a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis

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is he on a skateboard?

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amazing

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If I saw any of these bands swaggering down the street towards me I'd certainly piss myself... laughing

(slight Walker Brothers vibe from that last one which slightly saves them though)

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Well look on the bright side, at least none of these bands will fall foul of a club's 'no trainers' rule. The 'no looking like a complete twonk' rule might be a problem however.

http://blog.ivonmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Kasabian.jpg

"Well, if you're going to be like that, we're going home!"

sometime in 2033: "This is what your dodgy uncle looked like twenty years ago!"

See, I did wonder if that first picture was those twunts Kasabian or just some twunts trying to look like Kasabian... and I still have no idea.

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http://www.music-dash.co.uk/siteimages/bands/koreans.jpg

kubichek photo does not belong here

if i knew which one was which i could maybe agree but i can't spot any odd ones out

as i scrape further down the barrel i'm finding that the bottom-feeders usually have one guy who hasn't quite got the look down

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2791/4038074364_8713ff592a_z.jpg?zz=1

That last pic has somebody doing the look down.

xpost DAMN TIMING!

lol beautiful

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RONNIE!!!!!

(lane)

Ornamental scarf count so far: 7

xxp who's that woman who looks like Rod Stewart?

"Colossal, monolithic, gargantun are three adjectives that might begin to describe the swaggering sound of Scottish 5-piece Modern Faces"

"Wop Man Gargan Tun"

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every band pictured here are better than the smiths tbh

the key to having the swagger of Oasis is looking like you huffed too much gas at some point in your life.

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no way do The Last Shadow Puppets belong here.

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for a while im like why are yall posting a bunch of pics of the same band and then i was like smh uk white ppl

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Our music is easy to listen to, nothing complicated, just great, positive tunes, obviously influenced by core bands like the Beatles, Oasis, and the Stone Roses. But for me personally, we are all about the songs.

"Yea definitely, the industry’s a bit too squeaky clean, and has been for quite a bit now. Hopefully we can give it a kick up the arse. Especially with The Stones Rose(sic), and Noel Gallaghers new albums sort of taking off quite big, hopefully it will be a big surge and not just one band – a movement bringing guitar bands back. Hopefully we can be involved in that." Tom from The Modern Faces.

Every month is white guitar band history month

such a horrifying thread title.

a mix between hitler and pol pot with the swagger of hugo chavez

Is there a sniper in that building in the second Kasabian photo I wonder

no way does some random indie band that looks exactly the same as all the others belong on this thread

http://www.weyfest.co.uk/images/Echo-&-the-BunnymenSMALL.jpg

anthemic

swagger

On April 9th the band released their double A-side ‘Pravda Scrolls”/ ‘Cynical Brother’ through their own Dirty Love label, songs which have achieved the descriptions ‘anthem’ and ‘epic’ respectively.

Yea I think they represent us the best as a band, you know a bit attitude, definite ballsiness and that’s exactly what we are about.

thats funny bc everyone of these dudes looks crippled by self-doubt, maybe its the safety of the mob that gives them swagger

spent a lot of time yesterday googling "indie attitude"

only cos there isn't one word for that 30-something white nob haircut

why are the Bunnymen still going ffs, hang it up

nah, backcombing is a different look to the 70s Rod Stewart floppy bangs

this reminds me of an email to the channel 4 teletext music pages circa 2001 in which someone complained about LADS pouring a plastic cup of piss on them at an oasis show, the way their audience comprised an awkward mixture of LADS and provincial ~indie~ dorks with extensive collections of SFA albums

so i look at these and try to imagine whether they would be pouring the piss or having pissed poured on them, except that i suspect the dialectic resolved itself somehow

I'd be happy if these pouring piss on themselves.

I'd be happy if these bands were pouring piss on themselves.

"Mancunian swagger"

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What bands/artists have influenced you?

Everything from The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan through to The Stone Roses, the Charlatans, Primal Scream, Ocean Colour Scene, Paul Weller, Oasis, Kasabian

http://www.banterbanter.net/music-news/2013/03/qa/

I think the Verve could successfully win a lawsuit against these guys for ripping off their sound. Knowing their luck, they'd lose...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExRI5AQ8xUE

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Derek Smalls and Alan Davies didn't get the memo

Everything from The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan through to The Stone Roses, the Charlatans, Primal Scream, Ocean Colour Scene, Paul Weller, Oasis, Kasabian

That is literally EVERYTHING there eh?

disappointed that www.banterbanter.net the mancunian music webzine seems mostly concerned with ROCK rather than just.....rock

wish i'd found that quote when i was titling this thread

bit ambitious trying to cram all those influences into one sound.

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do you think in their heads people say that believing they have this really diverse taste or do you think they know they're ploughing the most sterile field in the world?

i am certain it's the former.

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With influences as diverse as Kings Of Leon, The White Stripes, Black Keys, Modest Mouse, Rage Against The Machine, Muse, Pixies, and Interpol among many others they've forged a sound all their own but still familiar. Let's get those feet moving!

I'd be happy if these bands were pouring piss on themselves.

What bands/artists have influenced you?

Everything from The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan through to The Stone Roses, the Charlatans, Primal Scream, Ocean Colour Scene, Paul Weller, Oasis, Kasabian

GG Allin, Butthole Surfers circa 1986

Crass, Elephant's Memory, The Feelies, Wilco...

only cos there isn't one word for that 30-something white nob haircut

I always called it the Man's Chelsea

close to platonic indie rock influence list, just missing a token Marvin Gaye/Curtis Mayfield/Public Enemy mention.

xp

that'll do nicely sir

woof they already said Hendrix that's enough black guys

sorry and the drummer out of Ocean Colour Scene

You could play 'insert esoteric artist' into that list and try and and spot it for days.

"In fact, the only band we all like is Oasis!"

You think there'd be some who'd like Oasis but not the Beatles?

Oh, that was an actual quote.

"yeah, *He* likes the Rolling Stones more.."

"I mean, they're all right and that, but to be honest, I only like "Start me up" ..."

The indie side of rock n roll with a contemporary twist. Raw, energetic, loud. But we’re also not afraid to swap the electric for an acoustic and let a song breathe a little.

yes guys, do not be afraid to do that

There are few things I want to set on fire more than that Kasabian banner upthread

what about Kasabian?

Probably gonna wait till they swap back to electric again before I pour my cup of piss on them.

hats are rebellious aren't they?

"An oasis of horrific Oasis's in a desert of boredom."

http://www.clashmusic.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_feature/public/field/image/beadyeye-hires_2.jpeg

Oh lord.

so i look at these and try to imagine whether they would be pouring the piss or having pissed poured on them, except that i suspect the dialectic resolved itself somehow

This is a thread in its own right btw.

http://www.45cat.com/45_image_link.php?imagelink=16E35B164C472

also, "THE GYRES Break (Limited edition 1995 UK 7" vinyl single released at the height of Brit Pop, housed in an individually numbered green inner and die-cut sleeve; plays the same both sides..." http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=66491

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sorry...

somehow it had totally passed me by that alan mcgee had started a new label. I look forward to hearing more from Gun Club Cemetery.

http://359music.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/northsouthdivide.jpg?w=300&h=300

first release on the label ...

haha that can't be serious. check out that kid's music (& wait for the vocals to come in at least - he's worth it).

