My band The Outta Sites do and people love it but there are many specifically younger people in the crowd who scoff and roll eyes. Too bad were having fun and they're not...
I 100% agree even the bands that are left are still just one guy or maybe two and none of them play instruments they just swipe on their tablets or maybe beats on an Omnichord. Examples: Gorillaz, those two Canadian lesbians that I can’t think of their names right now, Metric, The Who now that there’s only 2 guys left alive
Yeah, nah. You are right about the backflippers. The solo boy-genius with a neat moustache and a Pilates habit is everywhere. They've all got two first names and a microphone shaped like trauma. And sure, most modern music feels like it was written for a Spotify algorithm with abandonment issues. But I’m not giving up on the band just yet.
Because here’s the thing: IDLES still tour like they’re late for a fistfight. Amyl and the Sniffers make every stage feel like a bikie pub at 1in the morning on Centrelink payday. Shame are out there sweating through corduroy and existential dread. Fontaines D.C. sound like if James Joyce had joined The Fall. And Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers? That name alone could end a war.
Viagra Boys are basically Tom Waits meets Cro-Mags in a Stockholm dive bar, and Horsegirl sound like someone found a Sonic Youth cassette in their older sister’s drawer and started a band instead of therapy. Middle Kids? Criminally sincere. Emotional depth and melodies. Disgusting. I love them.
So yeah. Bands aren’t dead. They’re just dressed better and less likely to piss in your laundry basket. The chaos is still there - it’s just learned to tune its guitars.
bands don't do anything in unison anymore and that's a real fucking tragedy
My band The Outta Sites do and people love it but there are many specifically younger people in the crowd who scoff and roll eyes. Too bad were having fun and they're not...
“real shit venue, constantly on fire a bit” made me howl!
I 100% agree even the bands that are left are still just one guy or maybe two and none of them play instruments they just swipe on their tablets or maybe beats on an Omnichord. Examples: Gorillaz, those two Canadian lesbians that I can’t think of their names right now, Metric, The Who now that there’s only 2 guys left alive
Yeah, nah. You are right about the backflippers. The solo boy-genius with a neat moustache and a Pilates habit is everywhere. They've all got two first names and a microphone shaped like trauma. And sure, most modern music feels like it was written for a Spotify algorithm with abandonment issues. But I’m not giving up on the band just yet.
Because here’s the thing: IDLES still tour like they’re late for a fistfight. Amyl and the Sniffers make every stage feel like a bikie pub at 1in the morning on Centrelink payday. Shame are out there sweating through corduroy and existential dread. Fontaines D.C. sound like if James Joyce had joined The Fall. And Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers? That name alone could end a war.
Viagra Boys are basically Tom Waits meets Cro-Mags in a Stockholm dive bar, and Horsegirl sound like someone found a Sonic Youth cassette in their older sister’s drawer and started a band instead of therapy. Middle Kids? Criminally sincere. Emotional depth and melodies. Disgusting. I love them.
So yeah. Bands aren’t dead. They’re just dressed better and less likely to piss in your laundry basket. The chaos is still there - it’s just learned to tune its guitars.
When I saw Hotline TNT a couple of years ago, they all moved in unison like The Beatles at the Cavern Club. You want bands, there’s 100s of them.