Avoid at all costs list

Submitted by Krasnyi on Thu, 14/07/2016 - 10:23am

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Now I know peridot already has one.

Mine looks something like this (stands back and awaits shitstorm)

All Them Witches

Blanck Mass

Exploded View

Fat White Family

Trevor Sensor

Connan Mockasin

how many of those are in your must-see list peridot?

peridot replied on Thu, 14/07/2016 - 5:08pm Permalink

Oh a dangerous thread ...

Oh a dangerous thread ... shouldn't you be worrying about the weather at this stage, not starting storms :)

All Them Witches and Fat White Family are 'must-sees' for me.

Connan is currently a 'would like to see' more out of curiosity than anything else.

Exploded View are a 'not bothered'

We're agreed on Blanck Mass, and Trevor Sensor to which I've added:

Tony Njoku, Julianna Barwick, Kelly Lee Owens, Deep Throat Choir, Clare Maguire, Michael Rother, Mothers, Trader Horne, The Weather Station, Warpaint, Haiku Salut, Matt Maltese, and Whitney.

Krasnyi replied on Thu, 14/07/2016 - 5:13pm Permalink

Ha ha!

Michael Rother, Weather Station, Trader Horne, Whitney all on my must-see list!

surprised at first name on that list - the man behind Neu! and Harmonia, the sound that led to Low and Heroes!

guy's a legend!

peridot replied on Thu, 14/07/2016 - 5:24pm Permalink

I know I should love Rother,

I know I should love Rother, but for some reason anything under his own name has always left me cold.

Richard H replied on Thu, 14/07/2016 - 10:34pm Permalink

I love Connan Mockasin!

Fat White Family can be very good but not for a family audience!

My absolute avoid list includes:

Laura Marling, Wild Beasts, Tindersticks ...

peridot replied on Fri, 15/07/2016 - 12:11am Permalink

I really like your must see

I really like your must see list on the other thread Richard ...

... but I'd want to add Laura Marling and Tindersticks to it ...

... although I'd be inclined to agree on Wild Beasts.

It's a funny old world :)

Krasnyi replied on Fri, 15/07/2016 - 6:56am Permalink

Marc Riley's a huge fan of

Marc Riley's a huge fan of Connan M and I'm usually in tune with his tastes but CM gives me the heebie-geebies.

ray_rad replied on Fri, 15/07/2016 - 11:05am Permalink

anyone who doesn't like

anyone who doesn't like tindersticks is an idiot

Oap-Dub replied on Tue, 26/07/2016 - 4:58pm Permalink

I don't like Tindersticks,

I don't like Tindersticks, though am by differing turns an idiot and a fuckwit.

peridot replied on Tue, 26/07/2016 - 5:06pm Permalink

not quite impeccable taste

not quite impeccable taste then :)

Oap-Dub replied on Tue, 26/07/2016 - 5:18pm Permalink

Sorry, on paper I should like

Sorry, on paper I should like them. I like Lambchop and stuff like Timbre Timber, but his voice annoys me a bit.

Krasnyi replied on Tue, 26/07/2016 - 5:26pm Permalink

sounds like Vic Reeves as pub

sounds like Vic Reeves as pub singer doesn't he

we're going to be mates

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3i2xnMnGKAQ

peridot replied on Fri, 15/07/2016 - 1:37pm Permalink

You're being very polite

You're being very polite today mr ray.

I'd have expected a more vicious ephitet.

Krasnyi replied on Fri, 15/07/2016 - 2:04pm Permalink

getting mellow isn't he?

almost worth me risking the Vic Reeves pub singer comparison . . . . .

ray_rad replied on Fri, 15/07/2016 - 5:39pm Permalink

i was going to go with

i was going to go with 'fuckwit'

but i'm sure richard's not a fuckwit

not like some people

Richard H replied on Sun, 17/07/2016 - 11:54am Permalink

Oh, I don't know! It's quite

Oh, I don't know! It's quite a good description! ;-)

peridot replied on Fri, 15/07/2016 - 8:52pm Permalink

Yay... normal service resumed

Yay... normal service resumed.

I was getting a bit worried there.

jedthehumanoid replied on Tue, 26/07/2016 - 8:26pm Permalink

For me...

Conan Mockasin

James Blake

The Weather Station

Edward Sharpe

Miracle Legion

My weekend can do without the above, ta muchly

EDIT: I forgot Meilyr Jones, though he seems to have quite a few fans in these parts it's just not for me.

peridot replied on Tue, 26/07/2016 - 10:53pm Permalink

I'm predicting Ezra, Meilyr,

I'm predicting Ezra, Meilyr, and Johnny Pictish to be the top three shows of the weekend.

You're taking a risk only plumping for one of those :)

Krasnyi replied on Thu, 28/07/2016 - 4:08pm Permalink

agree on that

plus Phil Cook, UMO and White Denim

jedthehumanoid replied on Wed, 27/07/2016 - 9:01am Permalink

Looking at the early

Looking at the early clashfinder I can't see anything I'm desperate to see when Ezra is on so I'm thinking I'll be there. He's also on right before Grandaddy so I can stake out a spot nice and early.