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

hahaha

Gun Club Cemetery love their good old-fashioned, down and dirty guitar music but like the bands who have inspired them – The Faces and The Stones among others – they can also turn their hands to a sensitive, heart-rending piano ballad.

its beyond parody innit.
the name.
the look.
the f*ckin' music.
poor lad.
only 15.
plenty of life left to realise etc ..

The band are fronted by Perth-based ex-Hurricane #1 singer Alex Lowe (vocals and guitar), alongside Mancunian Nick Repton (bass), who’d previously played with Bonehead in The Vortex, and Colin Ward from Nottingham (drums). The band formed just over a year ago.

this bit is lols

“I never knew Alex wrote ballads till last year – it’s interesting musically, his journey. They’re very big and beautiful songs, which is a hard thing to create. For an ex-boxer, he writes great ballads.“
- Alan McGee

“Gun Club Cemetery have started to get a little following together on Twitter, The Moons again, and Little Barrie, they’ve got some good singles. They’re the bands I’m backing“.
- Sir Bradley Wiggins

oh, and loving the idea that calling your band a very minor adjustment on a classic band, who really knew re the soul of rock and roll, and then referencing the same old creation friendly shyte as a starter point.

It never ocurred to me that the offspring of britpop/dadrock parents would end upmaking the same kind of music. In my day we hated our parents music (and vice versa) as kids

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^ managed by Dion Dublin.

The Establishment released their debut single “Be that way” and achieved lots of profile, including plays on Capital FM, BBC radio 5 live, BBC’s radio Derby, Northampton, Birmingham, Stoke, Mansfield, BRMB Birmingham, Touch FM, Talksport, BBC 606, Colin Murray’s Fighting Talk and TV appearances on BBC Question of Sport, Sky Sports, ESPN Talk of the Terrace

its beyond parody innit.
the name.
the look.
the f*ckin' music.
poor lad.
only 15.
plenty of life left to realise etc ..

― mark e, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 21:40 (Yesterday) Permalink

to realise how shit he is?

lol, when he starts singing

Would even doubt that lot would be aware of the Gun Club

It never ocurred to me that the offspring of britpop/dadrock parents would end upmaking the same kind of music. In my day we hated our parents music (and vice versa) as kids

― ..it would have sounded about as heavy as Talulah Gosh. (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, August 6, 2013 10:48 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Idk, I think it became obvious relatively quickly that here was a sound that held sway across the generations. The genius of Oasis. Honing that sound/look/attitude to such an extent that plateauing was inevitable. For whole swathes of lads across the UK (of all ages) that's all they're ever going to need or want. Why bother doing anything different when that whole aesthetic is so perfect? Conservative, reductive, homophobic, sexist. The soul of a nation.

There's a mcgee article with said bands in the new NME
http://i.imgur.com/0yeD3Nc.jpg

You can see it here actually http://issuu.com/nmemagazine/docs/10-august-2013/2?e=5942028/4318947

omg just noticed fucker in the back of the fourth photo is talking on his fucking phone. "Yeah yeah, we're doing the deal. Yeah, brunch noon sunday is good. Gotta go, in the middle of a shoot."

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HAHAHA at that John Lennon McCullagh video, especially when he sings "It was then I knew defeeeeat"

The next Jake Bugg right there.

I wanna hear the rest of John Lennon McCullagh's lyrics but the voice is just too much :(.

This thread is something special. I wonder if the piss-pourer piss-pouree dialectic resolved itself in the meeker end of the UniLAD spectrum, where thanks to friends of friends the English Lit dork and the ... [what do LADs study at university anyway?] can co-mingle in the same social groups.

the 50%inTertiaryEducationLAD demographic = sports science

Sports Science came to mind but Sports Science LAD seems more of a type in itself. Maybe the generic UniLAD is just an umbrella term for various microLADs, your Sport Science LADs, your Forensic Anthropology LADs.

that guy just sounds like loads of mid 90s scottish singers/bands. Sadly theres still loads of them but not usually as young as that (there was loads of 15 year olds making music like that in the mid-late 90s. Harleys had most of them playing every week.
One time we were shocked by a brilliant 15 year old guitarist. He really was shit hot.

can't believe there's enough Sports Science places in HE to occupy the number of LADs in the sector.

idk i dont really imagine a lot of these northern indie types at UNI at all

altho i find it difficult to imagine them doing anything else other just loitering aimlessly in some lancastrian asphodel

no i doubt most of these peeps are students, probably holding down jobs at bottom end of finance sector, telemarketing etc

Influences

Having taken bass up at the relatively late age of 18, Chris Edwards started off getting an education from the likes of The Verve and Oasis, later checking out the way Noel Redding held things together in legendary late ’60s outfit the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

"getting an education" = secure unit

"legendary 60s band the beatles"
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“Jester play hard rock with style confidence and a punky attitude” - Hotpress

Infectious Irish pop outfit ‘JESTER’ create melodious, ambient and powerful pop tunes.

On the live front Jester have shared the stage with some of Ireland's top acts and luminaries (Including: The Blizzards and Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club).

A high point of 2009 for Jester was storming to victory at the prestigious Sea Sessions Irish Unsigned Act Competition in June. The prize ranged from working with the best producers and promoters within the music industry, to recording time in Grouse Lodge.

Influences:
Interpol, Kasabian, Neil Young, Oasis, Paul Weller, Rory gallagher, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Smiths, The Stone Roses

Sounds Like:
Interpol, Kasabian, Neil Young, Oasis, Paul Weller, Rory gallagher, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Smiths, The Stone Roses

I like the way they have taken their influences and run with them

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was britpop really the last big "scene" we had in the UK?

plenty of other threads for contemplating the social purpose of Britpop, this one is for haircut fun and mild death threats

in an ideal world tbh it'd just be 300 pictures and "EXTERMINATE THE BRUTES" at the bottom

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“Is there a music scene? To be honest, I don’t listen to anything except The Beatles, The
Stones and Crowded House,” says Alex.

saw this on gis yesterday and the mise en scene reminded me of photos of bands

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i dont mind mods and all that but its their taste in music i find depressing. the real original mods would find all this shit plastic and not have anything to do with it (funnily enough neither would 2nd generation mod style council fans.)

this is exactly what i've been saying all along! it's like bobby gillespie is the kid rock of indie rock, and if bobby gillespie is the kid rock of indie rock then that means that ian brown is the everlast of indie rock, and if ian brown is the everlast of indie rock then that means that the gallagher brothers are the mario brothers of indie rock, and if the gallagher brothers are the mario brothers of indie rock then that means that god is 7, and god is 7, and god is 7, and that means that the pasta we eat contains the raw materials of indie rock, and if we contain the raw materials of indie rock then we have the raw power to rock the world, and if we have the raw power to rock the world then we can solve climate change.

