Random Name wrote:Also, I understand why you would question what makes a band relevant, but its not really what the critics think. It has to do with being connected to current trends. It's showing ideas that have a significant impact on music at hand. (Or on any field, I suppose)
I don't think it's too controversial to say that OLP hasn't broken any new ground lately.
I don't know.
If you're discussing current trends of bands to move away from traditional record deals and independently record and release their own music, OLP is a relevant band. If you're talking about Johnny's current musical preferences, OLP is not a relevant band. Depending on how you want to spin it, any music is relevant something and irrelevant to other things...
It's a stupid word to use to describe music you don't like, unless you're providing some context to say what they're irrelevant to and why the music would be better if it was relevant to that thing.