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TheTwinAndreBen said:
Was listening to YYYEahs on the way to work today.

Miss those guys.
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mosquito was one of the biggest disappointments of the last few years for me. still bummed that album sucked so much.

edit: I called it tarantula originally, that is how forgettable and bad that album was
 
RedSoxFaithful said:
mosquito was one of the biggest disappointments of the last few years for me. still bummed that album sucked so much.

edit: I called it tarantula originally, that is how forgettable and bad that album was
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Yeah, sort of my point. Of all the great and ever v good bands of the say '05 - '12 Great Indie Bubble, probably 60% of the bands are done(or are done and dont know it), 35% are just putting out totally middling shit like YYYs, AnCo and even Yeasayer (as much as it pains me to say).

And there are probably maybe 5 bands or less that will/have graduated to being actual bands and not just bubble bands. I count Arcade Fire and Alt-J in these.

I just saw that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are playing a bar, like a fairly shitty bar in Atlanta this month. Pretty sad.
 
TheTwinAndreBen said:
Yeah, sort of my point. Of all the great and ever v good bands of the say '05 - '12 Great Indie Bubble, probably 60% of the bands are done(or are done and dont know it), 35% are just putting out totally middling shit like YYYs, AnCo and even Yeasayer (as much as it pains me to say).

And there are probably maybe 5 bands or less that will/have graduated to being actual bands and not just bubble bands. I count Arcade Fire and Alt-J in these.

I just saw that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are playing a bar, like a fairly shitty bar in Atlanta this month. Pretty sad.
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they sold out johnny brenda's tonight here

they just did a living room tour for like two years

i think if they were still interested in marketing themselves as a big band, they could do so
 
Need a ruling on Titus being a bubble band that's done/releasing middling shit.
 
Musicians/Bands from the '05 - '12 Great Indie Bubble that are still alive, artistically:
(bolding just bands)

I. Arcade Fire
II. Sufjan Stevens
III. Grizzly Bear
IV. Bon Iver
V. St. Vincent
VI. Alt-J
VII. Tame Impala
VIII. Sharon Van Etten
IX. Real Estate
X. Cloud Nothings
XI. Grimes

Questionable
Beach House?
M83?
The National?
Deerhunter?
Beirut?
 
IMHO, the best "punk" band from the 1976-1978 era.

Arguably, beat the Ramones to the punch and nevertheless not influenced by them as far as music history is concerned.



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TenaciousKory said:
Musicians/Bands from the '05 - '12 Great Indie Bubble that are still alive, artistically:
(bolding just bands)

I. Arcade Fire
II. Sufjan Stevens
III. Grizzly Bear
IV. Bon Iver
V. St. Vincent
VI. Alt-J
VII. Tame Impala
VIII. Sharon Van Etten
IX. Real Estate
X. Cloud Nothings
XI. Grimes

Questionable
Beach House?
M83?
The National?
Deerhunter?
Beirut?
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I would add:

The XX


LCD Sound System and
Fleet Foxes

..might also make it. LCD obvs still sells out big shows but havent released anything new in a long while. Fleet Foxes have new music coming out soon, so will reserve judgment until then on whether they are dunzo.

I might cross off Cloud Nothings and Real Estate.

And Titus has always made good stuff and gotten basically no success for it except good reviews.
 
TheTwinAndreBen said:
I would add:

The XX


LCD Sound System and
Fleet Foxes

..might also make it. LCD obvs still sells out big shows but havent released anything new in a long while. Fleet Foxes have new music coming out soon, so will reserve judgment until then on whether they are dunzo.

I might cross off Cloud Nothings and Real Estate.

And Titus has always made good stuff and gotten basically no success for it except good reviews.
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????
 
Band of Horses is another pre-2010 indie band that seems to have lost it artistically.
 
Shooshmoo said:
YSYWM -- their last album was very good and well received critically.
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That album just didn't do it for me. I did like it more than their prior album, but still a huge drop off from their early work IMO.
 
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Casual Party was probably my favorite song of 2016. Mess Around was very catchy too.

But yeah, after those two, I thought the album was pretty meh.
 
In a Drawer is the best song on the album. Hag. Whetever, Whenever. Bunch of solid dad rock songs on that album.
 
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