Swervedriver / Skrewdriver
― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 22:09 (nine years ago) link
I've my entire life thought Mick Turner and Mick Harvey were the same Australian musician and had the pleasure of being availed of this misconception in front of one of them (Harvey)
― got a long list of ilxors (fgti), Saturday, 14 March 2015 05:00 (nine years ago) link
Never occurred to me that Swervedriver / Slowdive could cause some confusion until the person who wrote up the former's show for the Mpls paper referenced "Slowdrive."
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 14 March 2015 16:03 (nine years ago) link
Romare / Fort Romeau
― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
ouch :/
Wild Beasts Wild CubWild Nothing
― MarkoP, Friday, 24 April 2015 23:46 (nine years ago) link
DeerhunterDeerhoof
Black DiceBlack Keys
― mintap, Saturday, 25 April 2015 03:28 (nine years ago) link
Erroll Garner and Mal Waldron, for some reason. They're both pianists/composers, but their names aren't similar, apart from r's and l's. I even listened to one of them today, as part of an Eric Dolphy box, and I can't remember which one.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 25 April 2015 03:31 (nine years ago) link
This one confused me for quite a while. I couldn't reckon how the noisy and alienating band I once heard in person had managed to become so beloved and commercially successful
― Josefa, Saturday, 25 April 2015 03:46 (nine years ago) link
That is exactly what happened to me. I saw Black Dice live and a little while later saw them being celebrated. I never gave Black Keys a proper listen thinking they were the noisy alienating band I saw.
― mintap, Saturday, 25 April 2015 05:09 (nine years ago) link
Crystal CastlesCrystal AntlersThe Antlers
― alpine static, Saturday, 25 April 2015 05:10 (nine years ago) link
InquisitionTribulation
Bruce SpringsteenBuffalo Springfield
― Poliopolice, Saturday, 25 April 2015 13:31 (nine years ago) link
The Gaslight AnthemThe Gaslamp Killer
(just had to check to make sure I hadn't written a mix of each one's name)
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Sunday, 3 May 2015 16:07 (nine years ago) link
The wideboys The wiseguys
― the finest of display names? o rly (wins), Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:29 (nine years ago) link
Eddie CantorEddie Fisher
― Thank You For Talking Machine, Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
the brian jonestown massacrethe jon spencer blues explosion
― flappy bird, Sunday, 3 May 2015 19:50 (nine years ago) link
CeremonyColiseumConverge (to a lesser extent)
― alpine static, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:12 (nine years ago) link
Faust and Feist
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 31 August 2015 17:58 (eight years ago) link
I remember someone confusing Isla StClair and Eyeless in Gaza once.
― Mark G, Monday, 31 August 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link
Dead WeatherDeafheaven
― how's life, Monday, 31 August 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link
As a kid I thought U2 was an abbreviation of 2 Unlimited, and they were the same band
(I've since sent an apology letter to 2 Unlimited)
― flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Monday, 31 August 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
Not all that similar I guess but I used to always mix up Dirty Projectors/New Pornographers (both dirty and film related?)
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 31 August 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
Silverchair/Chairlift
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link
Gary Burton / Burton Greene
― Wimmels, Monday, 7 March 2016 05:02 (eight years ago) link
slint and sloan
― diana krallice (rushomancy), Monday, 7 March 2016 11:47 (eight years ago) link
Momus/Matmos― mottdeterre, Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:18 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― mottdeterre, Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:18 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Michaelangelo Matos / Matmos
― Mark G, Monday, 7 March 2016 13:36 (eight years ago) link
Wild Beasts/Wild NothingWild Beasts/West Coast
(not West Coast/Wild Nothing tho)
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 7 March 2016 13:38 (eight years ago) link
White Fence / White Denim (probably mentioned upthread)
― Wimmels, Friday, 8 April 2016 14:33 (eight years ago) link
Vic Mensa / Vince Staples
― MarkoP, Friday, 8 April 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link
Cass McCombs and Connan Mockasin
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 17:58 (eight years ago) link
Cass McCombs and Gaz Coombs
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 22:41 (eight years ago) link
Peaches Geldof was *not* the musician Peaches? Well, that explains that.
― sbahnhof, Sunday, 11 December 2016 09:40 (seven years ago) link
Besnard Lakes : Barenaked Ladies
Srsly how do you name your band "besnard lakes" unless you live under a rock
― calstars, Sunday, 11 December 2016 20:07 (seven years ago) link
emptyset / emptiness
― Dinsdale, Monday, 23 January 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
cLOUDDEAD/Cloud Nothings
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Monday, 23 January 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
It just hit me that I'd been mistaking Japanese Breakfast for Half Japanese all this time.
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:16 (six years ago) link
Superchunk / Supertramp
American Football / Modern Baseball
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 21:26 (six years ago) link
Rush / DJ Rush / Dasha Rush / Jana Rush / Dana Ruh
― ed.b, Tuesday, 16 July 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
Don't forget Ed Rush
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 16 July 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
McCarthy / mclusky
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
Mac Miller/Mac DeMarco
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 19:00 (four years ago) link
vini reilly / vic chesnutt
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
Bill Evans and Gil Evans are both great, but it took me forever to work out which was which.
― enochroot, Friday, 2 August 2019 13:16 (four years ago) link
Alva Noto / Aldo Nova
― henry s, Friday, 2 August 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
I kept getting Dua Lipa and Rita Ora absolutely mixed up for a while.
― 60... 90... 120 Minute IPA (morrisp), Friday, 2 August 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link
Nick Nicely / Nick Garrie
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
Rita Ora / Rita Indiana
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link
Steve Moore (of Zombi) / Steve Moore (of Earth, Sunn O>>> etc)
― crumhorn invasion (Matt #2), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
Charly Bliss / Charly Black
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 2 August 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link