Is music dead as of 2008? (indie, member, show, quote)

boo boo · 04-01-2008, 02:06 PM

Examples of what?

What I don't like?

Well damn. It would be a rather long list if I had to name everyone, so I'll just keep it small and pick out the main culprits.

Modest Mouse..... SURPRISE =D
Feist
Patrick Wolf
Bright Eyes
Interpol
Von Bondies
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Broken Social Scene
Devendra Banhart

sleepy jack · 04-01-2008, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enemyat_thesix

whoops, I never said music had to be new or groundbreaking to be "good".

you lose.

and rainard, I listen to quite a deal of non-EDM, though increasingly less so as it all becomes the same. to be quite honest, i've become quite jaded. name a band, and, if i've heard them, i can probably name at least 2 other bands that sound like them.

whoops, I never said you said that I said by your logic.

you lose.

adidasss · 04-01-2008, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boo boo

Examples of what?

"of the quality of the music that defines the so called scene."

boo boo · 04-01-2008, 02:21 PM

Sorry, my edit was a little late.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-01-2008, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boo boo

Examples of what?

What I don't like?

Well damn. It would be a rather long list if I had to name everyone, so I'll just keep it small and pick out the main culprits.

Modest Mouse..... SURPRISE =D
Feist
Patrick Wolf
Bright Eyes
Interpol
Von Bondies
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Broken Social Scene
Devendra Banhart

HE said 2008 not 2003

boo boo · 04-01-2008, 02:26 PM

I don't recall him asking for artists that are popular now, I thought he meant in general.

I don't even post on anything relating to Indie anymore, so I have absolutely no idea whats popular now, and I'm fine with that.

adidasss · 04-01-2008, 02:29 PM

Any "indie" bands you do like?

boo boo · 04-01-2008, 02:47 PM

Certainly. Not many that are popular now, save Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket and Neutral Milk Hotel, like a little Arcade Fire as well.

Most of the indie I like is 80s and 90s. Pixies, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, dEUS, Pavement, stuff like that.

I also like post and math rock, which is associated with Indie, but oddly enough, also associated with prog.

Rainard Jalen · 04-01-2008, 02:55 PM

It is true, indie's come full circle. Prog bands like Battles (did anybody actually like "Mirrored" from last year?) are now considered indie.

I would say though that on the basis of what you've written boo boo, you're probably more affiliated with "mainstream" indie and may not have heard enough of the scene on the whole.

Piss Me Off · 04-01-2008, 03:02 PM

I didn't really like Mirrored, but i remember a lot of people raving about them.

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Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	It is true, indie's come full circle. Prog bands like Battles (did anybody actually like "Mirrored" from last year?) are now considered indie. I would say though that on the basis of what you've written boo boo, you're probably more affiliated with "mainstream" indie and may not have heard enough of the scene on the whole.