Playlouder - Music is the Network

Erm..

So, can't quite bring myself to write the reviews I was going to. Too busy trying to get into hip new up-and-coming music.

So what does everyone make of that BBC list thingie:

1. Adele
3. The Ting Tings
5. Foals
7. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
9. MGMT
2. Duffy
4. Glasvegas
6. Vampire Weekend
8. Black Kids
10. Santogold

Hmm... what's wrong with that. Anyway, naturally I've heard of almost none of them. Wouldn't give Foals the time of day. Am not entirely sure that the best of international musical talent all comes from the same little school in London (re: Adele) but then, I do rate Katie Melua VERY highly. And that one Adele song was alright.

Duffy? Alright. Not my thing.

Joe Lean and the Hilariously names band? Hmm. still can't recall what they sound like but he's got a nice face.

I think I like that Ting tings song now after 3 listens. I enjoy the 'chat' interface, as it doesn't pressure one into pretending to know more about stuff than one does.

How about that One More Grain, eh? Pretty hip, I hear...

And now it's only posted 10% of my large and comprehensive chat

How irritating

Where has the rest gone?

Based on that BBC thing:

1. Adele - quite like that one song but am loathe to acquiesce (?) that all the good music of the world comes from one little very gay school in London. Though, Katie Melua did...
3. The Ting Tings - like that one song after 3rd listen.
5. Foals - wouldn't give them the time of day.
7. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong - Still can't remember their song after hearing it many times. Nice face though.
9. MGMT - what?
2. Duffy - alright. not my thing.
4. Glasvegas - F#$%&&. Listen to 'Geraldine' on their MySpace. Awesome.
6. Vampire Weekend - Yeah alright.
8. Black Kids - What?
10. Santogold - Where?

So yeah. Here's my 10 to watch (not necessarily new bands, just ones I'll be watching in a sort of pervy voyeurish way:

1 - One More Fucking Grain - Mojo faves
2 - Glasvegas - Hope I'm not sick of them by Feb/ Hope I can get into a non-wembley sized gig
3 - The MEads of Asphodel - because someone's got to
4 - Antichrisis - Finally the follow-up to '98's syupendous 'A Legacy of Love'?
5 - Aes Dana - 3rd album for French Pagan metal band? Will it see them get signed by a reasonably sized label? Probably not - they're a French pagan metal band.
6 - British Sea Power - little known band from south england or something. Anyone wants to sell me a ticket to a london show I'm in.
7 - Pydos in Spydos - Will this be the year for these elusive genii to unleash their perverted pop into our unsuspecting ears? Who knows? Not me, certainly.
8 - Erm I don't really know jack shit about new music but I'm looking forward to my brother's new album!
9 - Also, hopefully The Boggs will finally do a UK tour.
10 - And perhaps the controversy surrounding my debut album will disperse and I can arise like a lobster from mashed potato and maybe even learn to play a 'D' on my ukelele.

1. Adele - quite like that one song but am loathe to acquiesce (?) that all the good music of the world comes from one little very gay school in London. Though, Katie Melua did...
3. The Ting Tings - like that one song after 3rd listen.
5. Foals - wouldn't give them the time of day.
7. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong - Still can't remember their song after hearing it many times. Nice face though.
9. MGMT - what?
2. Duffy - alright. not my thing.
4. Glasvegas - F#$%&&. Listen to 'Geraldine' on their MySpace. Awesome.
6. Vampire Weekend - Yeah alright.
8. Black Kids - What?
10. Santogold - Where?

So yeah. Here's my 10 to watch (not necessarily new bands, just ones I'll be watching in a sort of pervy voyeurish way:

1 - One More Fucking Grain - Mojo faves
2 - Glasvegas - Hope I'm not sick of them by Feb/ Hope I can get into a non-wembley sized gig
3 - The MEads of Asphodel - because someone's got to
4 - Antichrisis - Finally the follow-up to '98's syupendous 'A Legacy of Love'?
5 - Aes Dana - 3rd album for French Pagan metal band? Will it see them get signed by a reasonably sized label? Probably not - they're a French pagan metal band.
6 - British Sea Power - little known band from south england or something. Anyone wants to sell me a ticket to a london show I'm in.
7 - Pydos in Spydos - Will this be the year for these elusive genii to unleash their perverted pop into our unsuspecting ears? Who knows? Not me, certainly.
8 - Erm I don't really know jack shit about new music but I'm looking forward to my brother's new album!
9 - Also, hopefully The Boggs will finally do a UK tour.
10 - And perhaps the controversy surrounding my debut album will disperse and I can arise like a lobster from mashed potato and maybe even learn to play a 'D' on my ukelele.