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Can't help thinking a lot of Style Council fans circa '85 were just as close minded as this lot

well I guess since a lot of them (weller inc) proclaimed rock was dead and how much they hated it.

haha whos that top one nickb?

I want to set up a music festival with just these bands

No public there even. Just these bands, playing, watching each other

free beer

but the beer is poisoned

i support this proposal

Or just spiked with acid. I could film it. A Field in Knebworth.

hahaha

All beer banned apart from Carling

this thread title is such a fucking tease, i keep going to click on it to hear this new band ffs

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_1SdsfeDDTw/UD0XeHxl5YI/AAAAAAAAAPw/ptiXCe6omuw/s1600/M13+cropped.jpg

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/44913565/The+Beatles+Tribute+Band+rs_poseweb.jpg

how is this thread anything more than just another hateful manifestation of ilx's hatred for and jealousy of white males

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xp cant tell if yr joking anymore

lol

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Beverages
Genre : Britpop / Britrock
Hometown : Jakarta, Indonesia
Record label : Indie
Biography : Since 22 maret 2004
Current Location : Cibubur, Jakarta-Timur
Booking agent:-02196100320,081908700777
Influences : sex pistols, oasis, the stone roses,the smith, the strokes, inspiral carpets, ride, the beatles, phantom planet, the bride, the toy dolls,pulp,beady eye

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mbison i strive for that balance because that's when ppl listen and think about what they've heard -_-

xp serial killer

http://i.imgur.com/3Kz1nP9.jpg

seems like hes been excised from the band ;_;

more like modernfaeces amirite?

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Modern Faces ‏@ModernFaces 5h

These bands buying twitter fans....... Tut tut! Fuckin sad individuals!!

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these should be the ilx house band

haha whos that top one nickb?

that is "purple groove" - well worth a GIS, as are "slydigs"

i can't post pictures from this shitty device, but i would if i could

A true Rock n Roll band in the making, full of angst & debauchery and with confidence in spades

Modern Faces are a Scottish rock band bringing proper music back to the scene. If you like anthemic tracks delivered with a unparalleled swagger, check out the lads.

oh shit, this arsehole from "the high nines"

who the fuck are sptfyr ?

gone down the fucking shitty haircut rabbit hole here

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Trof is an eating and drinking palace in Fallowfield, with a live music lounge. Upstairs is a dark painted vaulted ceilinged roof, where a mostly student aged crowd stood waiting on Thursday, June 20th. Singer Peter Cowap, dressed in skinny jeans, mop hairstyle, and winkle picker boots, grabbed the mic exclaiming that they, Purple Heart Parade, “We’re fucking massive!”

While still singing, Cowap a couple of times lay flat on the floor, crouched, and then wildly thrashed himself about and banged his tambourine on the floor. He is NOT what you’d call a stand behind the mic performer. Wearing a rosary around his neck, at times Cowap was so immersed in the music he seemed removed from the room entirely.

Peter Cowap“LIES and KITES” was a slower psychedelic dream of a song. The band turned their backs on the room, not so as to shut us out, but instead to lose themselves in their sound.

“The Room”, a magnificent bow to Spiritualized, brought the set to a much too early end. People keep on listening, PHP keep on playing.

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WE'RE FUCKING MASSIVE!

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MASSIVE!

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does this genre have a name? I'm suggesting APEGAZE

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielnrobson/6988577047/

http://lichfieldlive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/totalstoneroses.jpg

that one's cheating tbh

what the fuck am i doing with my life

i'm going to go and make something beautiful now

like a sandwich

or a painting

of a sandwich

oh shit just one more

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"I've got a t-shirt on, it's "Pretty Green"....

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Modern Faces may be the worst band name I've heard this year

John Lennon McCullagh was just on Look North! They said "Remember where you saw him first" before he played one of his more political sounding song. Some of the lyrics included "The factories have all closed down" and "The kids are drinking on the street"

Is he actually going to become popular? This can't really happen can it?

hope not

Their music demonstrates influences such as Bombay Bicycle Club, The Cure, and Arctic Monkeys, making quite a unique blend of genres.

Drawing their musical influence from indie rock bands such as The Arctic Monkeys, The Courteeners and The Wombats, the trio aim to create a classic indie sound.

A PC support analyst by day, he has since secured gigs in Warrington and Liverpool and describes his music as having an indie/folk sound in the same vein as his heroes Dylan and Young.

The four Priestley College students list The Cribs, The Strokes and PEACE as their musical influences and have previously played at The Lounge, Warrington and at The Retro Bar, Manchester.

Richard said: “We draw a lot of musical influence from bands like Manic Street Preachers, The Pixies and indie rock bands from the late 80s.
“Our music covers many aspects of life such as politics, religion and how people think and feel about certain things.”

“Our influences include Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, and a lot of Rod Stewart.
“I love Fleetwood Mac, our guitarist loves Oasis, and our drummer loves Keith Moon, so there's lots of influences going on.
“Our style is upbeat, easy listening, pop rock. We've been compared to The Beautiful South.”

Named after a comic strip from the 2000AD series, they draw on influences such as Broken Social Scene and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds to create something which is at once dark, euphoric and uplifting.
By binding together the traditional back-bone of guitar, bass and drums with an unlikely approach to the violin, cello, and piano they have received radio airplay from various BBC 6Music DJs.
Angular stabs of snyths, waves of strings and Stephen Ellis’s almost baritone vocals combine to form a sound that is reminiscent of Leeds post-rockers I Like Trains.

Boss Level Monster draw on influences as diverse as the Mars Volta, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead and Beck.

