Top 5 Indie bands in ireland???

Soma2005

jtsuited wrote: »

i find fight like apes to be everything that's wrong with modern 'indie' music.

Finally someone with a bit of musical sense!!! I dunno what people see in this band!

For what it's worth:
1. Codes - http://www.myspace.com/codesofficial
2. BATS - http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=87721423&MyToken=bfa679cc-536c-4079-80a6-9853f177faa9
3. Avalanche Ammo - http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=173250096&MyToken=702b7c53-6c49-4458-a892-ad9f039315cc
4. The Kinetiks - http://www.myspace.com/kinetiks1
5. The Flaws

Loveless

Hybrasil
Dry County
Channel One
Ham Sandwich
Bufferfly Explosion

and
Fast Emperors (N.I.)

pity Waiting Room aren't still around, but there might be posthumous release #2 from them.

Ekels

Loveless wrote: »

pity Waiting Room aren't still around, but there might be posthumous release #2 from them.

And sources close to the band tell me that the new material was superb, much better than the first album.

Bell X1
God Is An Astronaut
Future Kings of Spain
The Frames
Turn (the members are still in Ireland!)

sprinkles

Killaqueen!!! wrote: »

The Immediate are really good.

were unfortunately... pity

Pat D. Almighty

jtsuited wrote: »

i find fight like apes to be everything that's wrong with modern 'indie' music.

Everything? Why do you think that? No, it's the bland ****e that's afraid to do something different. That's what's wrong with modern, and as you put it, 'indie' music.
Fair enough, they aren't doing anything that leftfield, but it's better than them trying to be The Frames, Nirvana, Radiohead and The Strokes, which is what I often see most nights of the week in Dublin.
Fight Like Apes are good. That's my opinion anyway

Ekels

Pat D. Almighty wrote: »

Everything? Why do you think that? No, it's the bland ****e that's afraid to do something different. That's what's wrong with modern, and as you put it, 'indie' music.
Fair enough, they aren't doing anything that leftfield, but it's better than them trying to be The Frames, Nirvana, Radiohead and The Strokes, which is what I often see most nights of the week in Dublin.
Fight Like Apes are good. That's my opinion anyway

I agree, and their not doing the whole guitar-pop, little riff and a power chord stuff, a la the flaws, delorentos, maccabees etc.

Ho-Hum

Ham Sandwich are quite good

Musoabuso

Vesta varro from Limerick are very good. Should catch them live, wipe any Irish band off the stage that I've seen of late. www.myspace.com/vestavarro

Jape , Ham Sandwich also stand out.

Director could go on to do great things.

Me likes Cathy Davey too.

SprostonGreen

Neosupervital
The Hot Sprockets
Fight Like Apes
TwinKranes
The Chalets

jtsuited

Pat D. Almighty wrote: »

Everything? Why do you think that? No, it's the bland ****e that's afraid to do something different. That's what's wrong with modern, and as you put it, 'indie' music.
Fair enough, they aren't doing anything that leftfield, but it's better than them trying to be The Frames, Nirvana, Radiohead and The Strokes, which is what I often see most nights of the week in Dublin.
Fight Like Apes are good. That's my opinion anyway

so synthpop influenced indie with a female singer that tries ever so hard to be mega-quirky is original?

gencaveman

Super extra bonus party
adebesi shank
jape
terrodyctal
blonde majority

iamhunted

79cortinaz, large mound, dudleys, ham sandwich, secret police, ilya k , windings, kill city defectors

gencaveman

should also mention...

dark room notes
mighty stef
dry county
noise control
les bien
evil harrisons
hypbrasil
hooray for humans
jimmy cake

ders alot around right now...

Ekels

One the basis of the single Ham Sandwich released recently, the album shouldn't be up to much.

Poltergoose

None! they are all rubbish and should be dragged out and hung from O'Connell bridge.Ireland cant have an alternative scene because its a country full of arrogant stnuc!

Xavi6

Poltergoose wrote: »

None! they are all rubbish and should be dragged out and hung from O'Connell bridge.Ireland cant have an alternative scene because its a country full of arrogant stnuc!

