Best bands that you're not listening to.

[BK 0]

Its time for me to update my music collection a little and get some fresh stuff to listen to. What are some good bands that maybe are a little under the radar? I am not much of a pop guy and don't really listen to the radio.

Please post the band name, type of music and homepage if they have one.

Heres some of my favorites.

Desa (pop-punkish)

http://www.desadesadesa.com/

http://www.myspace.com/desa

Rx Bandits (ska, pop-punkish, slightly political).

http://www.rxbandits.com

http://www.myspace.com/rxbandits

Sage Francis (Original rap, political).

http://www.STRANGEFAMOUS.com

http://www.myspace.com/sagefracis

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (used to be The Refreshments, honkytonkish alternative).

http://www.azpeacemakers.com/

Bad Astronaut (light punk, some acoustic, alternative). Lead singer sings for lagwagon.

http://www.badastronaut.com

http://www.myspace.com/badastronaut

Pilot Speed (emo-ish band out of Canada).

http://www.myspace.com/pilotspeed.

Enjoy.

Edited October 26, 2006 by badkitty

[willc7786 0]

I'm not sure what their websites are, but check out Cartel and OAR.

[BK 0]

Cartel is a pretty good band. I have been listening to them for a while now. I can see them getting big with their very catchy songs.

[mack 44]

At work and effectively blocked from 90% of the Internet so you'll have to research the myspace/sites on your own, but some off the top of my head (and not new by any means) are:

Interpol

Devotchka

The Academy Is...

Gym Class Heroes

Armor for Sleep

Socratic

Abandoned Pools

30 Seconds to Mars

Plain White T's

Wolfmother

HelloGoodbye

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

[willc7786 0]

Cartel is a pretty good band. I have been listening to them for a while now. I can see them getting big with their very catchy songs.

Yeah, and they put on a great live show. They remind me a lot of New Found Glory before NFG got big.

And I second mack in recommending 30 seconds to mars and plain white t's.

You also might like The Spill Canvas.

if you like it a little harder, they're kind of big but just in case: Disturbed, A Perfect Circle

[prenny207 1]

this doesnt really help with band names, but check out www.pandora.com brilliant site. create your own stations based on artists, genre's you like. create one with bands that you like, and it will play similar songs/artists. you can then tell it whether you like the song/artist or not, skip songs. and you can create different stations if you like different kinds of music.

have it playin almost all the time i'm on the computer.

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

Gomez

Futureheads

Kings of Leon

The Frames

[rogue 0]

Rx Bandits (ska, pop-punkish, slightly political).

http://www.rxbandits.com

http://www.myspace.com/rxbandits

Enjoy.

If you like the Bandits check out Streetlight Manifesto

http://www.streetlightmanifesto.com

http://www.purevolume.com/streetlightmanifesto

[LkptTiger 1]

Cute Is What We Aim For Buffalo REPRESENT!

My personal favorite would be Brand New - while semi-obscure, they really can't be considered "new."

[mack 44]

You're +5 for Brand New is washed out by the -20 for Cute Is What We Aim For and their video alone.

[Hobbes_86 0]

*Gratitude & New End Original - both Jonah Matranga bands.

Pop-punk/emo-ish.

*The Coup - Political rap. Bit of a hardcore edge, with live guitars &

drums.

*Bouncing Souls - pop-punk in the vein of Lagwagon and other Fat Wreck

Chords bands.

*Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Hard-edge indie-rock.

*Revolution Smile - Alterna-rock.

*Gogol Bordello - Gypsy-influenced punk. Different, but worth checking

out if you're looking for something different.

*Midtown - 'Living Well Is The Best Revenge' is a good album, but I

haven't been as impressed with any of their others.

*Mr. T Experience - 'And The Women Who Love Them (special addition)'

contains one of the best pop/emo-punk EPs recorded (first 8 songs).

*Reggie & The Full Effect - pop-punk

*Zox - Ska-punk, kinda like the RX Bandits.