With influences as diverse as Johnny Cash, Bob Marley, Simon and Garfunkel, Pink Floyd, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Aerosmith and Nirvana, The Ram Raid's music is difficult to pigeon-hole, so I asked them straight: "How would you describe your music?"
The response: "Hard-hitting alternative energetic riff-based harmonious rock with a dash of funk and groove"

Our music covers many aspects of life such as politics, religion and how people think and feel about certain things.

getting a strong Ed Wood vibe from this sentence

thank you for your hard work here, it is much appreciated

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they look like early Verve. nowt wrong with that mind.

dude on high street just now, straggly blond 70s cut, big mirror Aviators, Kasabian t-shirt, me rolling around on the pavement laughing

who was the last good SwaggerBand, if any

first Cooper Temple Clause album had its moments

oh god, I just posted that

srsly tho

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

lmao @ the last nickn post itt

need a new thread for this look

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which is the new swagger i reckon

rly? i associate that look with gormless innocents. they give it a good go but deep down they know they're never gonna make it.

the swagger mentioned above reminds me of late 70s rod stewart - a sort of laddy glammy look that's entirely laughable unless you're rod stewart (and often even then).

the dudes daphnis just linked to are posh lads trying to seem down to earth aren't they? diff thing.

xp

oh i didn't mean "new swagger" as in Billy Big-Bollocks rock and roller mentality, just in terms of there being fucking hundreds of wannabe bands affecting this kind of style decision now

yeah maybe stevie i don't know if they code as posh tho? it's kinda normcore-y and kinda "we let our music do the talking" but the beards add a certain something i can't quite nail yet

that kind of thoughtful styling that wants to pretend it just happened without thought

yeah that's never been a "look" before

let alone, the whole point of a "look"

The tragic future that awaits all these bands:

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every pixel in that photo is hilarious

I had to reverse image search that to find out if it was a ticket queue, a shit fan art exhibition or a lookalike contest. Turns out it's a queue to buy overpriced parkas.

that photo has a vague being john malcovich restaurant scene vibe

it's from an opening of Liam's parka shop isn't it? It has been posted to another thread for lols IIRC

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From the overlooked confines of the north, where the desolate shell of a dead industrial empire hangs heavy, this band brings light, hope and an adrenalin shock of lust, love and devastating charisma. Just when you may think that rock' n 'roll had been consigned to the history books, here comes a band that will fill your head with dreams and your heart with hope.

Slydigs’ ship sails straight and true on waves of pure blues rock 'n' roll.

Fuck me.

Now, equipped with the charisma of the Rolling Stones, the energy of The Clash and music that has so long been missed in an ever changing industry, 2014 is set to be submerged by this monstrous band.

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i just wish there was a tambourine on the table in front of them

Just when you may think that rock' n 'roll had been consigned to the history books, here comes a band that will fill your head with dreams and your heart with hope.

Interestingly, this is a direct lift from a 1963 Freddie and the Dreamers press release.

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Sporting their influences proudly on their sleeves, Edinburgh’s The Holy Ghosts marry an unabashed love of rock ‘n’ roll with a lick of blues homage to The Rolling Stones, wrapped up in the sort of insouciant indie swagger that recalls Oasis in their pomp. Opener Little Kickstarter finds frontman Jack Sandison channelling Mick Jagger’s sneering vocal to great effect, but it’s a stomper that also calls to mind Primal Scream and the messy raunch of The Black Crowes.

http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/music/gig-review-the-holy-ghosts-glasgow-1-3265852

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The one on the right looks like a successful actor, the one next to him looks like he doesnt really want to this any more and wishes he was at home playing scalectrix with his nephew

it looks a bit like a reunion photo. its 15 years later, the two on the right have come back. far right went on to stardom in an unrelated field and is returning from america, near left is returning from the Isle of Man where he works in his wifes family business, the two on the left are still living in the same flat and are excited the gang is back together again, even if its only for one night

impressive to right a gig review of Edinburgh's The Holy Ghosts without once using the phrase "complete fucking tools".

Praying for your isles, wow rip

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Newly signed to Mercury Records and influenced by all the very best - The Stones, Led Zep, Oasis and Kasabian - The Struts are set for the very top.

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Soldier On: Young rock 'n' roll 5-piece influenced by The Rolling Stones, Primal Scream, The Beatles, The Jam, The Who and The Small Faces.

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National Service - an unfairly maligned institution?

National Service - an unfairly maligned institution?

Only one good track on that one

is Soldier On Bungalow actually the name of that band, or is the url misleading?

oh, just noticed the preceding post. they should add an exclamation mark to the end of 'Soldier On' to make it sound like a groovy exhortation

They (or at least a graphic designer in a hurry) added an arrowhead to the N in their logo.
http://www.wearesoldieron.com/meet-the-band

If you ever got a hold of my iPod touch, once you get past the four-digit code you’ll see it’s full of some of the greatest music you’ll ever hear. Ranging from Small Faces to The Seahorses, every songs a “tune”.

I think if you’re in a band you need to look cool as fuck. I want to look like I’m in a band. Parkas, Polos, Chelseas etc. Anything that’ll make people ask “Here you! You in a band?” to which I’d reply “Aye mate, Soldier On.”

are they all man u fans?

What band/artist has most inspired you?

Oasis look at my hair

I’m actually really good at writing about myself. I’ve always got something to say and an opinion on most things.

yes i'm sure you do

What would be your ideal gig?

Being the last band on at a big festival.

if only there was a convenient word for this position

I have a dislike for most people that don’t dare to be different.

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This has to be a joke, right?

having watched the video of "Eggs for Breakfast" i'm hoping so

It's like they have even less awareness than Raygun.

(for reference)
RAYGUN - finally the 00s has its own Gay Dad

not everyone that keen on the Eggs for Breakfast video:

callogan245 days ago

You look like a bunch of miserable bastards, smile some and stop objectifying women, sexist video.

though the girl just looks vaguely bored and contemptuous throughout the whole thing, don't know if this was intentional

This is a vanity project of independently wealthy dudes right?

The girl did add a bit of sophistication (boredom and contempt) to the video which I liked.

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okay that one must be a joke

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guy second from the right doesn't really seem 100% committed to the 'look'

I was trying to start off 2015 giving humanity the benefit of the doubt

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The girl did add a bit of sophistication (boredom and contempt) to the video which I liked.

― Treeship

ruh-roh blurred lines defence raggy

wait i was gonna do that, are we swapping jobs for 2015?

fuckin why not

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not like it was working out for either of us as was like

a fair point well made

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imagining some kind of Prefab Sprout/Street Preachers crossover there

why can't mod bands look like this anymore?

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it's nice those blokes letting their kids be in the band

is that Stevie g

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Il faut un temps, dans les années 70, où courait un slogan fort en vogue : « If its too loud, your’re too old. » Passé la démagogie du propos, on peut se souvenir de ce type de phrase édité sur les albums : « To be played at maximum volume. » Même le Ziggy Stardust de Bowie en a bénéficié, on pourrait ajouter que cette recommandation n’aurait pas été saugrenue sur les disques des Stooges, MC5, Fleshtones ou autres.

Avec The Dukes, cette même instruction semble superflue : « Black Hole Love » ou « Gold Digger » ressusciteraient Rob Tyner (Rock in Peace), « Alive » puise sans vergogne du côté des musiques qu’affectionne Tarantino pour ses films (western et riffs démesurés) et des titres lorgenront sans fausse honte vers des groupes « hard » plus récents : Linkin Park sur « Genius », QTSA avec « The Great Escape », le punk US façon Offspring dans « Just In Case » et un groupe avec qui on peut voir plus d’une affinité revivaliste, The Hives sur « The Tyrant ».

here you! you in a band?

Eventually someone's gonna post a pic of a band that an ILXor is in.

