Fat White Family
― motörhead - or gaz, matron? (NickB), Thursday, 26 November 2015 10:26 (eight years ago) link
Meatraffle
While there is irony in a band calling themselves Journalism, don't confuse it with today’s increasingly popular tongue-in-cheek cynicism. With their debut LP Faces, Journalism frontman (and former journalism major) Kegan Zema investigates the very nature of being in a band. What does it mean to make guitar rock in 2016? How do you stay afloat in a place as overflowing with bands as the Brooklyn DIY scene? Why do you stress so much over something you are privileged to even be able to pursue?
― Skaciety (pronounced the way you'd pronounce society) (DJ Mencap), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:21 (eight years ago) link
hahaha christ
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link
still think that I dislike Algiers at least 40% because of their stupid, stupid name
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:35 (eight years ago) link
why stupid?
― smoothy doles it (nakhchivan), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
this seems to be in the same sort of priggish WE'RE EMPHATICALLY CHECKING OUR PRIVILEGE AS A GUITAR BAND camp, except worse because it's claiming to be Journalism, having its cake and faceplanting into it too
I don't like any bandname that is also a placename, but calling your band a placename that has recent historical weight even though you've had nothing to do with it strikes me as...crass. It'd be like calling a band Basra, ffs
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:39 (eight years ago) link
Coming soon to a town near you...LOCKERBIE
algiers is a very large and important city not a village by recent historical weight you are probably referring to something that happened over half a century ago unless you take more interest in maghrebi politics that would be apparent from your posts
― smoothy doles it (nakhchivan), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
that paragraph is cool and worth quoting but there's something to be said for people calling their shit indie rock bands stupid names just to get a rise out of rubes on twitter etc
― smoothy doles it (nakhchivan), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:43 (eight years ago) link
still think it's crass
bandnames laying claim to numinous concepts like important 20thcentury placenames or human demographics or professions are almost all shit, give me counterexamples
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:43 (eight years ago) link
u.s. girls missing out is a heinous and abysmal tragedy of listening that i'd have thought ilx would avoid but clearly not
― I remember you was vote-splitted (imago), Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:41 AM (4 days ago)
― smoothy doles it (nakhchivan), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:47 (eight years ago) link
not sure I ever heard their music but I think about these guys every so often https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry_About_Dresden
― Skaciety (pronounced the way you'd pronounce society) (DJ Mencap), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:48 (eight years ago) link
yeah i remember them idk if i heard them
http://www.discogs.com/artist/941324-The-Vichy-Government
― smoothy doles it (nakhchivan), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
I like the name Algiers for some reason. It looks good in bold font and somehow I got a sense of their vibe just from the name before I listened to them, which must be saying something.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
The Police had some good songs
― sarahell, Monday, 1 February 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=7510149
― smoothy doles it (nakhchivan), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
definite article immediately improves numinous thing, c.f. the mountain goats etc
u.s. girls is a weirdly qualified demographic which >>>> 'u.s.' or 'girls' on their own
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Monday, 1 February 2016 15:59 (eight years ago) link
Laibach
― François Pitchforkian (NickB), Monday, 1 February 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
Journalism should release a record called Today's Increasingly Popular Tongue in Cheek
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 1 February 2016 17:05 (eight years ago) link
I woke up this morning with the idea of a band called the Yourinyls (pronounced "your EYE nals")
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 1 February 2016 17:09 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA-nx6TMWho
― smoothy doles it (nakhchivan), Monday, 1 February 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link
itt: we name all bands
So, Yourinyls aren't real? Aww.
