ilovefuzz.com

springfield, MO can be pretty cool but it's the same 20 people at shows everytime. COME TO SPRINGFIELD!!!! I CAN GET 20 PEOPLE TO SEE YOUR BAND

it's also almost exclusively house shows now that all our bars are 21+

So this website thing that I was supposed to write for is funny sometimes...
http://flavorwire.com/57909/stereotypin ... ndie-bands

futuresailors wrote:So this website thing that I was supposed to write for is funny sometimes...
http://flavorwire.com/57909/stereotypin ... ndie-bands

That is far too true. Plus, I work at a pizza place, and the evil reaction I have towards people that order too many toppings is normally reserved for Dirty Projectors fans.

my scene? pretty lame, unless you like pop emo punk...or horrible zappa wannabees. im hoping to change that, and inject shoegaze into the scene

theavondon wrote:

futuresailors wrote:So this website thing that I was supposed to write for is funny sometimes...
http://flavorwire.com/57909/stereotypin ... ndie-bands

That is far too true. Plus, I work at a pizza place, and the evil reaction I have towards people that order too many toppings is normally reserved for Dirty Projectors fans.

thanks to part 2 of that, i'm gonna have to start referring to girls as 'baberaham lincoln."



i don't even know who surfer blood are.

deadbeatriot wrote:baberaham lincoln.



i don't even know who surfer blood are.

I need to watch Wayne's World now.




and I don't know and/or haven't heard 90% of these bands... I am pretty proud to say that, too.

the raytownian wrote:

deadbeatriot wrote:baberaham lincoln.



i don't even know who surfer blood are.

I need to watch Wayne's World now.




and I don't know and/or haven't heard 90% of these bands... I am pretty proud to say that, too.

I sadly can say that, due to being in an indie band, I know 95% of those bands.

I could probably write an essay about this.

Scenes are pretty closed over here and people don't seem to experiment much. There is basically no friction, everybody stays with their own, confined spaces/subscenes.

Basically Cologne is still living off the "sound of cologne" / minimal techno explosion from the early 00's. Kompakt records is a big player, even though stuff is far from minimal nowadays. These guys are pretty awesome as people and band:

Coma

Then there is lots of bands trying to be the next big thing ripping off either Interpol/Editors or the Strokes. When you get lucky then there's a dash of electro, punk or glam in there. Yuck for the most time. Basically most musicians that play lots of shows over here are looking for the breakthrough and try to earn money doing what they like. That's no crime, but most of the time that means that what they like seems to be contrary to what I like.

Some examples:
http://www.myspace.com/voltairegermany
http://www.powertopeter.com/

Some of these guys are friends and awesome people. But I just don't get the idea of making it big. Why?

There seems to be a cool grindcore scene with these bands:
http://www.daskrill.org/
http://www.japanischekampfhoerspiele.de/
But even though I enjoy listening to this shit sometimes, the people that hang out there are more streetpunks and the like. And I just can't stand stinking people that are drunk and piss everywhere. Sorry.

Creating noisy soundscapes seems to be a pretty lonely endeavour over here.

if any of you move to long island, we'll start an experimental shoegaze-meets-house-via-post-metal band and scare the perms outta these kids

theavondon wrote:

the raytownian wrote:

deadbeatriot wrote:baberaham lincoln.



i don't even know who surfer blood are.

I need to watch Wayne's World now.




and I don't know and/or haven't heard 90% of these bands... I am pretty proud to say that, too.

I sadly can say that, due to being in an indie band, I know 95% of those bands.

I can even more sadly say that I know at least that many and fall into several of those stereotypes...

the raytownian wrote:

deadbeatriot wrote:baberaham lincoln.



i don't even know who surfer blood are.

I need to watch Wayne's World now.




and I don't know and/or haven't heard 90% of these bands... I am pretty proud to say that, too.

I need to listen to more Pavement.
And check out Yeasayer.

(70% here...)

futuresailors wrote:So this website thing that I was supposed to write for is funny sometimes...
http://flavorwire.com/57909/stereotypin ... ndie-bands

I fit in exactly with these ones,
Fleet Foxes
Hopelessly patchy beard growers.

TV On The Radio
Politically-correct hipsters.

Arcade Fire
Frequent transcendental experience havers.

Deerhunter
Avid doodlers.

Modest Mouse
People who expressed legitimate concern regarding the state of humanity when J.D. Salinger died.

futuresailors wrote:
I can even more sadly say that I know at least that many and fall into several of those stereotypes...

:picard:

It's okay though. You love fuzz, so you're cool.

futuresailors wrote:So this website thing that I was supposed to write for is funny sometimes...
http://flavorwire.com/57909/stereotypin ... ndie-bands

i totally used to buy into all these stereotypes
also surfer blood fucking owns
really like the toans on floating vibes