English 51
Marisol Tapia
M. Diaz
English 51
3 September 2013
The Clash: Arctic Monkeys VS Foals In today’s current music industry you are seeing a lot of Indie Rock, with two particular bands that are most common, Foals and Arctic Monkeys, they are considered to be hit Indie bands, but which one is the best? When you look at the two bands side to side you’re able to distinguish them by their sound because no two bands sound alike. I believe in terms of “Indie Rock” the two are right on, but the Foals seem to have this continuation of albums that stay consistent to their genre. What is Indie Music? It was put in a general aspect in the Urban Dictionary as, “the sound is melodic, the instruments are simple but well textured, usually includes a simple but original guitar riff, another guitar riff layer to compliment it, bass doing the same, simple drum beat (but fitting the song well) either a keyboard or violin or melody, and soft vocals, usually well harmonized.” Once read the definition you are able to look at the bands and see which one you can say is authentic to this genre. Then you look at the band, Foals, for instance and listen to the music and analyze it. The Foals are a popular band in this genre; they originate from the UK and have worldwide tours. Their music has this authentic sound; you can hear the different types of instruments they use. The long introduction of the songs has the harmonic/melodic sound; it just makes you bob your head. They have a way of creating music that is so rhythmic. Their new single “Bad Habit” gave you the same type of rhythmic harmonic music; of course every song is different. Every time they create new music they are able to do something new and fresh as to their last album yet you still get the same type of genre. They have great vocals and add some instruments like the piano, violin, and etc. The lyrics are also relatable and create the amazing sound that we know of as the band. There is also Indie bands like the Arctic
M. Diaz
English 51
3 September 2013
The Clash: Arctic Monkeys VS Foals In today’s current music industry you are seeing a lot of Indie Rock, with two particular bands that are most common, Foals and Arctic Monkeys, they are considered to be hit Indie bands, but which one is the best? When you look at the two bands side to side you’re able to distinguish them by their sound because no two bands sound alike. I believe in terms of “Indie Rock” the two are right on, but the Foals seem to have this continuation of albums that stay consistent to their genre. What is Indie Music? It was put in a general aspect in the Urban Dictionary as, “the sound is melodic, the instruments are simple but well textured, usually includes a simple but original guitar riff, another guitar riff layer to compliment it, bass doing the same, simple drum beat (but fitting the song well) either a keyboard or violin or melody, and soft vocals, usually well harmonized.” Once read the definition you are able to look at the bands and see which one you can say is authentic to this genre. Then you look at the band, Foals, for instance and listen to the music and analyze it. The Foals are a popular band in this genre; they originate from the UK and have worldwide tours. Their music has this authentic sound; you can hear the different types of instruments they use. The long introduction of the songs has the harmonic/melodic sound; it just makes you bob your head. They have a way of creating music that is so rhythmic. Their new single “Bad Habit” gave you the same type of rhythmic harmonic music; of course every song is different. Every time they create new music they are able to do something new and fresh as to their last album yet you still get the same type of genre. They have great vocals and add some instruments like the piano, violin, and etc. The lyrics are also relatable and create the amazing sound that we know of as the band. There is also Indie bands like the Arctic