Vomit Launch are a great band!
― sarahel, Thursday, 15 July 2010 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe they are but y'know
― WOOD! GOBLINS! (NickB), Thursday, 15 July 2010 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Big "a-doy" one that I'm shocked hasn't wound up here yet: Limp Bizkit.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 15 July 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
There are plenty of other, more credible reasons to write off Limp Bizkit.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Thursday, 15 July 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
But the name is a pretty adequate map of the territory, you have to admit.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 15 July 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Touché.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Thursday, 15 July 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Hurrah for Alex' Pissed Jeans loving.
For me, they reignited that whole Flipper, Fang, Killdozer flame with their debut. Their second one was, erm, toilet but "King of Jeans" nails it.
Hilarious existential sarcasm.
Would love to see them live. Any good?
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, 15 July 2010 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
new reviews at Onion's AV club:
Music
* Carissa's Wierd A * The Innocence Mission B+ * Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse B- * School Of Seven Bells C
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 16 July 2010 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
"Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse" sounds like an 80s Saturday morning cartoon.
I think Volapük is a decent band name, at least if you know what "volapük" is.
― Tuomas, Friday, 16 July 2010 05:57 (thirteen years ago) link
tUnE yArDs -- it's so "I am experimental just like those Dirty Projectors you've been reading about in New York Magazine, hence I have wAcKy cApS!"
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Friday, 16 July 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I look at that band name and my mind automatically skips over the "UnE y" part
― HI DERE, Friday, 16 July 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Friday, 16 July 2010 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Turd Thrower turned out to be Lightning Bolt.Pleasantly surprised.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 19 July 2010 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Just looked it up. That is pretty interesting.
― abstract sand patterns, representing water (corey), Monday, 19 July 2010 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Ozric Tentacles.Spyro Gyra.Keel.Enuff Z'nuff.Fattburger.
― Chooglin'alCarbon, Monday, 19 July 2010 05:29 (thirteen years ago) link
tUnE yArDs took the cake for me. also any "female name" "and the" "quirky object" theme: marina and the diamonds, florence and the machine, etc.
― little rattlesnaker, Monday, 19 July 2010 06:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Bunnygrunt
― abstract sand patterns, representing water (corey), Monday, 19 July 2010 06:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Drunkdriver.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Thursday, 22 July 2010 03:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Rilo Kiley
― abstract sand patterns, representing water (corey), Thursday, 22 July 2010 04:14 (thirteen years ago) link
SPOTLIGHT::Who Are...Mountain Man
File Under: Harmonic Appalachian folkFor Fans Of: Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, Joni MitchellPersonae: Molly Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and http://www.emusic.com/proxy/20100719-142025/eMusic/content/feature/spotlight/s2010/s2010_201007-wa-mountain-man/emu%3AsubjectImage.jpg
Never have I been so sure that I did not want to hear a band.
― uNi-tArDs (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
is it because of the rainbow?
― sarahel, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
curren$y
― haido, Friday, 30 July 2010 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Sounds exactly like I expected too -- three girls from a Vassar College acapella group discover Gillian Welch and their parents' copy of Anthology of American Folk Music, decide to make a record.
― Theodore "Thee Diddy" Roosevelt (Hurting 2), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Fyfe Dangerfield
― i got the hangover owl gang over (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
you are missing nothing
― governor-general allin (electricsound), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 23:12 (thirteen years ago) link
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, July 15, 2010 6:49 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
they used to be good! havent seen em since between the first and second records, but they were good then. i didnt love the second LP either, after feeling just ^^ this way about the first. maybe i should check out KoJ?
― 69, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 23:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Vampire Weekend. unless they are the best band of all time, i probably just won't bother.
― Kim, Thursday, 26 August 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Meat Puppets
― margana (anagram), Thursday, 26 August 2010 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Toddla T
― O Let's Group Doueh (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
oh no! oh my!
― jumpskins, Wednesday, 27 October 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Floetry
― Hugo Stiglitz, a rich young man in search of romance & adventure (Pillbox), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
creedence clearwater revival, what the fuck is that all about?
