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[peternorth]

gabriella cilmi

goyte

newton faulkner

 

[slashin_velvet]

Gotye put out 2 albums with the basics [his band] since his last album.

 

[peternorth]

Gotye put out 2 albums with the basics [his band] since his last album.

Thanks mate

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Badly Drawn Boy

 

[JackOutback]

Gotye put out 2 albums with the basics [his band] since his last album.

I had been wondering about him as well. Do the Basics share a similar sound to his solo stuff and have they been played much on JJJ?

 

[Dan Moody]

Cap'n Jazz

 

[Richard Cranium]

gabriella cilmi

I think the industry soured on her, pete.

 

[slashin_velvet]

I had been wondering about him as well. Do the Basics share a similar sound to his solo stuff and have they been played much on JJJ?

No and not really. His solo stuff has always had more success than the stuff with the basics.

 

[slashin_velvet]

Cap'n Jazz

This one's up my alley.

Broke up mid 90s.

Tim Kinsella has been in 2 reasonably successful bands since - Joan of Arc and Owls.

Mike Kinsella on the other hand started an emo band in college called American football. They released an ep and album in the late 90s to moderate success. The album however became a cult hit, and they decided to play a few reunion shows a few years back (most of which sold out instantly). They played a few festivals in the uk and even a few shows in Australia. As they were touring they started writing together, which resulted in a new album a few months ago. New album is good imo, and the show at the hifi bar was cool.

During the American football breakup, Mike has been in other bands, but the predominant focus is on his solo project "Owen". Its mostly acoustic emo, folky sorta stuff, but I really like it. When AF came to Australia, he performed a sideshow for his solo stuff which was great!

 

[peternorth]

Sam Sparro? Was the rage with black and gold

 

[JackOutback]

No and not really. His solo stuff has always had more success than the stuff with the basics.

Gee, he must really have not wanted to be famous and have all the associated hassles. He had the world at his feet after Somebody That I Used To Know, had success here and in the UK and US, could have written his own cheques. To take a step back is interesting. Props to him for doing what he wants.

 

[slashin_velvet]

Gee, he must really have not wanted to be famous and have all the associated hassles. He had the world at his feet after Somebody That I Used To Know, had success here and in the UK and US, could have written his own cheques. To take a step back is interesting. Props to him for doing what he wants.

Last I heard he was doing some tribute show in new york (where he has since moved from mornington) for some guy who created an early incarnation of the synthesizer.

I don't think he's stopped writing stuff as gotye, but obviously didn't feel any of it was worth releasing. Somebody that I used to know was lucky to make it on the record, he was struggling to find someone suitable to do the female voice in the song and almost cut it.

 

[Silent Alarm]

gabriella cilmi

Just looked her up, expecting her to have just hit 30... jesus christ, she's only 25. She was fairly hot sometimes but then other times just looked so try hard or Melbourne wog.

Badly Drawn Boy

Heard this song yesterday morning about 9am last Saturday on triple j, just as I was starting work. Shazamed it and suddenly remembered this band. I never actually got into them as a teenager which is surprising considering I lived off a diet of nothing but Bloc Party, The Rakes, The Futureheads, Cajun Dance Party, and Klaxons. This song really isn't even that bad for what it is – has a tinny youtube video too to cap it all off. It's 'angular,' their press photos are all 10am grey dry mornings in Shoreditch back alleys, and these lyrics are about going out with girls and wearing office shirts.

I know most bands of this wave died but whatever happened to these dudes?

The Teenagers are another.

Mattafix.

Friendly Fires seemed to be coming to a weird place too. They were definitely pretty popular and were probably two good singles away from getting to a pretty comfortable status, in the end they just never put out anything out again. Swear that second album must've been six years ago now.

 

[La Dispute]

This one's up my alley.

Broke up mid 90s.

Tim Kinsella has been in 2 reasonably successful bands since - Joan of Arc and Owls.

Mike Kinsella on the other hand started an emo band in college called American football. They released an ep and album in the late 90s to moderate success. The album however became a cult hit, and they decided to play a few reunion shows a few years back (most of which sold out instantly). They played a few festivals in the uk and even a few shows in Australia. As they were touring they started writing together, which resulted in a new album a few months ago. New album is good imo, and the show at the hifi bar was cool.

During the American football breakup, Mike has been in other bands, but the predominant focus is on his solo project "Owen". Its mostly acoustic emo, folky sorta stuff, but I really like it. When AF came to Australia, he performed a sideshow for his solo stuff which was great!

Kinsella seems to like investing his energy into small, cohesive projects and then moving on to the next. That Cap'n Jazz LP had more spirit and endeavour than most emo-rock bands can manufacture over an entire career.

The American Football LP is good but overrated too. The aim was cool, the sounds were good but it's too expansive and also pretty wilful. It's very same-y in some sections. Never Meant is undoubtably an amazing track though. I've heard a bit of Owen and have plenty of mates who rate it higher than his CJ and AF stuff.

I'd love to see Cap'n Jazz reform and tour again.

 

[La Dispute]

Friendly Fires seemed to be coming to a weird place too. They were definitely pretty popular and were probably two good singles away from getting to a pretty comfortable status, in the end they just never put out anything out again. Swear that second album must've been six years ago now.

They always sounded like a watered-down but self-aware Foals. In fact a lot of those Foals-lite bands seemed to have vanished recently; what's Two Door Cinema Club up to these days? Even Foals is sounding like a parody of themselves and I don't think their sound is universal enough to make a recovery.

That period from Antidotes onward yielded some good, albeit not overly original guitar bands. Tokyo Police Club were another I thought'd get bigger than they are and it surprises me to hear they released an LP only a few years ago.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Tokyo Police Club are a really good band. The first EP is stellar, had some good songs.

