my fave indie bands some are alt bands too (soundtrack, rock)

adidasss · 10-02-2005, 05:51 PM

actually franz ferdinand and the arcade fire WERE in fact hyped as the next big thing by the NME...so please, don't think that just because NME really likes a band it sucks....that would make YOU a snobbish ass....some people like maximo park, the kaiser chiefs and razorlight...i personally don't but i still check out anything NME recommends....and, what do you know, i can actually make a decision if a like a band or not for myself even if NME likes them...who would have thought it....

Expletive Deleted · 10-02-2005, 10:13 PM

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actually franz ferdinand and the arcade fire WERE in fact hyped as the next big thing by the NME...so please, don't think that just because NME really likes a band it sucks....that would make YOU a snobbish ass....some people like maximo park, the kaiser chiefs and razorlight...i personally don't but i still check out anything NME recommends....and, what do you know, i can actually make a decision if a like a band or not for myself even if NME likes them...who would have thought it....

Oh please. Stop trying to turn this into some Snob vs. Non-Snob thing, or trying to make me into some close-minded elitist who hates everything that isn't on some one-band record label out of Bum****ville, Arkansas.

You know full well what I mean when I say bands that the NME hypes. 10 years from now do you think anybody will remember Razorlight? Kasabian? The Futureheads?

No. And that's what seperates the good from the bad when it comes to the NME. They try so hard to be the magazine that broke the next big thing, that they'll put any band with a record deal on the cover if they think they're it.

Obviously, the NME is sometimes correct in naming good bands, but as I stated in another thread where you hounded me for this, a good portion of the bands are utter ****.

beardovstars · 10-02-2005, 10:53 PM

look adidass I used to love the nme but after ten years of the next greatest band to change your life it becomes a bit hard to take seriously.
This isnt to say that all the bands they champion are crap. Just to say that if you hype every other band as genius your not really gonna be taken to seriously when you get one right.
That said its a great read at times.
expletive...heard a bit of that m83 disc..thought it sounded pretty cool..is it on your recommends list as well as your ipod?
Thanks for the tip on the band hookerd with machine guns. Will check it out.

Expletive Deleted · 10-02-2005, 11:00 PM

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expletive...heard a bit of that m83 disc..thought it sounded pretty cool..is it on your recommends list as well as your ipod?

Yep, it's amazing. One of my favorites of this year.

adidasss · 10-03-2005, 03:45 AM

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Oh please. Stop trying to turn this into some Snob vs. Non-Snob thing, or trying to make me into some close-minded elitist who hates everything that isn't on some one-band record label out of Bum****ville, Arkansas.

You know full well what I mean when I say bands that the NME hypes. 10 years from now do you think anybody will remember Razorlight? Kasabian? The Futureheads?

No. And that's what seperates the good from the bad when it comes to the NME. They try so hard to be the magazine that broke the next big thing, that they'll put any band with a record deal on the cover if they think they're it.

Obviously, the NME is sometimes correct in naming good bands, but as I stated in another thread where you hounded me for this, a good portion of the bands are utter ****.

i "hounded" you for it and was annoyed by you because you dissmissed the mere idea that the kooks could be a decent band simply because nme might have written about them, which is rediculous, i agree that they have hits and misses as far as new bands are concerened, but the fact is that they try to promote new music and discover new bands and therefore they are a good way to get to know some new music, if you don't like it ok, no biggy, but don't dismiss it just because nme says they're good, because the band you missed like that could be as good as franz ferdinand ( which, if i'm not mistaken, you like)...

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