Backstage (what is backstage called when it's on a train anyway?) on the original Festival Express. At least they look like they're having fun. Unlike Señor Banjo above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_dkavLVcN0
― B-Boy Bualadh Bos (ecuador_with_a_c), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
tbh this is already is po'white folk minstrelsy
― dis civilization and its contents (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
So climb on board for a vibrant, raucous railway adventure. Filled with joyous crowds, late night laughter, endless music…and a train that was bound for glory.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
It lives.
Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce the details of their forthcoming second album. Babel will be released through Glassnote Records on September 25th, 2012. It is produced by Markus Dravs. "We are more than excited to release Babel into the world. We had started writing new songs well before we got into the studio to record. At first, we peeled ourselves off the road quite reluctantly. We love playing live, obviously, but it had also become an important part of our creative process, we had been writing and rehearsing in soundchecks, and sort of 'road-testing' new songs on our very gracious audiences. But then we fell in love with recording again. The album started to come together, and with the help of Markus Dravs once more (and engineer Robin Baynton), we started to relish the challenge of making this album. As a band, we've never been closer or more collaborative, all working to our strengths. And so we feel that this record is a natural progression that we're proud of, and we cannot wait to take it out on the road." - Mumford & Sons
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 July 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
interview with the bawheid who signed these fucks in the guardian today
― text:gabbneb AND displayName:gabbneb (nakhchivan), Monday, 16 July 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jul/15/island-records-darcus-beese
― text:gabbneb AND displayName:gabbneb (nakhchivan), Monday, 16 July 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
It's kind of a nice story if you ignore all the terrible, terrible music he has helped put out.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Monday, 16 July 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
ha yeah that's a good summary
― text:gabbneb AND displayName:gabbneb (nakhchivan), Monday, 16 July 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
i've heard 30 secs of this band's music to my knowledge, this pic doesn't make me want to hear more
http://media.avclub.com/images/414/414265/16x9/627.jpg?9162
― omar little, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 06:59 (eleven years ago) link
My wife hates them, but she's the greatest.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 07:16 (eleven years ago) link
is that Brendan Fraser on the left?
― fadanuf4erybody, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 07:24 (eleven years ago) link
You look at that picture and you wonder how long before Mumford & Sons decide they want to sound like Springsteen with banjos.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 11:05 (eleven years ago) link
what is that weird pose the blue-shirted one is doing
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 11:06 (eleven years ago) link
like is he trying to have swagger or be sexy or...something else that he's failing to do
can't believe one of them is married to carey mulligan
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 11:07 (eleven years ago) link
Dommy P OTM:
Dom @ichlugebulletsClick on the "Mumford and Sons" TT, see lots of middle aged men go "hey, I hate this mainstream band, I'm still cool right?"
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 11:08 (eleven years ago) link
you just c/ped dom p :o
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 11:09 (eleven years ago) link
Imagine the energy wasted on 'hating' bands as a grown man, jesus.
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think it takes much energy
i can hate mumford & sons while lying down having a rest
i can hate mumford & sons without even thinking about it tbh
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 11:12 (eleven years ago) link
some kinds of hate to take a lot of time and energy but i would ask your mate dom about that
*do
The point is not to hate them. The point is to point and laugh at these ridiculous faux-yokel posh cunts.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 11:13 (eleven years ago) link
i felt a little disgust when they did that weird racist irish youtube.
but yeah i was talking about these with a friend at the weekend and it was nice to realise i couldn't remember any of their music.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 11:18 (eleven years ago) link
you just dont get his brand of comedy, lex, its not your fault.
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 11:50 (eleven years ago) link
can we still call them Cuntford and Cunts?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
always "sons of mumford, load of retarded irish folk singers" forever imo
― you got mayo in my paleo (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 12:54 (eleven years ago) link
mumfords cumlords
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 12:58 (eleven years ago) link
xpost english
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 12:58 (eleven years ago) link
Hunt3r refers to Mark E Smith's complaint near the top of the thread.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
my least favorite thing about everything
― marginal victory, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
if british people want bluegrass, why don't they just listen to bluegrass? idgi
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
Even Via Brother couldn't bring themselves to 'Go Mumford'
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
Intro of a live review I did:
It may seem risky to launch a big tour before your hotly anticipated second album hits the shelves, but rest assured: Mumford & Sons’ sophomore release “Babel” (due September 24) doesn’t hit any beats that its smash debut “Sigh No More” failed to hit. “Beat,” of course, being the operative word here, as Mumford & Sons’ M.O. has thus far been to over-inflate boilerplate folk and roots cliches to anthem size and beat you over the head with them.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
Punch Brothers>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Mumford & Sons
― Cliftonb, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
They don't want to listen to bluegrass, they want to listen to lumpy stadium rock with banjos.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 09:13 (eleven years ago) link
Thugfolk.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 10:28 (eleven years ago) link
In which xhuxk lays down the law:
http://www.spin.com/reviews/mumford-and-sons-babel-gentlemen-of-the-roadglassnote
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
"This ain't no sham / I am what I am/Though I may speak some tongue of old / Or even spit out some holy word."
I want a spoken word project with this guy, Bono and Chris Martin, ASAP.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
xposting Punch Brothers is so above and beyond this stuff it's barely comparable, though yeah, they both have banjos.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
In which Tom Hiddleston and Ewan McGregor reveal themselves to be profoundly, enthusiastically uncool. Read the whole conversation:
https://twitter.com/twhiddleston/status/251065139535695873
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
McGregor's an actor, he only pretends to be cool people in movies.
― a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009X766E.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
"Music composed to Heywood Jablonsky"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 27 September 2012 09:29 (eleven years ago) link
600k opening week
Babel posted the biggest first-week tally for a rock album since AC/DC's Black Ice debuted with sales of 784K in October 2008.
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 08:58 (eleven years ago) link
Americans: you have the Carolina Chocolate Drops. You even have Steve Martin. Why go for this bunch of pleomorphic Strawbs wannabes?
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 09:33 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder the very same thing myself.
― deusner ex machina, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
Why blame America on this one? I have a hunch lots of people like these doofuses.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
But WHY?
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
Why do people like the taste of Diet Coke?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
Because it's REAL music made by REAL people and REAL instruments, none of this computer-press-a-button hyper-produced stuff that's in the charts. And they mean it, man. For heaven's sake, they're almost Christians, aren't they? What's not to like? Middle America loves 'em just like Daily Mail reading Middle England does.
(I don't like 'em, just in case you wondered. Have managed to avoid them as much as humanly possible, what I heard I hated)
― Rob M Revisited, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link