 

[La Dispute]

What are Martha & The Muffins up to these days?

 

[Bostonian]

What are Martha & The Muffins up to these days?

 

[La Dispute]

So, still in an office but not a clerk.

 

[Damon_3388]

Heard this song yesterday morning about 9am last Saturday on triple j, just as I was starting work. Shazamed it and suddenly remembered this band. I never actually got into them as a teenager which is surprising considering I lived off a diet of nothing but Bloc Party, The Rakes, The Futureheads, Cajun Dance Party, and Klaxons. This song really isn't even that bad for what it is – has a tinny youtube video too to cap it all off. It's 'angular,' their press photos are all 10am grey dry mornings in Shoreditch back alleys, and these lyrics are about going out with girls and wearing office shirts.

I know most bands of this wave died but whatever happened to these dudes?

The Teenagers are another.

Mattafix.

Friendly Fires seemed to be coming to a weird place too. They were definitely pretty popular and were probably two good singles away from getting to a pretty comfortable status, in the end they just never put out anything out again. Swear that second album must've been six years ago now.

Didn't mind Art Brut at the time. Seemed to be part of a group of bands (a few of which you mentioned) that were kind of overlooked outside the UK and NME readers, even among the indie set. I guess in a way there's like "mainstream" indie rock and then there's other, weirder offshoots bubbling under.

Another band from that period that deserved a bit more coverage outside the UK were The View.

The Rakes and The Futureheads were great, too. Should have been bigger than they were as well.

I think with a lot of these bands, once they had that initial rush of success, they didn't really know what to do, or they tried to do something different to set themselves apart and not be pidgeonholed, and it didn't really work. I know that's certainly what did in Klaxons. Probably just a lack of good ideas, really.

One band that I know what (tragically) happened to but could have been huge if they'd hung about (and perhaps got a less wanky name) were Ou Est Le Swimming Pool. If you look at the evolution of Calvin Harris from bedroom DJ (I still remember how interesting and different his first album sounded) to EDM juggernaut, you could kind of see Ou Est becoming a big success if they could have put together another couple of hits. They reminded me a bit of Depeche Mode, combining big synths with traditional song structures and melodies, with proper singing and a darker undercurrent.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Didn't mind Art Brut at the time. Seemed to be part of a group of bands (a few of which you mentioned) that were kind of overlooked outside the UK and NME readers, even among the indie set. I guess in a way there's like "mainstream" indie rock and then there's other, weirder offshoots bubbling under.

Another band from that period that deserved a bit more coverage outside the UK were The View.

The Rakes and The Futureheads were great, too. Should have been bigger than they were as well.

I think with a lot of these bands, once they had that initial rush of success, they didn't really know what to do, or they tried to do something different to set themselves apart and not be pidgeonholed, and it didn't really work. I know that's certainly what did in Klaxons. Probably just a lack of good ideas, really.

One band that I know what (tragically) happened to but could have been huge if they'd hung about (and perhaps got a less wanky name) were Ou Est Le Swimming Pool. If you look at the evolution of Calvin Harris from bedroom DJ (I still remember how interesting and different his first album sounded) to EDM juggernaut, you could kind of see Ou Est becoming a big success if they could have put together another couple of hits. They reminded me a bit of Depeche Mode, combining big synths with traditional song structures and melodies, with proper singing and a darker undercurrent.

From memory, I tried listening to The View but it wasn't for me at all. The Rakes were fantastic meanwhile, and I still listen to Capture/Release a bit. The albums afterward sort of lost any direction and you could see they were happy to ride the coattails of the popular sound but they tried going a little pop: I Danced Together was sublime and I still remember hearing it on Triple J while waiting for my dad in the car, with Roy and HG doing some commentary and introducing the song. They had those tracks on the second record which were pretty bad (the one about the tube ride, with the black rapper and the girl singing verses about how they're looked at) but at least they tried new things. The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect, The Light From Your Mac, Leave The City and Come Home were all quite sweet.

I agree a lot of these bands had an identity crisis because the whole New Cross and East London sound was all about hyping up these local bands up until their first record. Then by album two the attention was there but the momentum wasn't. A guy I knew used to say Klaxons fluked their first ever album and I think you could hear that in retrospect: a few too many filler songs of nothing, few too many moments where it seemed a bit thin... I guess the second record was okay but it seemed a less glowy, more rounded, accessible pop sound. The third I didn't even bother with once the single came out. I still think Klaxons could have been really popular if they'd have bided their time and released two okay records, then blown up again in 2013ish. They sort of created that template that bands like Alt-J ended up capitalising on.

Anyone remember I Was A Cub Scout?

 

[hirdy_is_champ]

I think the industry soured on her, pete.

I remember reading an article in which she pretty much said her record company effectively wanted her to become some sex-symbol pop star, her career died in the arse after that. IMO it was quite a shame as she has a nice voice.

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Badly Drawn Boy

He was on celebrity mastermind on the BBC just recently. Still wearing a beanie.

I saw a flyer for a local community christmas carols event and Anthony Callea was given star billing. Armadale CBC isn't exactly carols in the domain.

 

[The Dice Man]

Little Red.

Their Midnight Remember is a cracker of grooves and melodies. All wikipedia has to say about their split is one of the members announced on FB that the band had split. Shame, thought they had some talent.

 

[adammania9]

Little Red.

Their Midnight Remember is a cracker of grooves and melodies. All wikipedia has to say about their split is one of the members announced on FB that the band had split. Shame, thought they had some talent.

I believe Dominic Byrne, the guitarist, teaches maths at a high school in Melbourne. The others I have no idea. Rock It was a good song, it's disappointing they split up so quickly.