that stage where you think they aren't popular anymore but are actually way more popular than they were when they had "buzz"

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ah I see. Yeah his leader status is all because of his 2000 and 2002 albums.

Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 January 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link

hell, even during the download era (2009-2013) he was doing phenomenal numbers comparatively

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 January 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link

sure. but it's also obvious that Adele will overtake him when her next album comes out.

Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 January 2020 22:28 (four years ago) link

When you raised the question, I had to look up the sales totals of Adele's three albums.

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 January 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link

three years pass...

Just found out that at the end of the month Greta Van Fleet is headlining Toyota Center in Houston, a venue that recently hosted/will host Springsteen, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Bad Bunny, and Paramore.

lead singer came out last month, was talked about a bit

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 20:41 (one year ago) link

That alone doesn't get you into touring basketball arenas.

Like, Paramore is a way more popular band, and even they are having some issues filling up that place.

GVF has that big boomer dollar

linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link

GVF has a bafflingly huge fanbase somehow.

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 20:52 (one year ago) link

Joe Bonamassa fans ready to step up to something a bit more fresh and exciting.

papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 20:56 (one year ago) link

Tame Impala is playing Toyota Center (Basketball arena) in Houston next summer.

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, December 9, 2019 4:47 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink

This show didn't happen for obvious reasons, and when they did return to Houston in '21, they played The Lawn At White Oak Music Hall, the same place they played at here in 2019.

I checked out GVF in Houston on Setlist.fm, and in their two prior appearances they headlined '18 at the House of Blues and graduated the next year to Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land (huge suburban theatre that hosts a lotta Classic Rock/Nostalgia Alternative/rising Pop acts, plus lol Bonamassa).

Cigarettes After Sex are a slowcore/dream pop band on an indie label and they have crazy high streaming numbers - it feels like a lot of people don't notice they're this big? their top song is no one's idea of commercial but it's closing in on a billion streams on Spotify pic.twitter.com/Oa4vSpcUai

— Matthew Perpetua (@perpetua) July 13, 2023

Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Thursday, 13 July 2023 10:49 (one year ago) link

heard of them through my mom and david lynch

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 13 July 2023 14:04 (one year ago) link

Pitchfork gave their 2017 album a 7.4, but their 2019 album got a 4.0--a sign that the buzz is over.

Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Thursday, 13 July 2023 14:13 (one year ago) link

the band name vaguely rings a bell. Listening to the top track (Apocalypse) now and not really my thing but I guess I see the appeal, has a real dreamy melancholic easy listening vibe.

silverfish, Thursday, 13 July 2023 14:23 (one year ago) link

the buzz is over
you were with me all the while

linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 July 2023 14:23 (one year ago) link

This doesn't quite fit here, but my friend is seeing Jimmy Eat World next week in an outdoor theater, and the opening act is a band called "Manchester Orchestra"... I had never heard of them, and looked them up (b/c their name is so odd); turns out they've been around since 2004, have released 6 albums, made numerous TV appearances, "curate" an annual music fest, and have had a bunch of songs featured in films, TV, and video games.

Bittern Storm Over My Hammy (morrisp), Thursday, 13 July 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link

iirc Manchester Orchestra has a few big ilxor fans, I really like a few of their records

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 13 July 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link

I've also been baffled by Manchester Orchestra. A chronically ordinary band, they've been getting main stage placements at festivals for the past decade.

A. Begrand, Thursday, 13 July 2023 15:59 (one year ago) link

I got sent an email about that tour a few days ago, apparently they played Montana (NOBODY plays Montana) this week.

but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 13 July 2023 16:12 (one year ago) link

yeah ilm has 4 threads about them, including:

thread of best rock album of year 2017, 'a black mile to the surface' by manchester orchestra (started by ToddBonzalez (BradNelson) on board I Love Music on Jul 28, 2017)

Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Thursday, 13 July 2023 16:37 (one year ago) link

Gen Z kids love My Bloody Valentine.

Also, reunion bias kinda distorts this question for me:

The last time I saw Pavement (peak) was in 2/97 in a tiny bar in San Francisco (<200 people).

I skipped their TT tour and 2010 reunion shows for various reasons but then I was able to see their most recent reunion shows in this enormous music venue (3 sold out nights at ~3500 seats).

