Klaxons reveal Sonic Youth as their biggest influence.
 

Just heard them say this on the radio. Are they any good?

Sonic Youth are a pretty decent band.

I had that radio thing for awhile too. Now I take Seroquel.

klaxons rule

Yeah, Klaxons are alright... can't really see the Sonic Youth influence in em tho...

But yeah, I've been to see em and they are really just a fun band, even if the music aint your thing you can still have a proper good time

newrave fooo

It seems like one of the members is really into stuff like James Chance and even mentioned 8 Eyed Spy in the interview.

i couldn't imagine a worst thing than a klaxons record produced by albini...
it could've been not too bad but everything they've done sound so empty.
it's the reason why they maybe need such a flashy scenery. oh well, they
are funny.

Did they?I like a few of their tunes.Has anyone heard the album and if so,what is it like?

The fact that one member is almost totally blind is apparantly the reason why their stage sets are so flashy. I suppose it must help him know where he is on stage.

Oh but blindness is all the rage amongst kids these days,innit?

Yeah, blind is the new deaf. It said so in the NME. (I obviously had to get someone to read it for me, being blind myself)

The Klaxons are my new favourite band I think. I'm gonna buy one of their T shirts later so whenever I walk down the street people will look and think, hey that guy must have awesome taste in music. After all, that looks like a Klaxons T shirt he's wearing.

Day-glo clothes makeover and you'll be perfect for the new rave craze!

do day-glo clothes 'glo' at night too?

I think so.

if Albini is involved it must be lame.

Has Steve Albini produced the album?I didn't know that.

really ? i didn't notice it when i saw them live. maybe...

no, i don't think. i'm not clear... i meant : klaxons sounds lame to me but
it could have been worst (because of an hypothetical albini production for
example).

anyway, forget that.

I wonder when people will realize that recording is steve albini's work, he'd record even my farts if I pay enough. The fact that he's a producer of an album does not imply that he likes that artist/that music.

dude makes a living recording, so he can record all the stuff he likes for peanuts; get off his case. it's his dayjob, not his craft; playing aluminium guitars while screaming about squirrels and shitty people is his craft.

plus razorblade suitcase owns!!!! can't say the same about the new stooges album.

anywhoo, aren't the klaxons like this week's panic at the disco? perhaps this week's razorlight? if one of the members starts dating a model they might do a second album or perhaps a first solo album.

Looks like we have the same opinion on this matter, and I'm kinda happy for that.

p.s. so you opened for SY?

yeah, seems so; it's still some crap from the 60's/70's of the celebrity producer, where the engineers turned from the ones doing the records to rockstars themselves and that's so prevalent still and mostly wrong, it should have gone away a long time ago.

and yes, i did open for the youth, not bad, eh?

p.p.s. uh, sorry, I missed the developments of the other thread, don't bother answering.

ha ha, I always post too late.

ok, i won't answer you with another pos...damn it!

I heard that Albini described them as the 'truest' band he'd worked with for years.

the klaxons are a shoreditchy type of band. i don't understand what it is about the british people that makes them so prone to forming/supporting this near constant stream of effete pop-rock bands. if i had a time machine i'd go back and push david bowie under a bus before he made any records.

Klaxons... good singles but they dont work in album form. Theyre designed to be experienced in short 3-4 minute bursts, though they do this very well.
Sonic Youth influence i can see in terms of their aesthetic, the music to a certain extent.
I like their mixing of dance music and indie, usually when this is done its in a dreary "we dont have any other songs so lets tack on a remix as the b-side" style. They integrate rather than just tacking on.