3. The Ting Tings - like that one song after 3rd listen.
5. Foals - wouldn't give them the time of day.
7. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong - Still can't remember their song after hearing it many times. Nice face though.
9. MGMT - what?
2. Duffy - alright. not my thing.
4. Glasvegas - F#$%&&. Listen to 'Geraldine' on their MySpace. Awesome.
6. Vampire Weekend - Yeah alright.
8. Black Kids - What?
10. Santogold - Where?

So yeah. Here's my 10 to watch (not necessarily new bands, just ones I'll be watching in a sort of pervy voyeurish way:

1 - One More Fucking Grain - Mojo faves
2 - Glasvegas - Hope I'm not sick of them by Feb/ Hope I can get into a non-wembley sized gig
3 - The MEads of Asphodel - because someone's got to
4 - Antichrisis - Finally the follow-up to '98's syupendous 'A Legacy of Love'?
5 - Aes Dana - 3rd album for French Pagan metal band? Will it see them get signed by a reasonably sized label? Probably not - they're a French pagan metal band.
6 - British Sea Power - little known band from south england or something. Anyone wants to sell me a ticket to a london show I'm in.
7 - Pydos in Spydos - Will this be the year for these elusive genii to unleash their perverted pop into our unsuspecting ears? Who knows? Not me, certainly.
8 - Erm I don't really know jack shit about new music but I'm looking forward to my brother's new album!
9 - Also, hopefully The Boggs will finally do a UK tour.
10 - And perhaps the controversy surrounding my debut album will disperse and I can arise like a lobster from mashed potato and maybe even learn to play a 'D' on my ukelele.

5. Foals - wouldn't give them the time of day.
7. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong - Still can't remember their song after hearing it many times. Nice face though.
9. MGMT - what?
2. Duffy - alright. not my thing.
4. Glasvegas - F#$%&&. Listen to 'Geraldine' on their MySpace. Awesome.
6. Vampire Weekend - Yeah alright.
8. Black Kids - What?
10. Santogold - Where?

So yeah. Here's my 10 to watch (not necessarily new bands, just ones I'll be watching in a sort of pervy voyeurish way:

1 - One More Fucking Grain - Mojo faves
2 - Glasvegas - Hope I'm not sick of them by Feb/ Hope I can get into a non-wembley sized gig
3 - The MEads of Asphodel - because someone's got to
4 - Antichrisis - Finally the follow-up to '98's syupendous 'A Legacy of Love'?
5 - Aes Dana - 3rd album for French Pagan metal band? Will it see them get signed by a reasonably sized label? Probably not - they're a French pagan metal band.
6 - British Sea Power - little known band from south england or something. Anyone wants to sell me a ticket to a london show I'm in.
7 - Pydos in Spydos - Will this be the year for these elusive genii to unleash their perverted pop into our unsuspecting ears? Who knows? Not me, certainly.
8 - Erm I don't really know jack shit about new music but I'm looking forward to my brother's new album!
9 - Also, hopefully The Boggs will finally do a UK tour.
10 - And perhaps the controversy surrounding my debut album will disperse and I can arise like a lobster from mashed potato and maybe even learn to play a 'D' on my ukelele.

7. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong - Still can't remember their song after hearing it many times. Nice face though.

9. MGMT - what?

2. Duffy - alright. not my thing.

4. Glasvegas - F#$%&&. Listen to 'Geraldine' on their MySpace. Awesome.

6. Vampire Weekend - Yeah alright.

8. Black Kids - What?

10. Santogold - Where?

So yeah. Here's my 10 to watch (not necessarily new bands, just ones I'll be watching in a sort of pervy voyeurish way:

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Or should that be ):?