― sbahnhof, Monday, 1 February 2016 19:04 (eight years ago) link
the world is a beautiful place and i am no longer afraid to die
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 February 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
― Skaciety (pronounced the way you'd pronounce society) (DJ Mencap), Monday, February 1, 2016 10:21 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
is this
is this ethics in journalism
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 1 February 2016 20:34 (eight years ago) link
heh
― Skaciety (pronounced the way you'd pronounce society) (DJ Mencap), Monday, 1 February 2016 21:02 (eight years ago) link
When 'Airy Met Fairy
― François Pitchforkian (NickB), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 10:19 (eight years ago) link
Marty's Chicken Trigger
― veggie sticks potato snacks (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
R.L. Kelly
― Treeship, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vphzZfiIcQ
this is what they sound like btw. the music is not the worst.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 22:05 (seven years ago) link
lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal._The_ManThe band's name is based on the idea of David Bowie's "bigger than life" fame. They wanted the band to have a bigger than life feel but didn't want to name it after one of their members. "A country is a group of people," guitar player and vocalist John Gourley explains. "With Portugal, it just ended up being the first country that came to mind. The band's name is 'Portugal'. The period is stating that, and 'The Man' states that it's just one person."
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
that is indeed the worst band name
― niels, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 07:03 (six years ago) link
agreed
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 07:44 (six years ago) link
Melkbelly
― pre millennial tension (uptown churl), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
Milky Chance
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 20:59 (six years ago) link
― niels, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 07:03 (fourteen hours ago) Permalink
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 07:44 (thirteen hours ago) Permalink
I literally think it is. Worst one I have ever seen.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 21:40 (six years ago) link
Bandname. The Worst
That's awful but I think this still tops it:
Re: Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)..."As for the meaning behind the name, I’ve had a lifetime of bands not working out, and so I chose a name to reflect my frustration. I tend to hide lyrics and names behind a lot of dense symbolism, so here’s the general break-down of the name. “Empire! Empire!” is that one evasive dream that you want so badly, and you will always chase it, but it never seems quite in reach. The “(I Was a Lonely Estate)” portion was where I felt I was incomplete and insignificant. It’s hard to get off the ground if you can’t find reliable people to share your dream. The exclamation points mark how important the dream is, and the parenthesis signify that I feel like I am unimportant and unnoticed."― everything, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 18:51 (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"As for the meaning behind the name, I’ve had a lifetime of bands not working out, and so I chose a name to reflect my frustration. I tend to hide lyrics and names behind a lot of dense symbolism, so here’s the general break-down of the name. “Empire! Empire!” is that one evasive dream that you want so badly, and you will always chase it, but it never seems quite in reach. The “(I Was a Lonely Estate)” portion was where I felt I was incomplete and insignificant. It’s hard to get off the ground if you can’t find reliable people to share your dream. The exclamation points mark how important the dream is, and the parenthesis signify that I feel like I am unimportant and unnoticed."
― everything, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 18:51 (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― you can make fun of birthday parties all you want (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 21:44 (six years ago) link
That explanation at least demonstrates a basic command of how language operates.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 22:00 (six years ago) link
breakfast muff is a pretty bad band name
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
"I’ve had a lifetime of bands not working out, and so [at age 22] I chose a name to reflect my frustration."
― mick signals, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
Yak Ballz
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
khat person (jim in vancouver) at 5:01 17 Jan 18breakfast muff is a pretty bad band name
― how's life, Thursday, 18 January 2018 11:37 (six years ago) link
“We were going to be called Fanny and the Breakfast Muffs and now I’m really glad that we cut it short,” says Simone Wilson early in our chat. “We were looking through mad books like...” – adopting a creepy voice – “‘we need a really good name – a really disgusting name.’” From the off we know we’re in good company.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 18 January 2018 11:47 (six years ago) link
Pianos Become The Teeth
Bonus points because they're part of a musical movement called "The Wave".
― enochroot, Thursday, 8 March 2018 03:11 (six years ago) link
Snail Mail
― We can be herpes (Tom D.), Friday, 8 June 2018 12:36 (five years ago) link
Greta Van Fleet
― how's life, Monday, 24 September 2018 12:54 (five years ago) link
Honestly have to mentally correct myself that they aren't a van rental company each time.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Monday, 24 September 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
90's Christian alt-metal band "Beanbag"
― circa1916, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
― how's life, Monday, September 24, 2018 8:54 AM (one month ago) Bookmark
I actually kind of like this name, my problem is it sounds like the name of a good band, but as it happens that is not the case
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link