Elizabeth McEvoy replied on Wed, 27/07/2016 - 11:49am Permalink

Would have thought that you'd

Would have thought that you'd be on the Grandaddy guest list, Jedthehumanoid!

jedthehumanoid replied on Wed, 27/07/2016 - 3:16pm Permalink

That'd be nice but I'm happy to just finally see them live to be honest. I've missed them at every other opportunity for one reason or another and I thought I'd never get the chance after End of the Road a few years ago - so chuffed they're back.

Compocoles replied on Wed, 27/07/2016 - 2:44pm Permalink

Only the one for me this year

Only the one for me this year.

Connan Mockasin

Ezra Furman was going to be included in the list until I decided to stroll over to catch the last half hour of his set at Glastonbury, opinion has completely changed.

born in the fifties replied on Tue, 02/08/2016 - 5:57pm Permalink

Any band whose lead singer

Any band whose lead singer feels it obligatory to take their shirt off a la Fat White Family.

smithers replied on Tue, 02/08/2016 - 6:40pm Permalink

Let's hope he keeps his

Let's hope he keeps his trousers on then. Great band live for me.

ray_rad replied on Tue, 09/08/2016 - 4:07pm Permalink

fuck me

happy meal ltd need avoiding

smithers replied on Tue, 09/08/2016 - 5:18pm Permalink

Ooh, they look interesting.

Ooh, they look interesting. Have you seen them?

Elizabeth McEvoy replied on Tue, 09/08/2016 - 4:45pm Permalink

Never heard of 'em.

Krasnyi replied on Tue, 09/08/2016 - 5:07pm Permalink

worst name I've heard since

worst name I've heard since car seat headrest or meatraffle

jedthehumanoid replied on Tue, 09/08/2016 - 9:50pm Permalink

Hmmmm... a quick search on

Hmmmm... a quick search on Youtube confirms I won't be in attendance for Happy Meal Ltd. I'm sure they have a following but it's not for me.

peridot replied on Tue, 09/08/2016 - 11:35pm Permalink

I'm on a crappy mobile phone

I'm on a crappy mobile phone connection that won't accommodate streaming, but will await smithers verdict with interest.

I trust his adjudication :)

smithers replied on Wed, 10/08/2016 - 9:29am Permalink

Not much out there Peridot,

Not much out there Peridot, just a couple of short, poor quality videos on youtube of them at the Seabright Arms. Only played a few gigs apparently. Looks pleasingly chaotic.

ray_rad replied on Wed, 10/08/2016 - 9:34am Permalink

they look like cunts to me

smithers replied on Wed, 10/08/2016 - 10:50am Permalink

:))

Elizabeth McEvoy replied on Wed, 10/08/2016 - 9:54am Permalink

Hmm, think I'm with Ray on

Hmm, think I'm with Ray on this one.

One for the youngsters/hipsters who don't remember the mighty Birthday Party maybe?

ray_rad replied on Wed, 10/08/2016 - 10:40am Permalink

also nick cave didn't look

also nick cave didn't look like howard jones on too many ciders

Elizabeth McEvoy replied on Wed, 10/08/2016 - 11:28am Permalink

Quite.

smithers replied on Wed, 10/08/2016 - 12:49pm Permalink

But have you seen them Ray?

But have you seen them Ray? Certainly the hyperbolic NME write up was daft but I'd give them a look, if only once.

ray_rad replied on Wed, 10/08/2016 - 1:01pm Permalink

life's too short

there are a thousand bands

so you need a topline filter

bands named after pinter plays move to round 2

bands named after mcdonalds promotional campaigns, not so much

Wakestock replied on Thu, 11/08/2016 - 12:57am Permalink

Might give them 15 minutes if

Might give them 15 minutes if there's nothing else on, but that's doubtful. I saw Sigue Sigue Sputnik once mind! That YouTube clip suggests they've watched a few Birthday Party performances but I think Ray's Howard Jones after too many ciders remark is closer. Remindis me of Birdland too, another band NME hyped that time forgot.

ray_rad replied on Thu, 11/08/2016 - 11:23am Permalink

ha - i thought of birdland

ha - i thought of birdland too!

though refrained from mentioning them having remembered that i quite liked them at the time...

at least birdland covered 'rock n roll nigger'

and had great hair

smithers replied on Thu, 11/08/2016 - 12:11pm Permalink

or the Towers of London,

or the Towers of London, remember them?

ray_rad replied on Thu, 11/08/2016 - 1:15pm Permalink

yes

but they did not have great hair

smithers replied on Thu, 11/08/2016 - 1:47pm Permalink

True, but they did have lots

ray_rad replied on Thu, 11/08/2016 - 2:53pm Permalink

also true

but not enough to make up for everything else

they were good value in the general humour department though, i seem to remember

aren't there loads of youtube videos of them being very, very thick?

smithers replied on Thu, 11/08/2016 - 3:30pm Permalink

That's what they were best at

That's what they were best at... They did a free gig in Cambridge as recompense for trashing a previous venue, was worth going for the comedy element alone, although I think they took themselves quite seriously.

ray_rad replied on Thu, 11/08/2016 - 5:51pm Permalink

it's a mucho-mucho loving

it's a mucho-mucho loving thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fayRZBZONz8