Archers Of Loaf - Web In Front

[999klondike]

Ah, yes. When Indie rock was once relevant.

[Provosciro2]

I hear this Song to the first time in my Life and i must say i love it since the first few seconds, especially the Video. It is so 90's... reminds me of old times. Had to been a good Song for The Adventures of Pete and Pete.

[dafunkforyou]

Since it was released. That year was brutal and pushed this record/band into the deep dark caticombs of the world's new love for rock: A-HAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! JANGLE-POP!!!!! Behold

[A2Z83]

For the first 5 seconds he sounds like iggy pop

[IWillEatYourInsanity]

D: i can't find !!!

[xrtgx22]

This is serious greatness.

[americandodgeball]

6 people don't like the possibility that things will get weird.

[doogdoogdoog]

One of these days, I'll watch a music video from the past on Youtube without some boring fucker complaining about today's music scene as the top rated comment.

Just as how these bands weren't plastered all over the "mainstream" papers back in the day, THE GOOD MUSIC NOWADAYS IS SIMILARLY BURIED, maybe even to a larger extent due to the massive array of media forms now available.

Stop romanticising the past. Do some digging and find the good stuff if you are the music fan you claim to be.

[ijurcough]

@doogdoogdoog Nicely stated.

[BenightedPlebeian]

@doogdoogdoog precisely. i loathe those dudes who fetishize some sort of nonexistent musical metanarrative. i notice there seems to be some gradient quantity of cranky nostalgic turdhounds relative to the quality of the music they're fond of, though; an exception for this vid

[brantron3030]

mmmm

[den220]

"....up, on the radio"

[BOKNOWSCOMPUTERS]

this video fucking onws

[kentuckychromedesign]

Never trust this band with Jell-O molds.

[tsogamraf]

I like how we're talking about BVS on this. <3

[DahMasterDebaters]

one of the best songs ever written

[TheShagDiesel]

So psyched to see these guys in Philly next month! Welcome back, Archers!

[tkotan]

what happened to other video of this song? it was just about to hit 100000 views!

[xrtgx22]

This version of the video is better. quality and commercial-less.

[teddereem]

whats up with the midget guy?

[r3s3t063]

Road Fools one! :)

[antifolkhero]

Weird ass video.

[salito42]

THANK YOU FOR JESSE LACEY<3333333

[wendymemo]

i was so lucky to be total/ly connected nerd. this band was part of my amazing/depressive youth. i got to see them three times in the bay area. total soundtrack of my miserable 20's i couldn't/wouldn't have wanted to be without you

[37jkeyte]

true. but because of this band we have jesse lacey. and he jesus in musician form and brand new kicks ass so its ok

[dontfuckmen]

@37jkeyte Is awsum to see both Brand New and Jebediah fans here, top 2 fav's of all time!

[mrtad1979]

ahhhh all the things i love in one great video

[gangstagaff]

goddam I love this song

[smithjedediah]

Yeah well the 90s weren't that great either. For every Archers and Pavement there was a fucking Pearl Jam. I lived through that bullshit. The 90s were the beginning of the end.

[natathon1979]

@smithjedediah At least you guys HAD Archers and Pavement :/

[07BSPtC]

@smithjedediah Shit, Yo la Tengo, Guided by Voices, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Pearl jam was not that bad if you listen to their late 90s stuff that no one bought. Grandaddy, Lambchop, Primus, The Geraldine Fibbers, I can go on and on with great 90s bands.

[Mountvillainy]

@07BSPtC I listen to all the bands you mentioned except The Geraldine Fibbers (never heard of them), even including the late-90s PJ records that nobody likes, and I still think we're living in a much better musical era now

[boundless23]

The greastest band of all time, but lets not through em in the river just yet

[frenchersfriers]

so good

[sthodson]

i found this song in a pile of 45's my brother brought back from his college radio station once...i immediately loved it and got into Archers during the 90's...only to rediscover recently that they were considered a seminal indie band....i always thought they were just some strange, awesome no-name band.

[terrormachine78]

@sthodson You mean a pile of 45's he liberated from a college radio station ;) No worries, I also 'liberated' the first Archers single from a college radio station. It's the single most collectible Archers record now. It's hard to price, because no one wants to get rid of their copy!

[Teetee33]

@terrormachine78  Archers records are collectibles now? Hmm...I've got Vs the Greatest of All Time Ep on vinyl and the Web in Front 7" (with the amazing "Tatiana"). Nah, I'd never part with them, even if I might never be able to listen to them again because my record player is a piece of crap (but that's cool if they're in hot demand like that. Means I knew good shit when I heard it back in '93). Archers forever!

[Steve99jp66]

@sthodson

People recognize greatness, don't worry about that.

