Shameless Plugs

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Are you in a band? Know someone in a band? Or just love listening to new bands? If you think the lovely boardies here would like the music, then let us in. Shamelessly plug that band in this thread here. Discuss new local indie bands or bands that are just up and coming.

Have fun

truckorgan02

OK, I'll go first.

Cavil at Rest. They opened up for OK Go at the Pepperdine show back in April 2007. Their music is great and so is their onstage performance. I've seen them once after that and will be seeing them in the next upcoming weeks. They are starting their first Summer Tour with Sirens Sister (who, btw, also opened up for OK Go at the Safari Sam's December 2006 show). They will be touring the West Coast and hopefully the East Coast later on this Summer. If you get a chance, I highly suggest you go see them. Also, they are really nice boys.

Check out Cavil at Rest here:
Myspace
Official Website
YouTube Group View their single "Who's There"

A listing of their upcoming tour dates:


May 23 2007
The Underground
Roseville, California

May 24 2007
Chain Reaction
Anaheim, California

May 25 2007
Modified Arts
Phoenix, Arizona

May 26 2007
Knitting Factory
Hollywood, California

May 28 2007
The Cheyenne Saloon
Las Vegas, Nevada

Jun 1 2007
Yakima Sports Center
Yakima, Washington

Jun 2 2007
El Corazon
Seattle, Washington

Jun 3 2007
La Grande
La Grande, Oregon

auntscale1

The Arsoncityscape. My old high school friend is the lead singer, that's how I know of them... He graduated from my school last year and I haven't seen him since, but yeah... they're pretty good. I still talk to his sister Clara and she's equally as talented as her older brother. We'll be hearing stuff from her soon

I don't think they're going on tour anywhere outside of the GTA and London anytime soon though.

okraparrot5

Rock Kills Kid

they're not necessarily new, but good band

they deff need more fans

http://www.myspace.com/rockkillskid

http://www.rockkillskid.com/

they're not touring now...working on their second cd

One of their vidoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wviD4Kv_Wa0

and i might add, the singer isn't the ugliest little thing...hehehe, oh, except when he grows that gotee(sp?)

nodetimer81

The Astronomy Club is my band, I play bass, occasionally sing, and play acoustic guitar. We have a few contributers so every song sounds different.


http://www.myspace.com/theastronomyclub

tune1shade

Bands that I have been listening to:

-I'm from Barcelona (29-person indie band who are, actually, not from Barcelona. Full of bells and whistles and generally very happy-go-lucky)
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=93095583

-Mucca Pazza (a full indie-poplike marching band)
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=38850171

-Tacks, the Boy Disaster (I love them really for their song "Matilda," which is slow and beautiful)
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=17969001

-Voxtrot (similar-sounding to many other bands, but the lead singer's voice is breathtaking, for lack of a less over-the-top adjective)
http://www.voxtrot.net/

truckorgan02

QUOTE (Vinca15 @ May 12 2007, 11:44 AM)

Rock Kills Kid

they're not necessarily new, but good band

they deff need more fans

http://www.myspace.com/rockkillskid

http://www.rockkillskid.com/

they're not touring now...working on their second cd

One of their vidoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wviD4Kv_Wa0

and i might add, the singer isn't the ugliest little thing...hehehe, oh, except when he grows that gotee(sp?)

I heard of Rock Kills Kid a couple of years ago. I was able to download their first album through their website for free even! I never really got around to listen to it though. Maybe I'll go back and listen to them.

And what a plus: They cover Spoon's "I Turn My Camera On". Wow. I didn't know that. Very different take on it. But it sounds good.

target35ghost

The Twice

They're my best friend's band, he's trying to persuade the others to play 'No Sign Of Life' coz it's their style. But they don't know OK Go so it doesn't look like it's gonna happen....

And Spiky Toys

They're... weird. It's one guy playing several characters, and he does everything. All the instruments, singing, he's all of the photos and he writes the songs. And writes their fake biographies. They're hilarious.

okraparrot5

QUOTE (rocksugar @ May 13 2007, 03:24 PM)

I heard of Rock Kills Kid a couple of years ago. I was able to download their first album through their website for free even! I never really got around to listen to it though. Maybe I'll go back and listen to them.

