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[therealjohnny]

Ridiculous

 

[Cormcolash]

The one that took the biscuit for me was girl band changing to gilla band.
I thought it was a wind up. I've no problem with them changing their name, but feeling the need to publicly apologize to anyone they might have offended for misgendering. Rock bands are afraid they might offend anyone. Absolutely pathetic.

They were probably just trying to avoid appearing in the Thumped cancelled thread

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Sorry to veer hugely off-topic but listened to the album today and it’s a cracker.

 

[moose]

I love that Gilla is an old Irish term for boy. So they essentially changed their name to Boy Band with their records sitting really close to the old name alphabetically.

I also never really liked the old name so I'm probably biased.

 

[Anthony]

I also never really liked the old name so I'm probably biased.

Did anyone?

 

[sleepy]

Did anyone?

I’m sure they must have

 

[JohnnyRaz]

back to lankum.
my hipster mate in japan is raving about them now.
They've broken the hipster barrier for sure with this one

 

[ann post]

Did anyone?

I did, I thought it was a funny take on pop journalism that poked a bit of fun of gender tropes in music. That said I do agree that they can call the band whatever they like.

 

[therealjohnny]

I love that Gilla is an old Irish term for boy. So they essentially changed their name to Boy Band with their records sitting really close to the old name alphabetically.

Does it come from Giolla? I didn't cop that

 

[ann post]

No it's from home and away

 

[magicbastarder]

Does it come from Giolla? I didn't cop that

only after moose mentioned it did i cop that it's probably the same word as in 'mo ghile mear'.

 

[ann post]

My whole perception of Gilla Band is not kinda as most would approach them

I ended up at one of thier shows years ago by accident and it was great, I had to go googling the next day to figure out who I'd seen. In that approach the old name was fun, to me.

 

[therealjohnny]

Probably not the time or place..but..

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[Unicron]

I’m sure they must have

Not by the end.

 

[moose]

Does it come from Giolla? I didn't cop that

I think it's essentially the same word. I had a definition saved ages ago but have lost it but something like boy who's old enough to be a warrior.

Wikipedia has both under same list of names.

Gilla - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[JohnnyRaz]

related unrelated... had lunch with my mother and her partner there yesterday.
he's fond on jeremy clarkson like 'one eyed man in the kingdom of the blind' bullshit (delivered in a plumy english accent).. (a highlight being ''if two men can marry, then can I marry my dog'').

over the years I've given up responding, as its effectively IRL trolling - he just loves being the center of attention.

so when he got into 'so I believe we can't call black people black any more, but we're still called white...' I went for a shite.

 

[prefuse]

Lankum: False Lankum

Read Ryan Leas’ review of the album.

pitchfork.com

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Lankum: False Lankum

Read Ryan Leas’ review of the album.

pitchfork.com

7.7 careers could have imploded due to Pitchfork 7.7s in the past

 

[Deadmanposting]

Big write up in the NY Times at the weekend on the new Irish trad music or whatever you want to call it

Something's happening alright

What’s Driving a Fresh Wave of Irish Music? Tradition.

As Ireland reimagines itself, musicians including the singer Lisa O’Neill and the band Lankum are reimagining the island’s music with an ever-growing sense of pride.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Unicron]

Listened to the first couple of tracks of False Lankum seeing as so many people are losing their shit over it.

Cool sounds but not much in the way of songs.