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The_Captain · 17-09-2014 9:47am

Dubhthamlacht wrote: »

Which bands would you define as middleclass landfill indie?

Hozier, Two Door Cinema Club, Mighty Stef, Le Galaxie, James Vincent McMorrow

Dubhthamlacht · 17-09-2014 10:18am

The_Captain wrote: »

Hozier, Two Door Cinema Club, Mighty Stef, Le Galaxie, James Vincent McMorrow

I'm in agreement that all of these are middleclass indie landfill! Does that make this an unpopular opinion then?

daUbiq · 17-09-2014 11:31am

Dubhthamlacht wrote: »

I'm in agreement that all of these are middleclass indie landfill! Does that make this an unpopular opinion then?

Only with the hipsters! :eek:

karaokeman · 19-09-2014 11:28am

daUbiq wrote: »

Only with the hipsters! :eek:

The latter three aren't popular enough for hipsters to hate, the former two yes

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porsche959 · 20-09-2014 11:52pm

The Wild Bunch wrote: »

The middleclass landfill indie sh*te that Ireland is churning out over the past few years is an all time low for Irish music

Speaking of middleclass landfill indie sh*te, whatever happened to that band that did the "Whatever Happened to Corey Haim" song a few years back.

SilverScreen · 21-09-2014 9:28pm

Dubhthamlacht wrote: »

I'm in agreement that all of these are middleclass indie landfill! Does that make this an unpopular opinion then?

I never got the whole class argument when it comes to things like these. Bands like Radiohead, Blur and The Strokes weren't exactly working class and I doubt that many of us around here are straight-up working class folk from some dingy terraced street.

mosstin · 21-09-2014 11:28pm

SilverScreen wrote: »

I never got the whole class argument when it comes to things like these. Bands like Radiohead, Blur and The Strokes weren't exactly working class and I doubt that many of us around here are straight-up working class folk from some dingy terraced street.

Vampire Weekend. That said, most of the bands I've loved over the years were indeed working class.

daUbiq · 22-09-2014 9:31am

I remember Siouxsie Sioux referring to The Farm as a bunch of bricklayers! What bands are considered working class these days?

fiachr_a · 22-09-2014 5:29pm

daUbiq wrote: »

I remember Siouxsie Sioux referring to The Farm as a bunch of bricklayers! What bands are considered working class these days?

Check out Botany 5 to hear where The Farm 'discovered' their sound!

SilverScreen · 22-09-2014 6:28pm

daUbiq wrote: »

What bands are considered working class these days?

Does it really matter though? When I discover an artist I'm not particularly concerned about their social background. And I don't believe that the whole working class/middle class thing has much relevance in 2014 as compared to a few decades ago.

The Wild Bunch · 23-09-2014 5:56am

porsche959 wrote: »

Speaking of middleclass landfill indie sh*te, whatever happened to that band that did the "Whatever Happened to Corey Haim" song a few years back.

The Thrills?

Think you answered your own question lol

daUbiq · 23-09-2014 9:55am

SilverScreen wrote: »

Does it really matter though? When I discover an artist I'm not particularly concerned about their social background. And I don't believe that the whole working class/middle class thing has much relevance in 2014 as compared to a few decades ago.

I don't suppose it does really matter but we're just having a laugh about it?

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The Wild Bunch · 23-09-2014 2:11pm

It does matter when you have rich, privately educated twats singing about life on the dole

daUbiq · 23-09-2014 2:29pm

The Wild Bunch wrote: »

It does matter when you have rich, privately educated twats singing about life on the dole

Band such as?

Why does it matter? If I could sing, surely I can sing about anything I like?

I think you're looking for something that doesn't exist in popular music anymore since most of it is manufactured by monstrous record labels for hipster consumption... authenticity isn't really relevant anymore.

I grew up listening to The Cure, New Order, The Smiths and other bands from the eighties so I suppose authenticity was important to me then. If I look at the NME website now, it makes me sick.

