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Comments
I'm going to third for Spoon, because while they're nowhere near new having just released something like their 6th album, they are indeed quite awesome.
Some other people that are probably old news to you but are nevertheless wicked:
M. Ward (Gravelly new-folk goodness. Newest album is eclectic but grows on you. I still prefer Transfiguration of Vincent, but am PSYCHED about seeing him next weekend *woot woot* [yes, I just wooted])
Mike Ruekberg (Did several songs for Dummy--an awesome movie btw--and finally released an album so I don't have to playlist the soundtrack anymore.)
Clem Snide (I haven't a clue what to say, but if you like the last two you'll like him too.)
Pete Droge (If you want something vaguely Petty-esque to sleep to, I got his newest for $1. I mean, why not?)
Some good punkish girl-fronted bands that're sadly going to get grouped together:
Tsunami Bomb (Disregard most of their newest album, hell if I know what happened there), Bikini Kill, The Eyeliner, The Dresden Dolls (cabaret punk), The Gossip, The 5,6,7,8's (Kill Bill soundtrack--crazy asian-american chick rockers), and of course if you haven't heard Sleater-Kinney (You've had 10 years) it's about f'ing time.
People you might've passed up in the last couple years, but who I deftly caught thanks to the New Yorker's club page:
Ludo, The Walkmen, The Libertines (their new album is even better than the last believe it or not), The New Pornographers, The Unicorns, Ima Robot, The Decemberists, The Sleepy Jackson, The Rosebuds, Kings of Leon
Stuff that you've more likely than not heard but should hear again (read: past their 15 minutes but still pumping out albums--or their websites are keeping their 15 loyal fans in suspense by claiming they are at least):
Madrugada, Old 97's, Death Cab for Cutie, Interpol, Paul Burch, Yo La Tengo, Matt Suggs, Versus, Imperial Teen, The Undertones, The French Kicks, The Cramps, The Ladybug Transistor, The the the...hell, I'm tired, and I lost at sucker bowling yet again tonight. Why does my wrist always turn?! Tonight the trophy was a bubble blower with a humping frog too. *sigh*
So yeah...I think ska is a really underrated genre, and I haven't had much exposure to it since leaving Las Vegas, so if anyone wants to recommend some new ska bands I'd be most appreciative.
belle and sebastian, blood brothers, cursive, death cab for cutie, dispatch, head automatica, g love, neutral milk hotel, pedro, rufus wainwright, saves the day, sleater kinny, the unicorns, the thrills, rilo kiley, tilly & the wall, le tigre, bright eyes, arcade fire, tsunami bomb
EDIT: i just realized that this is for bands that people probably don't know
im guessing mostly everyone on here is american? wahey i can put up great UK bands that you've probs not heard of
Funeral For A Friend, Emo band...."she drove my to day time tv" being one of there best
Keane, "everybodys changeing" great song...not sure if there big anywhere else part from the UK though...
yeah they're known here too.
check out Bedlight for BlueEYES, The Sun, Dearly Departed, Ever Since Radio, and if you haven't yet, shame on you for never listening to Eisley or Pretty Girls Make Graves.
gang of four
mahjongg
now it's over heard
SUPERCAR
danger mouse
godspeed you! black emperor -- www.brainwashed.com/godspeed/
the fitness
subset
GO AND LISTEN! they're all brilliantttttt!
so you make that post?
weirdo.
here. ill stick to the thread.
GO LISTEN to
the waiting game
www.thewaitinggame.net
that link might be wrong
[have you heard of them sai? it's the ex-onelife folk and other people. which of course means theyre from chicagoooo]
weirdo.
here. ill stick to the thread.
GO LISTEN to
the waiting game
www.thewaitinggame.net
that link might be wrong
[have you heard of them sai? it's the ex-onelife folk and other people. which of course means theyre from chicagoooo]
OH MY GODDD!!! MY COUSIN IS BEST FRIENDS WITH THEM!!!! (well with jeremy...the one with THE hair.. and one other dude i dunno his name though). they're super cool. steel train (chelsea!) opened for them here.
i stil cant believe how weird that is.
the drummer, chris, is sooo very hot in my opinion. except his hair is all grown out from when he was in onelife. it's differentlooking.
http://everybody-else.com/
they used to be really cool. i saw them with rooney before rooney put out a crappy overdone album. and it was this bands first show..everybody else..and they were awesome, everyone loved them. and so they realized they were good and they seem kind of full of themselves now. im not sure they are, but it sure seems like it..i just noticed you can fucking BUY their mp3's on their website. lame. oh well.
tilly and the wall
http://tillyandthewall.com/
sondre lerche
sondrelerche.com
built to spill? i dont know how big they are..and i have no website
ozma..but they broke up. :[
seu Mr. Mr. Jorge, Whom I Adore, Whom I Adore
kings of convenience..i also have no idea how big they are.
www.lejoshua.tk
as my friend described them: "it's like q and not u fucked the walkmen"
... and id add with a bit more of a shrill voice on the dude. but it's catchy.
www.nicarmstrong.com
IAN BROWN (i guess he used to be in some big Brit band called the Stone Roses)
http://www.ianbrown.co.uk
schwing
No one has mentioned Louis XIV !!!!!!!!
I am currently IN LOVE with them. The record will be released March 22!!! If you like 70's era David Bowie, T- Rex or others of that ilk, you will LOVE these guys as much as I do!!!!
Can't wait to see them at SXSW!!!!
SAI!!!!!!!!!! I need some recommendations for SXSW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do you have for me?
Ive heard many good things about Louis XIV. They came here or are coming here actually.
Listen to: My girlfriend's boyfriend.
Over It
Listen to: Shine
Reeve Oliver
Listen to: I Want Burns
Eskimo
Listen to: 10th St.
LCD Soundsystem
Listen to: Give It Up
they're sooooooooooooo boring, my boyfriend fell asleep to them at V.
hehe i would post some fun bands, but to tell the truth i already did and i'm going to play stupid internet games cos i'm super bored. arrrrrrrgh.