Mumford and Sons

wouldn't know where to read it

http://in-the-cage.blogspot.com/

Mumford & Sons aren't worse than most of the landfill indie bands per se, but they're more annoying if only for the ridiculousness of their schtick.

They're going to be much bigger than the Kaiser Chiefs and (certainly) the Futureheads, which doesn't help.

Is all these students going round in fobnail boots a mumford thing? Is that how you spot a mumford fan?

i wasn't asking

xps KCs and futureheads seemed bloody big enough, you really think the mumfords will be bigger? i honestly couldn't name a mumfords song off the top of my head, or even tell you how any go, which sadly wasn't the case for those other cunts

and at least mumfords haven't taken it upon themselves to take a gigantic shit on a kate bush classic yet

They're warming up on "Jig of Life" right now, I can sense it.

Futureheads weren't actually that big at all, the Kaisers were obviously. Mumford & Sons already are internationally popular in a way those bands weren't, and they're distinctive enough from other internationally popular bands to be able to cash in on it for a while yet. Their second album will be enormous.

Amazed to discover that the Futureheads have had six Top 40 singles but they were never anywhere near Mumford-sized, Lex.

Second Mumford album is being recorded in Nashville - of course it fucking is.

Do they need to be there while this is happening?

The danger of merging your digital music collection with your spouse's on one hard drive? Coming home to find this fucking band on there.

mumford are worse than the kaiser chiefs or the futureheads and the reason is that they are BIG RELIGIOUS WE MEAN THIS music

love this band

^^^ not even trying any more

lol

i was holding back until the maximum number of fans of some punk-revival indie bollocks had piled on and then was gonna gently swing round to defending them. this is also known as "the Coldplay Gambit".

are they really pervasive? i listen to the radio, i know a girl i worked with before liked them. she told me about that little lion man song and it wasnt like awful when i listened to it on youtube but yeah its not like i ever wanted to hear it again so i can see why you might resent being forced to constantly. in that same job there was a guy who used to play florence and the machine all the time. i mean.

yeah i would probably pretend that i was bffs w/ half of them or smthng only i would have to do like research

they're on the radio in usa like every 5 mins

i dont listen to the radio because of the advertisements

i dislike Oasis and have no strong opinion on Beady Eye (except: lol beady eye), but here's a choice exchange re: Mumford & Sonz from Liam Gallagher and Andy Bell's Quietus interview the other day:

Do you find it a worrying development that something like Mumford & Sons walk away with Best Album at the Brits?

LG: I think it’s alright but they were fucking ashamed about winning and that’s the fucking sad bit. 'Oh, we shouldn’t be here!' Then what did you join a fucking band for then? They bow their heads down going, 'Oh, we don’t deserve it' like a fucking dick. What’s that about? You must have seen it before so don’t pretend like you’ve just come out of a cider apple factory.

AB: I’ve got nothing against them but I get the feeling they went back to their dressing room and went, 'YEAH!' [mimes air-punching].

LG: Still, it’s better than Take That, isn’t it?

You must have seen it before so don’t pretend like you’ve just come out of a cider apple factory.

Hero.

some amazing quotes

I heard that fucking Radiohead record and I just go, 'What?!' I like to think that what we do, we do fucking well. Them writing a song about a fucking tree? Give me a fucking break! A thousand year old tree? Go fuck yourself! You’d have thought he’d have written a song about a modern tree or one that was planted last week. You know what I mean?

another choice bit

Do you view your relationship with Noel as irreparably damaged?

LG: He hasn’t got people around him going, 'Sort it out' and I haven’t got people around me saying, 'Sort it out.' There’s a lot of people involved in it – without mentioning any names – but I don’t feel the need to go round to his fucking house and have the door slammed in my face. There’s no encouragement from any parties whereas if there was then it would get sorted. But to get it sorted for what? He wants to go on his own and make his own fucking music and be the man and let everyone know that he can fucking flush the toilet without the band or that he can pour his own fucking tea and that’s fine. I haven’t got time for that fucking bollocks in my life.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47921000/jpg/_47921692_009291201-1.jpg

just got a concert email update w/ this tidbit re: Mumford & Sons-- let the hatred ensue

Traveling exclusively in vintage railcars, the three bands will journey across the American Southwest over the course of a week. The aptly titled Railroad Revival Tour will feature the three bands playing concerts at six unique outdoor locations along the route.

the website is just bafflingly stupid as well

http://railroadrevivaltour.com

shurely they should do this by jumping on and off of passing boxcars? posers

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never in my life have I been less likely to follow an instruction

What in the

Has gone platinum in the US.

Mumford And Sons Vs Dumpy's Rusty Nuts

Good Luck USA

at least we still have dumpy's rusty nuts NV while they get mumford.

God Bless The Goddamned Onion AV Club:

Last fall, The A.V. Club’s own Steven Hyden memorably described English folkees Mumford & Sons as “hokey cornpone-ographers,” a descriptor the band will take to its logical conclusion by embarking on a six-stop tour of the American Southwest on a fucking train. Said train will be composed of vintage railcars from the mid-20th century and also carry the members of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show, because of course it will. The bands will make their home along the rails for these dates in late April, living like the majestic hobos of old as they eat, sleep, and record within the confines of the train’s 1,500 feet. (Whether the musicians will adopt ludicrous hobo names and/or claim to be Woody Guthrie at any point during the trip remains to be seen, of course.) It may seem like the unnecessary fetishizing of a not-too-fondly remembered period in American history (Great Depression-induced poverty is super-fun!), but think of it this way: With per-gallon gas prices threatening to stay at more than $3 for the foreseeable future, the past of railroad-bound vagrancy may be the future of rock ’n’ roll touring. After winding its way through California and Arizona, the tour will stop in Austin on April 26, at the intersection of 4th and Waller Streets. Tickets for all dates go on sale Wednesday, March 9 at 11 a.m. CST; credit card, buttons, magical beans, sniped cigarettes, bartered services, and train-yard punks are all acceptable means of payment.

In "defense" of this bullshit it should be pointed out that their American fans may recognize the band as "hokey cornpone-ographers" and dig it anyway or even because of that.

god that is the best write-up ever, give that guy a medal

hahahahahahahah a ticket costs $55 bucks

or for 150 you get a poster too

my wife would want to see this in Austin but then i'd probably have to go too. should i tell her they are coming to town, y/n?

old crow medicine show actually makes me want to kill

anyone got ilxors wifes email so we can tell her?

hahaha :(

old crow medicine show actually makes me want to kill

yes, okay, but: are they worse than mumford?

eh possibly, they have terrible nasal voices and their lyrics are full of insipid faux-americana signifiers.

http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/8E005695-5997-4B6E-90B0-2A689153D781/BE067757.jpg

l-r: Mumford, ILX

A look into the future gives us Mumford & Sons in 30 years time after cracking America

http://www.stuarthamilton.f9.co.uk/images/Hillbillies2.jpg

the majestic hobos of old

wake me up when the Mumfords sound anything like majestic Depression-era hobo Harry Partch; until then they can fuck right off