what one artist do you like the most that ilm doesn't seem to rate at all

Co-sign on doves and early cardigans

Omg I love American Analog Set. I was tempted to say Vetiver...I have a thing for good but not necessarily important bands (see also: Guadalcanal Diary, Mobius Band, Mendoza Line)

i love early cardigans (and tbh all phases of cardigans)

life is such a great record

Steve Wariner

a lot of the 50's era seems, I don't know, taken for granted?
There are 4-5 threads on the Everly Brothers, but rarely are these top page.
maybe there isn't much new to say, but I'm still blown away every time I listen to them or Little Richard or Buddy Holly etc

I'm not sure if most ppl (including/especially myself) really have an adequate vocabulary for talking about '50s music, without it turning into just a recitation of facts, historical notes, etc. There's something sui generis about that era which makes it distinct from most of the rest of rock/pop/etc. I could be totally wrong.

Like - I love Bo Diddley, but I'm not I've ever tried to talk/write about his music, or would know what to say. I'm sure there are others who are much better at it than me.

(As in – ppl who are actually good at talking about music. LOL.)

i always feel like ppl should be talking about little richard way more than they do. his classic original stuff feels so revolutionary and subversive and incredible every time i hear it, like it never feels even remotely dated to me. but i think the only time i see him talked about is, like, when ppl do those "100 moments that changed rock" lists. maybe it is just hard to talk about what makes those records so great.

Haven't seen much praise for BT on here, especially for his more recent stuff, but he's still making great music. You just have to be selective about what you listen to

Considering his name is two letters and his latest album is called _ maybe he’s just hard to search for

You’re right though. He’s a goober but he’s got crazy talent. I thought that Opus album he did a couple years ago was hilariously overblown. I loved it.

Oh I love Bighead Todd. IT'S BITTERSWEET! MORE SWEET THAN BITTER, BITTER THAN SWEET!

xp

I still rate the first Gay Dad album pretty highly. I doubt they have many other fans on here.

How about Kim Wilde? I'm sure that people rate some of her singles (especially Kids In America), but her first three albums are new wave/pop masterpieces that don't get mentioned a lot. Her first album in particular is incredible. I like it more than Parallel Lines and Eat To The Beat.

I will check out those Kim Wilde records. Kids in America is obv a pop masterpiece of the highest order, was just listening to it yesterday.

fyi she has a new song about an iPhone game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV0mfKdk6iU

I keep meaning to check out Kim's new album. Kandy Krush is ok I guess, the chorus is significantly more enjoyable than the verse. There's much better on the first few albums. Whenever I made CDs or playlists for friends, I would always put on a song or two. You'll Never Be Song Wrong from her debut is my favourite. Sparks, Young Heroes, Falling Out, Chaos At The Airport, Just A Feeling, Wendy Sadd, Shoot To Disable and Tuning In Tuning On (which is basically a Magazine song) are all highlights. I'm really not sure why she's so underrated.

I discovered Solex through the 5 favorite albums thread here a couple of years ago (Low Kick and Hard Bop). Glad I did!

anybody here besides Stormy Davis ride for mid-late 70s Jeff Beck?

I thought I’d be throwing down the gauntlet by saying I’m a diehard Was (Not Was) fan but a cursory google search reveals a surprising amount of goodwill for them on here.
Maybe if I add on that there was one Frank Turner song I listened to religiously when I was younger (though even then it wasn’t like I was running out to find more from the guy)

I didn't know ILM was anti-Erasure! They seem like the most ILM-friendly thing imaginable, tbh

A quick search suggests that y'all are full of it w/r/t erasure and ilm

Glen Hansard.

Think ILM allegedly hating Kendrick Lamar or The Cardigans is a bit of a stretch to say the least.

Too many of these answers are unloved through obscurity rather than reputation

The Bluetones

I love Was (Not Was). Who doesn't like that??

The only genuinely vile thing mentioned in this thread is Frank Turner.

(Julian Casablancas and the) Voidz

A lot of Danish artists would probably fit here more through obscurity than reputation, as imago says. The two that springs to mind that I would be hard-pressed to defend, even if people began listening to them, are probably Kliché and Tiger Tunes. This meant so much to me fifteen years ago, probably hard to explain what a revelation it was in a Danish context:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpXeelIlVBs

anybody here besides Stormy Davis ride for mid-late 70s Jeff Beck?

I love Blow by Blow. I might be alone in even liking some 21st century Jeff Beck, though.

Kim Wilde's debut is indeed wonderful!

i don't know who frank turner is but i guess its good to know to keep my distance if i ever encounter him.

here we go scott, enter at your peril Rockist Git Frank Turner and the horror of the live version of "I Still Believe"

Most of the names that spring to mind suffer from obscurity rather than ill-repute (basically what imago said).

In other words, a list of stuff ILM loathes would come in handy. Seriously, what are the most hated bands/musicians on this board? Are there any?

depends on the era of ilx.

curmudgeon is the king of this: Chitlin Circuit Double-entendre -filled Soul 2004 (and onward) Theodis Ealey's "Stand Up In It" is a song of the year

my version of this is probably dire straits/mark knopfler

depends on the era of ilx.

Fair point. Early ILX seemed more vocal about its dislikes, but I'm ultimately more curious about 2010s ILX.

Feel like this more of a "post your guilty pleasure" response but I'm a fan of both EMF (mostly just Schubert Dip) and Ned's Atomic Dustin (at least that first record, and the last, not so much the middling middle one)

i always laugh a little when people try and tell me that EARLY emf was great and nothing like their unbelievable stuff. i don't know why i think its funny. just thought of early-EMF is funny. like there are discrete eras of emf.

i mean i guess if it sounded like rough trade era scritti politti or something.

The artist who gets the most hate on ILM has to be Megan Trainor surely.

I thought 'No' was pretty good, though would have been better with another singer probably.

not enough people hate the smashing pumpkins here. that much i know.

I don't really have an opinion on their other albums tbh. I kinda just moved onto weirder music after that, but maintained a connection to that album (which I listened to on my walkman for 18 hours straight on a trip to sweden)

This obit for the EMF bassist is def funny, esp:

Apart from his basslines, Foley was known for his party trick of putting what some claimed was a grapefruit, and others a lime, under his foreskin, and for partying. He was no stranger to drugs.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1380899/Zac-Foley.html

EMF that is

Even Dennis Potter never imagined a "character" like Zac Foley!

I haven't played my copy of Schubert Dip in 20 + years, and now I don't think I'll ever be able to put it on again and not be reduced to gales of laughter. xxp

Ppl here hate Megan Trainor? I wouldn’t choose to actively listen to her songs, but I’ve never heard one I didn’t like.

She is a mainstay of the worst music threads.

I rate Megan Trainor over Amy Winehouse, haha (R.I.P. and all that)