Margot's Sick Of The Arcade Fire Bullshit
Each Note Secure talks to Indianapolis indie rockers M&TNSAS.
ENS: So, would it be an insult to say you guys are a poor man's Arcade Fire?Margot & The Nuclear So And So's - "On A Freezing Chicago Street" (MP3 Link Expired)ANDY: No, it's not an insult...
RICHARD (TO ANDY): Yeah it is!
ENS: The poor man part?
ANDY: No, the Arcade Fire part...
RICHARD: I mean, you know, I just don't see the fucking connection. I like that band, but there are so many bands in this world that have more than four people, you know. I see these music critics saying stuff like, "It's the Arcade Fire because it came out after the Arcade Fire." But you know, we were making this record before we even heard the Arcade Fire.
I like them a lot, don't get me wrong, but we get this Arcade Fire bullshit, they've been around a year and have one record with ten songs on it. The reason it pisses me off I guess is because I sometimes feel like it just kind of devalues what we are doing. I mean come on, we sound nothing like them. I didn't grow up listening to indie rock, I didn't grow up listening to the Talking Heads. I like Paul Simon and stuff like that.
Posted at 2:06 PM in MP3
Tags: Arcade Fire
Poor man's arcade fire!?!?! It's true, they really don't sound like Arcade Fire at all. What kind of question is that?
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Somebody is taking themselves too serious...
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I don't know if the answer or the question is worse.
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must have been tough to do an entire interview with someone that has their head that far up their own ass.
way too serious. his day job must be baggage screening at the airport.
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Margot Etc. are awesome that interviewer asked a douschey question and got a passionate response. I'd be pissed if someone called my band the poor man's version of something. And the point he makes about the different influences is pretty solid.
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It is true, they dont sound like AF, the comparison was due to the large amount of band members, the heavy reliance on varied instruments etc. I think his push back was because he took it as an influence, which is obviously not even close.
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margot and the so&sos suck anyway. who cares.
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I live in Indianapolis and, musical considerations aside, the dude ought to just be happy that anybody anywhere is saying anything about any band from Indianapolis. I know I am, and I don't care about Margot OR Arcade Fire.
These days a Brooklyn band can fall out of bed and get written up--if you catch their coattail, I say shut up and hang on.
Or make a big stink and hang on. I guess that can work, too.
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So does this mean that reviewers/interviewers with limited scopes of reference will now be comparing any band that doesn't have the standard G/B/D/V lineup to The Arcade Fire instead of Neutral Milk Hotel (like they have been for the past ten years)?
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Everybody who labels a band as the Xth re-incarnation of Arcade Fire is an IDIOT. I love Arcade Fire but I also don't think that every band in the world releasing new music sounds anything AT ALL like Arcade Fire.
Blogs: Take Note. Stop using Arcade Fire as a reference to every ne wband you share. This is a sick trend and it needs to stop.
You're wrong for saying "they take themselves too seriously." It's annoying as hell for me as a listener to hear every band compared to AF. It must be 100x more frustrating for the band itself because they have to fulfill that false expectation and risk losing listeners because of it.
Don't be stupid.
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Margot fucking sucks rotted monkey tit; comparing them at all to AF is an insult to AF. I can't believe the audience cunts at Mercury Lounge that night left before wickedly good Film School who played after these talentless infants.
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Never fails- you could bost about the Beatles and you always get some hipsters calling them shit. Let's see your sorry asses start a band. Sucking rotten monkey tit is so clever too, you are so intelligent!
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Great point, Ben at June 29, 2006 03:04 PM.
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You should check out Everthus the Deadbeats and Everything Now on myspace. They're also from Indiana.
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arcade fire put out one of the best records in the past 10 years....
this other band.....?
*yawn*
they should be glad they are even compared at all....
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this sounds like christian rock to me
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M&TNS&S's are great. See them live, you'll change your tune.
Bad track to post Scott...try "Skeleton Key", "Quiet As A Mouse" or "Barfight, Revolution, Power, Violence" All great.
anyway, they're nothing like Arcade Fire and I think it's ok for Richard to say that they aren't - I don't the guy is full of himself at all.
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the sounded f'n amazing on the aol thingy they did a while back... far better acoustic than that thing AF did in union square, thats for sure
http://music.aol.com/artists/the-interface/margot-nuclear-so-so
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Couple of whiny fags.
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four words: meow meow meow meow
worst song ever.
joe.
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"I didn't grow up listening to indie rock, I didn't grow up listening to the Talking Heads. I like Paul Simon and stuff like that."
Uh, yeah. Based on that track, I believe you when you say that. James Taylor meets Coldplay meets John Mayer (before he became a comedian).
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they are more like an emo decemberists.
