the landfill that time forgot: crap uk bands of 00s/10s

"10 years, 4 albums, well over 1,000,000 record sales and uncountable sell out tours is not too shabby for an alternative indie band, but these numbers aren't what makes me proud personally, the fans are.

"They drove this band, they provided the fire for this decade long journey. I have always loved them and I always will.

"They've kept me going at times when I thought nothing else might.

"To all Enemy fans, I adore you."

That thread about kasabianian swagger seems to indicate that this stuff is alive and well

i was wondering where to post that johnny borrell interview - surely the only likeable thing he's ever done

still had to lol at the bitter sideswipe he took at rzaorlight's drummer, who wrote the band's biggest hit

congratulations to the wombats for giving their band a name that will forever make me think that they're the wombles whenever i hear it (and i'm not even british)

And will forever ensure I will not listen to even one second of their music.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/03/the-cribs-the-view-time-to-give-landfill-indie-its-dues

http://i.imgur.com/u8mwmeQ.png

http://www.radiox.co.uk/x-lists/ricky-wilsons-indie-landfill/

"Ricky Wilson's Indie Landfill" sounds like a Viz strip

some of the listener testimonials get pretty melancholy

THE AUTOMATIC
“Monster is a total barnstormer and has a proper call and response vocal you can do in the car with your mates when out enjoying the freedom of a new driving license,” says Nick from Northampton. “Such happy and good memories of this song during college. God I miss the mid 00s and the carefree days.”

THE ORDINARY BOYS
Sam from Manchester has this tale of woe: I’m moving house with the family soon and had to get rid of a chunk of my music collection as we don’t really have room for it. The final box I threw out split slightly and I could see the barest glimpse of The Ordinary Boys second album Brassbound peeking out. I will admit to having a tear in my eye.”

radio x must be a depressing listen

The View

Robyn from Carlisle says: “Pretty sure underneath the discarded banana peels and old school non flat screen TV’s there much be some of possibly the most Scottish band of all time, The View. I loved how they always had big singalong choruses, and having seen them a few times they preferred their crowds rowdy!”

Read more at http://radiox.co.uk/x-lists/ricky-wilsons-indie-landfill

The Pigeon Detectives

Stephen claims: “Because of their ludicrous name people brush them off nowadays, but those boys had some absolute tunes! Plus, I think their debut record sold over MILLION copies, which is huge compared to today!

I bet Adele is well jealous.

i see that chasing cars is the most played song of c21st british radio

destroy everything imo

Had to hear 'She's So Lovely' a bunch of times last year thanks to the combo of stupid lazy office culture and streaming services official playlists based on 'feels' and algorithmic reliance on keywords in titles or whatever. This rewards all kinds of trash pop from the last 40 years with renewed and prolonged exposure than is deserved even on an objective level - particularly a problem at Xmas though. Worst first world problems.

I’m so confused by this clickbait article from the Yorkshire Evening Post in which every heading is just ‘Kaiser Chiefs’. Probably the most Leeds editing fuck up imaginable pic.twitter.com/VdqnisuZAs

— georgina🌹 (@georginaallen99) July 29, 2019

i miss nakh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRD-it5_uIA

thank fuck; I was wondering how Northern Uproar were getting on

That was one of the worst things I've ever ever seen btw

brb going outside to contract Covid

The Northern Uproar couldn't even be bothered to stand up from his couch.

Morbidly watchable.

...guy

Who knew "Imagine" was going to be the high water mark?

Fucking hell

Good that z-list proto-landfill has its own Live Aid moment

Nice to see an appearance from Pete Doherty at 4.27

Paul Chuckle, why have you demeaned yourself in this way

thank fuck; I was wondering how Northern Uproar were getting on

Billy Bibby's not in Catfish & the Bottlemen anymore? ;_;

Didn't have the sound up tbh because I'm trying to listen to Webern at the moment. Who the fuck are All The Young? I assume they must have written the song?

I think it's by Shed Seven? I only watched a minute of it before it was too much to bear. I do remember liking a song by Paris Angels

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/ShedSevenChasingRainbows.jpg

“Radio legend”, 😐

I've got this shit fucking song stuck in my head now, thank you Rick Witter I DON'T THINK

Needed Gary Crowley btw

Sweet Jesus, that was soul-suckingly bad. That Witter cunt with his sunglasses on.

Is it being generous to assume some level of self-awareness here?

I'm sure Leon Northern Uproar would have done his bit from the bog had he not been talked out of it

Being an American not into indie rock (and also being old) I've heard almost none of these, but looking at this list and thinking The Enemy? no, not the Seattle punk band ca. 1979. The Wombats? No, not the 80s garage rock band. I figure if they can't even come up with an original name, the music must be really crap.

It is.

It's intensely crap - and yes, it's very generous to assume any self awareness. The people that listen to this kind of indie actually believe all other music is inferior, often to a stupid degree. Imagine the ego on the people that make it.

Being an American not into indie rock (and also being old) I've heard almost none of these, but looking at this list and thinking The Enemy? no, not the Seattle punk band ca. 1979. The Wombats? No, not the 80s garage rock band. I figure if they can't even come up with an original name, the music must be really crap.

― Album Moods: Rambunctious; Snide (Dan Peterson)

nirvana?

no they were good

no names are original tbrr

Father time is cruel

xp never heard of them but they sound crap as well

this era cured my rockism long before I discovered ILM & co. just horrible

it kind of comes out the other end with swill like this, of course it's all horrible but then you remember there are always new 16 year-olds and hey let them have their own shitty skiffle bands instead of constantly being referred back to the lionised skiffle bands of yore

the lionised skiffle bands of yore

that is. . . a really convincing name for one of these groups.

this was a tonic for me. a good laugh

Yes, I'm glad they made it, it's hilarious.

i could only get as far as the bloke from Dodgy "singing"

I had to skip forward a bit

i didn't want to watch it but i'm glad i have, really needs its own poll