otm except 2-3
― imago, Friday, 4 March 2022 20:43 (two years ago) link
The top-billed stars appearing to be immune to the tyranny of alphabetization seems weird to me. Having a hard time imagining people being more excited to see Diana Ross than Megan, Lorde, or Phoebe Bridgers
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 4 March 2022 21:02 (two years ago) link
let alone Gaz coombes
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2022 21:04 (two years ago) link
I will never let alone Gaz Coombes
― wins, Friday, 4 March 2022 21:24 (two years ago) link
It’s pretty obvious Diana Ross will be the Sunday headliner. It’s a slot reserved for the likes of Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton etc.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 4 March 2022 22:05 (two years ago) link
…and, you know, in 2065…. Wet Leg.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 4 March 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link
out of Diana Ross and Wet Leg, only one had the ILM track of the year, so who's bragging now?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 4 March 2022 22:11 (two years ago) link
wouldn't actually be the first time a band from the isle of wight has headlined on the sunday
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Friday, 4 March 2022 22:16 (two years ago) link
Um, it's an alphabetical list.
Maybe they needed to be called "A Wet Leg"
― Mark G, Saturday, 5 March 2022 06:59 (two years ago) link
A hundred stages? Really?
― Mark G, Saturday, 5 March 2022 07:00 (two years ago) link
yeah they set up around the perimeter of a field and blast away at each other, where you stand determines the mix of what you’re hearing
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 5 March 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
that is a very good glastonbury line up IMO
― akm, Saturday, 5 March 2022 21:35 (two years ago) link
we are foes
― imago, Saturday, 5 March 2022 22:43 (two years ago) link
(lol sorry drunk)
― imago, Saturday, 5 March 2022 22:45 (two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 5 March 2022 23:40 (two years ago) link
oh dear, full screen ad on my Instagram feed featuring the goofy dancing from the new video
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
I don’t even follow many bands
Aha! The marketing, spotted in the wild.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 19:43 (two years ago) link
another Domino falls
― pickle loaf (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 19:56 (two years ago) link
I live in Tasmania which is pretty much exactly the opposite side of the world from the Isle of Man, so the global reach is complete
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 21:06 (two years ago) link
but the Isle of Wight is 109 kilometers closer!
― pickle loaf (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 21:10 (two years ago) link
the Isle of Wight Man lies between the two
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 21:58 (two years ago) link
Someone should trace the influence of Britney's "Work Bitch" on Chaise/LaLaLa-type songs.
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 22:17 (two years ago) link
shit, guess it's a Wight girl summer coming for you folks then
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 22:17 (two years ago) link
The singer reminds me a bit of Sarah Snook, I’ve just realised.
― 29 facepalms, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
xpost lollll
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 22:54 (two years ago) link
Wow, I hadn't looked at this thread in awhile. I hope it brings everyone the catharsis they need.
Wet Leg are playing a bunch of shows on the west coast right now so we saw them again on Wednesday. I gotta give them credit - fuck, I'm sorry, I really dislike pulling rank but over the decades I've sat through so many bullshit bands in Los Angeles that have zero ideas, not enough concept, can't write a hook, take themselves way too seriously, can't play, way too much concept, or even just outright fail at the basic task of being the background music to "can I exchange two tickets for a better beer?" as you obsessive-compulsively side-eye your guitar and amp backstage to make sure they're still there. Wet Leg live right now is killing it with a bunch of songs no one really knows except for big one and maybe the other. Really the only other times I've seen that happen was when I saw The Smiths' first show in LA in '85 and anytime No Doubt played those outdoor shows across the street from UC Irvine in 1990.
Like it or not, Wet Leg write some
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 27 March 2022 03:46 (two years ago) link
Like it or not, Wet Leg write some super sticky hooks.
They’re playing the Fonda next week? Wow. Impressed that they merit a venue of that size.For rough comparison, we saw Franz Ferdinand at the Troubadour (their 2nd West Coast show), around a month after their first album came out… they blew the roof off the place, it was pretty amazing, but even they didn’t warrant the Fonda. You’re telling me Wet Leg is a bigger draw than straight-out-the-gate Franz Ferdinand?