*Bad Religion - The newer stuff ('Process of Belief' & 'Empire Strikes

First' are probably the most accessible)

*Pretty Girls Make Graves - pop-punk

Sorry no links...I'm feeling lazy

[mack 44]

I'm going to add Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, She Wants Revenge, 36 crazyfists (AK band w00t), Sufjan Stevens, Le Tigre, Muse.

[All Torhs Team 0]

I'm not sure what their websites are, but check out Cartel and OAR.

If theyve been played on MTV then I dont think they fall into the category "that we're not listening to"

One band I would say is The Forecast

I'd say theyre a few steps above local. You can find them on Rhapsody and all that too.

[LkptTiger 1]

The 'There's a Class For This' video? Yeah, I'm not going to argue against that - not only does it reek of latent homosexuality, but it makes me want to attack the lead-singer's head with a pair of scissors.

[mack 44]

They do if you don't watch MTV.

[Hobbes_86 0]

I'm going to add Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, She Wants Revenge, 36 crazyfists (AK band w00t), Sufjan Stevens, Le Tigre, Muse.

Argh how did I forget She Wants Revenge!! Awesome band, great live

also try Placebo and Morningwood

[sherwood21 0]

In the vein of what you like:

The American Analog Set

Benjamin Gibbard

Architecture in Helsinki

Bikini Kill

All-time Quarterback

Belle & Sebastian

Blonde Redhead

Cap'n Jazz

Mostly acoustic and lo-fi indie, all really good stuff.

[pat19 0]

some placebo is good, some sucks. pure morning is a sick song.

listen to some scratch acid, g. love, mudhoney, pixies, sonic youth, butthole surfers, and jim jones.

Edited October 26, 2006 by pat19

[BK 0]

Rx Bandits (ska, pop-punkish, slightly political).

http://www.rxbandits.com

http://www.myspace.com/rxbandits

Enjoy.

If you like the Bandits check out Streetlight Manifesto

http://www.streetlightmanifesto.com

http://www.purevolume.com/streetlightmanifesto

-I was wondering what happened to Catch 22! I used to listen to them all the time.

-Cute is what we aim for is a little too emo for me. Sounds a lot like The Starting line.

Bad Religion is way oldschool. They actually got me into punk music along with Millencolin, Lagwagon and 10 Foot Pole. Even their old stuff is good. I expand my (clean) vocabulary with every song lol.

Edited October 26, 2006 by BK

[dangle16 0]

- A Change of Pace

- A Thorne For Every Heart

- The Spill Canvas

- Just Surrender

- Houston Calls

- Something Corporate

- Amber Pacific

- most of the bands mack mentioned

Not exactly underground but you gotta love Jimmy Eat World.

[toroytorero 0]

bloc party - british indie... blocparty.com

citizen fish - ska/punk also english and a little old school. http://www.citizenfish.com/

fIREHOSE was one of the first "punk" bands I got into.. they're awesome but only the albums they did on sst records.. ragin full on is the best . old group so they don't have a site but here ya go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIREHOSE

well since bloc party was already mentioned.

Rodan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodan_%28band%29

Slint - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slint

Crown hate ruin - http://www.dischord.com/bands/crownhateruin.shtml

Edited October 27, 2006 by toroytorero

[jbyun04 7]

Muse

http://www.muse.mu

never been live but saw clips and it looks like they put out phenominal live shows as well

Arctic Monkeys don't know their site

Bloc Party don't know their site

[J-Shera 0]

City and colour www.myspace.com/dallasgreen Great band, AMAZING vocals.

Alexisonfire www.myspace.com/alexisonfire

Moneen www.myspace.com/moneen

Casey Baker www.myspace.com/caseybakermusic

[Jason Harris 31]

These are older bands, but I'd call them the two most under-rated bands in Rock History, especially since most people in the US consider them to be one-hit wonders. However, they are both hard rocking bands with great lyrics and melodies.

The first one recently had their "Live And Dangerous" album voted as the best live album ever by the readers of Musician or Guitar (or something). (I don't agree with that -- I'd go with the "Allman Brothers at Fillmore East".)

The second band's first three albums went 3-1-2 in the UK, and they were somewhat akin to the Grateful Dead in terms of their popularity live.

Thin Lizzy

Big Country

[CardinalHcky19 0]

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