This thread is like Shit Haircuts R'Us!

All the shit haircuts under one roof...

who or what's to blame for this 'Who, mods, Jam, parkas, Faces, Chelseas, Stones..' look/talk/bollocks? it wasn't even this bad 10 years ago. the influence of YouTube and Spotify? BBC4 rock docs? Classic Rock magazine?

makes me pine for the ElectroClash revival.

I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Shit Haircuts R'Us kid!

xp release of Quadrophenia on home video?

I've got two problems with these bands. The first is the misogyny. I don't know if Oasis ever wrote misogynistic lyrics - I'm not one of the millions who are familiar with their work - but 'Eggs for Breakfast' is some sub-Confessions/Carry On garbage that Noel Gallagher would never have descended to.
The second problem I have is that there's a difference between being influenced by a list of artists and being 'influenced' by them. The latter is just blatant copying. I really wonder what the Gallagher brothers opinion on all these bands is. Maybe we'll never find out - they are from the demographic that buy a good proportion of Oasis records, so it's unlikely that Noel or Liam would ever say something as blunt as "fucking load of shite copycat wankers".

Hmm. I mean, I like The Who/The Jam/Small Faces etc. on a musical level. I'm not really interested in adopting the look and waltzing around like I've just took a time machine from 1965 and acting like I'm willing to pretend that the last 40 years of music didn't exist.

The thing about these bands is that they don't seem to be aping The Who/The Jam/Small Faces directly; the impression that I get is that they're aping Oasis aping solo Weller aping The Who/The Jam/Small Faces etc., which is something completely different. I haven't heard any of the music by some of these bands, but just from looking at them and reading "what they're all abouuuuut, maaaaan!", I get the impression they're more on the Cast end of the spectrum of quality than the The Who/The Jam/Small Faces end of the spectrum.

For some reason, I have this vision of half of these bands listening to Confessions Of A Pop Group by The Style Council and whining "Blasphemy! What's this bollocks, Weller? It's not proper enough! There's no tunes on it! Maaaaaan!"

it's unlikely that Noel or Liam would ever say something as blunt as "fucking load of shite copycat wankers".

Hmmm, this would be a different Noel and Liam then?

Actually, Turrican OTM * 5!

See, blokes above the age of (lets say) 40, some are balding, some arent. Those that have a decent amount of hair, and don't want to adopt the shorts/t-shirt look that most dads do, have the option of opting for the "mod" look, but at the end of the day, it's still "older blokes that are wearing suits or Parkas or button down shirts", which is still, um, OK I guess.

But DON'T STILL BE WEARING THE Johnny Marr HAIRSTYLE, IT LOOKS WRONG on someone that's not 20 or thereabouts.

I was in Brighton this one time when there was some large Mod festival on (I didn't know about it), and I went into one of the shops but the racks had loads of identical shirts in, many blokes scrabbling for one, I came out wanting none of it. And ended up feeling like Weller in that picture where he's crossing some forecourt wearing a not-bad long coat and surrounded by loads of lads in parkas. And that is not what I want to feel like.

Anyway. Kasabian. Looks like they are the best of this sort of thing, and that's not masivly great anyway.

like

everyone in music looks shit stupid

that needs to be acknowledged like

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Pick the OK haircut!

<trick question>

this thread isn't really about haircuts per se

What, I have to listen to them as well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0a750--UUc

Brother (the shit band)

Brother (the shit band)

Wonder what they're all doing now that they failed to conquer the music scene.

I feel bad for being rude about these guys the other day, I think they're kind of like people who dress up as superheros or anime characters at conventions, faintly risible but they're not hurting anyone and if they're enjoying themselves then fair enough, I suppose. swagger on, noelrock revivalists!

which is not to reproach anyone else posting to this thread, if you go about dressed like that and claiming you're here to save the world from music-by-numbers you have to expect some degree of pointing and laughing

cosplayers are far more gender-mixed, far less self-satisfied with their own deliberately blinkered world view, and don't come out with a lot of guff about good old-fashioned anime making a comeback despite it being as fucking popular as it's ever been

but if you don't wanna be beastly to the Derrbrains i suggest there's a thousand other threads round here that unironically champion shit that's working the same rhetorical trenches

After a while they all sort of look a bit like stuffed toys

all culture has regressive vectors, the point is why these regressions? why this rhetoric? who do these kids think they are?

Liam/Noel Gallagher or Paul Weller, I'd guess.

Yet none of 'em seem to grasp that Weller doesn't solely listen to '60s music, just as Oasis failed to grasp the "progression" aspect of The Beatles.

Oh, they grasped the aspect, they just couldn't do it.

I don't know, man. It also felt like Oasis' take on Beatle-like progression what to look at how The Beatles progressed and thought "ah, we'll try and sound like The Beatles sounded on Revolver", rather than do what The Beatles did which was keep one ear on what was going on elsewhere and try and bring those influences into what they were doing. Even when the Gallaghers were guesting on Chemical Brothers and Death In Vegas tracks, the results still had more than an air of 1966/1967 about them: 'Setting Sun' recalling 'Tomorrow Never Knows', and 'Scorpio Rising' having that 'Pictures Of Matchstick Men'/'Hey Joe' chord progression. At least Weller dabbled with Acid Jazz, house music, slick '80s soul etc. even if the results weren't to everyone's taste.

It just felt like, no matter what the Gallagher's attempted to do, it still had to have some kind of '60s "authenticity" aspect to it in order to keep things proper, maaaaan.

and I guess this is ultimately why other bands of the era like (for example) Blur ended up having the upper-hand in the long term, because they weren't shy to soak up contemporary influences into their sound without sounding like they were slaves to the '60s. They did what The Beatles did, rather than sounded like how The Beatles sounded, but the results sounded far more contemporary naturally because it was contemporary influences they were soaking up.

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(From upthread) Have all of their eyes been switched with each other?

Still, they’re a tight outfit and evidently don’t take themselves too seriously, as shown by the brilliant and naysayer-defying Don’t Come A Knockin’ On Our Rock N Roll Coffin,

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is that for real?

calling the crappy puns 70s album thread

xpost:

Yup, that is indeed the artwork for their debut EP.

just incase their fans dont get the pun they spell it out for them with the cereal box LOL

Soldier On & Style Going Hand In Hand

Posted on February 18th, 2014 in Fashion

A lot of the time the music industry isn’t just about music, it’s about fashion and style as well. So it’s just as well we’re a fashionable bunch!

Look at any band through the years and you’ll see they embraced certain looks and fashions – The Beatles and The Kinks with their suits and more recently Oasis and The Stone Roses with their take on a more modern mod look, sporting their parka jackets.

If you’re in the music industry it’s important to look good, after all you’re on a stage in front of crowds of people, you can’t look sh*ite!

