Comments for Music Musings and Miscellany http://dezji.wordpress.com Musical inspirations and the occasional rant Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:02:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Landfill Indie by marxsbeard http://dezji.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/landfill-indie/#comment-1262 marxsbeard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:44:45 +0000 http://dezji.wordpress.com/?p=607#comment-1262 hmmmm. the independent has covered all of the bands mentioned in this article in one form or another be it a pointless two star review, or a feature or some baiting like the piece you linked to. can't remember the last ipecac or constellation or southern or 12k or ecstatic peace record/artist they've mentioned. part of the problem rather than the solution i feel. so what you've got here is some middle aged middle class journo moaning about what the kids and proles are listening to. in fact everybody interviewed seems to be some late thirties early forties ex-biz person bitter coz nobody listens to the music they used to listen to. andrew collins? really? hasn't it always been like this anyway? it's just now there's more. of everything. indie gave us the smiths, stone roses, blur, arctic monkeys. and? i don't rate any of these bands so am i out the 'indie' club? jay-z the worlds greatest rapper? must've missed that meeting. the verve? come on. there is a real indie scene out there. although nobody in the article bothered to mention anything about the myriad of labels and festivals and net-based shenanigans going on for the last what ten fifteeen years. beyond subpop who i'm sure are part owned by a major now anyway. grumblegrumblegrumble... hmmmm.

the independent has covered all of the bands mentioned in this article in one form or another be it a pointless two star review, or a feature or some baiting like the piece you linked to. can’t remember the last ipecac or constellation or southern or 12k or ecstatic peace record/artist they’ve mentioned. part of the problem rather than the solution i feel.

so what you’ve got here is some middle aged middle class journo moaning about what the kids and proles are listening to. in fact everybody interviewed seems to be some late thirties early forties ex-biz person bitter coz nobody listens to the music they used to listen to. andrew collins? really?

hasn’t it always been like this anyway? it’s just now there’s more. of everything.

indie gave us the smiths, stone roses, blur, arctic monkeys. and? i don’t rate any of these bands so am i out the ‘indie’ club? jay-z the worlds greatest rapper? must’ve missed that meeting. the verve? come on.

there is a real indie scene out there. although nobody in the article bothered to mention anything about the myriad of labels and festivals and net-based shenanigans going on for the last what ten fifteeen years. beyond subpop who i’m sure are part owned by a major now anyway.

grumblegrumblegrumble…

]]> Comment on Mercury Prize Shortlist by Michael http://dezji.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/mercury-prize-shortlist/#comment-1261 Michael Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:20:49 +0000 http://dezji.wordpress.com/?p=609#comment-1261 Gomez were a great band for about 2 albums then mysteriously fucked off somewhere. But, yeah, M People what were the Mercury people thinking? Gomez were a great band for about 2 albums then mysteriously fucked off somewhere. But, yeah, M People what were the Mercury people thinking?

]]> Comment on Landfill Indie by DEZ http://dezji.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/landfill-indie/#comment-1260 DEZ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:05:06 +0000 http://dezji.wordpress.com/?p=607#comment-1260 I would probably agree with you, Alun, only I have no idea who most of these bands are. I know the names, of course. But I would struggle to identify any of them if I heard them. It just sounds like beige background noise to me. I would probably agree with you, Alun, only I have no idea who most of these bands are. I know the names, of course. But I would struggle to identify any of them if I heard them. It just sounds like beige background noise to me.

]]> Comment on Landfill Indie by Alun Williams http://dezji.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/landfill-indie/#comment-1259 Alun Williams Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:42:53 +0000 http://dezji.wordpress.com/?p=607#comment-1259 Yeah, I'm with you with this one. I was watching Glastonbury (or some festival highlights on the beeb) last year when they showed highlights of The View followed by The Kooks followed by another band. I cottoned on that they sounded all the same and quite lame. The View, in my opinion, are the worst offenders. Even their name is mediocre. Yeah,
I’m with you with this one. I was watching Glastonbury (or some festival highlights on the beeb) last year when they showed highlights of The View followed by The Kooks followed by another band. I cottoned on that they sounded all the same and quite lame.

The View, in my opinion, are the worst offenders. Even their name is mediocre.

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