: Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:39 pm  

I'm loving Lily Allen's new album!

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:39 pm  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

To extend a debate currently taking place on ITV teletext music letters page, who do you think counts as the band of the Noughties?

It's hard to speak of one band who really defined the decade, or even two or three.

Girls Aloud is about the closest, or maybe the White Stripes.

The Killers or Muse, Arctic Monkeys could be in with a shout depending on this year's album. Probably would have been The Libertines if they had been around longer, or The Strokes or Kings of Leon if their earlier work had been more popular.

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:43 pm  

But so many bands have started very strongly (Killers, Arctics) but have pretty much failed to really kick on from there.

It may be the nature of the fractured music business. Long term crossover appeal is required for me if a band are to be mentioned in any discussion about 'defining band of the decade'. I just don't think any guitar band has really done that.

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:54 pm  

I'm a big fan of "Cage the Elephant" at the minute Give them a sound check here: http://www.myspace.com/cagetheelephant Back against the wall is my fave

I'm a big fan of "Cage the Elephant" at the minute Give them a sound check here: http://www.myspace.com/cagetheelephant Back against the wall is my fave

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:22 pm  

For those of you who care (I don't personally) Blink 182 are back together

: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:48 pm  

I've been listening to Dashboard Confessional tonight, a bit emo really!

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:05 am  

Gandy wrote:

For those of you who care (I don't personally) Blink 182 are back together

Good news.

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:40 am  

Bang wrote:

Good news.

Bad News. (Lets see how long we can keep this up)

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:05 am  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

But so many bands have started very strongly (Killers, Arctics) but have pretty much failed to really kick on from there.

It may be the nature of the fractured music business. Long term crossover appeal is required for me if a band are to be mentioned in any discussion about 'defining band of the decade'. I just don't think any guitar band has really done that.

...recently.

Its a well known phenominum in the music business - band spend three or four years together living in each others pockets, writing songs and bumming gigs whenever and wherever - finally get noticed and signed for a one record deal at which point the publishers listen to the whole of their repetoire and pick the best 10 or 12 songs to make an album leaving behind the cr@p that they've written along the way.

Album is a best seller and suddenly the publishers are interested in another one, in the meantime said band have been on the road promoting to death and have not written anything new in the last twelve months due to gigging every night of the week - second album has a very short production cycle and as a result contains all the cr@p that was rejected for the first album.

Band splits shortly after second album is a flop.

The only ones who get five album deals are the ones who can demonstrate a huge catalogue of work at the first meeting.

PS - those "million dollar album deals" don't exist either

: Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:01 am  

McLaren_Field wrote:

...recently.

Its a well known phenominum in the music business - band spend three or four years together living in each others pockets, writing songs and bumming gigs whenever and wherever - finally get noticed and signed for a one record deal at which point the publishers listen to the whole of their repetoire and pick the best 10 or 12 songs to make an album leaving behind the cr@p that they've written along the way.

Album is a best seller and suddenly the publishers are interested in another one, in the meantime said band have been on the road promoting to death and have not written anything new in the last twelve months due to gigging every night of the week - second album has a very short production cycle and as a result contains all the cr@p that was rejected for the first album.

Band splits shortly after second album is a flop.

The only ones who get five album deals are the ones who can demonstrate a huge catalogue of work at the first meeting.

PS - those "million dollar album deals" don't exist either

Good point, I remember when Artic Monkeys released a 5 song LP after there debut album came out to cash in on there sudden fame, which was utter garbage.

You'll notice not many bands that have been around this decade have lasted, or anyone takes much notice of them anymore. Franz Ferdinand are still popular though.

Seems that older bands or ones around in the 90's still get better album sales then recent bands albums do