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 13 July 2023 16:58 (one year ago) link

little more of a nuanced example, but in my "trying to keep up with the goons" days of hip hop listening, I got into Jellyroll through the collaboration with Haystak, the Strictly Business album, which got some positive recognition in hip hop zines and HipHopDx. I enjoyed it, it was a solid album. Jellyroll had also had that one song with Lil Wyte that blew up minorly in 2010, "Pop Another Pill", so I thought maybe he'd start getting more big features but then he kinda resumed being more of an undie rapper again and doing low rent mixtapes and I forgot all about him for years.

so I go to Welcome to Rockville in 2021, and I hear a familiar voice at one of the smaller stages, and it's JellyRoll! and people are flocking to the stage quickly, but like it's still one of the smaller stages at the festival.

apparently he blew the fuck up shortly after that, like....dude just won three CMT awards! I was blown away. my friend was talking about him and I was like "the little known rapper that used to collabo with Haystak and Lil Wyte?" and she's like "nah he sings now, he's on TV and has performed at the Grand Ole Opry"

linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 July 2023 17:14 (one year ago) link

he was on the cover of billboard

ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 July 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link

in his undies

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Thursday, 13 July 2023 17:45 (one year ago) link

yea I love the jelly roll story lol

hes come a long way from the days of goon classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNi0zDTPgOc

xheugy eddy (D-40), Thursday, 13 July 2023 18:01 (one year ago) link

There are a ton of artists I've never heard of that have songs doing streaming numbers in the hundreds of millions. Tik Tok, I assume?

Rag'n'Bone Man 852 million
Hotel Ugly 394 m
Roar 432 m
TV Girl 382 m
Falling in Reverse 271 m
David Kushner 351 m
JVKE 732 m
ThxSoMch 295 m
Bakar 323 m
Rainbow Kitten Surprise 262 m

Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Thursday, 13 July 2023 18:35 (one year ago) link

Rag'n'Bone Man is big in the UK I think. At least in a "see his record advertised on the tube" way, never actually heard him.

Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 13 July 2023 18:40 (one year ago) link

He looks like Jelly Roll's British equivalent

Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Thursday, 13 July 2023 18:47 (one year ago) link

I hear Rag'n'Bone Man all the time on the radio here (in Montreal).

silverfish, Thursday, 13 July 2023 18:55 (one year ago) link

(xxp) You're not missing much.

Body Odour Ultra Low Emission Zone (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 July 2023 18:59 (one year ago) link

Yes, he is very very popular.

Body Odour Ultra Low Emission Zone (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 July 2023 19:00 (one year ago) link

three months pass...

Hozier is back for more! We can’t wait to see Hozier at #MyXEC on August 17 on his Unreal Unearth Tour 2024.

Tickets go on sale Friday, November 17, 2023. pic.twitter.com/WWf0dbK9lg

— Xcel Energy Center (@XcelEnergyCtr) November 9, 2023



Hozier is playing a hockey arena, had no idea he was that popular

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 November 2023 15:33 (eleven months ago) link

I recently noticed he had several albums currently on the Billboard 200

Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 9 November 2023 15:34 (eleven months ago) link

Mt. Joy is playing Madison Square Garden next year.

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 9 November 2023 20:31 (eleven months ago) link

Discovering The Wombats were not only still at it but quite big in the States was jaw-dropping

PaulTMA, Thursday, 9 November 2023 21:12 (eleven months ago) link

five months pass...

How the heck does Hozier have the #1 single right now?

Never fight uphill 'o me, boys! (President Keyes), Sunday, 28 April 2024 01:26 (six months ago) link

I think I mentioned upthread that he played the local 20k hockey arena when he came through on tour, crazy

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 28 April 2024 12:11 (six months ago) link

'shed seven have just had a uk no 1 album, even if such things mean little anymore' to thread

you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 28 April 2024 14:03 (six months ago) link

it's not that they're 'more' popular, just that they've somehow played the long game finely enough that the dwindling charts and other media have come closer to them, not the other way round

you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 28 April 2024 14:05 (six months ago) link

Imagine sitting down and listening to the new Shed Seven album which you have just bought in a shop.

This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 28 April 2024 14:16 (six months ago) link

this is precisely what Michael Dugher and Stella Creasy will be doing rn

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 28 April 2024 14:23 (six months ago) link


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