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Aphi:
So says Mr. Radio man. Of course, being only sixteen, I don't have too much experience of music------at ALL.


Allan Cross of 102.1 calls bands like Franz Ferdinand, The Bravery, The Killers(die), Le Tigre, and Metric "Neo-New Wave". I have no clue what this happens to mean, only that they sound like old bands like New Order, and I happen to /like/ this general style of music (discluding The Killers).


Could any of you musical geniuses impart to me some knowledge of OTHER bands who keep to this genre that I might be interested in?

Inlander:
Basically it means they're re-hashing stuff that went before (New Wave).  Given that "New Wave" was a pretty useless term in the first place, "Neo-New Wave" must be the most pointless descriptor of music ever coined.

If you're interested in that kind of stuff, then go back to the originals.  Try the brilliant X.T.C. singles collection, Fossil Fuel.  Also check out Marquee Moon by Television . . . I don't know, countless others.

Revenge_Therapist:
Check out The Undertones, 999, The Buzzcocks, The Rezillos, and The Talking Heads.

Johnny C:
Lumping Le Tigre and Metric in with The Bravery is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. Lumping them in with each other is pretty stupid, unless the category is "awesome music" or I guess "bands with female vocalists" or okay so there's a lot of categories, but genre-wise they have nothing to do with each other.

And yes, "Neo-New-Wave" is a stupid name. Next thing you know it'll be "Nu-Wave" and then there'll be nothing for it but a chainsaw.


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Addius:
Heh, I can definetly see the problem in adding a neo/new before any genre everytime it changes a little or remixes. Perhaps a logaritmic solution could work? Like Neo^3 Wave, hehe.

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