It gives me hope in humanity, in a way. So Archers didn't become the next Britney Spears. I think it's better they didn't, although I wish them all the success (financial and otherwise) they deserve. All these years after some indie band broke up, we are still listening and talking about them. Isn't that something worthwhile?

[WCman100]

The 90s had such great music. Where the hell has the indie scene gone? It's been hijacked by a bunch of whineass losers and poseurs. We don't have bands around like Archers of Loaf or Seam or Superchunk anymore, and it sucks!

[wearedoctor]

i think the problem may be, perhaps too many indie bands are trying to recreate this kind of sound and only end up watering it down. the 90's did have some seriously bitchin music, and i doubt we'll ever have another 90's. it just can't be redone or recreated.

[SOADafi]

i know how you feel, lame-o hipsters ruin everything and turn brilliant music into whiney stuff

[drugstoremarc]

You're GODDAMN right, mate....

[cheesetopper1]

@WCman100 learn guitar and vocals, find some friends who can play drums, bass, rhythm and write the kind of music you miss. Then out of your own pocket fund tours and recording until you have a fanbase big enough to support full releases. Fund a video of a single, host it on youtube. There are loads of great bands out there making more relevant, accomplished music than the 90's indie movement. They just didn't follow the steps above. Look in the right places and you'll find them ; )

[crlsen]

@WCman100 menomena, the sea and cake, tame impala, les savy fav, los campesinos

[bigbillie056]

@WCman100 i know what you're saying. but there was this band from like 2003-2005 called Bear Vs. Shark. they sound like this song. you should really listen to them if you're looking to be proved wrong.

[xrtgx22]

@bigbillie056 you are so right! bear vs. shark is fucking incredible. flawless band. i wish they were still around. the singer, marc paffi has a new project called "bars of gold" they're very much like BVS.



[xbackwaterx]

@xrtgx22 Bars of Gold is really really good.... if not as good or better than Bear vs Shark. everyone needs to know about that band.

[RedPlanetDriveIn]

@bigbillie056 Never would have expected to see anyone mention BVS on an Archers of Loaf video. Great band for sure.

[xxflareknightxx]

@WCman100 oh nostalgia...

[LfunkeyA]

@WCman100

actually you do, you have tons of them. Just look up any indie punk band.

[antiirony]

@WCman100 robots took over? where have u been?

[grenadezeroone]

@WCman100 cry about it

[Tarbash7]

@WCman100 BOOO! You dipshit there are tons of great bands these days...the 90's was ASS...but I am grateful for bands like this and Sonic Youth and Eric's Trip and Yo La Tengo etc for paving the way...stop livin in the 90's buds...there is sooooo much good music out there and it is at your finger tips....stop being such a whineass and go find it!!! Ya Dink....WOOO HOOOOOO

[bakkermaarten007]

@WCman100 At least we have great post-rock music now,... but that's about it.

[smjjohnson]

This was funnier on Beavis & Butt-head. Otherwise it sucks

[bobbyburg]

the guy in this video cooked pancakes at Ye Olde Waffle Shoppe in Chapel Hill for me and my dad in 1995

[RoderickBePulling]

90s<33 i love this song

[tlm315]

all i ever wanted was to be your spine

ya know how many times ive said that to my girlfriend.....looks at me like im nuts

fuck her anyway i know what it means great song from a great band....hail archers hail

[tigerboy1966]

The cultural phenomenon that is "Napoleon Dynamite" originated from someone watching this video and not quite getting the point.

[SOADafi]

wow, i actually compared the video to Napoleon Dynamite, this is the greatest song ever!

[TallFastLoud]

hahaha! That's bizarrely specific and yet somehow almost entirely makes sense.

[lysergicdeez]

@tigerboy1966 what's the point?

[pingswinger]

One of the 1990s' greatest acts. Totally love that band.

[donewellisbetter]

you have to be a genius to write a song this good

[tlm315]

very well said and i also agree

[lazrul]

The peak of rock

[SpamNapkin]

Yeah, that South of The Border place sucked.

[brandonedge]

winterskybc: please ask them to reform!

saw them open for weezer in 95 in tempe, az. one of the best shows ever.

[winterskybc]

i'm the guitarists cousin!

[aenemated]

ah, the chapel hill days of the 90s. fucking amazing. archers shows were amazing.

[IllmaticSword]

great song. hate it when a song is this good and it only lasts two minutes though.

[chrisocony]

just hit "replay" and it's 4 minutes

[mainstsaint]

what a great fuckin' song...love it.

[sueala04]

aw man takes me back to high school.Crazy,haven't heard this since 96'.

[anidfan]

really good

[culwin]

thanks for posting, great song off Mallrats.

[bakdgreat]

fuck mallrats that movie sucked ths song rox

[bakdgreat]

ok not my generations thing maybe it was cool in the 90s? I just didnt think it was very good. Kind of lame and whiny.

[julep67]

thanks so much for posting this, it's an old favourite of mine!