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Bands that Drowned in Sound thinks are brilliant, but are actually crap.
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by wrightylew
you like The Vines
away with you
What BSS songs have you heard?
I can't believe there isn't a few songs you wouldn't like a lot.
hmmm..
I don't like 65 Days of Static much.
You can't just say Battles are 'crap'. Even if you don't like them that much you have to admit they're technically astounding and highly original (except that song that apes Pekin-O, badly)
The first two on their myspace.
Snorable fashionable and disposable.
Are you talking about Battle
or Battles? Because Battles don't have a myspace, and their hardly fashionable.
He's replying
to bobbygeorge about BSS.
I don't get the fashionable bit. Watcha mean?
(I mean what does Wrighty mean by fashionable)
And for the record, I don't like BSS that much either...
I can understand why people wouldn't like them
but they do have a couple of really ace straight up rock songs that I think wrightylew would like.
Battles have lots of myspaces
they're not official but they stream official (albeit, badly chosen) Battles songs.
just a question of taste...
Don't like them but they aren't crap !
this band...
http://www.drownedinsound.com/artist/view/7078 ... are dreadful.
You
can shoot me and throw me off a train, but .... Volcano!
^^
what Lyle said.
There are a few artists that get talked about on here that I think are total arse - but its all a matter of personal opinion aint it.
BSS
are amazing, i genuinely can't see how with their back catalogue you can't find something truly amazing in it
I'm with you on Battles
but BSS? Nah you fool!
I don't mind BSS,
But I wasn't impressed with the album. Battles are great though, in a 'I'm cleverer than you' kind of way.
cleverer than me
isn't that difficult !
which BSS album?
while i think the self-titled one is good, You Forgot It In People is actually magical.
Whichever one has the (great) 7/4 shoreline
Granted, I only listened to it once though!
that's the self-titled one
Oh, I see.
I'll give you forgot it.... a go then!
is Drowned In Sound a person now?
whose opinion are you basing this on?
anyway, Broken Social Scene are f'king awesome. quite simply some of the best pop music around.
BSS
are awesome. Seeing them at ATP confirmed that. I'm sad to see no one has taken my Volcano! bait
volcano bait
NOW that's a good band name...
naa
it doesnt have Wolf or Tape in it.
Wolf say Volcano! Tape for bait ?
there is no such band as Volcano!
the capital 'V' at the start, renders this argument...
SILLY!
It's my tribute band
Volcano! that I was talking about
if it hadn't been for Dinosaur Jr
being so damned good, Broken Social Scene would've been my highlight. Fire Eye'd Boy! Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl! J Mascis! Shoreline! ohhhh..
yeah
you can't go being roooood about BSS.
They truly are exceptional.
EVERYONE knows the better band that make use of the word 'volcano' in their name is
Volcano Im Still Excited.
CRABFACT:
volcano! have a signed document from Volcano, I'm Still Excited!!! that gives them immunity from ever being sued for the name.
your crabfact isnt as good as my Flight Fact in a thread earlier today
but still, a good fact to pull out the bag
BSS are amazing
i don't see the point of this thread though. You're basically lumping all of DiS into one person and saying that person is wrong when they disagree with you on a matter of opinion.
He does stuff like this now and then
It's kind of a public service, keeps people alert.
I like BSS (they were really good at ATP), but I wouldn't say they were one of my favourite bands.
alert to what?
LOL
I think BSS are hit and miss
I really don't like the latest album with the exception of "bandwitch" but you forgot in people is a great album.
And which battles songs have you heard? Because i'd say they're hit and miss too.
I do disagree with some of these
DiS popular bands, but BSS?? What are you on? They're great. I'm sure there's loads of other 'crap' bands that you could have picked for this thread.
Where the fuck is Thom Fa?
Usually he's shown his crap little face by now...
I dislike
in varying degrees
Volcano!
BSS
65 DOS
Les Incompetents
Fratellis
Mystery Jets
Guillemots
whether these are DiSish bands or not I'm a litle unsure (in some cases)
Yeah,
you're right there.
er...has anybody actually said they like the fratellis?
they're utter shit.
well, I'm not sure
I forget where I heard about them, I did say I was unsure of how DiSish those bands were, its so hard to decide what is a DiSish band (apart from obvious ones like 65DOS and Volcano!)
not a huge fan of
Fields
Les inc
Mystery jets
Spinto Band.
they SUCK.
yeah i don't like the spinto band either.
or guillemots.
I like both...
:(
OPETH
VOLCANO
DISCO ENSEMBLE
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
CHIMAIRA
Sweet mother of Nazereth
The Spinto Band are ace. Ace Ace ACE
And Broken Social Scene? Their self titled album is the best thing I've heard in the last year. It's an amazing album. Not a weak track on it
i love BSS
a lot. spinto band are dull though. i don't care for les incompetents either.
.
I guess Emmy the great...she isn't total crap, but it doesn't match up to the press releases for me.
oh yeh! ^^^
me and grockle stand together alone on this one.
.
I'm suprised so many people dig her...just mediocre music thats been done many times before, but much better.
