Topic: xx win mercury prize (Read 10746 times)

scarred · « **on:** 07 Sep 2010, 23:08 »

http://pitchfork.com/news/39973-the-xx-win-the-mercury-music-prize/

JD · « **Reply #1 on:** 07 Sep 2010, 23:12 »

Well done band-I-find-boring

Tom · « **Reply #2 on:** 07 Sep 2010, 23:20 »

So what, they won a British hipster tool music prize.

Lummer · « **Reply #3 on:** 08 Sep 2010, 00:24 »

Who is this band?

october1983 · « **Reply #4 on:** 08 Sep 2010, 01:04 »

Quote from: Tom on 07 Sep 2010, 23:20

So what, they won a British hipster tool music prize.

Man I think that is giving too much credit to the Mercury Prize. It would like to think it's a hipster tool music prize, but it always gives the impression of being run and judged by slightly out of touch, middle-aged music pundits who want the kids to think they're hip. At least Paul fucking Weller didn't win.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #5 on:** 08 Sep 2010, 04:04 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 07 Sep 2010, 23:12

Well done band-I-find-boring

Thrillho · « **Reply #6 on:** 08 Sep 2010, 04:13 »

Congrats to the XX. Since the Mercury Prize fairly often means career death, I couldn't be happier.

amok · « **Reply #7 on:** 08 Sep 2010, 09:31 »

Unlikely in this case - see here - but yeah it's fairly meaningless. Still, one for the trophy cabinet so fair play to 'em.

Quote from: Lummer on 08 Sep 2010, 00:24

Who is this band?

A British pop band who have just won a British pop prize, there's a helpful link in the first post.

scarred · « **Reply #8 on:** 08 Sep 2010, 12:03 »

Quote from: amok on 08 Sep 2010, 09:31

Unlikely in this case - see here - but yeah it's fairly meaningless. Still, one for the trophy cabinet so fair play to 'em.

best part of that article is the comments

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She looks like Stephen Fry!

amok · « **Reply #9 on:** 08 Sep 2010, 12:50 »

yeah that owned

Melodic · « **Reply #10 on:** 08 Sep 2010, 18:44 »

guys i like the xx

Inlander · « **Reply #11 on:** 08 Sep 2010, 21:09 »

I'm still bitter that they're not X.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #12 on:** 08 Sep 2010, 21:43 »

or The Ex

KvP · « **Reply #13 on:** 08 Sep 2010, 21:48 »

Personally I'm bummed they're not David Bowie.

Lummer · « **Reply #14 on:** 09 Sep 2010, 00:19 »

I'm bummed their singer doesn't have a Grandfather Clock on his head.

Johnny C · « **Reply #15 on:** 09 Sep 2010, 01:08 »

has there been a band called "xxx" and if so is it a japanese hardcore band

Johnny C · « **Reply #16 on:** 09 Sep 2010, 01:09 »

"what are you listening to?"
"oh, it's 'metal lightning pussy' by xxx"

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #17 on:** 09 Sep 2010, 02:16 »

I saw the xx at a festival once. It was boring so I went to go see Titus Andronicus instead.

squawk · « **Reply #18 on:** 09 Sep 2010, 03:04 »

I like the xx but man that is the only possible decision. I don't think I'd ever bother seeing the xx live

Fuckin Titus Andronicus

Vuk · « **Reply #19 on:** 09 Sep 2010, 08:12 »

The mash-up of XX and Biggie's Juicy is actually pretty awesome. Otherwise, I think they're decent - I just don't see where they will go in terms of direction, at this point.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #20 on:** 09 Sep 2010, 09:51 »

Quote from: squawk on 09 Sep 2010, 03:04

I like the xx but man that is the only possible decision. I don't think I'd ever bother seeing the xx live

Fuckin Titus Andronicus

Yeah the only reason I was watching the xx was because I had already seen Titus Andronicus exactly a week before going to the festival. They rocked both times.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #21 on:** 09 Sep 2010, 14:22 »

Apparently, with hushed, early-hours dynamics and an undertow of sexual desire, the xx's debut album is a compelling listen. The band's influences are drawn from outside the indie canon – the xx are famously fans of modern R&B, which might account for the album's preoccupation with sultry yearning, not a mood indie music traditionally conjures: it sounds original, but isn't abstruse enough to scare less adventurous listeners. Already on an upward trajectory, you can imagine the profile boost of the Mercury finally pushing the xx firmly into the mainstream.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #22 on:** 11 Sep 2010, 19:05 »

Guys TITUS ANDRONICUSSS

Johnny C · « **Reply #23 on:** 12 Sep 2010, 08:42 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 11 Sep 2010, 19:05

Guys TITUS ANDRONICUSSS

just like a bunch of walking fistpumps

KharBevNor · « **Reply #24 on:** 12 Sep 2010, 10:52 »

Why is everyone on this forum such an enormous fag?

Not that I have anything against it, it just seems so statistically unlikely.

Johnny C · « **Reply #25 on:** 12 Sep 2010, 12:09 »

are there any three genres more comfortable with giving someone the finger than rap, country or metal

if not then i think i'm probably the most qualified here to tell khar he can go fuck himself

Avec · « **Reply #26 on:** 12 Sep 2010, 15:05 »

Hipsters bashing on hipsters who voted for hipsters to win the (annual?) hipster award.

Christophe · « **Reply #27 on:** 12 Sep 2010, 15:27 »

Crisis on Infinite Hipsters.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #28 on:** 12 Sep 2010, 17:25 »

It's hipsters all the way down, ma'am

Johnny C · « **Reply #29 on:** 12 Sep 2010, 17:37 »

theory of infinite hipster regress

David_Dovey · « **Reply #30 on:** 12 Sep 2010, 17:38 »

hipster/poseur duality

JD · « **Reply #31 on:** 12 Sep 2010, 21:50 »

Quote from: Avec on 12 Sep 2010, 15:05

Hipsters bashing on hipsters who voted for hipsters to win the (annual?) hipster award.

october1983 · « **Reply #32 on:** 13 Sep 2010, 01:01 »

every time you call the mercury prize a hipster award, god kills a talented musician.

scarred · « **Reply #33 on:** 13 Sep 2010, 10:28 »

KharBevNor · « **Reply #34 on:** 15 Sep 2010, 18:24 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 12 Sep 2010, 12:09

if not then i think i'm probably the most qualified here to tell khar he can go fuck himself

Why you got to talk about me like I'm not here.

Also what's your problem with faggots.

Johnny C · « **Reply #35 on:** 15 Sep 2010, 21:56 »

i don't subscribe to labeling actually

KharBevNor · « **Reply #36 on:** 17 Sep 2010, 06:18 »

You should, it's much cheaper than labelling every month.

Inlander · « **Reply #37 on:** 17 Sep 2010, 07:07 »

Surely that depends on the amount of labelling you do?

David_Dovey · « **Reply #38 on:** 21 Sep 2010, 19:23 »

So NPR did a thing on The XX a little while ago and it turns out that some songs that I liked but didn't realise were by The XX were actually songs by The XX that I liked. So I guess I like The XX and, um, fuck alla y'all.

scarred · « **Reply #39 on:** 21 Sep 2010, 19:44 »

the best part of that NPR spot was that they said they were embarking on their first US tour even though they've been touring here and elsewhere since early 2009

David_Dovey · « **Reply #40 on:** 21 Sep 2010, 19:45 »

I thought the point was they were on their first U.S. tour as over-21s

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