Zak wrote:Cannulae you also have to bear in mind that Musfund has to represent all types of music. Having listened to all those bands you mentioned they are all pretty similar sounding in the broad scheme of things, where as Pendulum is totally different. You only need to look at the fact ravesoc has been formed this year to see that style music is in demand. Also excuse my ignorance but i had not heard of any of those bands, where as i have heard of Idlewild (which im not a fan off myself) and Pendulum.
P.S - If your open minded check out
http://www.myspace.com/rapeahoy
Yeah I appreciate that, but someone is asking for band suggestions, so there you go, the 4 most original, creative and all round entertaining bands in Scotland. Like you say, some people haven't heard of them, so someone has to suggest them. They're the obvious choice if a group of people are looking for Scottish bands to ask to play, and no one had mentioned them. It's not like these guys are niche market scenester bands. Twilight Sad and Frightened Rabbit both got great reviews on Pitchfork and have a pretty serious cult following here and in the States. Errors are the biggest band on Mogwai's Rock Action label whose album got great reviews across the board (and to be honest are dancey enough for ravesoc to appreciate) from NME, The Observer, Q wah wah wah, and Copy Haho are the closest thing to Pavement-esque good time 'rock' that Scotland has ever come to.
4 very different bands who I, and thousands of others, appreciate a lot. On the other hand, I would rather go to an X Factor Live show than listen to Pendulum, so i'm not gonna have any 'drum n bass' to recommend. (Not judging, I realise that stuff is pretty cool with 'students') But I stuck with what I knew, and offered opinions.
I'm not trying to force opinions on anyone, but people should listen to them because they're the cutting edge of British independent music. And they're fucking great.
Oh, and it takes a special kind of 'open-mindedness' to appreciate any grind core. Fair play on the offensive stakes though.