Having read your posts in various threads today it seems to me that you are nothing more than a music snob. You haven't posted one positive thing and it's people like you who this forum could do without.

stolenwine

1. Pony Club (Not the new young pony club!)
2. Channel One
3. Stars of Heaven
4. Director

And as an extra bonus none of them are an ginger arrogant tosser who starred in a movie called "once upon a time" or somefink...

I forgot our northern cousins-

1.Stiff little fingers
2.The Undertones
3.Ash (for old times sake)
4.The divine comedy?

I'm reaching....

Bren_M.Records

iamhunted wrote: »

79cortinaz, large mound, dudleys, ham sandwich, secret police, ilya k , windings, kill city defectors

Iv recently bought 79cortinaz and Kill City Defectors albums and I gotta say they are both top notch, definitally up there with the more high profile Irish acts doing the rounds at the moment.

On another note the album Im really looking forward to this year (hopefully) is twinKranes, these guys are amazing and I'd advise everyone to check them out on myspace.

Bren_M.Records

Poltergoose wrote: »

None! they are all rubbish and should be dragged out and hung from O'Connell bridge.Ireland cant have an alternative scene because its a country full of arrogant stnuc!

I'd agree that Ireland hasnt got an "alternative scene" as such.
I would however take issue with your reason as to why this is the case as I feel your answer is only partly correct!

DadaKopf

Bren_M.Records wrote: »

I'd agree that Ireland hasnt got an "alternative scene" as such.
I would however take issue with your reason as to why this is the case as I feel your answer is only partly correct!

What do you mean 'alternative scene'? If by 'not mainstream', or even 'underground', then you couldn't be more wrong!

Bren_M.Records

DadaKopf wrote: »

What do you mean 'alternative scene'? If by 'not mainstream', or even 'underground', then you couldn't be more wrong!

That comment was said in jest as much as anything.

In gernal though I dont really believe there is much in the way of alternative or underground music scenes in Ireland when compared to the UK for example.
I know alot of it is down to the fact that we have a far smaller population here but I also think theres an element of Irish people being more into the "mainstream" when compared to their UK countrparts.

rowlandbrowner

We don’t have an underground “scene” because we don’t have an established mainstream one operating in this country. We have the glass ceiling effect, bands can only get to a certain level operating domestically.

jtsuited

we don't have an underground scene because no bands are really putting out great stuff. End of story. There also seems to be more overhyping and sh1te-talking done in the 'alternative' scene than there would be in any mainstream corporate driven industry!

iamhunted

we don't have an underground scene because no bands are really putting out great stuff.

to be able to say that with authority you'd probably have to listen to every single band's release. theres some fantastic stuff out there.

Bren_M.Records

jtsuited wrote: »

we don't have an underground scene because no bands are really putting out great stuff. End of story. There also seems to be more overhyping and sh1te-talking done in the 'alternative' scene than there would be in any mainstream corporate driven industry!

Ye reckon?
Check out this crew from Cork:
http://www.myspace.com/subrosa06

From Galway:
http://www.myspace.com/thedisconnect4

rowlandbrowner

Bren_M.Records wrote: »

From Galway:
http://www.myspace.com/thedisconnect4

a "new wave" band formed in the 00's..... their intended wave is pretty old by now.

note: im not slagging them off musicaly, i have no opinion either way on that.

jtsuited

Bren_M.Records wrote: »

Ye reckon?
Check out this crew from Cork:
http://www.myspace.com/subrosa06

From Galway:
http://www.myspace.com/thedisconnect4

oh i take it all back. those two bands are absolutely mindblowing. better than beethoven. i can really see people everywhere on hearing this music go into a frenzy at how good it is. governments will fall!!!

pathetic.:rolleyes:

Bren_M.Records

Jayzus lads, talk about being hypocrits.
On the one hand your giving out about there being no alternative or underground scene.
On the other hand you just slag off people who are out there trying to make things happen without using expensive PR or record labels.
Tis no wonder alot of potentially very good artists are put off trying to make a go of it in this country.

Miguel_Sanchez

Clubs like Stress in Galway are doing good things for Irish music.

Getting in a lot of bands that people wouldn't hear of normally.

www.myspace.com/stressahah

ANarcho-Munk

jtsuited wrote: »

we don't have an underground scene because no bands are really putting out great stuff. End of story. There also seems to be more overhyping and sh1te-talking done in the 'alternative' scene than there would be in any mainstream corporate driven industry!

You're not trying hard enough.