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Post by OasisFan199 on Feb 15, 2011 18:01:27 GMT -5
agree
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Post by XTRMNTRSCREAM on Feb 15, 2011 18:10:54 GMT -5
Yeah - America is the pits. TBH, Canada still has it going on...The Hip, Sloan, Blue Rodeo - not necessarily the coolest bands, but they are all guitar rock - or rock and roll. No what also bugs me? THere are really cool non-rock bands here in the USA like Passion Pit. But we dont ever hear them on the radio - just Katie Parry saying that we are all Fireworks.... except america has the best music scene in the world right now. |
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Post by danscouse on Feb 15, 2011 18:24:45 GMT -5
Back in 1996 when I was livin in London, we were all one. We had a ralling cry. Cool Britianna etc - and Oasis fit perfectly. Now the pub culture is dying, british rock is a dying beast. Kids are not into being british anymore - they want imported garbage or british versions of imported garbage...Jessie J. Beady Eye is for us dying breed...the british rock music fan! Yeah and it was always sunny aswell WTF? You've been watching too many documentaries with Alan McGhee in pal |
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Post by letsmakebelieve on Feb 15, 2011 18:30:18 GMT -5
Yeah - America is the pits. TBH, Canada still has it going on...The Hip, Sloan, Blue Rodeo - not necessarily the coolest bands, but they are all guitar rock - or rock and roll. No what also bugs me? THere are really cool non-rock bands here in the USA like Passion Pit. But we dont ever hear them on the radio - just Katie Parry saying that we are all Fireworks.... except america has the best music scene in the world right now. I live in the USA...the music scene is shit. But if you all want to listen to a great recent album by an American band, I suggest "Softly Towards The Light" by The Black Hollies (they're from New Jersey). |
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Post by definitivt on Feb 15, 2011 18:40:38 GMT -5
except america has the best music scene in the world right now. I live in the USA...the music scene is shit. But if you all want to listen to a great recent album by an American band, I suggest "Softly Towards The Light" by The Black Hollies (they're from New Jersey). Sadly, the american music scene is way better than the british atm. Arcade Fire, Black Keys, MGMT, The National, Vampire Weekend, Kanye West, Kings of Leon (last album) are all really good and have all delivered great albums the past years. Bet The Strokes new album will be mega too. Too few british bands can match them. Got high hopes for Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys and Coldplay though. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2011 18:54:26 GMT -5
England has changed.
We used to have a smiling idiot in charge making up policies on the fly, fucking up our national services and screwing the average citizen out of their hard earned money, but now we've got -- wait a minute.
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Post by SunshineLullaby on Feb 15, 2011 19:01:44 GMT -5
except america has the best music scene in the world right now. I live in the USA...the music scene is shit. But if you all want to listen to a great recent album by an American band, I suggest "Softly Towards The Light" by The Black Hollies (they're from New Jersey). I don't know about "scene", but we definitely have the most quality bands, in my opinion. |
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Post by gaspanic23 on Feb 15, 2011 20:55:18 GMT -5
I live in the USA...the music scene is shit. But if you all want to listen to a great recent album by an American band, I suggest "Softly Towards The Light" by The Black Hollies (they're from New Jersey). I don't know about "scene", but we definitely have the most quality bands, in my opinion. This is the second time I'm asking you for suggestions, sorry if I'm getting annoying, but I only know a handful of current bands and most of them are from the UK.. So a couple of names would be great since I loved most of the albums you gave me last time. Thanks. |
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Post by yeayeayeah on Feb 15, 2011 21:07:08 GMT -5
Try living in the south island of NZ for music, its the pits. Im from a little town near Newcastle originally, so i know how much of a shit hole England can be but for music its miles better then over here.
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Post by worldsoutro on Feb 15, 2011 22:34:19 GMT -5
Alright lets stray away from a America v England discussion.. anyway a big  about the drunk driving comment |
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Post by SunshineLullaby on Feb 15, 2011 22:42:38 GMT -5
I don't know about "scene", but we definitely have the most quality bands, in my opinion. This is the second time I'm asking you for suggestions, sorry if I'm getting annoying, but I only know a handful of current bands and most of them are from the UK.. So a couple of names would be great since I loved most of the albums you gave me last time. Thanks. All right, well I'm beat and want to get some sleep, but I'd say check out a band called the Rosewood Thieves. They released an EP called From The Decker House that is fantastic. There's a lot of stuff I like from all sorts of styles, but they've got kind of a backwoods Beatles type feel at times. Really cool band. |
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Post by XTRMNTRSCREAM on Feb 16, 2011 12:05:33 GMT -5
except america has the best music scene in the world right now. I live in the USA...the music scene is shit. But if you all want to listen to a great recent album by an American band, I suggest "Softly Towards The Light" by The Black Hollies (they're from New Jersey). as do i and i disagree. don't equate the charts with how healthy a music scene is. real estate, alex bleaker and the freaks, the national, the pains of being pure at heart, lcd soundsystem, the soft pack, ducktails, beach house, and a sunny day in glasgow are all very much american. |
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Post by themagpie on Feb 17, 2011 8:33:25 GMT -5
cant remember the last time ive listend to the radio.... nothing good on it, no rock at all!
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Post by monkian on Feb 17, 2011 10:02:01 GMT -5
England has changed but so has everywhere. It's all about Tinie Tempah, NDuz, JLS and all that other RnB stuff in the charts now. But who cares about the charts anyway - they've always been shit aside from when "scenes" like Britpop come along and give the impression that "pop" music's good again!
It's the alternative scene that really matters and there are a lot of good records out there but you need to look for them rather than be fed them. On the face of it, bands here at the moment seem to be more about how tight their their trousers are, how asymmetrical their hair is or how many keyboards you can squeeze in around an "angular" guitar riff. Hardly any one plays chords anymore and people hardly write good old fashioned songs anymore but that doesn't mean it's all bad - just different.
The Fly's review of DGSS is indicative of the times we're in and they weren't actually just trying to be controversial by saying the album's dull. It's just not their bag and a lot of the indie press will feel the same. Bands like Sky Larkin, Frightened Rabbit, Joy Formidable, Foals, Cloud Nothings, Villagers, Go Team and Detroit Social Club will never hit the charts and therefore never be known to people who don't invest time in listening to proper music. I'm perfectly happy with this because it means less morons at gigs wanting the big singles and smaller gigs for the real fans which also means cheaper tickets!
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Post by johnnyb on Feb 17, 2011 11:22:36 GMT -5
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Post by Nyron Nosworthy on Feb 21, 2011 13:23:02 GMT -5
Try living in the south island of NZ for music, its the pits. Im from a little town near Newcastle originally, so i know how much of a shit hole England can be but for music its miles better then over here. Whereabouts if you don't mind me asking? I'm from Washington. To be honest, the vast majority of Britpop bands were atrocious. Thats not to say music nowadays is fantastic mind. I don't think Britain has changed that much, other than that the underclass have taken over. The reason why pubs are dying on their arses is because of the smoking ban and the recession. |
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about the drunk driving comment
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