An excellent point tbf
The Walkmen will always be my answer for this. They were always doing alright, and gradually looked to be playing bigger venues and getting good reviews, but they obviously ran out of steam, and Heaven (the song) is a really good musical epitaph, and they did bow out on their own terms to some extent, but it feels a bit sad that their last show pre-hiatus was a curtailed festival show.
I’ve always felt like they could/should have had an arena tour, or at least a Brixton Academy one…
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You’d be surprised how many reviews I’ve seen of the US tour they did together that criticised LC! for choosing a support band that sounded exactly like them. Even though they don’t.
I’ve always seen the pair of them as kindred spirits, coming up at the same time with the same values and core audience, and I think they did too within that little gang that also included Dananananaykroyd, Sky Larkin, Copy Haho, satellite members like Tellison, We Are The Physics, and Frankie & the Heartstrings before they went into Pop Recs instead…
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Everything Everything. Seem to constantly support acts that do a similar but far less interesting thing.
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I think it’s that they have a similar vibe and same sort of sing talking/shouted vocals despite the execution being quite different that means they should appeal to the same sort of crowd.
Sure JoFo are never going to be mainstream but they are the sort of band that inspires the same kind of fandom as Los Camp so it’s strange they aren’t playing the same size venues.
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And then doesn’t seem like the comeback tour took off here fully. The time away and their influence didn’t seem to transfer to sell out hype
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Yeah that’s it, more aligned in politics and DIY spirit than musically - though both have a decent emo influence
Exactly this, yeah
Always thought The Cribs should have had both more mainstream appeal whilst also having the more ‘muso’s’ seal of approval
I don’t know how they’re at a point where they’re playing this
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Maybe its because people who like them use phrases like the muso’s seal of approval
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Should have been big in a Fleet Foxes/Grizzly Bear way. Still made three banging albums, two of them after being dropped by Universal.
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Exactly. The run of albums from Mysterious Production to My Finest Work Yet is near spotless imo
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I think that they are playing that sort of festival shows they do have mainstream appeal. While not bloc party size they did get pretty big.
I think the newness bias accounts for some of this stuff.
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8 great albums, a couple of which are among my favourite albums. It feels indie enough for the indie crowd but also accessible for wider tastes. Songs are catchy, playing is good and they were great live.
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My current answer for this is McKinley Dixon…but I reckon in <5 years time, that will have changed completely.
For me, the most flawless performer of jazz-adjacent rap around right now. Makes a bold move going for largely live instrumentation but pulls it off. Therefore he has a very distinct sound, with his flow improving with each album.
Currently just has over 100k listeners on Spotify…fairly respectable in abstract hip hop circles (Elucid, Billy Woods, Ka, Navy Blue), but there’s no reason he shouldn’t be getting into the millions alongside the likes of Conway, Earl, Vince, Danny and JPEG.
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I feel like Foxing should be at the level of Deftones, not playing tiny living rooms. But I’ll still enjoy them whilst they’re there.
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Giving him a listen this morning just based on this post, liking it a lot
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Weren’t they just pals with NME journos rather than gaining muso approval per se? The muso wasn’t so goodo.