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London Music Scene

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[BRI]noceros
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so my sister is doing a research paper on London and asked me to help her by looking up info on the music scene. i got some info from google about good venues, but what are some good local bands/artists? thanks guys
Jan 18 2010 2:35PM
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Hubsta
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Friendly Fires, sick band.
Jan 18 2010 2:42PM
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MikeWalsh
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The Beatles

Jan 18 2010 2:46PM
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[BRI]noceros
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thanks man, they are sick
Jan 18 2010 2:47PM
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[BRI]noceros
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who?

Jan 18 2010 2:48PM
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MikeWalsh
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This totally underground band... so fresh.
Jan 18 2010 2:53PM
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ski-plastic
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Theyre from Liverpool dumbass.

The best music in London is the stuff you dont hear of. Look into dubstep and grime and stuff. Caspa, Rusko, Scratch Perverts, Roots Manuva etc
Jan 18 2010 3:37PM
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MikeWalsh
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lol your an idiot if you think i was being at all serious
Jan 18 2010 3:44PM
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Gorilla.Steeze
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music n00bers
Jan 18 2010 3:52PM
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OhMyBosh
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last time i checked the London music scene had a lot of new-wave stuff... umm... kinda like Klaxons etc... also Foals.. umm... The Rakes? The Kooks?

Actually i dont know if these guys are all from London or not... but the music scene there is pretty legit.
Jan 18 2010 4:32PM
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.Roockley.
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http://www.nme.com/home

link button wont load but check that out, all the indie and up and coming bands
Jan 18 2010 4:59PM
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GayWolf420
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Overrated?
Jan 18 2010 5:03PM
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ski-plastic
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So thats you being funny huh?

Have you ever tried being sound? You should probably give it a shot sometime. You never know, you might like it.
Jan 18 2010 5:03PM
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nickyp
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The London Scene is not about huge venues, but about small, ghetto clubs in North and East London. You can go into Camden, or the Mile End on a Friday night, and be in a place with perhaps 100 other people, and listen to the sickest, freshest music ever.

We have a few iconic places, like Brixton Academy, or the Electric Ballroom which play indie/ scene music. But the grime/dubstep/DnB that you stumble across is the true London music scene, in tiny venues, where there are no pretensions about fame or money or whatever, where both the crowd and the artists are there for the love of the music only.
Jan 18 2010 5:05PM
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Arabian.
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Trollbait. lol.



Arctic Monkeys, the Rascals, Last Shadow Puppets, etc

Recently it's been going the way of the Chav....
Jan 18 2010 5:07PM
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OhMyBosh
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Arctic Monkeys = Birmingham i believe.



And yeah, im pretty sure chavvy dubstep is the thing right now.
Jan 18 2010 5:10PM
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Mooserz
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Grime
Jan 18 2010 5:19PM
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japollner
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This. Dubstep, grime, any thing with a wobbly bass line.
Jan 18 2010 7:03PM
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Nathn
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Jamie T!
Jan 18 2010 8:13PM
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Peter.
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i was gonna say the Arctic Monkeys too. Uh, i'm pretty sure Block Party is from somewhere in england
Jan 18 2010 8:15PM
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TerraceSkier18
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This site has a bunch of new indie bands from the london area. It is also an event so it is two in one. Just go to the bands section and check them out. Some are pretty sick.

http://underagefestivals.com/
Jan 18 2010 8:52PM
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