It must be single indieblokes fantasising about pulling her at one of her gigs.
wrong
she's great
.
no, shes pants.
I'd consider any time spent listening to her insanely mediocre cliches, time stolen from me, that I could have spent listening to GOOD music...fucking wank
ps
I bet you've either a) met her b) are friends with her or c) have seen a picture and thought...mmm she could be the future mrs wo.
am I right?
oh no!
even better...you play in her band.
Honestly. No offence pal, I'm sure she's lovely and all. I've played in bands with people whose music was shit cos I liked them too...
Theres a lot to be said about music made by your buddies
stop being a sexist fuck
just because music connects with a guy and its by a girl, it doesnt meant they wanna jump their bones.
women express emotion in many different ways to guys. emmy does it with a wonderful surreal edge that bright eyes or someone like that could never muster.
if you don't like m.ward or neutral milk hotel you'll not understand.
.
bollocks. I'm not being sexist.
Its just that
a) shes cute
and
b) her music isn't that great.
I don't like M.Ward or Neutral Milk Hotel, you're right, but that's 'cos I'm an intolerable snob about music that isn't from the sixties...
So...I might be 'wrong' about E the G as far as an opinion could be wrong, but maybe I've been spoiled by the fact that women generally have to be 10 times better than men to get anywhere in the music business...hence Margo Guryan, Judee Sill, Joni Mitchell being so fucking good, etc
wrightlew
have you heard Almost Crimes or Cause=Time? I can't see how anyone could not like them! Ah well different strokes for different folks etc.
I like Apple or a Gun by volcano! but that's about it. And I haven't really heard anything I like by them.
That guy from Les Incompetents voice really grates!
the beatles
overrated
Ha
Impossible. And what a contrived response.
.
no, they are shit.
Maxwell's Silver Hammer came down up his head...
Ever heard of 'The Scaffold' featured Maccas brother, and made a song called 'lily the pink'
they'd have been ashamed to release that. Fucking rubbish
wouldn't say they are particularly loved on here though. Whenever I get off on one of my anti beatle rants, at least a couple of people agree
FORWARD RUSSIA
Larrikin Love
have an average rating of 8 from 67 users.
So Larrikin Love. They're fucking shit.
I <3 Larrikin Love!!!!
And what's with all this about 65DOS?!? They're incredible.
I'm not too sure about Guillemots though, I really don't 'get' them at all. I just find them a bit boring.
Boris
Boris are shit. Seriously.
I cannot stand
Forward Russia. I've tried, really tried, because I greatly admire their DIY stance. But they're shit.
The Guillemots, Les Incompetents, Larrikin Love, Fields and Regina Spektor seem to get ecstatic responses on here and I'm very meh about all of them. The Spinto Band do have that one song with the kazoos.
Volcano are much better live than on record.
also
Xiu Xiu. Grow up, you guys.
The Guillimots
terrible
i can't seem
to get into Forward Russia either. I've listened to a few tracks, but it didn't really do anything for me. I'm sure they are great live though (as everyone says they are)
Dumpy's Rusty Nuts.
I'm just sick of reading about them on here. I know that with each new release they push the boundaries of popular music further into unchartered territories, but they just don't do it for me like Def Leppard do.
Re: The Spinto Band
'sjust pop music, maaaaaaaaan. It's not trying to be big or clever. Not many bands do three minute pop songs as well as them
See: Brown Boxes, Mandy (YES YES YES) or Crack The Whip for proof of this
Please dont stone me
but Ive never been able to get on with animal collective. I've tried but they leave me cold
Yeah
They collectively suck.
yeah
I don't like Forward Russia either. Lots of bluster and no tunes.
!!!, mainly because the singer sounds unbearably smug.
Death From Above 1979
Interpol
McLusky
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aww
well, we still have a similarity of 0.2611.
I love every band OceanStorm just mentioned...
:O
DFA1979 are like party-tastic greatness!
^^^
Word, they're dancetastic!!!
Mclusky?
You nutbar!
I agree with the other ones though. I haven't really heard enough Forward Russia to make a judgement. They seemed alright.
I think
I'm actually the only person in the world not to like McLusky. But really, great song titles aside, what's the appeal?
Great lyrics!
Fuzz bass! Noise! Screaming! Most of the songs are really catchy too and that helps.
thank god someone said
Forward Russia. I thought I was alone in not liking them. I did give them a good try. Oh! and Emmy The Great as well.
No one said
Bearsuit yet?
Listened to the second album. Didn't like it. Saw them live. Was left unmoved. Listened to the first album. Deleted it.
I just don't get what people like about them. Sorry!
Ban request.
:P
Even a ban request
is a better response than the usual thread-killing effect my posts seem to have.
Don't be bitter
Take heart from the fact that I think I agree with you. Yes.
Sadface.
Sweetcheeks.
Good :D
It's not like I didn't try to like them. It's just the squeaky girl singer, I think. And short-haired one was really nice to me at their merch stall, which made me feel even worse about it.
I'm not really bitter about the thread-killing thing. I think I just left a smiley off somewhere in the post.