Album of 2012

[kaosmark2]

I enjoyed Miike Snow at Bestival. Bought the first album after and it's OK.

[Amy Lawn]

Would being a scouser be a valid enough reason ?

[kaosmark2]

Yes, you awful person.

Aww, cute. I detest you too

And those albums are alternative, because "alternative" does not cover only good stuff, there's boring turgid crap too.

[Chinaski_]

'Alternative' is an empty term these days, sadly. It was an American term to describe bands that were an alternative to the mainstream, ie college rock bands (Husker Du, Replacements, REM etc), but post-Nevermind, major labels were desperate to sign up anything that sounded similar and label it 'alternative'.

What it means today exactly, I don't know. You see stadium bands like Muse and Coldplay being called 'alternative rock'.

[jump]

Isn't the problem that people use the word alternative too much leading it to be diluted rather than alternative music is mainstream nowadays?

[kaosmark2]

'Alternative' is an empty term these days, sadly. It was an American term to describe bands that were an alternative to the mainstream, ie college rock bands (Husker Du, Replacements, REM etc), but post-Nevermind, major labels were desperate to sign up anything that sounded similar and label it 'alternative'.

What it means today exactly, I don't know. You see stadium bands like Muse and Coldplay being called 'alternative rock'.

[AcademicPistol]

Now HMV is closed do we still need genres?

[thetime]

Now HMV is closed do we still need genres?

[lharris92]

Now HMV is closed do we still need genres?

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I thought it was nme and kerrang who keep coming up with sub genres.

[LondonTom]

Now HMV is closed do we still need genres?

Edited January 23, 2013 by LondonTom