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Post by alabastergrim on Dec 30, 2011 3:09:31 GMT -5
Love Cage The Elephant!
But more on topic, I don't understand the praise for this band. It's cool that people dig them but wow, they sound like every single indie group I've heard since 2008. Nothing about it screams unique.
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Post by knifeman on Dec 30, 2011 15:21:45 GMT -5
Titus Andronicus is a pretty good example of a band bringing back the rock aspect back to indie rock
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 30, 2011 15:27:17 GMT -5
Having seem them live in a packed out ampitheatre in Birmingham this year, where the crowd sang along to every single song they played, I think the "one hit wonder" jibe is a load of s***. Its one of the best albums of the year. Whoa whoa whoa...You don't think people sang along with "No Rain" by Blind Melon, "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba, danced to "Macarena", knew all the words to "Closing Time" or instantly recognized "Milkshake" or "Ice Ice Baby"? One hit wonders are popular, no doubt. I never said they weren't. But they're also here today, gone tomorrow. Everyone thought Kings Of Leon would be HUGE. They couldn't follow up their one hit album, and now they're broken up. Arcade Fire won a freakin' Grammy...has anyone thought of them since? I think FTP put out a great album, enjoyed some success off of it, and will wind up being the answer to a trivia question most people will get wrong in two years. You do realize that Kings of Leon have been huge in the UK for over a decade, have sold out North American stadiums and arenas the continent over and are a huge mainstream radio presence? Also, they're not broken up. As for the Arcade Fire, they did win a Grammy last year and haven't put out anything since, so that's probably why you haven't heard anything from them lately. That's to say nothing of their critically acclaimed prior two albums. Comparing either to anything close to a one-hit wonder is way off-base and simply inaccurate.
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Post by knifeman on Dec 30, 2011 15:35:00 GMT -5
Whoa whoa whoa...You don't think people sang along with "No Rain" by Blind Melon, "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba, danced to "Macarena", knew all the words to "Closing Time" or instantly recognized "Milkshake" or "Ice Ice Baby"? One hit wonders are popular, no doubt. I never said they weren't. But they're also here today, gone tomorrow. Everyone thought Kings Of Leon would be HUGE. They couldn't follow up their one hit album, and now they're broken up. Arcade Fire won a freakin' Grammy...has anyone thought of them since? I think FTP put out a great album, enjoyed some success off of it, and will wind up being the answer to a trivia question most people will get wrong in two years. You do realize that Kings of Leon have been huge in the UK for over a decade, have sold out North American stadiums and arenas the continent over and are a huge mainstream radio presence? Also, they're not broken up. As for the Arcade Fire, they did win a Grammy last year and haven't put out anything since, so that's probably why you haven't heard anything from them lately. That's to say nothing of their critically acclaimed prior two albums. Comparing either to anything close to a one-hit wonder is way off-base and simply inaccurate. Yeah their first LP, Funeral , is mostly considered one of, if not the best album from the 2000s, when it comes to Neon Bible I hear mixed opinions about it from people but I think it's a great successor and plus My Body is a Cage is seriously one of the best album closers ever.
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Post by Rican on Dec 30, 2011 16:44:00 GMT -5
I think the music industry is past charts and singles and stuff like that. I could see it being phased out in the next several years. Every new artist and album I've discovered over the last several years has been through word of mouth or the internet. I haven't actively listened to the radio in over a year. In the next few years, I think music will be discovered by artists getting a reputation locally, building a fan base over the internet, touring at small venues, and releasing all their music online, similar to what Louis C.K. did with his most recent comedy album. Its getting to a point where there I see less and less of a need for record labels.
As for Foster the People, I've only head Pumped Up Kicks, and the lyrics really bother me so I'm not really a fan.
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