Despite coming on this forum an awful lot, my depth of knowledge of 'indie' music is pretty er, shallow.
I want to check out a few relatively commercially successful, but good bands- I guess Arcade Fire is an example of what I'm on about- just been checking them, and listened to a bit of DFA 1979, cos a few people have said one of my tracks sounds like them
So yes, more please. Imagine I've never heard ANYTHING since the late nineties
MICHAEL YONKERS!
http://myspace.com/michaelyonkersband07
bf
hehe- this is great, but not hugely (at all) removed from the sixties stuff I listen to
very good though- most 'new' garagey stuff leaves me cold, but not this
hmm
this town needs guns
http://www.myspace.com/thistownneedsguns
sam isaac
http://www.myspace.com/samisaac
i was a cub scout
http://www.myspace.com/iwasacubscout
foals
http://www.myspace.com/foals
i'd say
www.myspace.com/thewhitestboyalive
but thats just coz i've been listening to them loads today :)
not successful but try
Savoy Grand
Last Harbour
Mahagany
Hammock
the Sleeping Years
I'm serious !
LISTEN !
bf
I will! give me time!
something makes me think
you'd like of montreal's latest album, "hissing fauna, are you the destroyer?"...
bf
your hunch is correct...listening on myspace now, and this is brilliant
:)
only the first two tracks on the myspace are from that album, but you can listen to the whole thing here:
http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/hissing/
it's probably my favourite album from this year!
bf
excellent...I think I'll buy it- something that doesn't happen very often with me and new releases ;)
Thanks!
okies
the early years
Shady Bard
Bearsuit
Blood Red Shoes
Efterklang
Jonah Matranga
Los Campesinos
Ra Ra Riot
Deerhoof
Bat for lashes
...
www.myspace.com/simonjoyner - in my opinion the very best songwriter of the past 20 years. srsly.
2 bands
www.myspace.com/theelectricmainline
www.myspace.com/therealperfectblue
destroyer - rubies
bf
http://www.myspace.com/destroyer
you mean this guy?
bf
it's great
yeah
thats the badger
this will do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na8oDCKp6AU
you really ought to have heard them...
whoops...sparks are who i'm suggesting
also the thermals...
bf
of course I know them...but never seen that video- it's ace! My favourite track by them is 'get in the swing' though, and that's from 34 year ago ;)
sorry to butt in
but where is a good starting point when it comes to sparks?
Back to the topic try Beruit.
with sparks
start early or now...some reviews of their last 2 albums (lil beethoven and hello young lovers) have said they are the greatest records this band has produced in a career that has already produced excellent albums. but you "this town aint big enough for the both of us" is excellent and so maybe you want the early stuff...go to a second hand record shop and get whatever....i'm new to them myself but have gone a bit sparks crazy of late...dick around could be one of the greatest songs of all time
Ah thank you!
Im going to download some stuff now till I can get to a record shop.
Sparks
I'd start with Kimono My House. Then maybe Propaganda. Their new one (HYL) is quite good, too.
They're pretty new to me, too - maybe I'll try Lil' Beethoven next.
and Dick Around
..is indeed something else.
†
Depends what sort of indie you're after, but of the top of my head...
Fiery Furnaces, The Unicorns, Panda Bear, Of Montreal - oddball but poppy
Black Lips, The Exploding Hearts, Be Your Own Pet, The Kills - garagey
Lightning Bolt - noisy
Andrew Bird - mellow
Dresden Dolls - 'brechtian cabaret punk'
Black Dice!
http://www.myspace.com/blackdicemyspace
They have a new record out TODAY.
theyre a bit good, but way too underated
SEVEN FEET FOUR
speaking of byop
i got the turbo fruits album a few weeks ago. it's like byop but.. er.. not as good. it suffers from the lack of jemina, and really shows how much of their energy comes form her.
still, s'pretty fun, and they were good at Reading.
Really - it's not much cop?
Disappointed
nah
it's fun!
just no byop, really. kinda pushes similar buttons without being as good. but then i totally <3 the byop album..
this actually inspired me to do a little write up about them. jag time!
http://hellischromefullstop.blogspot.com/2007/10/turbo-fruits.html
bf
this is great stuff- thanks all.
