Latest edition of NME.
 

It has a special feature on what it calls "the new American invasion". Anyone here heard of any of the bands featured? It's done it in a photo gallery way.

http://www.nme.com/photos/the-rebirt...ock/174301/1/1

Here's the cover.

now i know what type of person reads the nme. it all makes sense to me now.

The Drums are shit. The National are okay. Animal Collective isn't really "new".

I enjoy the National. Rest of them are shit for the most part. Surfer's Blood wasn't bad live but I don't ever feel like listening to them.

Oh, and Animal Collective? They're a few minutes behind it seems.

p. much all these bands suck

They put zola jesus in the ''radar'' section a couple of years too late, didn't they?

does this mean NME sucks? or just all redcoats?

So the NME is basically a 6-month late version of Pitchfork? I mean, The National have been known for a couple of years even in France - and that's saying a lot.

garge rock garage rock garage rock blah blah blah

but I really like titus andronicus. sue me

The first time I heard, haven't listened, about The Nationals was when they opened for Radiohead.

True. They've been known for some time now.

i met one of the guys from the Strange Boys, he seemed like a nice guy and i think he has some band going with one of the girls from Finally Punk called The Carrots

i just listened to The Drums (least imaginative band name ever) they sound like a cross between the smiths and erasure.

Just look at those fucking people on the cover. Oh my god. Embarassing...

LIAM'S BEATLES MOVIE: WHY IT JUST MIGHT WORK.

I thought for years, people were joking when they said they still care about Oasis overseas. Guess not. Shit band. That publication is SHIT.

THE NEW AMERICAN INVASION? They're really grasping aren't they? Why can't they put THE FRENCH TECHNO OOMPAH-PAH SOUND on their cover?

I never knew there was an Etonian public schoolboy look going on in the US.

Let's Go Surfing by The Drums sounds good. Actually most of the songs I've heard on their MySpace page sound good.

I love this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkk8kUGWYZA

That video is pretty obnoxious and way too Brooklyn. Erasure is actually capable of writing an interesting pop song. These dudes are just annoying.

the nme used to be good until menswear appered on the cover. the national are shite, i am in the vast minority of folk who think so but they are dull as the drums !

The Strange Boys are a fun band, great guys also yes.

When I saw the National live they were really boring.

i wouldn't use the en-e-my to wipe my ass

The National are fucking shit and have some of the worst lyrics ever
'sometimes you get up and bake a cake or something' oh my god fuck off

Here's a Dum Dum Girls vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMy4CceeBgA

the national are awesome. i couldn't give a fuck about the rest of those bands.

what do you have against cake?

The National do sound good. One can't help but compare them slightly to Interpol.

I love being out of touch

So NME's criteria of good American bands is based around how English they sound?

The National are OK, but I don't think I could listen to them for too long.

the drums are terrible... and i usually go for that faux-surf indie pop bullshit.

derp. i love dum dum girls.

also i can't comprehend why the national are so HUUUUGE right now.

dum dum girls and titus andronicus play around brooklyn but I've never head them, never heard of the others but frankly, any kudos from NME probably means they're disposable.

i love them, but i have to agree that their success is kind of baffling. i can't imagine so many people being into mopey sad bastard indie rawk like that.

Here's what the NME thought of The Drums eponymously titled debut album.

http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-drums/11356

I can't decide if I like the Drums or hate them

Is it true that David Pajo joined Interpol?

Yes.

i dont know hwy
when i read the thread title i thought it meant

the last ever edition of nme

and it made me smile.
i gotta stop being so hopeful.

What has happened to his mind?

he was in fucking zwan.

he's already dead.

They also got that Secret Machines guy (their first EP was alright, and I remember thinking the first album was okay years ago). I'm totally uninterested in Interpol, but I wonder if Pajo will bring something new to the table.

Forgot that he was in Zwan... hahaha. Need to pay the bills somehow.