"American bands are best"
Discussion
So it says here...
http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/music/features/art...
Now the thing is, this bloke sites the white stripes and (going domestic for a second) the office as cultural mile stones. Do we really trust his judgement?
I think it's true to say a lot of British bands are doing a retrospective at the moment. In fact it's quite ironic that the indie scene came to prominence in 60's inspired cool Britania. Now we have 90's inspired come backs from the Manics, The Verve and er, Take That. Led Zepelin maybe making a (brief) reappearance and an ageing bloke from some 1960s liverpudlian band is unleashing a dubious mandolin song on us in those iPod ads.
But, there's a lot of good stuff out there. I personally can't stand the 'northerner than thou' arctic monkeys or the unbelievably arrogant Kasabian, but there's no doubt they appeal to many people. The Fratellis fall into the usual 'the' band cliches, but seem to be quite good and The Automatic are a force to be reckoned with live. Muse are simply awesome on stage, produce interesting music and can really play. As for dance acts, the majority of international DJs hail from this country, as do acts like Faithless, Groove Armada and the Chemical Brothers.
On a local level, there is some awesome talent on display. Even open mic nights in London reveal a lot of people who can outplay plenty of professional bands.
Whilst I'm a huge fan of the Killers, I'm not sure I'd say bands like the White Stripes and The Strokes are really much of a threat to UK talent these days.
http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/music/features/art...
Now the thing is, this bloke sites the white stripes and (going domestic for a second) the office as cultural mile stones. Do we really trust his judgement?
I think it's true to say a lot of British bands are doing a retrospective at the moment. In fact it's quite ironic that the indie scene came to prominence in 60's inspired cool Britania. Now we have 90's inspired come backs from the Manics, The Verve and er, Take That. Led Zepelin maybe making a (brief) reappearance and an ageing bloke from some 1960s liverpudlian band is unleashing a dubious mandolin song on us in those iPod ads.
But, there's a lot of good stuff out there. I personally can't stand the 'northerner than thou' arctic monkeys or the unbelievably arrogant Kasabian, but there's no doubt they appeal to many people. The Fratellis fall into the usual 'the' band cliches, but seem to be quite good and The Automatic are a force to be reckoned with live. Muse are simply awesome on stage, produce interesting music and can really play. As for dance acts, the majority of international DJs hail from this country, as do acts like Faithless, Groove Armada and the Chemical Brothers.
On a local level, there is some awesome talent on display. Even open mic nights in London reveal a lot of people who can outplay plenty of professional bands.
Whilst I'm a huge fan of the Killers, I'm not sure I'd say bands like the White Stripes and The Strokes are really much of a threat to UK talent these days.
Out right it's all a matter of personal taste and very difficult to call over thousands of years and several continents! But what I was getting at was the original article slammed UK acts, in preference for a number of NME favoured drain pipe jean'd stripey top wearing "the" bands. Just thought it was style over substance.
Do think the great thing about the UK music scene is variety. Not only can you find anything from classical music to thrash here, you could probably hear most of that spectrum played in the same venue over the course of a month and it could be a low key 'grass roots' place behind a pub somewhere, not the royal albert hall.
Do think the great thing about the UK music scene is variety. Not only can you find anything from classical music to thrash here, you could probably hear most of that spectrum played in the same venue over the course of a month and it could be a low key 'grass roots' place behind a pub somewhere, not the royal albert hall.
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