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Sunday, 27 March 2022 04:23 (two years ago) link
(My wife just reminded me that we saw FF again at the Avalon, a few months later… so it didn’t take them long to fill a comparable venue. The Blood Arm opened, I forgot about that… talk about an L.A. band that routinely “killed it with a bunch of songs no one really knows”…!)
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Sunday, 27 March 2022 04:32 (two years ago) link
For rough comparison, we saw Franz Ferdinand at the Troubadour (their 2nd West Coast show), around a month after their first album came out… they blew the roof off the place, it was pretty amazing, but even they didn’t warrant the Fonda. You’re telling me Wet Leg is a bigger draw than straight-out-the-gate Franz Ferdinand?
Savages was a better draw than FF - as with Wet Leg their first show in LA was at The Echo and then returned to play the Fonda.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 27 March 2022 05:59 (two years ago) link
uh oh https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/27/arts/music/wet-leg.html
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 01:59 (two years ago) link
“Chaise Longue” has the feel of an epochal one-off, something unrepeatable, like “Louie Louie” or “Because I Got High.”Ponder the implications of these comparisons in terms of career longitivity
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 02:44 (two years ago) link
I saw Afroman performing for 150 people at a dive bar four years ago, he's doing fine.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 02:47 (two years ago) link
writing a single as good and enduring as "louie louie" would be completely legendary? lol
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 March 2022 03:00 (two years ago) link
Michael Champion of the band Champs, who played bass on the song, liked it enough to contact Hall, who asked to meet them, much to their disbelief.
so a guy who played bass on "chaise lounge" tipped off their mythical kingmaking manager, who listened to their demos and signed them and then brought them to domino, who listened to their demos and signed them. a shocking tale of music industry corruption.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 March 2022 03:11 (two years ago) link
from the NY Times piece
Older listeners might hear echoes of bands from an earlier generation, like Delta 5, Elastica or Art Brut. But Teasdale and Chambers aren’t familiar with any of those groups. Their closest compatriots are Dry Cleaning, Yard Act and Sports Team, young British bands who, despite having been born after new wave’s popularity crested, emulate the music’s springy bass lines, resolute drums and jabbing guitars
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 March 2022 04:14 (two years ago) link
I didn't realize they'd both been making music for so long separately and together, also undercuts the "manufactured overnight success" story.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 04:45 (two years ago) link
see it more as a "Have Love Will Travel" can't wait for their reunion shows in 2072
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 05:19 (two years ago) link
Rob T. took the time to inquire if they were familiar with bands from three different decades, but didn’t bother to ask about topping ILM’s 2021 tracks poll.
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 06:08 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGg-hitVZKQ
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 4 April 2022 20:53 (two years ago) link
legit
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 4 April 2022 21:35 (two years ago) link
I find myself saying “excuse me……. what?” to the dog a lot.
― 29 facepalms, Monday, 4 April 2022 22:20 (two years ago) link
"WET LEG BAND" as Wet Leg Band
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 4 April 2022 22:29 (two years ago) link
Love it! Can't wait for the album!
― cajunsunday, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 10:43 (two years ago) link
I've been keeping off the ILM hype machine on Wet Leg, which has clearly turned into ILM controversial opinion machine, but I might listen to this album to see what the fuss is. Speaking of previous indie bands that have worked (for me), they remind me of Yeah Yeah Yeahs (minus the post-punk and radicality), which Jordan mentioned.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 12:28 (two years ago) link
oh in isolation they're fine, have their moments even, but they're the latest (rodrigo aside) to unite the horny dads and the zeitgeist poptimists into coalition, which is always a prime breeding ground for ILM controversy
― imago, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 12:59 (two years ago) link
as for myself, i am preparing to move to phase 2: cautious, conditional assent. i will cherry-pick the two or three decent songs off their album so help me god
― imago, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 13:01 (two years ago) link
Only 3/5https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/02/wet-leg-wet-leg-review-absurdist-delights-and-damp-squibs
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 13:03 (two years ago) link
“Horny dads” – because they’re two women(?)
― ass time permits (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 13:16 (two years ago) link