For us, we like the mod inspired gear. Lots of Fred Perry, lots of Pretty Green, and then you’ve got Jordan’s velvet jackets and Liam’s funky scarves.

It’s all about skinny jeans, fitted shirts and smart shoes. Only the best, like we said, you can’t look sh*te when you’re performing in front of crowds of people.

And it’s not just about clobber as well. You need to be rockin’ a quality barnet too.

Fortunately in the scene we jump about in there are a lot of good haircuts, lots of fringes and sideburns, but you always get the odd crap one.

Look no further than Tour de France winner, Bradley Wiggins. A true mod, he rocks a quality haircut and his sense of style hits the mark. He’s quite obviously inspired by the great Paul Weller – a class act.

Some of you will maybe be reading this thinking it’s a bit gay to be writing about clothes and hair but they’re probably the ones who wear sh*te clothes and have sh*te haircuts.

The mod movement has been around for decades so what is it about it that’s kept it strong for so many years?

Youths of the early 1960s were one of the first generations that didn’t have to give their money to their family. With more disposable cash, young mods were able to buy stylish clothes, with the first youth-targeted boutique clothing stores opening in the likes of the famous Carnaby Street.

As we said earlier, it’s hella important to look good when you’re part of the mod movement. This is something those in the 60s were all too well aware of. In fact some newspaper reports from the mid-60s focused on the mod obsession with clothes, often detailing the prices of the expensive suits worn by young mods. In some cases they were even able to seek out extreme examples such as a young mod who claimed that he would “go without food to buy clothes”. Mental.

Through time male mods adopted a smooth, sophisticated look that included tailor-made suits with narrow lapels, thin ties, button-down collar shirts, wool or cashmere jumpers, and Chelsea boots.

We all know that the mod scene is big on scooters, but some of you might not know that this is because their body panels concealed moving parts and made them less likely to stain clothes with oil or road dust. Yeah they look good, but it’s all about the clothes, the fashion.

In fact protecting the sharp suits worn by mods is one of the main reasons parkas are so prominent in the mod scene just like the stylish yet functional scooters.

This is just a snapshot of mod fashion and the longevity of it. But although short a small insight into the the history and mechanics of the trend, you can see how it’s always been important to look good and take pride in your appearance – a trend Soldier On will continue.

To learn more about Soldier On and to keep up to date with all we’re doing, including our upcoming gigs, you can visit our website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts.

Soldier On.

They've missed out the Small Faces

Fortunately in the scene we jump about in there are a lot of good haircuts....

Some of you will maybe be reading this thinking it’s a bit gay to be writing about clothes and hair but they’re probably the ones who wear sh*te clothes and have sh*te haircuts.

From another blog post...

For my Christmas one year, my parents bought me a Gretsch Electromatic Jet – which wasn’t dissimilar to the one George Harrison played – and I looked the fucking business. I felt like a porn star when I felt it in my hands, the coolest guy out of all the bands that played when I was gigging – not out of arrogance, I genuinely looked great.

Interior World of Noel Gallagher to thread, pls.

Some of these pictures remind me of Boys Wonder (of whom there is precious little on the internet). Perhaps they're due a revival.

Ah, the Boys Wonder. They kinda knew they were ridic.

(didn't they?)

can we just take a moment to think of those unfortunate souls stuck jumping about in a scene without a lot of good haircuts....

it's ok, they don't know any better

also "naysayer-defying" – Kula Shaker, Peace.

that EP cover has made my day, ngl

you’re on a stage in front of crowds of people, you can’t look sh*ite!

bit Islamophobic this

they prefer the Sunni look

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images that make you impatient for the collapse of the food chain itt

Didn't know Kasabian had made Madame Tussaurds

Alan Davies, Russell Brand, Eddie Izzard, and Tim Minchin - together at last!

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Ashby's Bio

“In the world of Sanguine Indie Musicians, emerging is a four piece go-getting band named Ashby.

Developing from a small mining village in South Yorkshire, Ashbyobligate an aspiring attitude with the aim be recognised within the music industry of today. The band is vastly evolving in the surroundings of their hometown and iscurrently undertaking headlining positions in the biggest venues within Sheffield. The venues are as follows, The Plug, The O2 academy and The Leadmill.

The Four piece structure consists of front man Ashley Mitchell, whom plays rhythm guitar and lead vocals. Playing alongside front man is Levi Hand, whom is lead guitarist and contributes to backing vocals. The third member is Jack Law, bass player and backing vocalist. The fourth associate is Josh Whitehurst the endowed drummer and backing vocalist.

Ashby currently withhold an innovative approach towards their music and are in the process of releasing their new EP ‘Worth the Wait’. These upbeat, high tempo Indie tracks voice the personalities of the band throughout.

Admirations of former bands such as The Beatles, The Jam and The Who contribute to Ashby’s inspiration in order to compose and perform the records in which they do. Courageous Ashby conjure records which speak the morality of today’s society, love and desire. Dedicated Ashby have taken their music further afield travelling to Camden, Manchester, York, and Leeds and not to mention taking over their local towns. Additionally Ashby have been hitting local radio stations, where they have been a big success with the public. Recently being discovered by some big names in the music profession, Ashby are stepping up to the mark with the release of their EP. The band’s new release is described by a professional acquaintance as “Indie with attitude”.

Meet the lads

that looks like it was written by someone whose primary language is not English

vastly evolving

Dedicated Ashby have taken their music further afield travelling to Camden, Manchester, York, and Leeds

haha it's so funny when UK bands talk about the "grind" of touring

Courageous Ashby conjure records which speak the morality of today’s society, love and desire.

Cultural Revolution vibes from this

Q Fav Food ?
A Fish Finger Sarnies

Q Fav Food ?
A Owt Greasy

Josh Whitehurst the endowed drummer and backing vocalist

That's not a drumstick in his hand...

Q Who Inspires you ?
A Keith Moom

Indie Modsters - Debut Single

Indie mod-sters head out of Sheffield with thier Debut single.

Yep that's right. Part of It is the debut single from Sheffield Newest indie Mod- sters Ashby.

Emerging from the devistated South Yorkshire Mining Communitie,s the cast off children of Thatchers revolution, are answering back, in the only way available to them - through music.

Formed in 2011 the band have taken their time to develope their sound and have been hard at work on the northern indie rock scene, being voted 'Best Band of 2012' by the legendary Stone Roses Venue in York..

"We were brought up listening to the indie sounds of Sheffield and Manchester and have really taken that as a starting point butwe have introduced our own vibes" Says Lead Vocalist and Guitarist Ashley Mitchell.

The Rest of the band consist of Levi Hand (Lead Guitar), Jack Law (Bass Guitar) and Greg Mason (Drums). They have been touring Yorkshire and have played in many venues including Headlining at the o2 Academy Sheffield and The Stone Roses York,

They have recently written and recorded some new songs which they are ready to unlease, 'Part of It' is the Debut single.

