Ross Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Decided to make one of these to spread some love for bands which aren't really discussed in any great detail on this site. The purpose of this is to hopefully introduce you to some bands you may or may not have heard of. If you like, excellent. If you don't, at least you took the time to listen. Brand New A little cheeky of me to start off with this band because they are my favourite, but I imagine that very few of you listen to the band. Their first album "Your Favorite Weapon" was a pop-punk album most bands nowadays could only dream of making. Follow-up "Deja Entendu" was described as an "emo masterpiece" and recieved near perfect scores on many sites (including absolutepunk and ign). Their last effort "The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me" is nothing short of what I view as a perfect album. Listening to each album, you can hear progression and maturity quite noticably. Particularly between Deja and YFW. Each album is excellent in it's own right and you can hardly pick a bad song from any of them. Style: Rock/Alternative/Indie Check out album: Any Songs to get first: YFW: Jude Law and a Semester Abroad, Logan to Government Center, Seventy Times 7 Deja: Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades, The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows, Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't TDAG: Sowing Season, Jesus, Archers For fans of: Taking Back Sunday, Say Anything, Straylight Run Manchester Orchestra Despite having an average age of about the 20 mark, this young band's debut album sounded much more mature and travelled than a lot of other bands around. Driven by lyrics that are insightful, spiritual and impressionistic you can't help but listen over and over. The album twists and turns through upbeat, indie rock tracks through to slow solo tracks to a mixture of the both! A band who, if there is any justice, shall explode within the next year or so. Style: Rock/Alternative/Indie Check out album: I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child Songs to get first: Wolves at Night, Where Have You Been?, I Can Barely Breathe For fans of: Brand New, Lydia, Straylight Run Glassjaw I can't stress enough that this band won't be for everyone but for those amongst us who prefer something a little heavier than the average band then this should be right up your street. Many of you will know lead singer Daryl Palumbo as "that guy from Head Automatica" but Glassjaw could not be any further from that. Growing up listening to "real screamo" bands influenced them to the extent that today's meaning of the word "screamo" was pretty much formed around them and a couple other bands from about that time. Definitely one of the bands of our generation. Style: Post-Hardcore/Screamo Check out album: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence, Worship & Tribute Songs to get first: Ry Ry's Song, Pretty Lush, Siberian Kiss, Pink Roses, Tip Your Bartender, Radio Cambodia For fans of: Thursday, Finch, Poison the Well, Every Time I Die Cartel A far cry from the past 3 bands I've posted (bar early Brand New). This is a band more a kin to the likes of All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Valencia et al. Debut album "Chroma" being a wonderfully solid album, flowing unmercifully through each track. In my eyes, the jewel of todays modern pop-punk crown. Their recent S/T saw them develop a slightly more indie sound, throwing in various other instruments to mix songs up. As far as pop-punk today is concerned, very few bands can do it better than Cartel. Style: Rock/Pop-punk/Alternative Check out album: Chroma Songs to get first: Honestly, Say Anything (Else), Runaway, If I Fail For fans of: All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Valencia Valencia Speaking of bands that can do pop-punk better than Cartel, no one can better Valencia. Hands down. Without a doubt. This band deserve to be huge. "This Could Be a Possibility" was such an excellent album that you wondered how they could better it. This year saw the release of "We All Need a Reason to Believe" and my oh my how they bettered it. A much better album in every way, shape and form. Which is surprising considering the quality of their debut. So far it is my album of the year (only United Nations can compare). Catchy lyrics which are guaranteed to stay in your head, guitar playing much better than most, if not all, of their peers and their songs always make you want to keep the CD spinning. Style: Rock/Pop-punk/Alternative Check out album: Either Songs to get first: The Space Between, Away We Go, Better Be Prepared, Where Did You Go? For fans of: All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Valencia Hey Monday First reactions of many will be "OMG female singer - Paramore 2.0". More pop than rock, more Avril Lavigne than Hayley Williams. We know better than most that female singers will not all be Fayleys. This band are destined to be HUGE. Debut album out next month on Decaydance Records and each track has the potential to be a hit single. Very much a love or hate band. Worth a listen regardless, if it's not for you then it's not for you. Style: Pop/Rock/Powerpop Check out album: Hold On Tight Songs to get first: http://www.myspace.com/heymonday For fans of: Avril Lavigne, Automatic Loveletter, New Years Day POST TWO: HERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroki Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 3/6 for me....see if you can guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krs Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 i love all of those bands except for manchester orchestra and glassjaw. never heard of them before...but i'll take a listen! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroki Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 I just listened to Hey Monday and I guessed that they'd be a shitty fbr band just off the name Cartel are ok....sorta. Your really into the whole pop/punk/alternative thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaughtInTheRiot Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 They all SUCK. Only METAL! METAL! METAL! METAL! [/sarcasm] Brand New FTFEW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahninja Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 he is, he is ;D i love brand new. =] i have most of their stuff. