Guess the artists from Sick Mouthy's stupid iTunes genre tags

Brighouse Psychedelic Soul - This isn't the "E" band, is it?

checks Wiki bio. LOL it is

Beardy Forest Chants: Rob n' Raz ft. Leila K

And some more...

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I think that covers about all the variations on this computer...

Pash is right on Peej. Ledge is right with Two Lone Swordsmen and Sabres. Battles, Elbow, Verve all right. Talk Talk too. And the E band.

DC Gospel Punk Polemic - Nation of Ulysses or more likely dude's follow-up band

The reason for (almost) 1:1 genre:artist ratio is because it amuses me and I never sort by genre!

Right on MAKE-UP.

nyc trendy world indie bullshit = vampire weekend/yeasayer?

Yeasayer correct.

oh no, collegiate indie afropop is probably Vampire Weekend

Oxford Prog = Radionghead, surely

"probably shite ambient" could cover a LOT of acts.

Oooh, Quasi Christian Sandstorm rock may not be in any of the pngs.

Radiohead and Vampire Weekend is right. The "probably shite ambient" is M83!

Chicago Instrumentalism - Tortoise?

xpost Was gonna guess FSOL there, Pash.

somnambulent indie pop = galaxie 500? granted could be a lot of other acts tho. Nick you have far too much time on your hands

Ancient NYC Prog Noise - James Chance or Sonic Yoot?

Some bands get TWO or MORE genres depending on the album... Tortoise is wrong, but it is a mate of theirs. Only one of his albums, though...

Sonic Youth right.

Canadian Laptop Psyche = Caribou

Minimalist Austin Guitar Pop = Spoon

Correct on Spoon and Caribou.

Knew Caribou had to be on there somewhere

My guess for "Acid Brass"

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Beardy Forest Chants = Burzum

Correct!

x-post; Wrong!

Which one was correct, the Burzum or the Acid Brass alb?

cos I was totally joking

For ages I had the E band as "The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band On Acid". I think that's what started this odd habit, actually.

Acid Brass was right.

British Jazz - Courtney Pine

Elbow are the only band I can think of from Bury. And they're progrock only in the very loosest terms, ie not at all. Unless you mean canterBury, in which case there could be loads.

What was the somnambulent one?

Hoboken Drone Pop Jazz Indie = Yo La Tengo

Beardy Forest Chants - Aminal Collective?

Courtney Pine is one of many. I should be more creative with Acoustic Ladyland and Polar Bear.

The somnambulant one is Yo La Tengo but ONLY on And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out.

Wrong on forest chants. I hate AC. They'd be "fucking horrendous NYC hipster noise chant shit" if I had any.

Yeah, for a proggy-sounding band that frequently cite their love of Prog in interviews, Elbow sure aren't Prog.

Proto Ambient Pop - early Eno albums?

They described themselves as "prog without the solos" years ago.

Right on Eno.

Ethnoambientsampledelia = My Life in the Bush of Ghosts?

xpost Yeah sorry I was being sarcy, obviously Elbow are well Prog.

xpost yeah, we're like a waltz band. but we play in 4/4

i have legendarily cloth ears but I don't hear the Prog in elbow at all.

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"icelandic pixie bollocks" does anyone even need to say who this is?

Scouse Postshoegaze Indie - Boo Radleys
Eclectic Indie Rap - Credit to the Nation

Gay TV Pop - Divine

afrobeat = fela kuti

I'll change it to "Bury Not-Prog" then!

Icelandic Pixie Bollocks is NOT Bjork, actually!

Boos right, Credit wrong, Fela right, Divine wrong, Bush of Ghosts right.

icelandic pixie bollox= Emiliana Torrini ?

Gay TV pop= Will Young

Will Young correct, Torrini not.

Mum?

The band, I mean. This isn't some Bobbin Threadbare moment.

icelandic pixie bollox - sigor ros?

Anglo-French Kraut - early Stereolab?

Sigur Ros and Stereolab correct.

So Oklahoma Psychedelia must be Flaming Lips

Yep.

C'mon people, someone's gotta guess Brighton Organic Veg Box Indie, and Big Gay Ant Disco, and Fucking Mentalism.

Brighton Organic Veg Box Indie = Electrelane

Fucking mentalism = Aphex

Electrelane are in there, but not as that. Wrong on Aphex.

If only Louis were here.

Fucking Mentalism- kid606

Dorset Vagina Rock is so funny and wrong. And a great name for the next album.

It's actually quite fun feeding your genre tags into Google and seeing the results. Doesn't really help, but entertaining.

What on earth is 'Postpop'???

found a review which called Guided by Voices postpop. I'm not sure that helps. What came to mind for me was the last Bjork album. but with SM it's probably Guillemots or something.

Postpop is Disco Inferno!

I think Guillemots are down as Twee Indie Jazz Pop.

Hmm... yeah, I kind of see where you're going with DI as Postpop.

Franco Finnish Girl Pop Oddness is The Dø

Indeed it is.

Big Gay Ant Disco = hercules + love affair

Yep.

I would have enjoyed this more if it had been a poll for best genre tag.

Start one.

Chicago instrumentalism = Jim O'Rourke
laptronica = Four Tet
dubstep = Burial
post country sonic bliss = Califone
Aussie literature rock = The Church/Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Japanoise = Merzbow/Boris
eclectic indie rap = Why?
ambient = Stars of the Lid
Brighton literate fem rock = Electrelane
freaky yellow house shanty folk pop = Grizzly Bear
Icelandic pixie bollocks = The Sugarcubes

Sugarcubes wrong, Nick Cave / Church wrong, Merzbow / Boris wrong, all others right.

Aussie literature rock = Lucksmiths

Japanoise = Melt Banana ??

literate gay scottish postrock = long fin killie!

Long Fin Killie right, all others wrong.

jazz = douche bag?

what is Japanoise??

Boredoms?

Or Guitar Wolf

Or Massonna or something.

Pop Tatari, to be specific. VCN is down as a totally different genre.

aussie lit rock = augie march?

Yes.