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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen
Out of interest, would you consider yourself part of the scene? If so, what do you think the main problems are that have led to this ridiculous decline? And tell me, are people generally really excited about some of these terrible new unsigned bands or do they deep down kinda realize that the scene's got a bit lame?
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I'm probably too old to be considered part of the scene but I do have an (un)healthy addiction to new music. I think that one of the main problems that has led to the decline is the upsurge in social networking sites like MySpaz, which tends to spawn a plethora of crap in the hopes of replicating an Arctic Monkeys style world domination scenario.
In the past, finding new music was a real journey - you had to make an effort to go to gigs and find radio or TV shows that might just play a few minutes of something good. Now it's too easy to look on the web, read NME, watch MTV2 or listen to Zane Lowe and just be 'told' what you should be listening to. It's good that there are so many outlets for new music but it's also limiting if your band doesn't quite fit the profile of what the media deems to be 'cool' this week. And yes, I do think they realise that deep down the scene and many of the bands are indeed lame.
Oh, by the way - I agree that Los Campesinos are one of the best new UK Indie bands of 2007 along with Fields and a handful of others!