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

Out of all the shit bands, I've always found something appealing in The Enemy (see this thread, in which to my eternal shame I described them as "repulsive midgets in tracksuits" but this was seven years ago so forgive me Tom). This is a nicely written response to the haters. It's got that calm Primo Levi righteousness about it.

speaking as a not-tall person, am interested in how tall he actually is I will say that. a brief google has a wholly unverifiable source listing him as 5'9" which iirc is the precise average height of an adult UK male

The Enemy thing I just linked to is interesting to me cos I have a song with the lyrics "You're not a rebel, you're a whore" (terrible I know!) and it is amazing to me that it came from mishearing The Enemy!

http://i.imgur.com/9EK3K0F.jpg

how many of these bands are still going?

also i forgot to post this link to a good article. Johnny Borrell surprisingly self-aware

http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/landfill-indie-johnny-borrell-razorlight-the-strokes-kooks-definitive-history

Futureheads still going, for one

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/04/05/bupa-uk-teams-futureheads-launch-body-band-digital-campaign

Still Thinking About You is the fourth studio album by the English band Scouting for Girls. It was released in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2015. The album includes the new singles "Life's Too Short" & "Christmas in the Air Tonight" .[1]

doing this kind of thing ten years into your career somehow feels monumentally worse than merely releasing a terrible first album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqbum7BMp78

amazed to discover that the Wombats released an album that got to #5 in the charts last year

fucking hell

The Wombats seem to be kind of massive on the sly. Their last album went to 91 in the states, somehow

Up next: Little Man Tate's Meltdown

Just FUCK OFF, Innocent Smoothies
https://twitter.com/innocent/status/717781396392116224

#indieamnesty was enjoyable for about three seconds

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/coventry-band-enemy-announce-split-11145718

"10 years, 4 albums, well over 1,000,000 record sales and uncountable sell out tours is not too shabby for an alternative indie band, but these numbers aren't what makes me proud personally, the fans are.

"They drove this band, they provided the fire for this decade long journey. I have always loved them and I always will.

"They've kept me going at times when I thought nothing else might.

"To all Enemy fans, I adore you."

That thread about kasabianian swagger seems to indicate that this stuff is alive and well

i was wondering where to post that johnny borrell interview - surely the only likeable thing he's ever done

still had to lol at the bitter sideswipe he took at rzaorlight's drummer, who wrote the band's biggest hit

congratulations to the wombats for giving their band a name that will forever make me think that they're the wombles whenever i hear it (and i'm not even british)

And will forever ensure I will not listen to even one second of their music.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/03/the-cribs-the-view-time-to-give-landfill-indie-its-dues

http://i.imgur.com/u8mwmeQ.png

http://www.radiox.co.uk/x-lists/ricky-wilsons-indie-landfill/

"Ricky Wilson's Indie Landfill" sounds like a Viz strip

some of the listener testimonials get pretty melancholy

THE AUTOMATIC
“Monster is a total barnstormer and has a proper call and response vocal you can do in the car with your mates when out enjoying the freedom of a new driving license,” says Nick from Northampton. “Such happy and good memories of this song during college. God I miss the mid 00s and the carefree days.”

THE ORDINARY BOYS
Sam from Manchester has this tale of woe: I’m moving house with the family soon and had to get rid of a chunk of my music collection as we don’t really have room for it. The final box I threw out split slightly and I could see the barest glimpse of The Ordinary Boys second album Brassbound peeking out. I will admit to having a tear in my eye.”

radio x must be a depressing listen

The View

Robyn from Carlisle says: “Pretty sure underneath the discarded banana peels and old school non flat screen TV’s there much be some of possibly the most Scottish band of all time, The View. I loved how they always had big singalong choruses, and having seen them a few times they preferred their crowds rowdy!”

Read more at http://radiox.co.uk/x-lists/ricky-wilsons-indie-landfill

The Pigeon Detectives

Stephen claims: “Because of their ludicrous name people brush them off nowadays, but those boys had some absolute tunes! Plus, I think their debut record sold over MILLION copies, which is huge compared to today!

I bet Adele is well jealous.

i see that chasing cars is the most played song of c21st british radio

destroy everything imo

Had to hear 'She's So Lovely' a bunch of times last year thanks to the combo of stupid lazy office culture and streaming services official playlists based on 'feels' and algorithmic reliance on keywords in titles or whatever. This rewards all kinds of trash pop from the last 40 years with renewed and prolonged exposure than is deserved even on an objective level - particularly a problem at Xmas though. Worst first world problems.

I’m so confused by this clickbait article from the Yorkshire Evening Post in which every heading is just ‘Kaiser Chiefs’. Probably the most Leeds editing fuck up imaginable pic.twitter.com/VdqnisuZAs

— georgina🌹 (@georginaallen99) July 29, 2019

i miss nakh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRD-it5_uIA

thank fuck; I was wondering how Northern Uproar were getting on

That was one of the worst things I've ever ever seen btw

brb going outside to contract Covid

The Northern Uproar couldn't even be bothered to stand up from his couch.

Morbidly watchable.

...guy

Who knew "Imagine" was going to be the high water mark?

Fucking hell

Good that z-list proto-landfill has its own Live Aid moment

Nice to see an appearance from Pete Doherty at 4.27

Paul Chuckle, why have you demeaned yourself in this way

thank fuck; I was wondering how Northern Uproar were getting on

Billy Bibby's not in Catfish & the Bottlemen anymore? ;_;

Didn't have the sound up tbh because I'm trying to listen to Webern at the moment. Who the fuck are All The Young? I assume they must have written the song?

I think it's by Shed Seven? I only watched a minute of it before it was too much to bear. I do remember liking a song by Paris Angels

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/ShedSevenChasingRainbows.jpg

“Radio legend”, 😐

I've got this shit fucking song stuck in my head now, thank you Rick Witter I DON'T THINK

Needed Gary Crowley btw

Sweet Jesus, that was soul-suckingly bad. That Witter cunt with his sunglasses on.

Is it being generous to assume some level of self-awareness here?

I'm sure Leon Northern Uproar would have done his bit from the bog had he not been talked out of it