I love these types of bands. Boy harsher, TR/ST, S Y Z Y G Y X, tearful moon, crystal castles, nuovo testamento, body of light are some of my favorites. Not all of these groups have websites. They have bandcamp, facebook and instagrams amongst other social media BS accounts.
My issue with the bands that dont have websites all about them is that it is hard to follow them. I have to actively google constantly to see if they are playing concerts in my area. It would be nice to check a website with a list of tourdates instead of going to event brite, axs, ticketmaster, and various venue website pages to find shows to go to.
For example I found out s y z y g y x is playing a show in my area by lurking on their facebook. I found out by chance. After I saw them a few weeks ago I havent been able to get enough of their music and it is great that I have a chance to see them again now that I know more of their music. But it could have easily been that I missed this show just because I was not made aware.
I think all these bands if they are serious about getting people to listen to their music should make them selves more easily accessible. I actually dont know much of any of these bands at all other then I like their songs. And in some cases I dont even know what they look like. maybe that is their game.
And I could sign up for facebook/instagram/etc. But in all honesty I hate those apps and I want nothing to do with them. I am antisocial. I dont want to be associated with those types of sites. And I have seen the types of kids that go to the shows of the bands I have mentioned they are way more introverted then me and there is a good chance they feel even more strongly against those sites as well.
Plus instagram etc may be popular now but you never know when the next big app will take off and then instagram will be forgotten. It happened with myspace. And imo facebook is like that too.
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