tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-908097480376132531.post5433549655349876377..comments2023-10-28T08:38:32.754+01:00Comments on A layer of chips: Indietracks 2014: Permanent revolution and the smashing of the Del Amitri ghettoA layer of chipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05093396895247679776noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-908097480376132531.post-46929406211479099872014-08-27T22:37:11.212+01:002014-08-27T22:37:11.212+01:00Interesting opinions. Indietracks claims itself to...Interesting opinions. Indietracks claims itself to be an Indiepop Festival. The indiepop umbrella is quite a wide and diverse one but not something I would include the Sleaford Mods in. Indie they may be. Indiepop they are not. They remind me of The Streets.<br /><br />As a dad of C86 I think the current format is a good balance of the current Indiepop acts which includes the umbrella I referred to above with the occasional welcome throwback to my teens. I think 4/5 of the acts from the 50+ over the weekend were from the 80s/90s. There were lots of bands I didn't enjoy but equally there were lots of bands I'd never seen before and have bought their records since. Surely that's a good thing and the point of a festival.<br /><br />They advertise themselves as an Indiepop Festival and think they have got it just right. The current Indie Album charts see The Courteeners, Twin Atlantic, Arctic Monkeys, London Grammar and Kate Bush as the top 5. All Indie but none I'd class as Indiepop. <br /><br />As a dad of C86 roll on Indietracks 2016. I expect Talulah Gosh, BMX Bandits, The Bodines, Close Lobsters.<br /><br />Oh and Stump of course for Mr Chips.<br /><br />Music taste is an individual thing and everyone's is different.scooterboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13304602424809694654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-908097480376132531.post-75529133593086182302014-08-23T19:08:33.636+01:002014-08-23T19:08:33.636+01:00Well, I appreciate that - thank you!
We'll ag...Well, I appreciate that - thank you!<br /><br />We'll agree to disagree on the music taste question. I just see it as a completely subjective thing, and not how I like to judge people. Music matters a lot to me, but, really, it doesn't matter all in the grand scheme of things. I'm glad we have Indietracks, and I'm glad we have all the other DIY popfests, festivals, weekenders and all-dayers all over the world. And not just the indiepop ones. The politics behind how music is made is way more important to me than how the actual music sounds.A layer of chipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093396895247679776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-908097480376132531.post-2287228418260487162014-08-23T15:13:31.834+01:002014-08-23T15:13:31.834+01:00Hey, you wrote a good column with a sharp title &q...Hey, you wrote a good column with a sharp title "Permanent revolution and the smashing of the Del Amitri ghetto" and I saw you had no comments so wanted to advance the conversation. I could have hit delete, but chose post instead because your column deserves replies.<br /><br />Contrary to what you wrote, I say music taste is a deeply complex thing that CAN and SHOULD be judged. Or at least argued about.<br /><br />Now, was I harsh? Yes. Am I wrong? Maybe. Will that stop me from hitting the comment button? No. <br /><br />:0princehifinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-908097480376132531.post-33335829667833891022014-08-23T09:11:38.075+01:002014-08-23T09:11:38.075+01:00How do you know they didn't it wouldn't? M...How do you know they didn't it wouldn't? Maybe they did, and maybe SM couldn't make it. I've tried to book them at least half a dozen times for gigs and they've always said no. And that's totally fine. I think you're bring a touch harsh - were you at the festival? There were dozens of new bands playing. I don't really get the Mums and Dads of the C86 class comment. That would be people who were into Elvis and Buddy Holly and can ten remember rationing. If you mean the line up was full of C86 casualties, then I don't recall a single C86 band playing. Although if they can persuade Stump to play next year I'd be over the moon..<br />Fact is , Indietracks takes more chances than any other festival of its size and manages to attract more and more people each year. I don't think the organisers are any more interested in a nostalgia-fest than I am in Hidden Cameras, but then music taste is a deeply complex thing that can't and shouldn't be judged, isn't it? And trying to cater for everyone through Indietracks must be virtually impossible. I don't think we're going out; Indietracks invigorates everyone I know for one weekend if the year. Surely something to be celebrated when we spend the rest of our lives working ridiculous hours in (mostly) pointless jobs. See you there next year.A layer of chipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093396895247679776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-908097480376132531.post-20822329414812989832014-08-23T02:08:14.826+01:002014-08-23T02:08:14.826+01:00Indietracks is not interested in change, innovatio...Indietracks is not interested in change, innovation or what is going on now, that is the problem. If Indietracks wanted to take chances with the lineup, they would have booked the most important up-and-coming indie band in Britain right now, Sleaford Mods. The fact they didn't or wouldn't illustrates their comfort catering to moms and dads of the class of C86 while passing off watering down the lineup as innovation. Challenge the audience or water down the lineup? Exercise in nostalgia derivatives or search for the now? For a scene claiming to be rooted in the innovations of punk, are we really going to go out like this?<br />princehifinoreply@blogger.com