The Next Big Thing - is there an underground movement getting ready to explode?
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It seems like mainstream rock is still riding the wave of the type of music that emerged at the beginning of the 90s. It appears like we're in a transitional period right now, though, and the music industry is undergoing a paradigm shift. What will emerge from it? Will there be a new sound, and will a few groups explode in popularity and become the next big thing?
It's been almost two decades since Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden came out of Seattle and helped spur the last great rock music revolution. It seems like were over due for something different.
It's been almost two decades since Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden came out of Seattle and helped spur the last great rock music revolution. It seems like were over due for something different.
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They want to control who is popular and what we listen to, so we may never see a new music revolution ever again.
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Indie rock is the new movement.
My mistake was thinking the next musical movement, would be one filled with bands singing about teen angst and rage etc...'
I think you have an excitement in the indie rock scene that is similar to what it was like to be someone coming up during the heydey of grunge. You get to see your favorite bands promoted and talked about big time in the media and via websites.
Arcade Fire are the best band in music right now. Both in terms of studio albums, and their live shows. Best band and best live band. period.
The movements here buddy! It just aint longhaired flannel wearing teenage angst singing bands anymore. Times have changed.
I'm not sure about the movement since the whole business has changed and bands don't even reap profits by selling albums anymore. So you have much more live shows and less bands getting signed to album deals. not sure where this is going actually.
But Arcade Fire is definitely a mature band, I dont see a mainstream movement forming though.
This song is starting to get pretty popular
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XVnRzEjpUmE
This song will be a huge hit in the summer time.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SQF8ep-OJLs&feature=related
Sounds like the fuckin Beegee's. This is not the revolution we need. We need some new fuckin guitar Gods!!! We need some real ROCK!!! Where's the fuckin riffs that bring chills from my ass crack to the back of my neck?!?!
How about someone with a decent and inspiring voice? I don't know maybe some of this shit's good to have on when you're starring at a fucking video game screen or scrubbing your balls in the shower but not for rockin' out to.
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the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
No they aren't, they are just ditching bands that demand to have creative control over their art in favor of pop sensations they can sell off by the hit.
Rap and Pop music are going to be the future of the mainstream for a long time to come.
and major labels are going to continue to be behind it. They are selling product. and people are still buying product.
When people want art, that is when things will change. But the way society is now, i really don't expect any musical revolutions coming anytime soon.
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'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
I actually liked those videos. They seem like they are tripping balls on Acid. However I disagree that they blow Arcade Fire out of the water. MGMT is practically emotionless compared to Arcade Fire.
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In the early to mid 1980's Indie was a movement. It was the Do It Yourself mentality because these bands thought they had no hope or desire of signing a record deal so they made their own record companies and they cross promoted with fellow "Indie" labels. Then the majors started buying up the Indies in a feeding frenzy and pretty much killed any semblance of a movement.
the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
haha jk bro, what do you listen too?
I agree actually.. I'm just glad I was there to see their start
Welcome to 1987.
Your Arcade Fire comment is strictly an opinion and I highly disagree with it. What grounds do you base that on?
Second...How old were you during the grunge movement? It may be due to the advent of the internet but as far as a buzz and general excitement focused on one sound/region, the "indie" scene you speak of, is not even close. Also, as others have said, the term "indie" really means nothing and is far too broad of a term to localize to a specific sound/scene.
Ditto.
i don't think the Arcade Fire is any good at all. Kind of mediocre really.
Fair enough but I really dig the the energy and emotion that they give at every show. Plus they right really great songs like Wake Up, Rebellion (Lies), Keep The Car Running, Intervention, and many others.
If David Bowie, U2, Mick Jagger and Kieth Richards are fans of yours when your a brand new band then I think you must be doing something right,
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7/9/2006 (****1/2)
7/13/2006 (**** )
4/10/2008 EV Solo (****1/2)
6/25/2008 MSG II (*****)
10/1/2009 LA II (****)
10/6/2009 LA III (***** Cornell!!!)
i am sure those guys are fans of alot of bands.
it doesn't make everyone fucking special.
You may not like them but there is no question that they are going to be huge in the US.
They drew a massive crowd at Coachella last year. They are already playing venues like the Hollywood Bowl and Shoreline Amphitheater in Ca. Both of those concerts drew 20,000. They are drawing a huge following without MTV or any real corporate help. Hell I heard about them word of mouth and then turned my girlfriend and her friends on to them.
Add on they have serious music community support and there is no reason they won't be one of the biggest bands on the planet. Even if you don't think they are special.
6/7/2003 (***1/2)
7/9/2006 (****1/2)
7/13/2006 (**** )
4/10/2008 EV Solo (****1/2)
6/25/2008 MSG II (*****)
10/1/2009 LA II (****)
10/6/2009 LA III (***** Cornell!!!)
LOL! This is actually the problem...because of the internet people can just post stuff like this and suggest it is the next big thing..and that suggestion spreads like wildfire...even though what they post could be terribly mediocre. Too many geek indie bands get pumped up these days to be some type of genius band, but most of them actually suck. The Arcade Fire are a good band...not the best band in the world though. Modest Mouse are not legends. They are a decent band, but nowhere near the level of a band like Radiohead is. But somehow this bullshit "indie" culture has spread and become mainstream. Therefore any guy with tight pants, a mop haircut, glasses and a guitar is now labelled a genius. This whole Indie scene is detrimental to music.
I agree with you here. However.....I do hold out hope that something really amazing will take us all by storm. Just tough to imagine it.
Also, I don't deny that the Arcade Fire is a great band to many. And I think they already are pretty big in the US. The mystery is just missing with bands these days (once again..the internet and the "I want it now so I'm going to get it now" mentality has really put a damper on the possibilities of this happening. Good and bad I suppose.
Bottom line is there is more music available to us than ever before and it's our job to choose what does it for us.
edit: I've listened to MGMT and I don't really like it
I've listened to MGMT before, and I've checked out the links you provided. I've heard what they have to offer. I'm not even saying its horrible or bad. Musically its ok. A little too synthy for my tastes. The videos are retarded art/indie rock bullshit. But the idea that these guys are the next great band is ridiculous. If they really are the next big thing, we are even more doomed than we appear to be now.