What is the western equivalent of The Pillows?
>>121571706Wezer
>>121571706feder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wzqGI_4fIM
>>121571706it literally is weezer. it just sounds cooler when it's in japanese
>>121572104>>121572635Maybe in the lyrical content but I think OP wants some super high energy indie rock. Unfortunately I know a few tracks from the west that are close but The Pillows are kind of unique in their sound, imo.
>>121574138Weezer still fits the bill, same altrock/power pop. If anything, its the lyrical content that doesn't match. Cuomo can't write about anything other than heartbreak or girls.
They take some influence from britpop too so they aren't just straight up Weezer.
they sound like an oasis weezer mix to me kinda. i hear oasis in there
>>121574677yes but the pillows came first.. they are originals.. the others copied
>>121574617I disagree. The Pillows are, by and large, more intense and high energy, while Weezer is a lot more laid-back. Compare:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxlfkFMjLZctohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77e7BERNy1kThe Pillows do have a few songs that are more mellow but they're generally the exception and not really what you'd think of when you think of them.>>121574677>>121574700I hear a bit of Sonic Youth in there. Frankly, they - like most artists - took inspiration from a wide variety of sources and made it into something that was "them". I don't think there *is* a direct western equivalent, unless you want to talk about bands whose sound influenced or outright provided the soundtrack for a cult cartoon/comic/tv show.
>>121571706>>121574756Pixies definitely.
>>121571706Teenage FanclubAsh
>>121571706Japanese thing! :O
>>121571706Archers of loaf
>>121578985Neck yourself.
>>121574700>>121578120"One Life" is basically a straight play off of "Don't Look Back in Anger" and they reference the Pixies in several of their songs, so these. "Stalker Goes to Babylon" also came out right around the time of Kid A and sounds an awful lot like The National Anthem, but I'm not sure if that's just coincidence or what.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUtJb9m5JEc
>>121580807The National Anthem's bassline fits over it perfectly but that one's pretty easy to deboooonkhttps://www.discogs.com/release/19775863-The-Pillows-One-LifeLittle Busters also has the Oasis-type wall of guitars and its solo sounds a lot like something Noel would play
>>121580912Huh, didn't realize it came out in 1997, that's pretty neat actually. Feels like they beat Radiohead to their own game there.