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...are few bands of recent years that make my blood actually boil at the thought of their music. I'm not one for levying vitriol over a band publicly on a forum (so what am I on DiS for? ha ha) but I can't bear this band. I have to switch off the radio if I hear them on it. I had the misfortune of seeing them at the Dublin Castle on a Fandango night about 2 years ago whilst waiting to see a good band.

And then there was that whole fucking annoying business on XFM with their singer pretending she didn't know who certain well known musicians were. F.U.C.K O.F.F.

...it does look like Smash Hits style mag making indie and rock digestable for the early teen market.
This country is screaming out for another music weekly - something like DiS but in print.

Who actually buys NME anyway? And for that matter, does anyone know any bands that actually care whether they're in it?

...quite like this band. It's unheard of for me to really like an unsigned band who aren't friends of mine.

...I meant BAD thing not BAND thing...

...covers aren't a band thing. It's just that shit bands/artists shouldn't cover shit songs. Shit bands/artists should also not attempt to cover good songs. I think that should really be the rule. Shit bands. No covers.

...whatever-o band.
Let's write a song! Guitar goes:D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-duh, pinch harmonic, pointless wankery! Vocals go: "rar, rar, rar, rar. Inaudible whine." Speed the song up a bit. "Chorus". Slow down a bit. Random and pointless guitar solo... AND RELAX.

As pointed out earlier, if you are intending to treat your fans with such disrespect, your tour manager needs to have a Led Zeppelin amount of money in his pocket to pay you off. Otherwise keep it in your pants you little retard.

...make our own beds by pouring more adulation on bands like the Arctic Monkeys than they really merit. This only encourages the likes of NME who then force the search for the next Arctic Monkeys (along the way claiming they discovered the latest "scene"). This in turn makes the majors think we want another Arctic Monkeys (we don't). The sheep then run for the nearest sticky floored venue waving their checkbooks. And so the cycle continues. We have no one to blame for The Twang but ourselves... as a recent prophet said "The Arctic Monkeys, just a band"...

By the way, as you've mentioned it, Midlake are indeed fantastic. It's impossible for Bella Union to sign a bad band.

...the Octopus album is growing on me. It's not that bad. Still prefer Free The Bees though.

...with the first paragraph. If I have to endure one more MySpace from some fucking shit blah blah whatever scene band "from London" I'm going to vomit.

Please learn your instruments. Please learn to write songs. Please learn to play in time. Please buy a guitar tuner. Please spend more than a quid on a guitar that stays in tune for the duration in which you are playing it.
Only then should you consider how great your hair is or whether you are hanging out at the right indie club night with the right people...

**Shit sorry, I was possessed by the spirit of Rant**

...with baited breath for more details of this tragedy. Don't worry, the world will wait for you Lady Sovereign, your prolific music shall not be allowed to pass...

...Property developers. The Spitz would be a really sad loss for the area.
They are slowly turning my town into one giant cheap block of flats. Dickhead developers also forced closure of my mates bar which was the busiest and best live music venue in the area to turn it into some horrific shop, restaurant and flat mixture.
Why can't they keep their fucking dirty money grabbing paws off of our venues?!

...hearts are in the right place but this is just a little bit rubbish isn't it? I shant say who, but I noticed one of the promoters sneaking in a nomination for their own band. Somebody say something about credibility?

...I think Gallow's are a great band and have really come a long way in the last few years, I think that the first line of the news article really needs to begin with "Watford's only real band of recent major press coverage". That would be more accurate.