Top 5 Indie bands in ireland???

PaulBrewer

Pen1987 wrote: »

All it means is you've got a certain type of vanity and hold your own opinion in far to high regard.

Ah yes, I do have something in common with her;)

Pen1987

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Ah yes, I do have something in common with her;)

I'm not saying I don't. All I'm saying is, a few months writing the "up-coming gigs" sidebar in HotPress, or any other magazine for that matter, doesn't mean your opinion should be any more valued than that of the bassist from the band who are playing first in Dorans this rainy Tuesday. Or that of his 16 year old mate who is still not over his My Bloody Valentine phase.

HouseHippo

Pen1987 wrote: »

I'm not saying I don't. All I'm saying is, a few months writing the "up-coming gigs" sidebar in HotPress, or any other magazine for that matter, doesn't mean your opinion should be any more valued than that of the bassist from the band who are playing first in Dorans this rainy Tuesday. Or that of his 16 year old mate who is still not over his My Bloody Valentine phase.

What is with all the ****ing personal attacks if you people are so into music talk about that instead of arguing about something I said 3 weeks ago,get a life like....
And all this my age this my age that , you are just a kid. Knowing stuff about music doesn't depend ony our age at all....I am 19 years old and last time I checked that means.......an Adult.And yes I do have a job as a sound engineer...I'm an assistant ina prett High profile venue and work mostly on monitors....I have worked in venues such as TBF,The Village,Whelans, and at festivals I'm not allowed to mention so really age has nothing to do with experience
For a bunch of people who are waffling on about age you sure are acting like a bunch of immature fools.
Also I don't write for Hotpress,I am a photographer....So i don't know what all this bull**** is about me writing in the up and coming gigs section

HouseHippo

el_tiddlero wrote: »

because no sound engineer has ever felt too self-righteous/important and not listened to what a band wants from him/her...??

honestly, there's loads of jerks everywhere in the music business - to confine it to one class of person (promoter/engineer/band member etc) is foolish.

eh, favourite Irish indie band eh?

how about not Director or Fight Like Apes..

I was just saying some bands can be very arrogant FFS!!!!!

Pen1987

HouseHippo wrote: »

What is with all the ****ing personal attacks if you people are so into music talk about that instead of arguing about something I said 3 weeks ago,get a life like....
And all this my age this my age that , you are just a kid. Knowing stuff about music doesn't depend ony our age at all....I am 19 years old and last time I checked that means.......an Adult.And yes I do have a job as a sound engineer...I'm an assistant ina prett High profile venue and work mostly on monitors....I have worked in venues such as TBF,The Village,Whelans, and at festivals I'm not allowed to mention so really age has nothing to do with experience
For a bunch of people who are waffling on about age you sure are acting like a bunch of immature fools. Also I don't write for Hotpress,I am a photographer....So i don't know what all this bull**** is about me writing in the up and coming gigs section

I used the personal fact you brought up originally to support your argument, to dismiss your argument. It wasn't a personal attack on my part, it was simply proving you wrong.

You said "probably not the best thing to say to someone doing an internship in hotpress, when you are making money writing for a music magazine and are a sound engineer come back and argue about music with me then until then well..."

I said nothing about you age, all I pointed out is that you working in HotPress is not an endorsement or proof of a good taste in music. I even pointed out that a 16 year old in Doran's has no more right to claim they have an amazing taste in music than any other, music journo or otherwise. It's all subjective so saying "dont say that to me, I work in HotPress" is foolish and arrogant, in my opinion.

And... your point here...

Also I don't write for Hotpress,I am a photographer....So i don't know what all this bull**** is about me writing in the up and coming gigs section

is destroyed by your point here...

when you are making money writing for a music magazine and are a sound engineer come back and argue about music with me then until then well...

PaulBrewer

All this rowing about HouseHippo is in relation to something she said to me a couple of weeks ago.

Who cares? I don't .....

What relevance does it have to Alt/Ind ? .... none

What would I do ? Just let it lie, it's boring.

Isn't there a 'Mindless Point Scoring' Forum it could be moved to?

HouseHippo

PaulBrewer wrote: »

All this rowing about HouseHippo is in relation to something she said to me a couple of weeks ago.

Who cares? I don't .....

What relevance does it have to Alt/Ind ? .... none

What would I do ? Just let it lie, it's boring.

Isn't there a 'Mindless Point Scoring' Forum it could be moved to?

Thank you!!

Brian Capture

Paul Brewer - you still have a cough??

PaulBrewer

Brian Capture wrote: »

Paul Brewer - you still have a cough??

Yes, but it's clearing up now thank you ...

pariko

Spicy Lauren wrote: »

Wrong. Hooray for Humans are on Out on the Limb from Cork.
ASIWUFA got signed to Smalltown America from Derry

that is all.

L.

Wrong. Out On a Limb are from Limerick, and H4H are on both labels; OOAL for Ireland and Smalltown America for the UK.

ANarcho-Munk

pariko wrote: »

Wrong. Out On a Limb are from Limerick

Sorta debatable, that. One of the lads who runs/ran it is in Cork now.

I saw Hooray For Humans in Quad on Friday night. Great gig. It was the perfect post-Stereolab gig.

Brian Capture

ANarcho-Munk wrote: »

Sorta debatable, that. One of the lads who runs/ran it is in Cork now.

I saw Hooray For Humans in Quad on Friday night. Great gig. It was the perfect post-Stereolab gig.

if there's a problem I'll f**k ya

R.F.R

OK im gonna nominate my own band "Rifle Fire Rifle"!

Technically we dont live in ireland anymore because we moved to the UK!


Here's our new video for our track "the doppler effect",

This is not Indie Rock, This is Rifle Rock!!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR9ckZuxKM

bigjigwig77

Don't mean to be a dick or anything but if you want to become a "GREAT" 21st century indie band, you'll need to get your teeth bleached and your bass player needs a new haircut.

crimsonfire

Not really an indie list but I'm guessing the term is being used to describe anything that's not played on the radio (or just phantom fm).

God is an Astronaut - Best Irish band around at the moment IMO. I've seen them live 5 times. Here's hoping they come to Australia when they're finished touring europe and america.

Republic of Loose - Just plain good.

Director - Don't care who hates them. I think they're brilliant. Saw them supporting Faithless and Kasabian a few years ago. If I wasn't so drunk at the time I would have enjoyed them I'm sure.

Neosupervital - Haven't seen a mention of him yet. Very surprising. Technically it's only one guy not a band though.

**** I was about to say Hot Chip but it turns out they're English. I always thought they were Irish.

Insect Overlord

From previous experiences:
Bellx1
Republic of Loose
Director

From what I've seen in the past week:
Dark Room Notes
Walter Mitty and The Realists
The Demise

I really have to start going to more gigs...