timewaster said about 4 years ago or at 1:12AM on Thursday, May 7 2009 in music
These guys are the new London buzz band. Big buzz in NME, Dazed & Confused, ID, etc...
Normally, I hear the merit in buzzed-up UK bands, even if the music isn't my thing.
But I think The XX is really a pile of crap. So overrated.
It's mainly because they've got Siouxie and the Banshees haircuts.
I can't believe people are getting excited about this music. Heaven help us.
www.myspace.com/thexx
Three people and a dog writing things does not a buzz band make
The nearby beehives have a bigger buzz going
Well I've heard about them here in Australia. I've seen them on Pedestrian and the NME in the newsagent. They're touring with fellow goth-bores The Big Pink. They must have a bit of interest.
The Big Pink - now there's a real buzzband
I always assumed you were in the UK given the timing of your posts timewaster. Bit of a night owl huh?
Yeah, I generally go to bed at 5.30am. Gives me quiet time to write (and by that I mean REAL book writing, not only chatting about rubbish on Mess and Noise and a skateboarding forum, although I do that too)
Yeah, I know one of the guys in the Big Pink. He was kinda fat last time I saw him. Now he's skinny in those clips. Must be photoshop or all meth the other dude is mainlining up his bumcheeks.
Real book writing hu huh uhu huh uh uhu h uhuh
i don't mind this band so much.
I like. Quite a lot.
I like, but that song that pays 'homage' to Wicked Game reeeeaaally annoys me.
I noticed that one the other day, waiting for the tram. I was kinda tripped out for a minute. I don't think I mind the song though.
I like their album quite a bit.
this album is definitely in my top 5 for the year, so good to relax to.
good record.
I'm with timewaster on this one. It's a bit narcotic and bedroom-produced for mine.
Good record, but can't get one of their other songs out of my head – ''Do You Mind'' – it's brilliant, and a cover of some awful pop song.
These guys are much better than most UK ''buzz bands'' I cross paths with. Fair decent.
upload to gmail, anyone?
It'll be done. New password?
Been in gmail since 17 September
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I'm betting it's more a grower than a shower.
Festy Hall, fuck that.
90 bucks as well, fuck that indeed
don't really deserve it after that paltry second album
That seems mighty ambitious. They got the fan base to pull it off?
Seems so, last year's Forum show had a ballot and sold out in minutes.
90? Really? Isn't that the same price and venue as Stooges? Jeez.
RRR calling them 'one of the most in demand acts on the planet', whatever that means.
probably means they're presenting it...
$XX
This band is a bowl of bollux
Well said.
Wow I guess so.
Bieber is 'one of the most in demand acts on the planet' too.
Well there you go. They sold out the first show.
they really are turd. neither singer can sing.
Mate of mine has 2 tickets to the April 5 show at Festival Hall he is trying to sell. If anyone needs tickets for sale at cost. PM and I'll pass on your details.
A friend in Berlin was surprised that I'd never heard of this band before. She seemed to think they were the biggest thing ever
If they were, how come I've never head of them?
I took the liberty of giving these guys a spin with the in-flight play list on the way home and it sent me to sleep. Pleasant sleeping music though...
New album just went gold in Australia. Earth kept turning.
Well, bastard, they did win the mercury prize in 2010. While not necessarily a measure of great quality, it's certainly news that gets around.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone hadn't heard of them, but I'd probably consider that person pretty out of touch.
Also, I find the xx to be a very average bland.
$90 for this band is fucked. I'm still considering the Bris though. Maybe I'm fucked.