It's like a smash hits version of the NME.

Corholio · 23-09-2014 3:48pm

I don't know if this unpopular or whatever, but I feel James Vincent McMorrow is underappreciated to be honest. One of the most stunning voices I've ever heard live and my musical tastes would not usually wander that way really. His utilisation of said voice is also a joy to behold. Puts a lot of other 'cooler' singers to shame vocally and can write a hell of a song too.

It also seems accepted to brand anything you don't like in a certain genre as 'landfill', despite some not sounding anything like each other.

The_Captain · 24-09-2014 2:14pm

Corholio wrote: »

I don't know if this unpopular or whatever, but I feel James Vincent McMorrow is underappreciated to be honest. One of the most stunning voices I've ever heard live and my musical tastes would not usually wander that way really. His utilisation of said voice is also a joy to behold. Puts a lot of other 'cooler' singers to shame vocally and can write a hell of a song too.

It also seems accepted to brand anything you don't like in a certain genre as 'landfill', despite some not sounding anything like each other.

Landfill indie isn't a genre so bands don't have to sound like each other. It's used to refer to incredibly forgettable bands who pop up for a few weeks then vanish

Corholio · 25-09-2014 2:03am

The_Captain wrote: »

Landfill indie isn't a genre so bands don't have to sound like each other. It's used to refer to incredibly forgettable bands who pop up for a few weeks then vanish

But what I mean is it's more commonly used with, as you said, 'indie'. Some bands/artists are thrown in despite not being indie or being all that bad to be considered 'landfill'.

Ash.J.Williams · 25-09-2014 9:39am

I probably too old for this lark....but In my day.......:)
bands that actually refer to themselves as indie usually are not

fiachr_a · 25-09-2014 5:21pm

People liked Franz Ferdinand because they couldn't buy Josef K CDs in the shops!

The_Captain · 29-09-2014 12:24pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I probably too old for this lark....but In my day.......:)
bands that actually refer to themselves as indie usually are not

I'm too old to bother with the whole "they're not real indie, they're mainstream" hipster argument.

daUbiq · 29-09-2014 12:50pm

The_Captain wrote: »

I'm too old to bother with the whole "they're not real indie, they're mainstream" hipster argument.

"Do I like it?" is all that matters! :rolleyes:

SilverScreen · 29-09-2014 6:54pm

It is a fairly dumb argument. You can definitely have mainstream success and still remain an indie artist.

Rothko · 29-09-2014 8:11pm

SilverScreen wrote: »

It is a fairly dumb argument. You can definitely have mainstream success and still remain an indie artist.

Like The Smiths.

deeks · 01-10-2014 5:55pm

Our Love to Admire is Interpol's best album.

iomega · 01-10-2014 6:59pm

The Wild Bunch wrote: »

The middleclass landfill indie sh*te that Ireland is churning out over the past few years is an all time low for Irish music

Yes. We need more bands that sound like Damien Dempsey & Aslan.

daUbiq · 02-10-2014 9:25am

iomega wrote: »

Yes. We need more bands that sound like Damien Dempsey & Aslan.

Definitely an unpopular opinion!

iamanengine · 04-10-2014 12:57pm

deeks wrote: »

Our Love to Admire is Interpol's best album.

Now there is an unpopular opinion :O Turn on the Bright Lights is a masterpiece imo and Antics is damn fine too!

alleystar · 06-10-2014 12:52am

The majority of artists associated with Popical Island are rubbish. There are a couple of exceptions, but the rest are incredibly crap.

Dubhthamlacht · 09-10-2014 5:00pm

alleystar wrote: »

The majority of artists associated with Popical Island are rubbish. There are a couple of exceptions, but the rest are incredibly crap.

I don't know about incredibly crap, but distinctly average, yes. There are a handful of absolute gems on that label.

mosstin · 09-10-2014 6:09pm

deeks wrote: »

Our Love to Admire is Interpol's best album once you take the dark beauty of Turn On The Bright Lights or the surprising immediacy of Antics out of the equation.