“LET’S HAVE IT”

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Sly Dog have just unleashed their new EP ‘The Future’s Ours’, and this Hertfordshire 5 piece have nailed their Brit Pop flag well and truly to the mast. Taking their cue from Oasis in their mid 90s pomp, Sly Dog have brought their own brand of hedonistic rock n roll to the fore, and this music brims with aspirational exuberance. The title to this EP niftily sums up what Sly Dog are about, and that is making positive feel good music that does indeed look back to those halcyon days of Brit Pop swagger, but also bringing it into the present day in their own inimitable way.

Sly Dog have a broad canvas in terms of musical influences, and they openly admit to their love of the Stone Roses, The Jam, The Rolling Stones and The Who. There is also plenty of Soul in the shape of the Supremes and Marvin Gaye thrown in for good measure. Who can blame Sly Dog for being influenced by some of the best music ever recorded, and filtering these influences into something that is uniquely their own.

‘The Future’s Ours’ is an EP that showcases Sly Dog’s potential and it also reveals their love of Oasis in their heyday. Songs like ‘Faith in me’ and ‘Shadows’ highlight a debt to the ‘Definitely Maybe’ period. The opening bars and the thick guitar sound of ‘Shadows’ will remind those of a certain vintage of the Psychedelically tinged ‘Shakemaker’. Oasis have never been able to disguise their influences, and I think Sly Dog are more than happy to wear their influences on their shirt sleeves. This is not necessarily a bad thing as Sly Dog are making music for people to sing along to as opposed to rubbing your chin with your feet up trying to work out the intricacies of a 25 minute Prog Rock Opus.

Originality is an over used word and pop music has always fed on itself, and it’s what a band does with their influences that matter. Sly Dog are young and do not lack confidence, which is very important when you want your music to be heard, at a time when it seems harder than ever to get your music across in an age where the pleasure of discovering a band and listening to an album has been altered by the inconvenience of I-Tunes and the delete button culture that the internet has spawned. Sly Dog at least have bucked that trend with a UK tour around England in the summer, which reveals that this band is prepared to work hard and slug it out when it matters. Sly Dog have a keen appreciation of great music, and as artists they will surely want to push and explore their sound even further, as all great bands inevitably do.

Sanguine Indie Musicians

dibs on this band name

based purely on that photo, I'm finding Sly Dog more likeable than most of the bands in this thread

Sanguine Indie Rock n Roll

I think it's because the singer looks like a young David Thomas xp

I'm getting a Pere Ubu vibe from Sly Dog

Lol

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haha it's so funny when UK bands talk about the "grind" of touring

it's not exactly Get In The Van, is it?

pretty sure that's why so few UK bands manage to break the states. didn't oasis split up on their first big US tour? and yet their support group screaming trees kept on trucking even though lanegan was busted for crack possession. not to be a macho douchebag, but THAT'S how you rock and roll.

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The band describes themselves as having a very raw and original sound, it’s a sound that mimics the 1960s, with a very ‘Quadraphenia’ feel. They take influence from a range of different bands, including The Beatles, Oasis and Kasabian.

“You couldn’t listen to us and label us to sounding like a particular band, but to describe our music to someone who hasn’t heard us before then it would be a cake of three ingredients, Arctic Monkeys, The Jam, The Libertines, with a few extras.”

everyone has the worst hair ever

Blending a mix of driving guitars and heavy drumbeats with dreamy riffs and anthemic melodies, Kartica achieve a roaring guitar sound with echoes of Oasis, The Verve, Ocean Colour Scene and The Stone Roses.[1] They were described by NME magazine as "Solid Sheffield indie rock"

Check out the lads

Kartica are at a Pigeon Detectives level visually

"Solid Sheffield indie rock"

this is one step down from "a band that exists"

p. sure i know which one is kartica's drummer

Sly Dog's PR (or whichever of them wrote it) could do with being a bit less defensive

i appreciate these lads' stubborn refusal to kow tow to pop orthodoxy and current trends. these guys are like 21st century teddy boys.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture.jpg

A vibrant mix of indie, rock 'n' roll and MOD, Subject have a new original sound ready for you consisting of 3 lads who love bringing a strong British sound to everyone who wants it.

"Subject are a young three piece band from Yorkshire bringing the 60s into the 2000s." - Sounds Of Steel.

this is some of the most backward and hilarious shit in britain.

xpost austin powers needs to cut the carbs.

http://www.nouse.co.uk/wp-content/article_images/body/2013/08/APR1-TheStoneRosesBar-York1.jpg

i love this thread

http://www.sparkstoflames.com/venues/63/APR7-TheStoneRosesBar-York.jpg

quite possibly i do not love that pub

it is kind of magnificent

http://www.weekendnotes.co.uk/im/007/02/dscn00961.JPG

i am the resurrection, on repeat

Leeds has a Stone Roses bar as well!

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7388/14026953352_7f88d69050_o.jpg

(original is in York)

based purely on that photo, I'm finding Sly Dog more likeable than most of the bands in this thread

― i hope heaven is full of music and girls like ennya (soref), Monday, February 9, 2015 9:07 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sanguine Indie Rock n Roll

― Master of Treacle, Monday, February 9, 2015 9:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think it's because the singer looks like a young David Thomas xp

― i hope heaven is full of music and girls like ennya (soref), Monday, February 9, 2015 9:09 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

My first thought was "fucking hell, Paul Shane's back from the dead already!"

please drop me home xp

correction, the original Stone Roses bar is apparently this one in Kos, which opened in 1995

http://kardamena-weddings.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/kardamena-weddings.com_-_cermony_locations_-_Champagne_Reception_At_Stone_Roses_Bar_Kardamena.jpg

Clearly it was what the world w

i love this thread

― Josh Whitehurst the endowed drummer and backing vocalist (imago)

It's the So not gonna happen thread for bands.

Ashby currently withhold an innovative approach towards their music

I bet they do tbh

Ashby

How have I only just discovered this thread?

I just listened to Sly Dog, they're actually marginally more boring than you might imagine.

Slydoguk.com

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RIP :(

Never forget
http://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/slydog_1.jpg

where in God's name is that half full football stadium?

more like rugby league. the britpop of rugby..

I'm kinda stumped trying to come up with a US equivalent, although I guarantee there more than a couple American bands that would fit in this presentation. You could make it with the glam bands that try to dress like Aerosmith, but I don't know that that look has carried on to the current day in the same way.

There are plenty of dudes with facial hair that have tried to re-create the early pictures of The Band (and/or Civil War re-enactments).

"Sly Dog are young and do not lack confidence, which is very important when you want your music to be heard, at a time when it seems harder than ever to get your music across in an age where the pleasure of discovering a band and listening to an album has been altered by the inconvenience of I-Tunes and the delete button culture that the internet has spawned."

I can't help wondering if Sly Dog could diagram this sentence.

