so long cuties

Bummer. They were pretty good.

Bummer indeed.

What does ''most promising'' mean? Excuse my neolithic tendencies, but I'd like to know.

it means had they stuck it out they would have been big. you couldn't pick that up?

As in, Next Big Things/Bands to Watch etc? I've often found these sort of expressions a bit condescending, projectionist, antiquated and detached from present day reality. Yet they continue to appear in music journalism's vocabulary.

thanks ghostface. thought it was a pretty obvious line tbh.

I've often found these sort of expressions a bit condescending, projectionist, antiquated and detached from present day reality. Yet they continue to appear in music journalism's vocabulary.

Replace 'expressions' with 'bands'. But so?

I dunno, I just think of all those next big thing articles from yesteryear; they're often so off the mark, and at the time of publication, not really the best way to give context to a band's achievement of already being perceived as 'good' by the author.

shhhhh

that sucks. The First Dance is a crypto classic. loved that it was unafraid to be lush and melodramatic.

I know, annoying, general rant.

black wasp, yep, replace it as you say. but so? well, you'd fix it if you could, right.

'sup girl(s).

When are tickets on sale?

Wouldn't have happened if they'd had a bass player.

Mercy Arms and Bridezilla. Both hugely hyped (especially Mercy Arms). Both excellent bands chased by big record labels in 2005/2006....and both prematurely departed.

Meanwhile The Temper Trap got knocked back by nearly every label and they're the new Powderfinger.

Again proves that when it comes to the music industry, nobody really knows ANYTHING.

I'm with Max. I'd honestly prefer to just hear, ''they're really good''. Why do I need to know if they'll be big or not to want to hear them? It's condescending, but totes normal. Blech.

blacklight said:

Mercy Arms and Bridezilla. Both hugely hyped (especially Mercy Arms). Both excellent bands chased by big record labels in 2005/2006....and both prematurely departed.
Meanwhile The Temper Trap got knocked back by nearly every label and they're the new Powderfinger.
Again proves that when it comes to the music industry, nobody really knows ANYTHING.

depressingly true. might as well add the ghosts [ghostwood] in there too, as they had massive hype right from their first ever gig onwards.

i remember temper temper playing in sydney so many times and it started with every industry nuffy at their shows, then dwindled to nothing, and now look at em. not to my taste at all, but they seem to have connected with the greater public.

The ''music industry'' is just plain laughable.

Fuck it, DIY and bandcamp your way to fame!

Have lost valentinos officially broken up yet?