I saw The Raveonettes: yay or nay?
 

I saw them on David Letterman and I have to admit I've never listened to them before. I had heard of them before but I thought the name was really stupid and I figured they must be stupid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESK_xptw8Ac

Upon further youtube exploration they just sound like they really really love JAMC and Suicide and Clinic. The one guy even kind of looks like Jim Reid.

Do they have anything to offer besides blatant wannabeism? I find that gets boring really fast.

i remember liking some of their stuff about 5 years ago (?) but thought they were pretty much crap, but after i saw them (by accident) last night i thought they were really good. maybe it's just that song.

You could be right. That song is pretty good.

nay for me, they never did anything for me.

They bleed JAMC from the looks of that. I don't even think the JAMC were that JAMC.

My Favorite band of this decade for sure. I know Floatingslowly, likes them as well.

I like them quite a bit, but that's because I like 60's rock mixed in with distortion. They wear thier influences on thier sleeves. Yet, I also feel while what they do may not be that inventive, nobody else really does what they do. I love the simplicity of thier sound. And its quite crazy when you see them live that they can make such a loud sound with just two guitars and a very simple drumset.

I really enjoy their ep Whip it On, that really blew me away. It was before I even heard Sonic Youth.

I saw them play Amoeba a couple years ago. Sure they're spinning wheels being retro but for being knowingly retro they do it very well. I dig Attack of the Ghost Riders. Really the best retro band I've heard, though a lot of retro stuff sucks.

AWFUL.

Great Jazmaster sound in that vid.

I like them. They're not original or whatever, but that's not what they mean to be... They mean to be revival and they do this very well

Thumbs up in my opinion. They're alright.

so yeah, i relistened to them and they sound so much like jamc, but they are actually pretty good. at least the songs i heard. i don't remember liking their earlier stuff though.

Just heard them thanks to this thread, I like what I've heard so far.

completely unoriginal, but they have some cool songs. i have the love gang album which is pretty cool