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weird
i saw them at sxsw and they were totally giving it the 'all or nothing' approach
i mean the bass player broke his bass
cmon
although i would be angry if i was in that band as well
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that guy is right on one level -- they sound nothing like arcade fire. because this song sucks. whoever said it sounds like christian rock is totally right.
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they totally stole that guitar line from death cab. (but you don't hear me saying they sound anything like them.) this band sucks. they should be happy their band is in the same sentence as the af. quit whining.
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People do make too many comparisons to the Arcade Fire, who are OK, but overrated. The guy on Pitchfork said the singer from the Clor sounds like AC's singer....The Clor are totally great and I don't see the comparison at all.
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oops I meant AF...
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poor people don't like indie music. They like food and crack.
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This band actually IS a poor man's arcade fire:
http://www.myspace.com/rarariot
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okay, sorry, but when i think of supposed "bands with more than four people in the indie scene" or whatever "scene" you want to refer to or call it, i don't think of arcade fire at all. i think of stars. or broken social scene. or the most serene republic. there are many other bands out there that i would pick a reference to, other than arcade fire.
or maybe i totally missed the memo about the arcade fire being the number one most compared band.
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Read the june 15 entry here: http://www.catbirdseat.org and then SHUT THE FUCK UP! you whiny hipster bitches. Grow up and do something useful. Idiots.
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dear elgr8tness,
suck it.
that is all :)
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I would distance myself from AF too, they fucking suck. I know everyone thinks they're so great, but c'mon, not a meaningful lyric on the album. B-O-R-I-N-G
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Don't get me wrong, I loved the Arcade Fire record. I love the Margot record too. Richard wasn't slagging AF whatsoever... let's cut the crap here. They are two completely different bands doing completely different things. They come from different backgrounds, etc.... so who the fuck cares if Margot & Nuclear So and So's don't sound like AF! Who cares if they're not influenced by them? Margot do something original and they sound like themselves! Isn't that the point of making music? Hell, he gave AF props and you guys still want to rip him apart. Give them a fucking chance. The kid write fucking amazing songs for being 22 years old... let him do his thing.
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Who the fuck are they? I could care less. I think its funny that every new dip shit band is so great, while all you dumbasses diss some great rock bands that have a little longevity. I'm guilty of it too, but come on...these guys sound like wankers. The Arcade Fire are the Arcade Fire. We don't NEED anymore. Not everything new is good.
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Stereogum is the graphic designer's version of Arcade Fire.
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Stereogum is the poor graphic designer's version of Arcade Fire.
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i live in carmel right out of indianapolis and i have never heard of this band. thats all that needs to be said.
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You live in Carmel and don't know of Margot? Do you just not pay attention to your local scene? I live in Atlanta and have known about them for a year or so. Huh. They're fairly well known, really. They just toured with Film School...
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no i don't follow my local scene at all because its shit. i follow my old home towns scene which is nyc.
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If the best you can do is say a band you're not familiar with is "shit" or otherwise slag them, then why the fuck are you bothering to even try to listen to anything new? Stop pretending, log off your computer and shut the hell up.
If you don't like the band, say "not my cup of tea" and move on. Hey, I like both AF and Margot - different bands, different emotional responses. Is one better than the other? I'm sure the self-important hipsters think so but all I know is what I like. That is the joy of all the music blogs - a chance to sift through the tons of music coming out and finding what you like and don't and then investigating the bands further. What I hear and don't like, I don't bother with. I certainly don't go off on them.
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That song is terrible.
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i said the scene is shit which is. i live here i would know. i have since checked out the band, to say the least i am not impressed. i would rather throw on be here now by oasis than listen to another of their songs again.
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i said the scene is shit which is. i live here i would know. i have since checked out the band, to say the least i am not impressed. i would rather throw on be here now by oasis than listen to another of their songs again.
oh and by the way clearly i am a hipster just look at all those indie bands i listen too.
http://www.last.fm/user/Beetlebumbill
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Some of these comments are pretty dumb. He did not imply that they are better than AF, or vice versa. The statement is him saying that it is comparing apple to oranges, and the comparisons are completely unjustified, and if youve listened to their album is completely true.
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Margot rules, in part because Richard's an artist. He doesn't conform to what society dictates: He doesn't give pat, PC answers to stupid questions. So what? The music's fresh and innovative, his lyrics are poetic, and the delivery's the whole package.
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You should visit the site: yahoo music
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Just met a couple of those Margot... kids this week while we were on tour. They were awesome. Great people. Heavy drinkers. Lots of fun.
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These guys are the new waterboys and they make me wanna puke with their phony F**kig positive vibe.Tke pogues would blow these guys away even today.Rock'n'roll is the devil's music and the devil ain't down with this crew.The Cosmic Psychos now we're talking..
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