Topic: Describe your favorite indie band as "x meets y." (Read 27129 times)

Eddie 88 · « **on:** 02 Aug 2009, 05:04 »

I'm always curious to see if other people see bands the same way I do, and you know you are too (admit it), so let's all describe our favorite indie bands as "x band meets y band" or whatever. I'll start us off.

Deerhoof: Imagine if Sonic Youth and Shonen Knife had a one-night-stand in Western Mass. Deerhoof is the resultant child-out-of-wedlock.

Thrillho · « **Reply #1 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 05:16 »

It's funny you should mention indie, seeing as that's all any of us ever listen to.

Joseph · « **Reply #2 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 08:49 »

He's not my favourite musician, or even one I particularly like, but I guess Rufus Wainwright sounds like what would happen if Louis Wainwright III met Kate McGarrigle.

MadassAlex · « **Reply #3 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 09:04 »

Indie doesn't even mean anything anymore.

It should mean "independent", but most people seem to use it to refer to a kind of diatonic rock that draws its heavier aspects from grunge and lighter aspects from acoustic balladry.

I guess if you take the term literally, my favourite "indie" band is Animals As Leaders, which is kind of Metroid meets Guitar Sorcery In General with powerful progressive leanings.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #4 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 09:08 »

Oh god no, can there please not be a discussion about what 'indie' means? Please??

Joseph · « **Reply #5 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 09:10 »

Hay guyz wut is better CD or Vinyls???

MadassAlex · « **Reply #6 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 09:16 »

Quote from: TheFuriousWombat on 02 Aug 2009, 09:08

Oh god no, can there please not be a discussion about what 'indie' means? Please??

There's no discussion to be had, since there's one technically legitimate use of the word and another, different, culturally legitimate use of the word that are both equally, er, legitimate, as such.

It's just frowned upon to use the term "indie" here for that very reason.

Avec · « **Reply #7 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 09:49 »

Saying the same joke twice usually pulls in a bigger crowd.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #8 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 09:53 »

swing and a miss

Thrillho · « **Reply #9 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 11:30 »

To be fair, despite me being the first one to make this joke, most of the people on this forum do seem to listen to a lot of indie - although about half of them seem to also be in denial over whether it's indie.

sean · « **Reply #10 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 13:50 »

man this thread is so good.

scarred · « **Reply #11 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 15:57 »

Quote from: MadassAlex on 02 Aug 2009, 09:04

Indie doesn't even mean anything anymore.

It should mean "independent", but most people seem to use it to refer to a kind of diatonic rock that draws its heavier aspects from grunge and lighter aspects from acoustic balladry.

I guess if you take the term literally, my favourite "indie" band is Animals As Leaders, which is kind of Metroid meets Guitar Sorcery In General with powerful progressive leanings.

Oh aren't you adorable!

Forumz, can we keep him?

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #12 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 16:32 »

Quote from: Jeans on 02 Aug 2009, 10:10

Look guys we don't have to piss all over new people because they assume we like indie music when the subtitle of the comic this forum actually belongs to contained the words "indie rock" for ages and ages. The assumption made is not that the entire forum listens exclusively to indie rock, but rather that it is an indie rock discussion forum, and that that is what one talks about! That is an important distinction. One might argue that more lurking is in order but really who cares? If you feel horribly offended by the fact that a complete stranger assumes you listen to indie rock on a forum belonging to a comic about indie rock, that is your problem.

This. Plus, if you look in the mediafire thread that thing is bloated with indie rock. Or look at a lot of the bands people get excited about. I mean, people on here gush over Sloan.

I was in a band that once got described as "Party Of Helicopters meets Huggy Bear." Sadly, we weren't that good.

Be My Head · « **Reply #13 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 18:08 »

Taking "Indie" to mean independent, and considering my current favourite artist wasn't in a band...

Erik Satie is like Claude Debussy meeting John Cage.

HOORAH!

sir digby · « **Reply #14 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 18:17 »

Discovery is like vampire weekend meets ra ra riot.

Oh wait.

JD · « **Reply #15 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 19:03 »

Starfucker rose from from the primordial music ooze of it's own accord.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #16 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 19:29 »

Quote from: scarred on 02 Aug 2009, 15:57

Oh aren't you adorable!

Forumz, can we keep him?

You walk him, you feed him, if he makes a mess in the house, you clean it up.

michaelicious · « **Reply #17 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 19:56 »

Even though I admit that I am guilty of describing music in this way occasionally, I still think it is pretty lazy and also crap.

Christophe · « **Reply #18 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 20:12 »

+1

Me and my friend have decided to classify new bands we listen to in terms of Mogwai. Like, "Franz Ferdinand is Mogwai if Mogwai ripped off of Gang of Four instead of Slint" or "Errors is Mogwai if Mogwai decided to make dance music and lose self-respect".

est · « **Reply #19 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 20:31 »

Queens of the Stone Age: Imagine if two dudes from Kyuss teamed up with some other guys to make some new music and started out kind of ok but then just degenerated into really boring pop rock

Hat · « **Reply #20 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 20:36 »

Quote from: Joseph on 02 Aug 2009, 09:10

Hay guyz wut is better CD or Vinyls???

man people master CDs too loud nowadays its all clipped cause they're tryin' to make shit louder to play on radio stations so vinyl is pretty for real also you can touch it more because it is bigger more music to touch!

michaelicious · « **Reply #21 on:** 02 Aug 2009, 21:49 »

Easily the most eloquently worded endorsement for vinyl I have ever read.

pwhodges · « **Reply #22 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 00:00 »

But "mastering" was invented for getting more volume onto vinyl. I know CDs are generally worse now in that respect, but LPs are not inherently pure.

