the landfill that time forgot: crap uk bands of 00s/10s

Ludicrous front man, obv.

^this might be the best one sentence summation of british indie rock 05-08 for various reasons

I dunno, one thing that's apparent when you look at this list is the interchangeability of most of the singers.

surprised that this shit is played at football matches coz it all seems kind of studenty to me? is this a symptom of 'football's hijack by the middle classes'?

In one word, yes. But in several words, also the upper working classification of this strain of landfill indie from Britpop on.

First result for GIS of 'ludicrous front man':

http://www.burninglodge.com/images/BL-Buffalo.jpg

Chris Martin was third, Billy Corgan tenth.

wtf are the Futureheads doing here? Their first album was awesome from start to finish.

― nate woolls, Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:46 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

^^ & second album was unjustly ignored. The Futureheads: secretly the best of the early-to-mid 00s post-punk revivalists.

Chelsea Dagger's "Badarap - badarap - badabadabadarap" seems to cut drunkenly across all divisions of class and gender.

Not race tho.

NO WAY do The Futureheads belong on here, the first album is brilliant. Much of the horsecrap on here is faux-indie careerist bollocks and there's plenty that still sounds great on there.

Toploader really are in a class of their own, which is saying a lot, considering the competition. They failed at being the UK equivalent of Smash Mouth, which is just..

I really cant not vote for toploader

Of this list, I only own the first few albums from Snow Patrol, and I really liked them until they found a flaccid formula and decided to go for the dosh. Bully for them. I still dig the first two albums particularly, got to see them in a small club in Boston and they were great.

Always associate Toploader with Jamie Oliver for some reason, which doesn't help their cause.

Much of the horsecrap on here is faux-indie careerist bollocks and there's plenty that still sounds great on there.

PRO TIP: this mayn't be the thread for you

Another Futureheads fan here. First album is unfuckwithable. I saw them at the ICA in London the year that came out and it was incredible. Acutally saw them last year and while the newer stuff isn't nearly as good, they're still a fun live band.

Also The Rakes. Fuck the haters. I still listen to the first album on the reg and I absolutely love it.

I dunno, one thing that's apparent when you look at this list is the interchangeability of most of the singers.

― Matt DC, Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:46 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

that's def intertwined w/ the ludicrousness tho imo

shd send out the southall bat-signal to get a snow patrol defence

swag enbb out

I spent a couple years b/w the UK & Ireland at the very beginning of the decade. Of literally EVERY song I remember that was popular at the time, I consider the Toploader cover of 'Dancing in the Moonlight' to be the absolute worst. By a significant margin, even.

Southy's the Embrace defence league. But they're not on this,.

Futureheads still decent imo - Heartbeat Song prob my favourite bit of xfm-friendly indie-pop from last year.

'dancing in the moonlight' has passed into 'harmless' territory, maybe that's a post-'four lions' thing. lotta these bands kind of oscillate between wet-blanketism and rapyeness. don't like either of those looks.

I SMELL A TAKING SIDES THREAD

Proof we associate stereophonics with the 90s
WORST SONG Of These Mid To Late 90s UK Bands

I think if someone redid the poll now they would still win it.

No Elbow, no credibility-less-ness.

> Are we voting for redeeming features, heartfelt loathing or comedy value?
> ― Pisle of dogs (seandalai), Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:33 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Dunno, I haven't heard them (badum-tish).

Wow, I'd thought Scouting for Girls were indie landfill, not Buggles x Vengaboys. Also, what's indie landfill about Toploader? Van Morrison-lite American funk-soul-pop landfill cover version (Counting Crows et al).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMc8naeeSS8

thought this would be mumford easily, even tho the fratellis song is the worst of any of this shit, like i don't think i've knowlingly heard 60% of them but that reprehensible thing hs got everywere [via memetic facility of DUH DUH DUH]

i'm gonna vote for hundreds reasons cos i think one of my friends shagged one of them. coulda been some other kingston emo band tho..still

xpost Ugh, Mr Writer and Place Your Hands. Saddened by the 3 people who voted for Dubstar in that poll though. Savages.

ver phonics were both late 90s and early 00s really. 'dakota' got to number one in 2005. but most of these bands are kinda post-new rock revolution so they don't really fit.

I'm not sure I've heard Mumford & Sons knowingly btw. Post a youtube of their best known song please

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

this is a good song

taking your word for it

Fire by Kasabian has just come on the office stereo. I am enjoying it, fu haterz

WOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO OOO OOOO OOO OOO OOOOOOOOOOO

snow patrol are from northern ireland arent they? so they still fit in this poll.

con-tro-ver-sy

either way they are Scotland based iirc so that'll do

probably still lying on the M90 somewhere waiting for a cuggle

impressive geographical distribution of mid00s lumpen crap compared to say the recent cajun-penate-florence-mumfordwave london private school shit

Southy's the Embrace defence league. But they're not on this,.

Embrace were OG Radiohead-Lite & should not be here in the absence of Colplay & Travis.

Shouldn't Terris be on the roster tho?

Southy's the Embrace defence league.

Better not try marching through his town with EDL banners

impressive geographical distribution of mid00s lumpen crap compared to say the recent cajun-penate-florence-mumfordwave london private school shit

last hoorah of labels being able to afford to send A&Rs around the country rather than just contact their ex-schoolmates on Facebook

guess u could do regional heats

w scotland - fratellis
e scotland - the view
ne - futureheads?
nw - the zutons
midlands - the twang
london - joe lean etc
home counties - hard-fi
sw - ???

Embrace were OG Radiohead-Lite & should not be here in the absence of Colplay & Travis.

not exactly -- embrace were solidly post-oasis anthemic northern rock. coldplay and travis were designated post-radiohead... post-'high and dry' radiohead i guess.

Hoosiers sw iirc

shit that should be

east mids - kasabian
west mids - the twang

Terris don't really belong here, they really sit alongside My Vitriol and JJ72 and the likes when it comes to failed 2000 attempts to guess the future of rock.

couple of missing entries : tiny dancers, the maccabees

TD being one of the last bands that EMI spunked a wad of cash on (v. nice promos/pacakaging etc) prior to the labels fall from grace-n-favour, only for no-one to give a shit, as the album bombed out of sight (but at least it got released unlike joe jing jang wrong)

what about editors?

Editors are too tasteful, not landfill enough. Ditto Elbow. Both are dull as hell obviously.

I used to see people I knew wearing Editors tshirts but I cant remember a single song by them.

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" was their big hit I think

can someone post a youtube of mumford & sons biggest song to see if i know it please?