a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis

swagger action shot

Given that I spent over a decade of my life working at a rehearsal studio in Camden, I'm amazed I haven't recognised any of these fuckwits yet. Only a matter of time surely, I feel like I've met them all.

most likeable band of the day:

http://www.montrosemusicfestival.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Boston-Tea-Party-800x533.jpg

Impressive - they've almost perfectly nailed an early 1970s family photos feeling. Yellow-check in particular has the time-travel vibe.

lead guy in swagger action shot looks if he's just popped out of the office and put his denim shirt on over his work clothes

"So what do you want to do in this photoshoot?"

"How about if I fart on the bass player?" (xp)

http://www.merc.com/media/wysiwyg/blog/the-monday-club-01.jpg

"is it ok if my dad joins the band?"

Another Spot the Drummer pic

is that ed cassidy?

Ha!

Andy gray and Casey affleck who knew

"I swear on me nan's grave."

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture14.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture15.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture12.jpg

is that Dennis Wise in the stripey cardigan?

This thread is basically Young to semi-young no hopers 1995Madchen would travel forward in time to have lots of sex with. Unfortunately.

http://www.merc.com/uploads/blog/2013/The%20Repeat%20Offenders/band_merc.jpg

Who are your style icons?
Andrew – Tom Meighan from ‘Kasabian’
Graham – Miles Kane
Issac – Serge from ‘Kasabian’
Steve – Paul Weller

this is how you do it iirc:

http://blurtonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Flamin-Groovies-1978.jpg

http://deltasonicrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gsuzukis-450x300.jpg

http://rockulusmaximus.com/images/QandAGENERALBUTTONS/ROGERDEERINGSMASHFASHION/RDEERING1.jpg

I'm kinda stumped trying to come up with a US equivalent, although I guarantee there more than a couple American bands that would fit in this presentation.

They're called Smash Fashion btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8KdtGxkUjs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypJfOVNL5i0

Multiple x-post, but our "most likeable band of the day", Boston Tea Party, are local to me. I have seen the name on posters but have not heard a note.

Would like to drop all these bands into a giant arena and watch them reel with astonishment that anyone else is sporting their startlingly original and edgy aesthetic. And then fight to the death - every last one. No victors.

having investigated Archimède a bit further I found this video which is actually pretty cute, I would like to withdraw them from the thread, the French maybe not capable of nailing the workaday crapness essential here

http://youtu.be/p-SaOAx5lsw

http://gp1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/802892/production_public/Artist/166881/image/small/SVJbest0005_1288866788.jpg

http://www.elfm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/SVJ.jpg

this whole thread is so...wow. it takes the idea of the embarrassing school photo to new levels. but if you look at the whole thing it turns into some dreary and ancient folk/cultural uniform. like they are beyond rock or being a band or musicians. you have to be pretty deep into a subculture to want to look like that. the mod thing in 2015 is pretty hard to grasp if you aren't from england. i just listened to the band that bonehead is in now just to see what kinda awful sub-Oasis hijinks ex-Oasis people are up to and it's barely even rock music. it's like listening to terrible folk music! it's almost like its built to repel outsiders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE-z00w-v7M

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/58485747/Messiah+Edinburgh+1.jpg

MESSIAH are a 5 piece Indie Rock band from Edinburgh. Formed in November 2009, the band are heavily influenced by british bands such as Oasis, The Stone Roses, Verve and Kasabian.

Messiah believe the music scene is going backwards in the UK and strive to resurrect the sound of the 90’s whilst applying a modern day twist.

"but our "most likeable band of the day", Boston Tea Party, are local to me. I have seen the name on posters but have not heard a note."

they have some big fancy shoes to fill...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oqaD1QwaL.jpg

xp he's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy (sorry)

http://gp1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/802892/production_public/Artist/792923/image/1319213913_Messiah___280.JPG

always helps when you've got a mate doing Photoshop at night school

http://louderthanwar.com/wp-content/uploads/NOVATONES.jpg

Messiah believe the music scene is going backwards in the UK and strive to resurrect the sound of the 90’s whilst applying a modern day twist.

― there can be only (onimo), Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:47 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Christ, I don't even know where to begin with this...

we're going back ... to the future!

ps the future was yesterday

Messiah believe the music scene is going backwards in the UK and strive to resurrect the sound of the 90’s

And from further upthread

The band describes themselves as having a very raw and original sound, it’s a sound that mimics the 1960s

I find this wilful commitment to a specific kind of contradiction strangely laudable.

Like, I'm noticing that in a lot of these bands' blurbs they keep claiming they're adding something new to their template of the usual influences... but what?

It's a Pierre Menard thing

http://www.britevents.com/img/news/razorlight-party-on-local-band-tour-bus.jpg

The contradiction is essentially "we're in thrall to the sounds of the '60s and other bands since the '60s that are in thrall to the sounds of the '60s, and we believe that music has to stay within this template and never move away from this template because if music does move away from this template, then it's moving backwards. BUT WAIT, WE'RE ACTUALLY A MODERN BAND, WE'RE RELEVANT TO THIS DECADE!!! RELEVANT, I TELL YOU!!!"

The ClockTower are creating their collective sound by combining Brit-pop and mod vibes together… Brit-pod? Well, whatever you’d like to call it, the outcome of their music will always be more than admirable. But a genre is just a genre without talented band members coming together to create some commendable noise. Lucky enough, this Wolverhampton four-piece have “Hilda”, “Krishna”, “Ringo” and “Jonny Big Back”, all great musicians who bring something to the table.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uj4X0cS99jk/UPfRn12F5-I/AAAAAAAAHbU/QWN7n3MWWQk/s1600/529389_398835926811288_1414946812_n.jpg

The band are the first to admit that they are not re-inventing the sound of the Mod revival and Britpop eras, they are merely the torch bearers for the next generation, saving our souls, and ears, from the mindless drivel that is rammed down the throat of the nation by daytime radio.

do people make fun of dudes with oasis haircuts when they see them on the street? are they bullied in school? so many questions...