"Sly Dog = Delete"

.. Is what it's saying, basically.

US equiv = bands that dress like pavement

rugby union = the boer war colonialism of rugby

thread delivers new DN

where are you finding these bands & pics NickB?

US equiv = bands that dress like pavement

or like creed

damn you beer fuddled memory !
think on a stag night out many years ago, i tried to end up in that stone roses bar in york.
pretty sure we didn't get in.
and, as others have stated, i love this thread.

just going to pretend that NickB is taking all the photos himself after finding and capturing the bands.

otm, he has a Britpop revivalist zoo/ holding pen

humanely captured on the streets of camden and set free to roam in recreations of their natural environments

they're everywhere, we're practically drowning in the fuckers at this stage

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture2.jpg

moody

http://www.fakebands.co.uk/images/bands/fullsize/567-129_2931a_330x330.jpg

still need someone to make a gif of that bloke at the back landing a 30lb carp with his les paul copy

http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article834582.ece/alternates/s615b/A%20surprise%20guest%20for%20a%20free%20lunch%20was%20none%20other%20than%20former%20world%20boxing%20champion,%20Ricky%20Hatton

new Soldier On interview

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/irvine-band-unveil-details-follow-up-5057926

The first EP was very mod influenced and quite specifically targeted at an audience. But obviously it’s an art and we write it, not for the pleasure of others, but for ourselves.

'we just do what we do and if anyone else likes it it's a bonus'

https://birminghampopfest.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/1185742_10152489083303797_364039740_n.jpg

http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/PictureGallery/11664.jpg

http://elefant.com/uploads/foto/7/720x410_00001737.jpg

when your own band are laughing at you maybe its time to reconsider your choice of hat xp

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iGJM3JLMDGE/TIdYKnUinKI/AAAAAAAAAV8/Sjl2Cb4Tqlc/s1600/l_d973af56e417434cb86949436a59a501.jpg

john craven on the right there could do with a less tight-fitting shirt

http://www.hootanannyinverness.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/The-Oxides-900x599.jpg

http://counteract-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Town-intro.jpg

http://images.theorchard.com/artist/20142/201422/40771.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture3.jpg

http://legacymedia.localworld.co.uk/275775/Article/images/14388496/3462658.png

These must be the people keeping Pretty Green in business. Liam should diversify the brand: record shops, lager, ready meals ...

definitely mahb

this thread is like a parade of gritty, shitty peacocks

and i love it so

it's an oasis-themed branch of the sealed knot with dour-looking roundheads in trackie tops and preening cavaliers in their foppish finery

http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad74/festivalsforall/therainband.png

http://therainband.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Stairs_DSC_0299_3-small.jpg

Doomed!

jfc at that last one
serial killers all

well maybe not the bottom one

lol at the guy trying to give his leather jacket the tailored look by scrunching it behind his back

look statistically one of these bands must be good

j/k

http://therainband.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Martin-The-Rainband-Landscape.jpg

have we had these yet? (it's hard to tell!)

http://www.thetwistedwheel.co.uk/assets/facebookshareimage2.jpg

Liam Gallagher has described you as a breath of fresh air, how does that feel?

It’s mint having someone like that who I look up to and that sort of musical era, it’s exciting to hear that, so we can’t complain.

http://www.mancreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Slydigs1.jpg

lol best yet?

that is Slydigs btw, not to be confused with Sly Dogs, although they probably don't sound much different tbh

brb starting a band called Die, Slugs

http://www.glidemagazine.com/glide/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/buzzcocks.jpeg

BUZZCOCKS!!!!!!

ah, can't fool you

http://www.buzzinmusic.co.uk/files/2010/06/thenovatones.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1gjzDBhjjY/UOy0i8SmitI/AAAAAAAAAqg/eDYn08hbB1o/s1600/252383_499054923461065_1783270924_n.jpeg

http://shrewtonwi.weebly.com/uploads/4/4/8/9/4489631/7066272.jpg

re: Buzzcocks, Pete not trying hard enough - or at all - well done, Pete! Scary how many of these bands there are, tbh, though not as scary as the fact that Nick has photos of all of them.

I keep going "Oh, that's Northern Uproar. No, *that's* Northern Uproar. Oh wait..."

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Music/Pix/pictures/2011/12/20/1324400587837/All-the-Young-006.jpg

these guys made a major label album.

in 5 years time they will team up with viva brother and form viva the young

http://www.hireaband.co.uk/pix/Marblehead/Marblehead%20main%20web.jpg

http://www.bigfootevents.co.uk/Bigfoot/media/BigfootGallery/Images/Bands/Marblehead-Johnson-%28Publicity-Shot-3%29_736x499.jpg

http://www.musicvice.com/images/live/the-rifles_merc-clothing-august-28-2009_lauren-towner_2.jpg

http://circuitsweet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/m6.jpg

http://i3.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article4802588.ece/alternates/s615/JS52859095.jpg

Named after the classic Bluetones Britpop anthem, Marblehead Johnson pay tribute to the British Britpop music scene, bringing the recreated Britpop hits up-to-date in a powerful combination of passion and quality akin to the harder-hitting sound that the bands produced in their live shows.

We can also offer a double-header with ex-Inspiral Carpets front-man Tom Hingley for a limited number of dates.

this is the best thread on ILM ever

https://booomblastandmusic.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/koe.jpg

"ok lads, what've you got in mind for the photo shoot?"
"dunno, in front of the town hall? behind the cathedral? somewhere with decorative ironwork, deffo"

Marblehead Johnson also trading under the name The Morning Glories. Britpop Reloaded seem to be their only serious competition as a cross-artist Britpop tribute band.

This is a depressing world.

ya you'd think there's be loads

all of the bands in this thread are doing this, even if they might claim otherwise

so Marblehead Johnson/The Morning Glories are also Different Class, Slight Return and One 2 Another.

got the market sewn up tighter than kasabian's trousers

http://www.clashmusic.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_feature/public/legacy/files/images/the-raid.jpg

swagger action shot

Given that I spent over a decade of my life working at a rehearsal studio in Camden, I'm amazed I haven't recognised any of these fuckwits yet. Only a matter of time surely, I feel like I've met them all.

most likeable band of the day:

http://www.montrosemusicfestival.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Boston-Tea-Party-800x533.jpg

Impressive - they've almost perfectly nailed an early 1970s family photos feeling. Yellow-check in particular has the time-travel vibe.

lead guy in swagger action shot looks if he's just popped out of the office and put his denim shirt on over his work clothes

"So what do you want to do in this photoshoot?"

"How about if I fart on the bass player?" (xp)

http://www.merc.com/media/wysiwyg/blog/the-monday-club-01.jpg

"is it ok if my dad joins the band?"

Another Spot the Drummer pic

is that ed cassidy?

Ha!

Andy gray and Casey affleck who knew

"I swear on me nan's grave."

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Capture14.jpg

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