Remember when Moriarty from AICN went off on everone that downloaded the Hulk movie workprint?
Man, that was funny.
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Remember when Moriarty from AICN went off on everone that downloaded the Hulk movie workprint?
Man, that was funny.
He liked that pile?
IronPlant, uhh... he's right. Thanks to the internet more bands than ever can be heard. While this leads to crap like TV On the Radio or Go! Team getting a big audience, it also leads to very solid bands like Arcade Fire and Futureheads and Rilo Kiley getting a leg up. Do you think its any coincidence that a band like Modest Mouse, toiling away for a decade, got big this year, the year of iPod and iTMS and Indie 103.1 (station in LA) and all that?
Just because you dont like the bands that are benefitting from all this doesnt mean jack shit.
There is no question that these are revolutionary artists but there have always been great artists on the fringe outside of the mainstream--your assumption that the recording industry is keeping them back is false.Quote:
Originally Posted by IronPlant
When grunge exploded lots of random bands were getting signed under the banner of "alternative rock" and then that died out toward the late 90s. What the internet has done is allowed anyone with a modem to be able to listen to or buy an EP from obscure band X and not have to travel to a record store 2 hours away. Exposure helps these bands. Nowadays any band with a decent amount of buzz, that the internet could easily/cheaply provide, can get signed.
The record companies are trying to find the next fad band but that actually means they are taking more risks and exposing more people to less cookie cutter bands as well.
Bands also used to have a lot more freedom within their record contract as well, so Ironplant isn't too far off.
If the record industry wasn't only after $$$$ we would probably still be enjoying kickass music from Nirvana(aside from obvious reasons), Weezer, Pearl Jam, etc. They basically strangled the creativity out of these bands forcing them to stay with the contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by soundwave
It's a double edged sword. Labels will continue to sign kickass new bands and destroy them. Other kickass bands will be smart enough to use all the other avenues of making a living and creating a fanbase. It isn't up to the major labels to put out good music anymore. It's up to us to find it.
did that new weezer album ever come out? I suppose from the above post it wasn't very good, eh?
How hard/expensive is it to break a contract? They could feign artistic differences and work on "different projects" for a year and then get back together or something.
I still like Pearl Jam though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hubbitron
Binaural was a great album.
Rivers Cuomo's songwriting is way too safe to be listenable these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Well, balls.
Once they started calling Weezer "emo" and putting Rivers on TRL, I totally tuned them out--and I loved the Blue album and Pinkerton--Matt Sharp was smart to get out when he did.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dave
I have been on a nostalgia kick lately so I'm probably gonna listen to 10 and Vs. today.
I have not heard of one of those bands.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx