The 'Hey, check this band out!" thread

[fluffernutter]

So I could'nt find another thread on this but I love hearing about new bands who either don't get the recognition they deserve or aren't on the radio or MTV or just have not been heard of in the mainstream arena. I love all types of music but my heart really lies in the hardcore/punk/indie scene. I really hate to label but I guess that is what you call it in a nutshell. I check out maybe 5 - 10 new bands each month through either 7"s or label comps and really look for the stuff that just gives me the good feelings in the cockles inside (thanks Denis leary).
I'll keep throwing bands out but I wonder what else all of you are getting into thatmay be interesting to check out. Maybe ot just me but maybe someone else may be like, "Hey, that sounds damn cool!" and go and give the band a check out. i persnally hate it when bands I like get popular because sometimes I don't want to share with the masses. But I would sooner share via person to person because it is so much more personal than MTV or radio to person. If there is already a thread for new bands, let me know.

One of the bands I just totally have to plug this week would be AGAINST ME!. They got this album called "AGAINST ME! is Reinventing Axl Rose" on No Idea records. I picked this up just on word of mouth and it is like a cross between a really drunk Dropkick Murphys and Jawbreaker with some extra sandpaper in the singers throat. I am also listening to the From Autumn To Ashes record "Too Bad You're Beautiful" on Ferret Music. This has a real old school metal feel (ala Maiden & Priest) in the solos and guitar work and a really nice hardcore/thrash mixture throughout the album. Found myself banging my head and screaming along at many points. Songs about all the stuff screamo bands are made of with broken relationships and hearts. Good stuff.

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*old '97's
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[WintersEmbers]

if you like autumn to ashes go check out hopesfall...also very good stuff, some other screamo bands: sky came falling,This Day Forward, On The Might of Princes(everyone must listen to this band at least once) Another Band im really into right now is Black-47 its kinda irish/reggae/funk...weird stuff, but as far as irish stuff goes also go check out Flogging Molly and/or The Sawdoctors. When it comes to indie/emo/rock stuff, im a huge fan of bands like Texas is the Reason, Sunny Day Real Estate, Taking Back Sunday.


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[Wolf]

I keep promting a good band in my signature. I wonder if anyone has checked them out. If not, a big opportunity to see them live is coming up on November 22 at Le Bar Bat with 4 other bands. Click the site below for more details. Maybe have a RFNet gathering, if you wish...

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[FUNKMAN]

a Bass player I work with and have jammed with many times is in a band called NEW LIFE...
they are opening for a band called HEALING SIXES who just brought on Jason Bonham...
show is at the STONE PONY in Asbury Park on 10/29...
NEW LIFE's music is all original and very unique...i've seen them several times now and when people ask me "who do they sound like" i'm unable to match them up with any others particular style or sound!
My friends nickname is BOOTSY and he is considered the FUNKIEST BASS player in the Jersey Shore area...
if your in the area check them out, you won't be dissapointed!

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Check em out for something different

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[shorty]

Honey Tongue

Saw them the other night at Arlene, the lead singer's a hot little chickie.

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[TheMojoPin]

The Bluetones.
Muse.
Brendan Benson.
Arlo.
Mull Historical Society.

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[Ryan the Great]

here is my christmas list minus the really old bands since this thread said "new" bands. they're all relatively new i guess, 10 or less years i'll say except for a few i left in there:

Operation Ivy
Nekromantix
The Nerve Agents
The Unseen
Flogging Molly
Leftover Crack
The Casualties
Propagandhi
Anti-Flag
Bad Brains
Citizen Fish
Dead Milkmen
Choking Victim
Lars Frederikson and the Bastards
Roger Miret and the Disasters
Duane Peters and the Hunns
Youth Brigade
7Seconds
H2O
The Distillers
Blanks 77
Pulley
The Business

....


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[ADF]

I've been dowloading some songs from this new band called "Nurvana" or somesuch. They rock and are like nothing I've heard before. Their music has this "edge" to it.. feels sort of dirty. One could even it has a "grungy" air to it. I think it might catch on.

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[fluffernutter]

I've been dowloading some songs from this new band called "Nurvana" or somesuch.

I too have heard a "buzz" abou this band. Aren't they from Seattle? I know this one band I like called the Melvins have had their drummer helping out with this Nurvana thing.

They rock and are like nothing I've heard before.


There is also this band called Mud Honey who rocks quite well also along with the Melvins. Anyone familiar with the Garden of Sound or the Lover of Mothers Bone? There is some interessting music coming out of this area. I wonder if it will soon become a phenomenon and makes tons of teenages cry into their milk. Damn kids just don't understand it.


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[Wolf]

and check out http://www.azpeacemakers.com Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. He was formerly in The Refreshments and has a member of Gin Blossoms as well. enjoy.

I also picked up Ben Fold's new live disc. I have been a fan of his since '95. Good stuff.

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[thelowestpartisfree]

some good stuff ive been listening to;

Desaparecidos

joshua fit for battle

orchid

the baby skins

the faint

burning brides

hot hot heat

cursive

coheed and cambria

interpol

[TheMojoPin]

Old band, but still criminally ignored.

Massive Attack.

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Massive Attack.


I SO Agree with you Mojo...Great Band!!!

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[flavorsaver]

There is some interessting music coming out of this area.


I'm not too sure about the music out there, but I do know this guy who's grandmother...I think her name is Pearl...makes this delicious grape jam.

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[TheMojoPin]

I SO Agree with you Mojo...Great Band!!!

Damn right. "Mezzanine" is one of the creepiest, darkest albums I've ever heard. And they've finally got a new album coming out in January...

