AnnaKarpik
Queen of all she surveys
I really like them too.
And Tunng.
And Tunng.
Mumford and Son... first band for a while to make me go 'WOW!'.
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I'd forgotten what they actually sound like. Just checked, and yeah as I recalled. Sorta annoying watered down clean country pish. There seems to be a lot of this ernist jangley chord strumming acoustic stuff around at open mic nights and so on. It makes me want to smash up my own acoustic guitar. 
Who has made you go WOW! recently?
NOT Mumford and Sons. Usual derivative guardista style bollocks. Insipid, whimsy whimsy, meaningless inoffensive blandfest, the type of which makes Sigur Ros sound like fucking Napalm Death.
If they could be any more inoffensive, they'd make Simply Red look bleeding edge.
Last band is make me go "WOW"? Seriously,its been a while. I'm at that age whereby whenever I hear anything, i can hear who else they are ripping off wholesale, even the songs I write myself.
Johnny Canuck3
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Listened to Mumford and Son from 'T' last night, thought um... couldn't hear the lyrics properly as he was mumbling into the microphone.
Downloaded this morning.
WOW! They are bloody good.
Who has made you go WOW! recently?
I first heard them about a year ago - the following song is in the soundtrack to Hell On Wheels:
I was impressed; they've a number of good tunes.
p.s. Corax is right about Die Antwoord: I'd recommend Fatty Boom Boom to the uninitiated...
Johnny Canuck3
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I'm listening to The White Stripes doing 'Jolene' now.
I like that too. Maybe this has something to do with age.
pissflaps
i've got a headache in my pants...
That video that JC3 posted is slow, dull and breathless. But then it isn't aimed at people of my age.
A guardian reader is not the same as a guardian reviewer ; by which i mean, people who go to coffee shops, read the guardian, and eat fucking tofu whilst thinking how much better they are than everyone else - rather than a Journo filing copy for £80 a review and hoping they get paid, eventually.
pissflaps
i've got a headache in my pants...
trupost
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
Is that how you judge music?
Normally I just sit behind a desk on live TV listening to some harridan yodelling Whitney Houston songs out of tune, before faceplaming myself on live TV and being relentlessly horrible to people. Isn't that how we judge music nowadays?
heaven forbid if a band actually turned up for BGT / X factor auditions with a full set of gear and played some songs they wrote...
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
Oh. Sometimes, the internet and communication don't go together.+
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
A phrase that immediately makes me think of two bands - The Levellers and The Waterboys.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
I like them too...they have a new album out and touring in the autumn. I have seen them once playing with Tinarawen (spelling could be wrong)..it was a wonderful gig.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Mmmm, perfect encapsulation, with "inoffensive".
It's what you get if you mix all the decent alt-country, folk and neo-folk of the last 15 years together, squeeze out anything with the vaguest spark of originality, then retail it as "the latest thing" to those who know no better.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
I like that too. Maybe this has something to do with age.
Could be Johnny, could be.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Wouldn't know, don't read it.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
Could be Johnny, could be.
If growing older means one likes more types of music, not less, then to the band I say: 'Fucking play on'
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