a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis

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fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and have given up trying to be normal or decent

same

mookieproof, Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:05 (eight years ago) link

an accompanying video that will undoubtedly distort your view on life and ruin your day.

their picture alone has already ruined my day so i don't think i have it in me to seek out the video

i can pee through time (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:45 (eight years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/fZbQg5I.png

I wonder how many of the acts listed below the three headliners are swaggerbands? "Local Lads Done Good" are pretty much a dead cert, right?

soref, Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:53 (eight years ago) link

sad to see blur's bass player fallen on such hard times

i can pee through time (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:54 (eight years ago) link

Just looked them up, nobody in the band is called Alex James. There is an Alex, but no James. It could be his middle name, but.

Mark G, Saturday, 20 August 2016 23:03 (eight years ago) link

Alex James and The Sound
Alternative Rock

One of the most exciting New Alternative Rock bands to emerge in the UK in 2016, Alex James and the Sound are based in Bolton, Greater Manchester. The band comprises of Alex Brierley (lead vocals/guitar & Keyboard), Cameron Maunder (guitar and backing vocals), Kurtis Maunder (Bass guitar and backing vocals) and Sam Robinson (drums)

so...none of them are actually called "Alex James"? what a cynical attempt to cash in on the popularity of the beloved Daily Telegraph columnist/artisan cheesesmaker/Blur bass player

xp

soref, Saturday, 20 August 2016 23:07 (eight years ago) link

♪ ♪ ♪ C A B B A G E ♪ ♪ ♪ is my hate-read of the week. Thanks ILX!

Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 20 August 2016 23:34 (eight years ago) link

this last few weeks has seen a pretty big revival of the swagger bands. 2 of them (both already mentioned?) Catfish and Blossoms have each had a number 1 album in the UK. Blossoms are still number 1 now. suddenly the mix of Roses and whoever is popular again. I'd never have thought it possible even a year ago.

piscesx, Sunday, 21 August 2016 03:19 (eight years ago) link

I saw a poster for cabbage when I was home on glasgow a couple of weeks ago and a) immediately thought of this thread and b) could almost not believe what i was seeing due to how terrible the photo and how awful the name

ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 21 August 2016 03:49 (eight years ago) link

But what are they actually like? Gang of Four? Flowered Up? Ocean Colour Scene? Or wot?

Mark G, Sunday, 21 August 2016 08:35 (eight years ago) link

i ruined my day to give you the chance to ruin yours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hah4_gj-Bs

i can pee through time (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 21 August 2016 08:51 (eight years ago) link

a) clearly not Swag in aesthetic or sound
b) really cool idea making a vid about torturing norms which has no relation or bearing to anything that might have happened in real life

Herodotus Reading (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 21 August 2016 09:31 (eight years ago) link

this last few weeks has seen a pretty big revival of the swagger bands. 2 of them (both already mentioned?) Catfish and Blossoms have each had a number 1 album in the UK. Blossoms are still number 1 now. suddenly the mix of Roses and whoever is popular again. I'd never have thought it possible even a year ago.

Brexit.

Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Sunday, 21 August 2016 09:37 (eight years ago) link

real music taking back control of our great british hit parade

i can pee through time (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 21 August 2016 09:42 (eight years ago) link

a lot to unpack here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dklgoPTv9X8

i can pee through time (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 21 August 2016 10:06 (eight years ago) link

just the latest avatar of this perennial brand of student shit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db6WHtNV5-I

Herodotus Reading (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 21 August 2016 10:08 (eight years ago) link

a mix between A Tribe of Toffs and The Sultans of Ping FC with the swagger of Cud

soref, Sunday, 21 August 2016 13:14 (eight years ago) link

xp
We need to talk about Kevin.

nickn, Monday, 22 August 2016 07:18 (eight years ago) link

It seems like we're entering the age of 'Kevin'. I don't think I've encountered my own name (not referring to me) so often as I have over the past couple of years.

two crickets sassing each other (dowd), Monday, 22 August 2016 07:49 (eight years ago) link

There's now a show on Radio X (the new XFM) called 'Indie Landfill'

TARANTINO! (dog latin), Monday, 22 August 2016 11:18 (eight years ago) link

Really?

two crickets sassing each other (dowd), Monday, 22 August 2016 11:40 (eight years ago) link

Could have called it "Indie Ghetto", and go Elvis to sing the theme song.

