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― space2k, Monday, 19 June 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
Tennis sounds nothing like Raveonettes and their singer sounds nothing like Neko Case (I really like them though)
Found another attempt to describing this kind of stuff by ilx0r Lamp here: ILM'S TOP 77 ALBUMS of 2010 (NOW COUNTING DOWN THE TOP TEN)
i do think theres a strain or i guess subgenre of 'indie' that doesnt really get rep'd or mentioned in ilx polls. jangle-y, simple lo-fi guitar pop sort of stuff like wild nothing or beach fossils or seapony or tennis or whomever thats hardly an less accessible or obscure than rangda or emeralds or zola jesus or w/e. & it does feel like these bands have little to nothing to do w/ like the national or arcade fire style indie formally or emotionally.i mean i like this type of music & voted for a couple of lo-fi indie albums i thought were special but it is mostly a tracks genre - all those cassettes and 7"s lol - but it fares poorly there too. idk its not like ilx eoy polls wld be 'better' if this stuff was better liked, but it is a real blind spot― Prom Dressantino 2011 (Lamp), Thursday, February 3, 2011 4:11 AM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i mean i like this type of music & voted for a couple of lo-fi indie albums i thought were special but it is mostly a tracks genre - all those cassettes and 7"s lol - but it fares poorly there too. idk its not like ilx eoy polls wld be 'better' if this stuff was better liked, but it is a real blind spot
― Prom Dressantino 2011 (Lamp), Thursday, February 3, 2011 4:11 AM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 14:10 (six years ago) link
My pick of this kind of stuff from last year (love this track, album is ok):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW1YYm80RSQ
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
Makthaverskan could definitely fit, though the singer's voice is more Charly Bliss than Neko Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO-UyFL5cxY
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
Both of those work, thanks.
Reminded that some of this stuff can have a Joy Division/New Order thing going on- clattery drums, high Hook-y bass lines.
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
Really thought of starting thread about Tennis but thought it might get lost among threads about the sport.
Something that wouldn't count would be Wussy, because they are closer to the classic rock wing of indie. Something that almost counts, the track, not the band (or the weird video), but doesn't because the vocals are too choral, too Euro, too ABBA, and not girl group belting is this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhss4zVnU3M
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 12:25 (six years ago) link
tennis are so dull to me. they just radiate whiteness in a way that makes me want to put on any record that charted in 1973. also when i think of the raveonettes i think of music that's either gloomier or scruffier at the edges.
what about leggy? she-devils? stef chura?
― maura, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 23:25 (six years ago) link
She-Devils yes, but not the other two.
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
Vocals seem to be a little too ironic, in Bob Dylan/B-52s sense.
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 June 2017 00:21 (six years ago) link
The idea here is the juxtaposition of something that is more or less a conventionally pleasing pop vocal, the bigger the better, with a somewhat noisy/lo-fi/DIY track.
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 June 2017 00:42 (six years ago) link
The above is not a value judgement, just an attempt to limn a thing.
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 June 2017 01:27 (six years ago) link
would kitten be too polished
― maura, Thursday, 22 June 2017 02:36 (six years ago) link
Yes
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 June 2017 10:37 (six years ago) link
Flowers? One of my favorite records from last year.
https://youtu.be/YSwdGzVSIAg
― early rejecter, Thursday, 22 June 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
No. Vocals too, um, ethereal.
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 June 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
Dum Dum Girls (particularly the ones produced by Sune).
― campreverb, Thursday, 22 June 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
black honey? teen? babeheaven?
― maura, Thursday, 22 June 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
Dum Dum Girls definitely. Not sure about any of the other three, maybe Black Honey.
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 June 2017 01:48 (six years ago) link
Okay. Coffee shop owner told me name of Pandora playlist.
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
Manhattan
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
I kid you not
Lucky Soul
― Whiney On The Moog (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
Maybe not
― Whiney On The Moog (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 20:21 (six years ago) link
was gonna offer a "whut" at the name of this thread, but then i read this:
wild nothing or beach fossils or seapony or tennis or whomever thats hardly an less accessible or obscure than rangda or emeralds or zola jesus
does that say the former group of bands is approximately as accessible and obscure as the latter group or am i reading it wrong?
― alpine static, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 07:29 (six years ago) link
A lot of this stuff sounds like kite-era kirsty maccoll to me.
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 08:54 (six years ago) link
I'm also slightly confused by the thread title but if you like Seapony (which I do) a couple of them were previously in a band called Transmittens which are along the same lines.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 09:13 (six years ago) link
I really like Neko Case, and Seapony, but they don't sound similar and Seapony don't sound like Raveonettes at all -- I think the premise of the thread is a bit baffling.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 11:49 (six years ago) link
I thought Raveonettes were kind of twangy 50s pastiche, in part?
Neko Case is country and is a great auteur, writer of strange structures etc - not really typical of indiepop.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 11:50 (six years ago) link
Seems like one of my Daily Mixes is based on those times I have listened to these kind of artists, only it is fleshed out by other artists I wouldn’t put in this category, such as The Yeah Yeah Yeahs- even Spotify is confused by the thread title!
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2018 03:32 (six years ago) link
Thread title was supposed to be shorthand for (usually retro) Lo-fi track plus Big Belter voice.
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2018 03:35 (six years ago) link
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2018 03:42 (six years ago) link
Perhaps I could have called the thread Bands that sound like Suicide fronted by Syd Straw. Probably would have been equally confusing.
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2018 03:52 (six years ago) link
was gonna offer a "whut" at the name of this thread, but then i read this:_wild nothing or beach fossils or seapony or tennis or whomever thats hardly an less accessible or obscure than rangda or emeralds or zola jesus_does that say the former group of bands is approximately as accessible and obscure as the latter group or am i reading it wrong?
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2018 03:56 (six years ago) link
The Daily Mix just delivered Shannon and the Clams, which is close but no cigar.
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2018 04:06 (six years ago) link
Playlist just yielded La Sera, which totally fits
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2018 04:21 (six years ago) link
this year's shannon and the clams record is very good (not in a way that fits this thread tho)
― Simon H., Sunday, 1 April 2018 23:32 (six years ago) link