Well, when you put it like that, I concur.

karaokeman · 10-10-2014 12:56pm

Theodor Adorno was a crazy hipster.

OhHiMark · 10-10-2014 1:27pm

Surprising immediacy. There's a new one.

K4t · 14-10-2014 6:06pm

The Black Keys are overrated. Their sound is plain annoying and I switch them off any time they come on the radio. In fact I'd rather listen to Kodaline all day than the Black Keys.

MadYaker · 23-10-2014 1:34pm

K4t wrote: »

The Black Keys are overrated. Their sound is plain annoying and I switch them off any time they come on the radio. In fact I'd rather listen to Kodaline all day than the Black Keys.

If you're a 15 year old girl then this is perfectly understandable.

The_Captain · 23-10-2014 1:50pm

The Black Keys remind me of Jet. They both went for that classic rock Marc Bolan type of sound but both ended up being really annoying

crybaby · 28-10-2014 6:17am

Arcade Fire have gotten slightly worse with every album since Funeral and I really do mean slightly as I have always had a soft spot for Neon Bible

WatchWolf · 29-10-2014 3:12am

crybaby wrote: »

Arcade Fire have gotten slightly worse with every album since Funeral and I really do mean slightly as I have always had a soft spot for Neon Bible

That's a pretty popular opinion.

K4t · 30-10-2014 1:15am

crybaby wrote: »

Arcade Fire have gotten slightly worse with every album since Funeral and I really do mean slightly as I have always had a soft spot for Neon Bible

Suburbs > Funeral > Reflektor/Neon Bible

Funnily enough my favourite AF songs are on Reflektor (Afterlife) and Neon Bible (Intervention).

fleet_admiral · 18-02-2015 6:48pm

I love Blur but hate the album Think Tank

loyatemu · 18-02-2015 11:47pm

fleet_admiral wrote: »

I love Blur but hate the album Think Tank

Hated it when I first heard it but it's grown on me a lot since. It's closer in sound to Gorillaz or Damon's solo stuff than earlier Blur - give it another chance.

The_Captain · 19-02-2015 11:02am

Crazy Beat is probably the worst song on the album. It just sounds like a Fatboy Slim song

loyatemu · 19-02-2015 11:16am

The_Captain wrote: »

Crazy Beat is probably the worst song on the album. It just sounds like a Fatboy Slim song

"We've got a file on you" is ropey as well but the rest of the album is pretty good.

roll · 19-02-2015 12:46pm

today the beatles are meh.....

Birneybau · 19-02-2015 1:44pm

roll wrote: »

today the beatles are meh.....

And Yesterday?

Anyway, it's been said before but the Foo Fighters are fcuking woeful as is Noel Gallagher's latest stuff.

roll · 19-02-2015 4:17pm

Birneybau wrote: »

And Yesterday?

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I'd say it would have been cool in the sixties.....

mosstin · 19-02-2015 4:41pm

roll wrote: »

I'd say it would have been cool in the sixties.....

But in what way are they meh today?

fleet_admiral · 19-02-2015 4:53pm

The_Captain wrote: »

Crazy Beat is probably the worst song on the album. It just sounds like a Fatboy Slim song

Despise it. It has a real 'we made this song in 90 seconds as a filler' feel about it

roll · 20-02-2015 9:07am

mosstin wrote: »

But in what way are they meh today?

i just don't get the whole fawning over the beatles thing! this is a thread for unpopular opinions, right?!

mosstin · 20-02-2015 9:30am

roll wrote: »

i just don't get the whole fawning over the beatles thing! this is a thread for unpopular opinions, right?!

Which leaves those opinions open to question, right? Not a huge fan myself but can see how significant/influential they were in any era.

roll · 20-02-2015 1:29pm

Ive no doubt they were unbelievably influential at the time! I just find it a bit weird that 18 year olds still say that the beatles are their favourite band....

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