You know, you read them in a review of a band you've never heard of, and you instantly don't want to check them out afterwards. for example, these all make me stop reading:
"psych"
"psychadelic"
"drone"
"funk"
"groove"
"hypnotic"
"arena rock"
"balls-out"
"prog"
and you?
chilled
global
beats
glitch
core
Wankcrap
usually does it for me.
Topshop
Topman
post rock
instrumental
math rock
virtuoso
Music for real working class lads
Funk, area / stadium rock
no thanks.
anthemic
arena
dynamic
revolutionary
innovative
jazz-funk
pysch folk
rave
also: prog, funk and drone EXCITE me
Funk is great, you idiot!
for me
indietronica
DRONE? seriously?
If I want to listen to drone I'll go and listen to my dad playing the bagpipes!
^ agreed
although prog and funk are obviously great!
seriuosly, how can you possibly not like prog?
I'd like to know how you do it.
Good drone is excellent
Perfect for kicking back to.
^ what lbc said
he completes me
"psychadelic"
I'll agree with you on that. It's also spelt 'psychedelic', although I see bands spell it incorrectly all the time.
I love my misery so:
upbeat
life-affirming
cheeky and/or quirky
i almost
checked out frYars at Latitude, but after a fairly intriguing paragraph, it closed with the line "...and recently compared to Mika". I felt like I'd just accidentally clicked on horseporn.
Generally the "fresh from tours with [hateful bands]" puts me off a fair bit, as I naturally assume they sound like a watered-down fart.
anything that
is prefixed with 'nu'
even nu-pre-war-blues?
'popular in Hoxton'
haha
thats amazing
but psychedelic music is amazing!
'angular' and
'math' or 'mathy'
put me off.
Hello
We're Primal Scream.
"white"
.
yeh but primal scream are just well shit.
"We wanted to make a Yaz record"
Ok, since my band uses none of these
check us out -
www.myspace.com/teamdragnet
yes i know it's a shameless plug, i am sorry, forgive me.
"check out
my band!"
^^^
Phew,
good job i didn't use that then.
that wasn't meant
to sound snide by the way.
i was trying to have it come up just before your post, but i made a fail.
hehe,
no problem. I retract my reply.
** Bailif please make sure this is striken from the record.
Organic
I'll second "chilled" too. And "funky"
"Sharing crew members
with the Sex Pistols"
.
'DiS favourites'
'noise'
'experimental'
'in your face frontman'
'crowd participation'
'insane'
Wow - if any band had all of these attributes
they would instantly become the best thing ever.
Genghis Tron feat. Greg Puciato?
but noise is a beautiful thing!
phrases like
'the 21st centuries answer to *insert old band name here* ' anything along those lines pisses me off and makes me purposley not check it out. i dont want to hear a band who are 'the answer' to something ive heard before
this kind of thing is surely the fault of reviewers or promoters
rather than the band itself.
folky
magical
dusty
tender
funky
groovy
eclectic
jangly
clean
ESOTERIC
uggghhhh
Eno collaboration
or 'have supported Mike Peters of The Alarm'
...
"Punk-funk"
This is like 'red-blue'. It's one or t'other. Which is it?
purple?
Reggae
Chillout
Indie
Post-rock
Dance
In interviews
"we've been listening to a lot of electronica/reggae/brian eno these days, I think that really comes through on our album"
also
"the soundtrack to your summer" as it's usually some chin chewing muzak shite from the Ministry of Sound
FUSION
Oh and how could I forget
the overkill that is "produced by Mark Ronson"
'electro'
anything ending in 'core'
'metal'
'heavy'
'noise'
'dance'
'drumnbass'
and just cos I saw neech say it:
ANGULAR
MATH
urgh yeah
"polyrythyms"
indie
danceable
anthemic
wow, you are right!
Twee
And "Math Rock" and
Foals
"NME"
and
"The next Smiths"
although to be fair
those phrases are usually combined.
Timeless
"folktronica"
"dream pop"
"Pigeon Detectives"
Jo Whiley / Zane Lowe
Twee
...sorry I'm just a very cold hearted person.
in interviews
"it's hard to classify in one genre; we really like the Jam"
"Widescreen"
Doesn't so much put me off a band as just REALLY piss me off for no real reason.
what is a widescreen band ?
?
anything you listen to.
Funky House
Pop Rock
Pop Punk
The best band since <insert last year's best band since>
The new <insert 60s/70s/80s pop band>
"Northern"
or anything to do with how it's "grim up North".
It's really not, all small-minded Londonophile journos.
and
'real' or 'authentic'
'personal'
'Libertines'
Crunchy twang
Uglycore
Peaceless
Face Punk
Wrock
Bassgasm
.
urchin indie
math rock
indie
Attitude
this is our best record
or anything Kele out of bloc party says.
i generally don't take the classification seriously
But "Emo", "classical" and "jazz" are genres that i dislike i suppose.
the words
'totally ace'
'tipped by nme'
'breakthrough act'
'post jamie-t'
'not old enough to drink at the bar'
etc etc.
lets see
beatles sounding
madchester
baggy
ska punk
arena rock
commercial metal
brit pop
lad rock
dad rock
shit sandwich
"Don't miss out we're worth it x"
anything described as
"(insert band name here) on acid"
my mercury's in retrograde
.
Oh, and Lad-rock
The thought of it makes me shudder.
"Accomplished"
'the new Nirvana'
'Pitchfork'
'8.7'
Ladrock, definitely
also,ambient
'the album of the year'
I remember that on a Razorlight tv advert.
'peak time'
Balls-out!
That's a bit harsh ain't it :(
"Funk" and "prog" are good in my book.
"mates of Alex Turner"
'acid-folk'
I wonder how many people the NME putt off Circulus with that one.
*band name* push for the mainstream
it means they will sound like snow patrol
Zany
I like all but the last three of yours
Depending on context, obviously... Personally, I find any reference to Arcade Fire the biggest turn-off. That, and the whole "sounds like the lovechild of Band X and Band Y on acid!!!1" thing. Although that doesn't so much put me off the band as make me want to burn the reviewer...
Tropical
new-age
twisted
revival
grime
trip-hop
scream
folk