Hat · « **Reply #23 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 00:22 »

Quote from: Sam on 02 Aug 2009, 09:50

guys i need to make my annual deez nuts joke, come on

STAY TRUE

MadassAlex · « **Reply #24 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 06:02 »

Quote from: scarred on 02 Aug 2009, 15:57

Oh aren't you adorable!

Forumz, can we keep him?

don't even fucking

Spluff · « **Reply #25 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 15:11 »

kyuss is like awesome meets FUCK YEAH

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #26 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 16:20 »

variable_star · « **Reply #27 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 16:22 »

Quote from: michaelicious on 02 Aug 2009, 21:49

Easily the most eloquently worded endorsement for vinyl I have ever read.

Is there a correlation between those with a penchant for vinyl and those who abuse narcotics? Methinks this requires more study, I'm forwarding my findings to Oxford.

Harun · « **Reply #28 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 19:21 »

Cloudkicker - when an unexpectedly magical night between God Is an Astronaut and Meshuggah turned into a lifetime of awesomeness

Commodore · « **Reply #29 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 21:35 »

The Eels are like Smash Mouth shooting drugs with Nirvana.

Think about it.

JD · « **Reply #30 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 21:38 »

That's pretty accurate.

est · « **Reply #31 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 21:54 »

Ok are people actually taking this thread seriously? What are you doing.

MadassAlex · « **Reply #32 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 21:59 »

taking this thread seriously

Hat · « **Reply #33 on:** 03 Aug 2009, 22:31 »

Quote from: variable_star on 03 Aug 2009, 16:22

Is there a correlation between those with a penchant for vinyl and those who abuse narcotics?

Well everybody knows you can easily hear more detail in music when you're high so there's not really much point having a high level audiophile setup unless you're going to listen to all your records fucked on the highest quality liquid acid

el_loco_avs · « **Reply #34 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 02:07 »

Julian Lennon is like when....

I can't do it.

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #35 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 05:54 »

I started collecting Vinyl when I gave up drugs. I spent my drugs money on records instead.

It's just as addictive, but a lot more fun at parties. Esp. Rum & Records Parties. Those are my favourites.

I hope this helps your research sir.

Sox · « **Reply #36 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 13:34 »

Halo of Flies (UK) sounds like if shit meets a fan and gets sprayed into your ears.

Sox · « **Reply #37 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 13:40 »

These Estates sounds like if a turkey ham sandwich in a plastic tub meets two weeks of direct sunlight and is opened underneath your girlfriend's nose.

Sox · « **Reply #38 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 13:51 »

Half-mile Fox Fur sounds like Phil Collins.

Sox · « **Reply #39 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 13:52 »

Valley Parade sounds like if Joanna Newsom met These Estates but without the guitar solos.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #40 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 14:16 »

Specifically, the Honey Bee sounds like a pneumatic drill meeting your anus in a bathtub full of lemon juice.

Sox · « **Reply #41 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 14:22 »

You're just jealous of my lyrics. What's the matter, is rhyming words too difficult for you?

epoch · « **Reply #42 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 18:47 »

Quote from: Avec on 02 Aug 2009, 09:49

Saying the same joke twice usually pulls in a bigger crowd.

Lol'd.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #43 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 22:34 »

Quote from: michaelicious on 02 Aug 2009, 19:56

Even though I admit that I am guilty of describing music in this way occasionally, I still think it is pretty lazy and also crap.

When writing music reviews I wear a vice on my balls as a constant reminder not to employ this trope.

Spluff · « **Reply #44 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 22:52 »

Quote from: est on 03 Aug 2009, 21:54

Ok are people actually taking this thread seriously? What are you doing.

Est is like a nice young gentleman meets that guy who makes subtle witticisms that most people just don't quite get.

[EDIT - PUNCTUATION]

Spluff · « **Reply #45 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 22:52 »

Khar is like Oscar the Grouch meets a Viking

Nodaisho · « **Reply #46 on:** 04 Aug 2009, 22:59 »

Quote from: Spluff on 04 Aug 2009, 22:52

Quote from: est on 03 Aug 2009, 21:54
Ok are people actually taking this thread seriously? What are you doing.

Est is like a nice young gentleman meets that guy who makes subtle witticisms that most people just don't quite get.

Who then meets an old person.

Quote

Khar is like Oscar the Grouch meets a Viking

I think I might have to sig that.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #47 on:** 05 Aug 2009, 08:12 »

Too late

Yayniall · « **Reply #48 on:** 07 Aug 2009, 17:23 »

Neutral Milk Hotel = When seaman meets mountain tops.

I give it 5 muffs out of a possible 5.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #49 on:** 07 Aug 2009, 18:12 »

Pretty sure it's not that kind of "seamen"

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