Lad Rock
Modern rock criticism is a boring ramble of musical categories that few of us could care less about: post-rock, emo, screamcore, darkwave, etc. It’s as if these critics spent too much time in record bins and never have the chance to take one home, toke up a smoke, and let the free-form associations flow.
Thankfully, most bands – aside from Tortoise- this year at Fuji Rock don’t need categorizing. Still, if one wants to engage in this pedantic and useless exercise, I think it’s best if we use obscure, pejorative terms such as my new fave, “Mancunian Lad Rock.”
This cute little term was enough to trip up a good friend of mine who has been a virtual directory of first-hand rock’n’roll information and an expert in all things where the music scene intersects with the drug scene. Apparently, he did not know that “Mancunian” refers to Manchester, the home of Oasis, and when used in this combination generally refers to to bands that have been personally selected to perform as opening acts for lads, Liam and Noel G.
It’s a sorta long list that now includes past Fuji performers such as Kasabian and The Courteneers, and this year, is represented by Twisted Wheel (they perform in support of Oasis on July 7th at the Ricoh Arena.)
The band even share an Oasis producer, Dave Sardy, who have helped them crank out a coupla songs. While they’ve left the guitar pedals at home, this band follow the same formula of “immediate” music coupled with earnest, fresh faced lyrics and emotion. Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to slag off this band like other reviewers have, read here.
I’m trying to live by my grandma’s advice that if you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say it at all.
In this case, if it’s good enough for Oasis, I’m sure other people may like it as well.
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//sean s.
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