Another band...The Dismemberment Plan.

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[icculus420]

fiestygal i saw Norah Jones live @ Bonnaroo...she was awsome...as for me i dig funk, jazz, and jambands...PHISH, Victor Wooten is one of the best R&B/Funk bass players ever, oh,and get your grubby little hands on some Keller Williams for some GREAT 10 string acoustic guitar work...and pretty much anything by Les Claypool

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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I too have heard a "buzz" abou this band. Aren't they from Seattle?

I hear that Minneapolis is the new Athens, Ga.

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HEY! those VILLAGE PEOPLE are wipper snappers

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[Arienette]

thelowestpartisfree likes saddle creek bands. you're my new best friend. except for the part where you didnt mention bright eyes. but you still might be my new best friend

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[TheMojoPin]

I hear that Minneapolis is the new Athens, Ga

That Westerberg scamp is going places...now tell those Stinson boys to quit egging my house!

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[fluffernutter]

Got the new record from The Donnas the other day entitled Spend The Night. This album smokes from start to finish and is it right up there with my top records for the year. If you have ever heard anything from The Donnas before this is by far the best they have done. More songs about boys and hanging out and the mall. There are also some really nice solos on this too. I have kind of been missing the guitar solo. Granted I have a spot in my heart for Get Skintight and R N R Machine, this album shows their growth as musicians by leaps and bounds. It kind of falls into the hard rock sound of the eighties but only these are girls instead of guys who dress up like girls (or like some of the 80's glam scene, have BECOME girls). This record just rocks.

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[TheMojoPin]

Forget The Donnas. Get Sahara Hotnights. THOSE girls can whup some ass AND rock their non-existent balls off. Anyone who has a song called "Here's My Fist (Where's The Fight?)" rule.

And even though they broke up over a decade ago, The Replacements are still the greatest American band ever. Anyone who says otherwise is a Nazi and should be put in Nazi jail.

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[fluffernutter]

Forget The Donnas. Get Sahara Hotnights.

Thanks Mojo, I will always love the Donnas but I will definitely have to check out Sahara Hotnights. Thanks for the head up.

Here is one out of left field:
A couple of years ago when I was interning at MTV there was this girl there who was playing this all girl punk/rock band from Florida and have long since broken up. You know of any down there?

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[RusticSoul]

check out THE ACT based out of the east village

[TheMojoPin]

A couple of years ago when I was interning at MTV there was this girl there who was playing this all girl punk/rock band from Florida and have long since broken up. You know of any down there?

Far too many. Florida and Cali spawned dozens of bands like that in the mid-90's. I'll need some more to go on.

The best girl "punk" group, however, was Tsunami. Jenny Toomey is a hometown DC girl who did right. Check 'em out.

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[TheMojoPin]

Super Furry Animals.

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[TheMojoPin]

The Streets is the best hip-hop act I've heard this year.

He uses UK garage/2-step for his beats.

He's British.

And he's white.

And he doesn't complain.

Emi-who?

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[fluffernutter]

Might have been Super Furry Animals, even if it wasn't on the bands name alone I will check it out. Ever heard Discount? They are from Gainesville and rock out. Not an all girl band but female fronted. Great stuff.

I checked out the Sahara Hotnights and it was good and from what I found, it is in a whole other direction than The Donnas. I hear alot of garage and Detroit in them which is a good thing. This thread is turning out kind of cool becasue I love hearing what others are listening to and I can tell through many of your words so far that you are very passionate about it. Cool!

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[thelowestpartisfree]

Hey Arienette, sorry i left out bright eyes......what was i thinking! But i'll still be your new best friend, you wanna come over for some PB&J's <P>

[irocfem22]

there is this awesome n.j. band if you are into pantera and metal like that...
http://www.carnapple.com

they wail live

[irocfem22]

has anyone ever heard of ivan and the necrolytes?

ROCK AND ROLL!!!!
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[TheMojoPin]

IDLEWILD.

Do it now or you'll get the boot.

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[Ryan the Great]

Ever heard Discount?

i heard them on this one compilation i have called Punk Uprisings. good stuff. while we're on the subject of girl bands, how about Bikini Kill, The Eyeliners or the female fronted bands F-Minus, The Distillers, and Guano Apes...

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[thelowestpartisfree]

good call on the IDLEWILD mojo, the new album FUCKIN'ROCKS!!!!!!!

[jatsv dan]

if you like female fronted bands, check out Tsunami Bomb. they're from california and they bring the rock.

or you can always see my terrible band play our terrible ska on long island. we have a cool name though, so that's a plus.

and on a side note, i must be the best lurker ever.

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[fluffernutter]

IDLEWILD.

Do it now or you'll get the boot.


What do they sound like? Do they rock? Do they groove? Fill me in. Also what can anyone tell me about Government Issue? I know who they are but wonder what their stuff sounds like. Got a HWM/Casket Lottery split of their cover songs but i want to get some feedback on the band.

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[Dave from Queens]

Utopia Banished is a melodic death band from Queens. we are coming out with a new album by the end of the month. for a sample goto the website below

Utopia Banished, Melodic Death from NY!!!!
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/428/utopia-banished.html

[TheMojoPin]

What do they sound like? Do they rock? Do they groove?

Think The Smiths mixed with "Achtung"-era U2 and mid-80's REM. Absolutely beautiful music. And it can rock your balls off. Go to cd-wow.com to buy the newest album, since it's still just an import. They'll ship it from the UK for no shipping in just about a week for about $13. Hell, buy "100 Broken Windows" as well, it's almost as good...

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