, but i'll give it a 6.5


nah.

I heard they're shit :!


who told you that

Mr. Wrong?


needs catchier riffs

bit too generic for me at the moment

some of the 'big' parts are really quite nice though. the quieter bits aren't really exciting, but the choruses are good.


this is hilarious

thanks


quite uninteresting

i couldn't pick this out of a lineup or anything

i really don't like the put-on accent


they're the best / worst

those are all bands that have spammed their myspace links to the smalltown america website. i had to listen to them ALL!

oh, but listened to "a boy and his lakeen" on the /therenegadesunplugged link - about 1:40 in is the most out of place guitar solo i've ever heard..


not only is it out of place

it's also really fucking shitty.


that solo

is AMAZING!!!!


i think

someone in the shed next to where they were recording was doing some noodly guitar "workouts" and the tape recorder happened to capture that as well..


really dull

there's already too many bands like this


YEAH


omg ignore the second one.

listen to THIS intead:

http://www.myspace.com/assacre

AMAZING.


i'm a bit scared

he should play sunday morning in the barn at truck.


best band name ever though, right?

i wish i'd thought of it :(


watch the video

on the blog of him covering Territorial Pissings..


the lateenos are amazing

especially if those photos are real


not my cup of tea

i don't like the lyrics at all

the general sound is familiar but not too similar to any pop bands at the moment... could have its fans.

the arcade fire quoting needs to go so fucking quickly though oh my good god


Hahahahaha!

can see your point with the Arcade Fire. still chuckling...


they have a song called "don't deport my heart".

mexicans rule.

they would be awesomer if they hadn't obviously recorded songs onto someone's mobile phone.


pretty good

i wouldn't buy any records just yet, but pretty damn enjoyable

i'm not sure if the vocals should be brought up in the mix or not... sometimes they're good, sometimes really not.


shurrup

theyre good.
Why doesent anyone appreciate a good cheasy harmony anymore?


really fucking stupid

but in the good way

they know how to make a good dumb rock record, i'd enjoy them live i think


read a review of them

that said, "this is what the new stooges album SHOULD have been," and they're right. I was sold...


this is ace.


^

playing my birthday gig


flits between underdeveloped

and really fucking great

some tightening up and they'd be absolutely grand


:-D

Spencer's ace. He's possibly playing a gig at a zoo soon. A zoo!


they'd be so much better without the shitty electronics

and the vocals are a bit contrived

no real tunes there

so many better blues rock bands


Why are they called Skitanja?

It's a Croatian word.


only the first band:

too many influences in such simple songs

there's no real direction at all, the songs all sound half-finished

there's some good ideas, but they're drowned out by loads of non-ideas.


some nice ideas

this kind of thing sounds a bit dated now though...


the music itself is really fucking nice

but the melodies are far too familiar

the same style with different songs would be a winner


this is one of the funniest things ever

but they're clearly serious, so i don't want to meet them as i think i'd get raped/stabbed/something else a bit shit


saw them supporting Art Brut in NY a while back...

Magnificent (if shambolic)

However, they were also the main support for Scissor Sisters at Madison Square Gardens recently...


because i can

too much of a pastiche

this doesn't work when it's not americans doing it, unless they're mick jagger or something


I can see your point of view

but I cheerfully disagree.

PS

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