And what a plus: They cover Spoon's "I Turn My Camera On". Wow. I didn't know that. Very different take on it. But it sounds good.

yeah, really good band...kind of 80s...i love my 80s...

that cover is really good!!! love it.

veinleo09

omg this thread is glorious..
it'll keep me occupied for hours!
weeee

only band i can think of for you all to check out is Pinback at the moment..
Pinback is good if you're into mellow stuff.

truckorgan02

QUOTE (Thomas. @ May 12 2007, 02:13 PM)

The Astronomy Club is my band, I play bass, occasionally sing, and play acoustic guitar. We have a few contributers so every song sounds different.
http://www.myspace.com/theastronomyclub

The omgnoway song is very random. I absolutely hate those advertisements on myspace as well. hilarious that anyone would make a song about it though.

agentnumone

http://myspace.com/grandpm

Grand: Pm

I have no connection to this band personally, but I'm totally in love with them. I've seen these Torontonian Beauties twice so far. Extremely Catchy and fun.

Pearl

Idiophonic, they are really good, my brothers are friends with these guys, especially the drummer since they went to school together and we've known him since he was like 12 or something lol... I'm not sure if the band has a MySpace though, I should check!!!!!

nerverise9

oh man i love I'm FRom Barcelona. I figured last year when i got their album i'd never see them live because they like never tour(understandably, they have rel jobs and the like), but they are playing lollapolooza i believe which i plan on going to so i'm super excited. love love love them. so adorable.

Local Bands i like

http://myspace.com/mattandkim

oh em gee i love you new wave two person band. they're ADORABLE. and really fun.

http://myspace.com/bishopallen
they're really fun and kinks inspired! okay, listen now.


http://myspace.com/bishopallen
they're really nice stuff, i mean, you have to listen to it! and they're bff with we are scientists sooo...


these are all brooklyn bands.

nodetimer81

QUOTE (rocksugar @ May 14 2007, 09:23 AM)

The omgnoway song is very random. I absolutely hate those advertisements on myspace as well. hilarious that anyone would make a song about it though.

I love that song, but unfortunately didn't help write it.

truckorgan02

QUOTE (Thomas. @ May 14 2007, 08:26 PM)

I love that song, but unfortunately didn't help write it.

Yeah, I thought it was creative. It was fun listening to it.

truckorgan02

Oh another plug for an LA band.

You Me & Iowa on myspace

You Me & Iowa Official Website

They are fun as well. The keyboardist, Ryan, acutally works at a tv station called havoc tv and it airs on cable or direct tv 101 (I've never seen it as I don't have cable).

tune1shade

QUOTE (Jellobomb @ May 15 2007, 01:22 AM)

oh man i love I'm FRom Barcelona. I figured last year when i got their album i'd never see them live because they like never tour(understandably, they have rel jobs and the like), but they are playing lollapolooza i believe which i plan on going to so i'm super excited. love love love them. so adorable.

Local Bands i like

http://myspace.com/mattandkim

oh em gee i love you new wave two person band. they're ADORABLE. and really fun.

Whaaaaat. They're playing Lollapolooza?? I would KILL to see them live. It's something about the fact that it seems like they were, "we're making a band, wanna join?" and just let everyone in.

Also, I love Matt and Kim; they're just simple fun. My friend had me listen to them and they've been a part of our dance part mixes ever since.

work0stove

there's a good local band called The Smooth, I saw them for the first time a few months ago and i keep going back to them now.

http://www.myspace.com/smoothrockband

tune1shade

Also! I was talking to my boyfriend and he said his brother had been telling him about this awesome music website called Critical Metrics. I decided to look it over and, despite my being a skeptic of ratings sites (I only just tolerate Pitchfork), it seems pretty cool. You can listen to the songs and it compiles all these different reviews. I'm still checking it out and I don't know exactly how it works, but I figured since we're all musicphiles here, I might as well share it:

criticalmetrics.com

The thing is, they do review songs, not entire albums, but it's still a great mix.
Whooo! Have fun


Edit: OK this is awesome. I've been checking out the "100 songs we love" and they do have, lo and behold, a bunch of songs I love. Besides the usuals (Of Montreal, Art Brut, Gorillaz, The Kinks, Ghostface Killah, Nick Drake), there are ones I've been meaning to check out but haven't gotten around to (The Bird and the Bee, Fujiya & Miyagi, LCD Soundsystem, the Good, the Bad, and the Queen), BUT they ALSO have "Atlas" by Battles, a song that I couldn't stand the first time I listened to it, but heard it a second time and now I can't get it out of my head. It's amazingly composed and, though the "vocals" can be grating, is AMAZING in terms of showing the perfect band machinery: they work together perfectly.

OK, I'm done fawning, just listen to them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU

Pearl

This Will Destroy You are such an amazing band http://www.myspace.com/thiswilldestroyyou their recent album Young Mountain is a 6 track peaces, the first time I heard them they just mellowed me out, they have so much emotion in their playing, definitely check them out, I'm sure you'll love them.