their very last single (if looks could kill) has been recently resurrected for tv commercial music here too, i'm sure that's making a buck or two for mr sayer
xpost
― deep-fried cigarette (electricsound), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 02:11 (thirteen years ago) link
wavves
― fennel cartwright, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 08:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I wish I grew up with those 60's/70's full page record release ads with lot's of text and witty (but often sexist) hyperbole.
― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 08:55 (thirteen years ago) link
like that "Wouldn't you like to "Rip her to shreds" " sort of thing?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 09:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Please stop talking about Big Pig
― moley, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 09:38 (thirteen years ago) link
XP Mark, more like thishttp://posterscene.com/images/items/full/jonifull.jpg
― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 10:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Although I doubt if what is written there is witty. My point being that it's something that isn't done anymore. I wonder if the record companies got straight-up ad agencies to do their work.
― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 10:28 (thirteen years ago) link
See, I sort of think it's a shame that there aren't any Music Newspapers anymore.
Back when, it was 'black and white' like it was The Times, or something.
Now, they're just magazines with thinner paper, just about.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
(and also kinda underrated these days - the first album belongs alongside the primitives and darling buds as great buzzsaw pop records)
Transvision Vamp, Darling Buds, and the Primitives would be an amazing nostalgia tour. I would book them for my county fair in a heartbeat.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
PAS/CAL, heard of 'em?
― salem witch bile (Tape Store), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Guessing this is a regional thing, what with Jim telling of their Australian success as well. Over here in North America I think they sputtered out almost immediately after a pretty big push.
Regional as in making it big in the UK and then the rest of the Western World outside America following:
UK singles chart stats are as follows:
5 Transvision Vamp I Want Your Love Jun 1988 30 Transvision Vamp Revolution Baby Sep 1988 3 Transvision Vamp Baby I Don't Care Apr 1989 15 Transvision Vamp The Only One Jun 1989 14 Transvision Vamp Landslide Of Love Aug 1989 22 Transvision Vamp Born To Be Sold Nov 1989 30 Transvision Vamp (I Just Wanna) B With U Apr 1991
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:18 (thirteen years ago) link
But I think there are a lot of examples of acts being hugely hyped in the US and still not making the US market, yes. Robbie Williams, for starters?
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Soft Pack
THE RAPTURE
― chrisv2010, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 13:42 (thirteen years ago) link
next U2s: might Diesel Park West count?
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Not quite, I think they received quite a bit of indie love.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
For a bit, but what now.
― chrisv2010, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I still wouldn't call it "failed spectacularly."
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Grant Lee Buffalo
― MyFatherWillGuideMeUpARopeToYourMum (MaresNest), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
your right....agreed.
― chrisv2010, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link
a possible current contender : Hurts
― mark e, Friday, 1 October 2010 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
re chakk : honestly. no.
the band shot their load with the early 12" records (Out of the Flesh and They Say 12") which were great distorto-funk.but, as an album of its time, i still play the odd track when in the mood.
― mark e, Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:11 (1 year ago)
just to contradict myself.
the final CHAKK 12" that they released themselves on FON post MCA chaos, 'Time Bomb' was fucking amazing.just wanted to set the record straight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kBctZrz-5s
― mark e, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
is grime a band
― la musica de harry frogbs (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
hahaa
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 19 June 2012 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
voxtrot!!― markers, Sunday, September 26, 2010 5:07 PM (seven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― markers, Sunday, September 26, 2010 5:07 PM (seven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That EP is still eerily good for a band that never did anything else.
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 01:17 (six years ago) link
They’re like my favorite band that doesn’t really exist.
Guardian is still hyping up The Horrors and people stopped paying attention more than a decade ago.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 06:56 (six years ago) link
Personally I hyped THE BOOKS so hard a decade ago and so did Pitchfork and several other indie zines but it never worked like it should have. Their 3 most famous albums where in so many top 10 EOY lists and yet it seems like most people forgot about them. They should be huge but they ended up disbanding and being a cult underground band to discover in 20 years when indie + folktronica goes through a reappreciation phase.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:01 (six years ago) link
I’d argue Arcade Fire and Sigur Ros fall in this description. After Funeral and Agaetis Byrjun had everyone charmed in the early 00s, it seems like they’ve both experienced diminishing returns and they haven’t received the same loving consensus ever since.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:06 (six years ago) link
Mum is another one which I remember was super hyped 15 years or so ago and I can’t remember the last one I read or heard anything about them.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:09 (six years ago) link
holy shit @ Voxtrot i haven't thought about them in at least a decade
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:12 (six years ago) link
Some artists which I remember sold big and got good reviews but their next record was a massive failure and failed to get any single any airplay.
