So what is the ILM opinion on Kasabian?

thats the problem, it's 'old' music. it's been done. and better

MANSUN!!!! AAAARRRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

At Risk supported Kasabian in Oxford, Dave says they are nice.

but seriously though, it's really nothing special is it?

But naming your band after one of Charlie Manson's henchwomen = DUD.

I was in a debate about buying this one or the Razorlight one.

The raz, I always enjoy seeing them play on TV, but on radio they sound more like Tom Petty.

personally, i rather like them. if "empire" isn't in my top 20 songs of the year, i'll be surprised.

wow.

They're one of those bands with one great song (Cutt Off) and a load of mediocre-to-unlistenable ones. At least they try and do something vaguely original with their SOUND, which evokes the dark, resigned apocalypse of a pulsating nightclub. Shame about the songwriting, though.

still, the crowd appeared to be, as it were, going wild.

Come again?

That is evoked perfectly the sound of Kasabian, and it is their strongest selling-point. Like I said, all they needed was a decent songwriter and a bit of variation and they'd have written a decent first album.

if my aunt had a dick she'd be my uncle.

http://img.tesco.com/pi/entertainment/CD/MF/697950_CD_M_F.jpg

(oops, xxpost)

I guess if this kind of thing hadn't been done already by PRML SCRM, The Coral, The Beta Band, Lo-Fi Allstars, and a plethora of others throughout the late 90s then I'd think they were good. It's just frustrating that out of all the NME bunch of bands that are out there, they happen to be the most inventive (apart from maybe the Rakes who are just ridiculous in a funny way).

http://playlouder.co.uk/review/+empire/

seriously, jesus wept.

Fixed.

Tom Meighan is stepping down from Kasabian by mutual consent. Tom has struggled with personal issues that have affected his behaviour for quite some time and now wants to concentrate all his energies on getting his life back on track. We will not be commenting further.

— KasabianHQ (@KasabianHQ) July 6, 2020

no replies allowed for some reason

a. drugs / alcohol / rehab
b. he's done something really bad which will be in the papers tomorrow
c. crisis in personal life has led to realisation he is squandering his vast artistic talent being that guy with the hat in kasabian
d. don't care, it's kasabian

Tried to come up with a joke for this earlier, couldn't be arsed

e. voted for Keir Starmer in the Labour leadership election.

sorry, just realised he isnt the one with the hat

he's the one with the haircut

please adjust the above accordingly

He's one of those singers you occasionally get in bands who doesn't write any songs and so is going to have a completely hopeless and pointless solo career.

If you feel completely indifferent and incurious towards this incredibly interesting bit of brit-pop news does it mean you've got the Rona?

shoot the rona

replace him with Tom Moore imo

I won't link to it but Daily Mail reporting he's due in court today - domestic assault.

correct answer was b, yes

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/07/former-kasabian-frontman-tom-meighan-admits-assaulting-ex-fiancee

WOOO-UH-UH-OOOOH OOOOOH WOAH-WO-OHHHHHH

Much like with Samson, the loss of a trendy haircut has cut his cocky swagger by 98%, well that and being a belligerent indie cunt.

Meighan later wrote on Twitter: “Following today’s announcement I just wanted to let you all know that I am doing well. I’m in a really good place now. Thanks for all your love and support. I’ll be seeing you all very soon.”

what the actual fuck at this 'statement'

Nice of him to tweet yesterday to let his fans know he's doing fine, hope he'll be right as rain as soon as we know it xxx

Live to fight another day. Get well soon Tom 🦊💙

— Craig McInnes (@Sycophant__) July 6, 2020

Aged well 👌

— YaBuncha (@YasBiggestKunt) July 7, 2020

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/281f5a979541e095c134ea9b93ae719115fa09d5/103_425_1887_1131/master/1887.jpg?width=620&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bede5e9e27c65db6d4b70adf07c34d64

He looks like he's being hauled up in front of Parliament to explain his tech startup's serious misuse of personal data.

His solicitor advised him to come to court as Hugh Laurie.

Exactly what I thought!

more like Dominik Diamond tbh

yesssss! i am eenveeeencible!

If he listened to his girlfriend instead of hitting her he might have found out that those Lennon specs make him look like he's wearing a halloween costume of an Edwardian bank clerk

they're a bit rees moggish

They're a bit like what a stupid person would wear to make themselves seem thoughtful and intelligent.

I wonder if he will still feel like a rock n roll renegade when he's picking litter in the park with a vizvest on for 200 hours

'oh shit i'm in court in 20 minutes, where's that cheapo harry potter halloween costume i bought eight years ago'

At least his court appearance isn't offensively awful like Tupac and Harvey Weinstein suddenly appearing to have physical mobility challenges.

He walked out of court a free man w/ 200 unpaid hours of work to do smdh

(xp) I'm pretty sure he'd not only be laughed out of court but laughed to and from court if he'd tried that at Leicester Crown Court on a cloudy Tuesday.

I had a dream last night that my friend's mom was showing me a notebook she'd filled wihth doodles and jokes. One of the jokes was labled "SLAYER vs. Kasabian:" and next to that it was simply repeated as "SLAYER vs. Kasyaaaawn----" and after the "yawn" her handwriting trailed off into a squiggly line as though she had fallen asleep.

it occurs to me that one of their "hits" is seemingly an over-refreshed version of "kokomo"

Kasabian, Van Houten... no Krenwinkel or Beausoleil yet?

https://www.babystepmagazine.com/single-post/leeds-shoegazers-van-houten-return-with-coming-of-age

Kasabian, Van Houten...
Krenwinkel or Beausoleil

beausoleil makes his own music

There was also...

https://www.discogs.com/artist/30515-Sadie-Glutz

(xp) As Bobby Beausoleil, I can definitely imagine some band from Derbyshire or somewhere calling themselves Beausoleil.

maybe they're named after Milhouse

naming bands after disgusting hippy dullards who were gullible enough to be brainwashed by a horrible little white supremacist midget is not cool imo. It's probably Tarantino's fault this is still happening.