Mark G, Monday, 22 August 2016 11:44 (eight years ago) link

surely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmWUqzpan7A

MatthewK, Monday, 22 August 2016 13:33 (eight years ago) link

xp rah!

poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Monday, 22 August 2016 22:16 (eight years ago) link

It seems like we're entering the age of 'Kevin'. I don't think I've encountered my own name (not referring to me) so often as I have over the past couple of years.

Kevin has been around for a bit - https://www.discogs.com/artist/370423-Kevin-4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWpEL5KLgzg

Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 27 August 2016 06:39 (eight years ago) link

Sure, and the Undertones, for example. It's completely a subjective thing, but it just seems like I'm encountering a lot more Kevins atm. Growing up it seemed the only other Kevin was the wine gums fruit bat.

two crickets sassing each other (dowd), Saturday, 27 August 2016 07:00 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...

http://www.unionjack.co.uk/on-air/

Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Monday, 12 September 2016 09:38 (eight years ago) link

four months pass...

http://www.htafc.com/cms_images/redstar-4-3-2238-1168344_478x359.jpg

calzino, Monday, 30 January 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link

http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6031/

Benylin Ascent (NickB), Monday, 30 January 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link

Based in Halifax the band play country wide and are heavily influenced by bands such as Stones, The Who and Oasis. Plenty of original material as well.

we'll be the judge of that lads

bayland rippenkroeger, stunt artiste (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 30 January 2017 21:17 (seven years ago) link

http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/photo/images/2852.jpg

Benylin Ascent (NickB), Monday, 30 January 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/resources/images/3897865/

Benylin Ascent (NickB), Monday, 30 January 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link

a lost generation - fucking tragic

bayland rippenkroeger, stunt artiste (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 30 January 2017 21:35 (seven years ago) link

why can i hear the theme to Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads??

Onanisi Paizuri (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 January 2017 21:41 (seven years ago) link

Boy on the far left just needs a pipe to complete the hommage à Harold Wilson.

Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Monday, 30 January 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link

wait, what year is this? there's still time to stop Blair!

Onanisi Paizuri (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 January 2017 21:51 (seven years ago) link

So, for our readers who haven’t come across you yet, how would you describe the band?

We pride our sound on being unique and try not to be like many others.

Can you describe the band in 3 words?

Fucking mega mate!

Desert Island disc?

Oasis, Definitely Maybe – easy!

Benylin Ascent (NickB), Monday, 30 January 2017 21:59 (seven years ago) link

The problem with Smile Awhile is that their frontman appears to be Bruce Dickinson

PaulTMA, Monday, 30 January 2017 22:02 (seven years ago) link

"Indie lads RedStar to record Huddersfield Town classic Smile Awhile"
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/indie-lads-redstar-record-huddersfield-5693179

calzino, Monday, 30 January 2017 22:08 (seven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6OwIkAmgo8

Benylin Ascent (NickB), Monday, 30 January 2017 22:15 (seven years ago) link

Someone on our football messageboard posted a RedStar vs Oasis pic to illustrate the insurmountable gap in class between us + Man City and eight people liked the post!

calzino, Monday, 30 January 2017 22:34 (seven years ago) link

Redstar look like they've got a member who used to be in the SAS?

badg, Monday, 30 January 2017 22:40 (seven years ago) link

makes sense, that's music straight out of the interrogation phase of special forces training

Benylin Ascent (NickB), Monday, 30 January 2017 22:57 (seven years ago) link

The Mary Hopkins version is perfectly charming. It is a Russian song from the great terror era so I'm sure the inherent tragedy that is imbued in it wasn't lost at all on these sensitive artistes :p

calzino, Monday, 30 January 2017 23:14 (seven years ago) link

We're apparently in the midst of another great terror era... if ILX is to be believed.

Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Monday, 30 January 2017 23:17 (seven years ago) link

I'm shamed by my confusion over their name

PaulTMA, Monday, 30 January 2017 23:23 (seven years ago) link


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