hired a boer string quartet
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 18 April 2024 11:10 (two months ago) link
I don’t know this band (so no offense) but these options are hilarious
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 18 April 2024 11:20 (two months ago) link
I thought I could make a choice now but may need to sleep on these and come back
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 18 April 2024 11:22 (two months ago) link
i would summarise their music as third-rate primal scream rips
― ufo, Thursday, 18 April 2024 11:30 (two months ago) link
their whole sound seems to step specifically from "Pills". Wasn't long before they hired Dan the Automator.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 18 April 2024 11:38 (two months ago) link
Chuckled when I went to rym and saw that Empire is rated the lowest by a decent margin among their first few albums
Forget Alex Kapranos - I can't imagine many musicians in history give a shit about their band the way this guy does. Wonder how he feels today
― Vinnie, Thursday, 18 April 2024 11:40 (two months ago) link
"Eh, it's a living"
― Vinnie, Thursday, 18 April 2024 11:41 (two months ago) link
xp it's because even if you're partial to kasabian few have a use for it after track 2. they frontloaded the (relatively few) hits.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 18 April 2024 11:44 (two months ago) link
“If you walked up to [Alex Kapranos] in the boozer and told him, ‘I think Franz Ferdinand are shit,’ I reckon he’d probably agree.”
― I Love Potatoes (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 18 April 2024 11:53 (two months ago) link
i will give them credit for at least having the decency to focus on ripping off xtrmntr, there's a lot worse things they could have done in the 'mix between stone roses and primal scream with the swagger of oasis' tradition
― ufo, Thursday, 18 April 2024 12:01 (two months ago) link
The contrast between what doofuses like this promise and what the music actually sounds like, is the platonic ideal of the concept of bathos. (Insert Fast Show Indie Club sketch here).
― President of the Canadian Council of Bassoonists (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 18 April 2024 12:16 (two months ago) link
Wonder how much he viewed Franz as the Blur to their Oasis
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 18 April 2024 12:17 (two months ago) link
lol that is 100% what he was trying to conjure up and then he does the "it's just the press hyping this up" bullshit at the end. mate, you wish the press would.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 18 April 2024 12:21 (two months ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:01 (one month ago) link
"The Stones, The Who, Oasis..."
..ftw. Also, who would have been next on that list?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 06:43 (one month ago) link
Beato thinks they'll still be discussing them all in 2100
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 18:50 (one month ago) link
i went for "All this new technology and downloading, it's all a bit crazy" because it just hits this mid-00s dad sweet spot
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 19:06 (one month ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 00:01 (one month ago) link