The State of Music 2005

[Dracon II]

Was just watching Rage (Australian alternative music show)... and pretty much every song was some attempt to copy new wave/70's rock/punk/synth pop etc...
Is rock becoming an orthodoxy? Simply a repository of tried genres from which bands can pick and choose and customize their sound? And what is it with the flaming lips and their stupid fluffy bunny rabbits and spongebob crap'd-his-pants? Why does electric six's cover of Radio ga ga seem more like an embarassing tribute than what it should be- a tacky, kitsch spoof? Why does a black and white glitchy video clip of a new wave rehash seem eerily contemporary?
Has culture exhausted all options and must now rummage through the bargain bin of history? Was Baudrillard right about the increasing preoccupation with nostalgia and with producing signs of origin that accompanies a break with reality?
Or am I just listening to the wrong ****? If there is anything new and exciting out there to which I am not privy please alert me to its presence.

[St Leo]

Have you heard of the Village People? I just discovered them, and songs like YMCA and In the Navy truly bring rock to a new, fresh, 2005-esque level.

[St Leo]

More seriously, here's my last mix:

1. Mclusky - Lightsabre ********ing Blues
2. flogging molly - screaming at the wailing wall
3. Bif Naked - The Peacock Song
4. The Vandals - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
5. Dead Kennedys - Trust Your Mechanic
6. Les Cowboys Fringants - En Berne
7. Thee Headcoatees - Don't Wanna Hold Your Hand
8. The Black Halos - Some things never fall
9. Lars Frederiksen - Six Foot Five
10. Le Tigre - Riot Grrrl
11. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Auld Lang Syne
12. Makkabees - Maschiach
13. NoFX - What's the Matter with Parents
14. The Vandals - My Girlfriend's Dead
15. Rob Zombie - Feel So Numb
16. Lovecraft Choir - Carol of the Old Ones
17. Laibach - Jesus Christ Superstar
18. Fantômas - The Godfather
19. Tenacious D - Karate
20. Huun-Huur-Tu - Tuvan Internationale

Nothing particularly super-original. Sorry.

[Bosh]

Its really sad how little good modern music there is

Its even sadder how little good modern music gets to Korea

[alva]

Its even sadder how little good modern music gets to Korea

[Bosh]

Originally posted by alva

Its even sadder how little good modern music gets to Korea

You've never heard Korean radio
*shudders*

[alva]

Radio is bad all over the world.
Get a lot of MP3's and turn on shuffle.

[Pave]

Ever listened to They Might Be Giants, they are... well, different from the mainstream.

[C0ckney]

Re: The State of Music 2005

Originally posted by Dracon II
Is rock becoming an orthodoxy?

becoming?

[ixnay]

Originally posted by Pave
Ever listened to They Might Be Giants, they are... well, different from the mainstream.

TMBG

[Stefu]

Arcade Fire

[Heresson]

No Genesis album - this year sucks just like several previous ones and perhaps all the ones to come...

[mactbone]

It depends on where you look for music. It also depends on what you're looking for. I don't think there's any stagnation in music if that's what you're trying to say. There are plenty of acts that play new and different music but there are also bands that emulate older styles - those older styles were obviously a success and they can still be successful.

For bands that are new and different you might try Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Pinback or Grandaddy. It might be that you're stuck in the same place musically or that you don't know where or how to look for the music you like. My advice is to find a band or bands you like and look for who they play with and who they or their fans listen to.

[Last Conformist]

I've listened to the Velvet Underground's All Tomorrow's Parties over and over tonight.

I live under a rock.

[Dracon II]

Good song... but Nico's voice gets on my nerves.

Definitely heard of TMBG... I don't mind them at all...

Well, I will keep searching. I have noticed that a lot of bands are trying to sound overly simple... like a garage sound. If you ask me, you shouldn't make garage music unless you genuinely live in a garage. Maybe I'm being snobby and I don't realize that rock and roll is supposed to be atavistic. I guess some garage rock sounds good... but more often than not nowadays it just sounds like scraping a blackboard.