Paid Members BomberPat Posted December 4, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 4, 2020 Are Osees the same as Thee Oh Sees? I saw them at ATP years ago and they were superb, but never sought out that much else. Sounds like this might be a good place to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted December 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted December 4, 2020 Yeah, same band. Running joke with them is that they change their name every album it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted December 5, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 5, 2020 @neil I had a listen to some Protomartyr last night, and can see where the Fall comparison comes from. I'll admit that I don't get on with everything by The Fall, but will definitely check more out. I also sent a message to a really good friend, whose favourite band is the Fall. He introduced them to me really. We saw them live 3 times together, and he's probably seen them even more than that. My Top 100 on Spotify is an interesting one. It's probably skewed a little by my summer of furlough and listening to some Audible as well as music on my way to and from work. 28 tracks by Justice, a decent chunk of Daft Punk and Soulwax, a selection of other French Touch artists. My most listened Beastie Boys song was Paul Revere. Some random turn of the 90s stuff from a playlist I made when I was feeling really nostalgic for it. Couple of tracks by Metallica. I think this year may be the first in a while that St Anger isn't my most listened album by them as I sometimes stick Load and Reload on when I'm working in a different department on my own to avoid upsetting anybody that visits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrodyGraham Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 My top 5 artists were: Baroness, Vince DiCola, Fucked Up, Actionslacks and The Replacements. There was only Baroness that I started listening to this year after years of friends saying I'd love them and me being all 'Fuck you! You're not my real Dad!'. I have never and will never stop listening to the The Transformers: The Movie soundtrack. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted December 5, 2020 Awards Moderator Share Posted December 5, 2020 I don’t use Spotify but my best guess in terms of artists would be you know who, Seafret and Alexi Murdoch. Song-wise? Dunno, probably Biology, Beetlebum and If I Was The Priest. If ringtones count then Free George Jackson wins at a canter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 On 12/3/2020 at 11:49 PM, neil said: Idles - Ultra Mono Not sure if it's the best album I've listened to this year, but it's probably my most listened to. I love screaming "You're Joe Cal-fucking-Zaghe" whilst wheezing round the park. I'm the punkest man in Weybridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Not meaning to be an arsehole for a change, as I can see why they’re popular, but I gave Idles a go after hearing great things and it wasn’t for me. It just didn’t seem authentic for some reason. It all felt forced and like an act. Like a noisier Foals or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Not meaning to be an arsehole for a change, as I can see why they’re popular, but I gave Idles a go after hearing great things and it wasn’t for me. It just didn’t seem authentic for some reason. It all felt forced and like an act. Like a noisier Foals or something. I think they're a good band, and their albums, to me anyway, are a load of fun (hilarious at times, intentional and otherwise), but that's where it ends. They're not the second coming of 'punk' as a lot of music journalists make out... However, I reckon I'm not the target audience and I think if I was 16 and heard them for the first time, I would think they were the greatest band in the world and I can totally see why lots of people completely buy into them, their ethos etc. Saying that, the song Danny Ndelko should be the fucking national anthem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Yeah, I hear you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted December 5, 2020 Moderators Share Posted December 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: Not meaning to be an arsehole for a change, as I can see why they’re popular, but I gave Idles a go after hearing great things and it wasn’t for me. It just didn’t seem authentic for some reason. It all felt forced and like an act. Like a noisier Foals or something. I felt a bit of that listening to their first album. But I liked a few of the songs they had and turned out they were on tour and coming through town so I went to see them. The show was unbelievable, just pure energy and had none of that macho bollocks associated with heavy music. Since then I've loved them. I have noticed them getting dragged into stupid shit with other bands having a pissing match about who has hard the more "punk" which is something that scene suffers from much like metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, neil said: The show was unbelievable, just pure energy and had none of that macho bollocks associated with heavy music. Yeah that’s a big plus. I think I saw a clip of them on Later... and then saw another of them doing the same song but they were doing the same actions in the same places. It felt like a dance routine which soured me. Although I will check out when they played Glastonbury as I hear it’s a belter. I also realise I’m rather old so I’m not really their audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 13 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: Although I will check out when they played Glastonbury as I hear it’s a belter. Sorry, don't want to turn this into an Idles thread, but I genuinely think I'm responsible for at least 1000 views of this video. I fucking love it.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted December 6, 2020 Moderators Share Posted December 6, 2020 Amazon Music hasn't got one, but it's probably 60% Frank Sidebottom, 30% Go West and infinity % John Shuttleworth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted December 9, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted December 9, 2020 I'm going to say right now that if Smith & Burrows aren't in my top 5 this time next year I'll be surprised. Heck the amount of times I've listened to their stuff this week if they'd delayed the count for this year by a week they'd probably have snuck into number 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 12/6/2020 at 11:10 PM, PowerButchi said: Amazon Music hasn't got one, but it's probably 60% Frank Sidebottom I was driving through Timperley the other day and saw the statue. I squealed like a giddy schoolgirl. It was done up like Santa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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