A band's latest album has been described as a blend of Bob Dylan and the Pet Shop Boys

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And one of the band members agreed with the description. OK, so which band do you think it is? If you know the answer, please don't post it, I want to see what people guess! (I'll post the answer before the thread falls off the front page)

― RT Fred, Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

charlatans?

― piscesboy, Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

the postal service?

*runs and hides*

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

franz ferdinand?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

Nope, nope and nope.

― RT Fred, Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

Bright Eyes "digital ash"

― jb, Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

Is it Tony Yayo?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

Megadeth

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:29 (nineteen years ago)

Nope, nope, nope. It's a band that's been around for quite a while, and that has its fans (and detractors) on ILM. A search throws up 100 thread references on ILM.

― RT Fred, Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

Radiohead?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

super furry animals?

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

Belle & Sebastian?

― ryansf (ryansf), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

Of Montreal?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

Xiu Xiu?

― Josh Love (screamapillar), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

Whoever it is, how gross.

― O'so Krispie (Ex Leon), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

I'll second no-longer-Leon there.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

MIA?? Dave Matthews?

― richard wood johnson, Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

Buckethead!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

No right answers so far. As for Radiohead, I'm struggling to hear Dylan and the Pet Shop Boys in "Hail to The Thief"...

― RT Fred, Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

G Love and Tha Special Sauce?

― O'so Krispie (Ex Leon), Thursday, 1 September 2005 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

the junior boys

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

No right answers so far. As for Radiohead, I'm struggling to hear Dylan and the Pet Shop Boys in "Hail to The Thief"...

dude...i'm desperate...grasping at straws!!!!!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

I'd have said Postal Service too but...

I dunno, some other Folktronica thing. Otherwise maybe Spoon or something?

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:13 (nineteen years ago)

the rolling stones

― Richard Wood Johnson, Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

actually this sounds like something u2 would do

― Richard Wood Johnson, Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

The Muderdolls.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

Momus

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

j0hn D mountain goatsxe in going electronica shockah???

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

j0hn D mountain goatsxe

ROFFLE

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

interpol, the strokes, aids wolf

― amon (eman), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

aids wolf just played in st.paul..missed it cuz we were playing that nite...heard it was good arab on radar axtion!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

Pet Shop Boys?

― everything, Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

Bob Dylan?

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

Bob Dylan?

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

Pet Shop Boys?

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

Pet Shop Dylan?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

Pet Shop Boys?
-- everything (everything197...), September 1st, 2005 1:45 PM. (link)

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Bob Dylan?
-- The Ghost of Black Elegance (djperr...), September 1st, 2005 1:52 PM. (Dan Perry) (link)

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Bob Dylan?

-- Robin Goad (rgoa...), September 1st, 2005 1:52 PM. (rgoad) (link)

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Pet Shop Boys?
-- RJG (RJ...), September 1st, 2005 1:54 PM. (RJG)

― amon (eman), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

Alcazar?

― ryansf (ryansf), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

Alcazar featuring Bob Dylan and Victoria Beckham?

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

Clap Your H*nds Say Yeah

― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

Pet Your Hands Say Dylan

― , Thursday, 1 September 2005 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

If it's Rufus Wainwright I will hunt him down and pullet a bullet in his skull.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

Rufus Wainwright?

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

It's Destiny's Child, I'm sure of it.

― ryansf (ryansf), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

Bathtub Shitter?

― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:17 (nineteen years ago)

PLEASE TELL US THIS IS TEARING ME UP INSIDE!!!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

At least give us another hint.

― ryansf (ryansf), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

REM? Depeche Mode?

― gspm (gspm), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

I found out by using google. The answer was predictably boring.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 1 September 2005 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

I did the same, and it was a band member made the comparison.

― matt2 (matt2), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

Oh.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

Go West-ly Harding?

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

It's the Go-Betweens. Sorry to spoil the outrageous fun.

― everything, Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

Alfred Soto to thread.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

Ha!

(I could have made my last post more Pet Shop Boys-esque, but chose not to)

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 1 September 2005 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

as in they go-between the pet shop boys and bob dylan? that sounds like a total pursenality crisis

― r u fa real, Thursday, 1 September 2005 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

Death Cab for Cutie?

― shanecavanaugh (shanecavanaugh), Thursday, 1 September 2005 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

Belle & Sebastian?

― Old School (sexyDancer), Thursday, 1 September 2005 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

Wilco?

― BanjoMania (Brilhante), Thursday, 1 September 2005 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

Oh. I missed the actual answer. The fun is spoiled.

― BanjoMania (Brilhante), Thursday, 1 September 2005 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, damn.

― shanecavanaugh (shanecavanaugh), Thursday, 1 September 2005 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

Boards of Canada?

― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Thursday, 1 September 2005 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

(cozen said so! i swear!)

― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Thursday, 1 September 2005 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

The Go Betweens go PSB for real.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 1 September 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

This link won't last long and/or forever.

― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Thursday, 1 September 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

Jeff Mills?

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 1 September 2005 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

Hmm...I like the Go-Betweens. I like Pet Shop Boys. I like Bob Dylan....apparently I am going to like this record.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 1 September 2005 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

The track on the GBs lp really isn't v PSB. The mp3 I link to above, however, IS!

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 1 September 2005 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

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