GREAT MUSIC
Great music isn't thin on the ground, but everything is so fragmented now that there’s no clearly defined ‘scene’, it can be difficult to know where to look. British bands seem to have been consistently rubbish for about ten years - all posturing 22-year-olds tunelessly thrashing guitars in the hope that attitude and posturing will make up for lack of melody and talent. Guitar–driven mediocrity - Razorlight / Kasbian / The Killers has passed me by. I'm aware of the names only.
Here's some of the best from further afield. All North American (natch) with the exception of Sleepy Jackson, and they’re Australian. John Vanderslice’s ‘Trance Manual’ my favourite song for a couple of years.
THE SLEEPY JACKSON
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
JOHN VANDERSLICE
SUFJAN STEVENS
Great music isn't thin on the ground, but everything is so fragmented now that there’s no clearly defined ‘scene’, it can be difficult to know where to look. British bands seem to have been consistently rubbish for about ten years - all posturing 22-year-olds tunelessly thrashing guitars in the hope that attitude and posturing will make up for lack of melody and talent. Guitar–driven mediocrity - Razorlight / Kasbian / The Killers has passed me by. I'm aware of the names only.
Here's some of the best from further afield. All North American (natch) with the exception of Sleepy Jackson, and they’re Australian. John Vanderslice’s ‘Trance Manual’ my favourite song for a couple of years.
THE SLEEPY JACKSON
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
JOHN VANDERSLICE
SUFJAN STEVENS