I'm in the process of listening to every one
If you take the advice on Bat For Lashes
check out this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8 :)
bf
actually I saw her live a couple of years back...not really my thing- but I'd definitely check out a second album. Wasn't that taken with the 'songs' on the first
Dungen
Swedish psych rock/folk with a definite eye on the 60s and 70s. They got a lot of critical bumming for their last album (Ta Det Lugnt) and a slightly more restrained response for their newest one Tio Bitar, although it's certainly one of my favourite albums of the year.
Basically, the production on it is fucking awesome - almost certainly my favourite of the year in terms of "band" music. Just listen to those guitars! Incredible songs as well
i saw both their sets
at ATP last year and really enjoyed them. yet to check them out on rekkid though...
you should
you really should
just go and download Tio Bitar now, i promise you wont regret it
random suggestions
i suppose most of these are pretty 'big' (but good) current indie bands, which sounds like what you're looking for?
andrew bird, architecture in helsinki, beirut, built to spill, broken social scene, the decemberists, final fantasy, grizzly bear, joanna newsom, king creosote, menomena, midlake, the mountain goats, the national, the shins, st. vincent, stars, tv on the radio, the weakerthans...
What they said.. PLUS
Hymies Basement..
royal trux
bf
Hehe- by anyone elses standards they wouldn't be 'new' but for me... ;)
I have two of their albums on vinyl that I've never got around to playing- will dig them out after my net trawl is done, ta for reminding me!
david thomas broughton.
http://www.myspace.com/davidthomasbroughton
try 'ambiguity' first
and panda bear
http://www.myspace.com/rippityrippity
..
Ultra Mega Techno bandið Stefán
http://www.myspace.com/umtbs
I am chasing them to come to London,but their dad wont let me..
^massively yes to David Thomas Broughton
This must've been the first one of these threads where I haven't mentioned him.
A slightly smaller yes to Panda Bear, and also Animal Collective.
:D
i was searching the page frantically trying to find the bit where you'd recommended him.
here
http://www.drownedinsound.com/user/view/28044
Given your love of sixties garage and Archie Bronson Outfit
I'd recommend Black Lips, as someone above has.
Also can really imagine you liking Afghan Whigs, but they probably precede your 'past the late nineties' request.
I reckon Built To Spill and Modest Mouse might be quite up your street too.
And I'd have to recommend you TV on the Radio. There really isn't anyone out there doing anything like they do. And it's pure magic on record.
out hud
www.myspace.com/outhud
Surely !!!
As well in that case. They've got that can influenced funk thing. And they take a lot of cues from things like Beefheart.
I suggest
Taking ket and listening to:
Boards of Canada - Music has the right to children.
that should sort you out
Joanna Newsom - Ys
The Knife - Silent Shout
Bjork - Vespertine
The Dirtbombs - Ultraglide In Black
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsum
My five favourite new-ish albums.
*Newsun
.
Melt Banana - Cellscape (noisy)
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity (noisy)
Viking Moses - The Parts That Showed (folky)
Trans Am - Sex Change (electronicy rocky)
Beirut - everything he's ever done (eastern folky)
Yo La Tengo - as above (folky/rocky/noisy/incredible)
The Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder (happy - but maybe too beatlesy for you?)
Hella - There's No 666 In Outer Space (noisy)
Sir Richard Bishop - Polytheistic Fragments (weird easterny folky)
Juana Molina - Son (loopy folky)
Pocus Whiteface - A Watch Means Conditions Are Favourable (ace sharp rocky - feat. TheoGB! www.hremig.com er...jag?!)
Fridge - The Sun (electronicy)
Milanese - Adapt (dubstepy but awesome)
The Whitest Boy Alive - Dreams (rocky)
Jeffery Lewis - 12 Crass Songs (folky)
er... better stop there :)
Not commercially successful
but my album of the year so far would be Pest sound- 76 Kilo's Laughing
www.pestsound.com
If you're interested, I'll help in any way I can. People need to listen to this.
If you like BYOP
then Mika Miko are probbaly worth a punt.