1 - One More Fucking Grain - Mojo faves

2 - Glasvegas - Hope I'm not sick of them by Feb/ Hope I can get into a non-wembley sized gig

3 - The MEads of Asphodel - because someone's got to

4 - Antichrisis - Finally the follow-up to '98's stupendous 'A Legacy of Love'?

5 - Aes Dana - 3rd album for French Pagan metal band? Will it see them get signed by a reasonably sized label? Probably not - they're a French pagan metal band.

6 - British Sea Power - little known band from south england or something. Anyone wants to sell me a ticket to a london show I'm in.

7 - Pydos in Spydos - Will this be the year for these elusive genii to unleash their perverted pop into our unsuspecting ears? Who knows? Not me, certainly.

8 - Erm I don't really know jack shit about new music but I'm looking forward to my brother's new album!

9 - Also, hopefully The Boggs will finally do a UK tour.

10 - And perhaps the controversy surrounding my debut album will disperse and I can arise like a lobster from mashed potato and maybe even learn to play a 'D' on my ukelele.

I see now what has happened

Every time I try start a new line it insists on a new post - a new picture and a new time - so people can see how slowly I type/ copy and paste and so that it looks like I'm having a conversation with myself

Which I basically am now.

Yeah I know it syas all that on the right.

Aha

Now I see - I forgot to publish it.

Well, back to work. Later!

you can get a multiline input box by clicking the little down pointing arrow thing under the scrollbar, just abouve the chat inputting box. We probably need to make that a little more obvious!

But yeah, One More Grain deserve widespread fame and adulation this year, without a doubt

and you're about the millionth person to reccomend Glasvegas to me, so I really should have a listen

Less impressed with Vampire Weekend though - was thoroughly underwhelmed by their album the other day

Yeah? I'm not convinced either, but I've only heard the one. I wish I could delete 90% of the repeated stuff up there. It looks like one of my essays on 18th century lit now, but even less deceptive.

Maybe when I'm more sobre I'm better at working the controls. Wouldn't be allowed to operate some machinery after a few glasses of wine. Or cars. Or guitars.

a few glasses of cars? I should bloody hope not.

Fair point.

would have been fine as content

rather than chat

Well, the idea was that it'd get people involved, but now that seems unlikely

That bbc list looks like it was compiled by Vince Noir - far too trendy and full of pointless forgettable crap. The fact Circulus have disbanded after getting nowhere does not fill me with hope for the future, unless they get revived in ten years time and become the next velvet underground type of thing, as they rightfully should.

Let's see if I can come up with a list then. In no particular order:

No I can't

I can only think of the Koolaid Electric Company and Envy and Other Sins, and then a load of stuff done by people from old bands I like

Julian Cope does a good job of talking up some new stuff on www.themodernantiquarian.com

Vampire Weekend? What an appalling name. Sounds like a 6th form fashion project run by a couple of daddy's girl rich goths who've never heard of any of the original 80s goth bands. I can't be bothered to investigate

Foals is an even worse name. Not as bad as the music or the posturing though. Them and Klaxons. And the Gossip. Punk funk/nu-rave/electro or whatever utter cunts.

And the fucking Horrors. Vince Noir even goes on stage with them in one episode

Yeah The Horrors are vapid and classically 'so last year next year from the word go'. Julian cope is a dude. He released Cadaverous Condition's death folk compilation. He's second to NONE.

Envy and Other Sins won that godawful extended-mobile-phone-advert-cum-talent-show on Channel 4 last year.

But a few of the bands on there weren't bad

The Bad Robots being perhaps the most notable, in my mind

However, the majority of them were skinny-trouser-legged sneering cunts though

skinny jeans are so out. It's all about wearing wedding dresses and carrying toy machine guns now. Or it will be soon. Trust me.

the return of wayne county

who bizarrely or not figures in sting's autobiography which i have just read

anyone have a link for the BBC list? By the odd numbering it looks like some were ommitted from sven's list..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7163404.stm

ta!