Duffy, MGMT, Klaxons, MIKA.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:14 (six years ago) link
Possibly, but they have had their time in the sun, and quite possibly will do more. xpost really Arcade Fire
This was more about hyped up bands/artists that did not hit, but I'm guessing we've done those, and a side order of 'bands that pissed it away' is also good.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:15 (six years ago) link
I just came in here to see how long it took before someone mentioned Terris. Not long, I see!
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:18 (six years ago) link
Franz Ferdinand and The Strokes could qualify too even though they can still fill stadiums. Their second albums could be considered massive failures after the debuts were filled with potential singles.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:18 (six years ago) link
The Fabulous Somethings?
They had a single 'If she doesn't smile, it'll rain' which everybody loved but they did nothing else. It seemed like they were so objectionable to their label that they got shown the door, and nobody else took them for similar reasons.
Or something
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:19 (six years ago) link
no way this thread was made for Voxtrot
what about Times New Viking
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:20 (six years ago) link
Black Dice too. There was a time when Animal Collectibe and them were like the coolest most hyped indie acts from NYC. Animal Collective are a household name now but Black Dice are a dark reference nowadays.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:22 (six years ago) link
A good way to find these bands is to google the posters for Coachella or Primavera sound or whatever festival from 10+ years ago. The bigger the letters and the least you know who they are 10 years later, the more they’ve failed.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:25 (six years ago) link
Are people just missing the point of the thread now?
Ah, I see Mark G already said it.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:32 (six years ago) link
Like for example Coachella 2012 had 3 main acts: Radiohead, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg, and Black Keys. The last popular single I heard from Black Keys is ‘lonely boy’ from 2011 and I only know an album from them. I’ve no idea if they’re even active anymore.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:32 (six years ago) link
Yeah sorry I deviated the original thread a bit but it seems pointless to start a new thread to expose a similar sort of phenomenon. Spontaneous self combustion vs slow burns.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:34 (six years ago) link
ctrl-f 'Razorlight' 0 results!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:34 (six years ago) link
Black Dice didn't live up to their indie potential like Sonic Youth didn't live up to their commercial potential. still doesnt fit itt
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:44 (six years ago) link
bands that are still active after the hype has long gone (cf. deerhoof, xiu xiu, black dice) don't count. i saw deerhoof play to 50 people max a couple months ago and it was so depressing, they're still great
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:45 (six years ago) link
ditto for xiu xiu who i saw play a sold out 300 cap room in april and play to 30 people in the same room in september
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:46 (six years ago) link
They're hardly "failing spectacularly" though. They've found their audience, are still up to inventive things.
Sigur Ros def have an audience but are an example of a band that went the U2 route: somewhere along the way they decided to stop evolving and make the same music over and over again. (and no, this was def not the case with the first three recs).
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:50 (six years ago) link
right, i'm not saying those bands are Voxtots. but Sigur Ros isn't either
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 07:58 (six years ago) link
Nah true. Artists and band who come to a grinding halt creatively and just keep doing what they're doing are an interesting diversion of the theme though. I loved the first two albums of Heather Nova, and recently googled her: turns out she's still touring, still making the same music. You'll never read a review again but she's just doing her thing I suppose.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 08:09 (six years ago) link
Franz Ferdinand and The Strokes could qualify too even though they can still fill stadiums.
Franz Ferdinand played an 1100 capacity room tonight. I saw them two years as part of FFS, playing a 1350 cap room. Neither were sold out.
The Strokes haven't played a headline in 17 months, and that was in an 1800-seater/2300 standing venue.
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 09:21 (six years ago) link
Animal Collective are a household name now
They made a song about wanting a household, certainly.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 10:41 (six years ago) link