― jumpskins, Wednesday, 27 October 2010 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
It's better than their previous name!
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
^ Jesus Christ, yes x 100000000000000000
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Apparently there's a a band called "Rapeman", inspired by a manga of the same name. Can't imagine ever buying their records (or the manga, for that matter).
― Tuomas, Thursday, 28 October 2010 08:19 (thirteen years ago) link
If you were into the Wax Trax scene of the 80s & 90s, you owned those Rapeman EPs.
― Hugo Stiglitz, a rich young man in search of romance & adventure (Pillbox), Thursday, 28 October 2010 08:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Tuomas, they were Steve Albini's next band after Big Black split up. It was quite a controversial name at the time, or at least it was a bit of an issue when they visited the UK. I went to see them at Leeds Polytechnic and iirc, that gig only just went ahead after threats by the student union to pull it. Outside the venue there was a sizeable student protest and Albini did have to answer questions about the name in every single interview that I ever read. Was never all that comfortable about the name myself tbh and mostly went to the show on account of the other two groups on the bill (Band of Susans and Dinosaur Jr.).
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Thursday, 28 October 2010 08:36 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, it's true. those dudes copped all their good ideas from the first few big black records.
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Thursday, 28 October 2010 08:52 (thirteen years ago) link
but christ, "rapeman". tried to be okay with the name, still love the records, but christ.
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Thursday, 28 October 2010 08:53 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ CCR
― WAKE UP SHEEPLEY (crüt), Thursday, 28 October 2010 09:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Outside the venue there was a sizeable student protest and Albini did have to answer questions about the name in every single interview that I ever read.
Interesting, what was his justification for the name then?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 28 October 2010 09:58 (thirteen years ago) link
so many already mentioned above. floetry ffs. kill: rapeman, tUnE yArDs, carissa's wierd, eyehategod, clap your hands say yeah, toad the wet sprocket, the pains of being pure at heart, gastunk, fuck buttons (who i love despite their awful awful name), uh huh her, cunninglynguists, racoo-oo-oon, someone still loves you boris yeltsin, on! air! library!, aids wolf, natalie portman's shaved head, cute is what we aim for, dananananakroyd, does it offend you, yeah?, hoobastank, pocahaunted, gorky's zygotic mynci, casiotone for the painfully alone, ...and you will know us by the trail of dead, dan le sac vs scroobius pip, gay witch abortion, umphrey's mcgee, my cat is an alien, oOoOOo, you say party! we say die onstage!, limp bizkit
also kill some more:
flobotsmy chemical romancesixpence none the richersave ferrisgogogo airheartpoopshovelbasically any contemporary band with a name evoking hazy summer memories
somebody mentioned black tape for a blue girl. really? always thought that was a lovely name. never heard the band.
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Thursday, 28 October 2010 10:15 (thirteen years ago) link
IIRC it was just some stuff about how it was solely a reference to the manga strip, and how bizarre that strip was, and that the name wasn't really a big deal for them. xp
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Thursday, 28 October 2010 10:16 (thirteen years ago) link
haha @ poopshovel btw
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Thursday, 28 October 2010 10:17 (thirteen years ago) link
rapeman is a great name, what is wrong with you?
― jumpskins, Thursday, 28 October 2010 10:19 (thirteen years ago) link
black tape for a blue girl are a pretty horrible band I gotta say
― WAKE UP SHEEPLEY (crüt), Thursday, 28 October 2010 10:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/poopshovel.jpg
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Thursday, 28 October 2010 11:34 (thirteen years ago) link
"Some things hurt more, much more than Cars and Skateboards"
― Mark G, Thursday, 28 October 2010 11:36 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, things such as poopshovels, apparently
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Thursday, 28 October 2010 11:42 (thirteen years ago) link
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/98/l_a841318405c34338b35d8f334259dba7.jpg
^ I think all the acts on Community 3 had terrible names
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Thursday, 28 October 2010 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link