A simple question, a difficult answer...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Your favourite British band making music today...who are they?

Let's not include bands who no longer function (sorry New Order lovers), solo artists, duos (but trios and above are OK) or boybands/girlbands who 'only' sing and dance. I'm being deliberately rockist in this respect as I'm curious as to how much people here go for the traditional band dynamic. I can think of only about 5 or 6 active acts from the UK I like and listen to and I'm not sure I really love any of them. I still think it matters!

My answer: Hot Chip. I don't think they're very good live (altho some do) but I like their ideas generally and I suppose I can relate to them as people pretty well which is often a plus for reasons that should be obvious ('that could be me without massive lifestyle change' etc.). Something is definitely missing from their 'sound' that would make it truly awesome but 'My Piano' is ace.

Comments

I can't believe no-one has mentioned The Feeling!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

That'll serve me right for not looking at the internet for two hours. The Feeling tick all the boxes - singer/songwriter/instrumentalists, pop songs and lyrics, high entertainment value AND the bassist looks like Dec out of Ant and Dec.

They're the most recent UK band featuring more than 2 ppl I have bought an album by (most recent w/ less than 2 ppl: Groove Armada).

Re: I can't believe no-one has mentioned The Feeling!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'I can't believe no-one has mentioned The Feeling!'

i thought you were the only one on here who really likes them tho!

i expect cis to show up and rep razorlight v soon.

'They're the most recent UK band featuring more than 2 ppl I have bought an album by'

ah now this is another question! i didn't actually buy 'The Warning' yet...i might have to quite a few years back here...