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted September 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 I just listened to Hey Monday and I guessed that they'd be a shitty fbr band just off the name Cartel are ok....sorta. Your really into the whole pop/punk/alternative thing 3/6 for me....see if you can guess First 3. I saw that coming, we had discussed Valencia/Cartel before. You know better than most what kind of music I listen too, Lee. Brand New FTFEW Can I even ask what that means? haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroki Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 First 3. I saw that coming, we had discussed Valencia/Cartel before. You know better than most what kind of music I listen too, Lee. Yeah music to go with your fancy new vagina, music to go with your irishceltic hating and music with balls ala Glassjaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted September 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Yeah music to go with your fancy new vagina, music to go with your irishceltic hating and music with balls ala Glassjaw I like to think it's a diverse taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komomaan Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 I'm listening to Cartel now and downloading Hey Monday's new album. But you, you got a good music taste. Goodtastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaughtInTheRiot Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 For the fucking epic win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted September 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 For the fucking epic win. Well that's good! The "FE" part had me stumped haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Brand New are one of my favorite bands too, they are amazing ^^ I recently have been listening to Manchester Orchestra and they are pretty good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holleh Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 BRAND NEW ARE AMAZING. Jesse Lacey's lyrics are the most powerful, amazing lyrics I have ever heard in my life. I'm so glad I got into this band when I did. I hate how some kids freaked out when TDAGARIM came out. They tweaked over how different they sounded. I was like "GTFO THEY IMPROVED" and even YFW and Deja were amazing albums. I don't think I can stress how much I love this band. Manchester Orchestra. They make me lol. And J is really hairy. And cute. As is Robert. Their podcasts... I have to pause them every 5 minutes cause I'd probably pee myself if I didn't XD Here's one of mine... SAVES THE DAY. I'm terrible at reviewing bands/albums... I will probably just repeat over and over about how great they are. Style: Pop/Punk/Rock Check out album: Under The Boards. Songs to get first: Radio, Bye Bye Baby, Suffocating To Stay Alive For fans of: Fall Out Boy (circa Take This To Your Grave), All that is amazing in pop-punk music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echelonforever Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Brand New<333 You made me love them ross. haha. Hey Monday are amazing!! I love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 This reminds me that I've got a couple of text documents with more bands in them for me to copy/paste into here. Saves the Day being one of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted December 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Post 2: Older bands Finally getting around to this. Mostly featuring bands from the Ninties, or early 00's. A couple of bands in here, I know some of you will know. The rest, I'm not so sure. The Movielife: Wow. Just wow. That's about all I can say. If you check them out, you'll know why. A lot of todays bands borrow the sound the Movielife have. Not to suggest that they invented the sound solely by themselves but when one of those bands acts as the backing band for the lead singer to play Movielife songs then it's fairly safe to say. From my beloved LIHC scene and active between '97 and '03, they are melodic hardcore (by my standards) at its best. Style: Punk/Hardcore Check Out Album: Forty Hour Train Back to Penn Songs to get first: Jamestown, Face or Kneecap, Kelly Song, It's Something For fans of: Four Year Strong/Set Your Goals/Crime in Stereo and what not. Midtown: Couldn't not mention them. Pop-punk geniuses. Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship, Rob Hitt of I Surrender Records, Heath Saraceno of Senses Fail and Tyler Rann from Band of Thieves were the components of this band eventually going their separate ways in 2004. A wonderfully influential band responsible for a couple of todays bands. Style: Pop-Punk/Rock Check Out Album: Living Well Is the Best Revenge/Forget What You Know Songs to get first: Like a Movie, Become What You Hate, Empty Like the Ocean, Get It Together For fans of: Cobra Starship, All Time Low, that scene Jawbreaker: Props to anyone in the know about this band. For those who don't, you do know them, you just don't know it yet. Fall Out Boy/My Chemical Romance/Set Your Goals/Brand New/Kurt Cobain/Saves the Day/Rise Against. I could go on, but each of those acts have either covered Jawbreaker or list them as an influence on them. Quite possibly one of the best bands of the Ninties that you didn't know about. Older style of punk rock/pop punk with a raw DIY sound, driving rythems and more complex song structures. Style: Older pop punk/punk rock Check out album: Dear You, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy Songs to get first: Accident Prone, Boxcar, Do You Still Hate Me?, Save Your Generation, Bad Scene Everyone's Fault For fans of: The bands I listed above. Neutral Milk Hotel: Definitely not for everyone. Their songs are crafted to near perfection if you are into the whole folk/indie/acoustic scene. Big influences on the likes of Jesse Lacey, John Nolan, Andy Hull and the Eisley sisters. I can't confess to being their biggest fan, but they do have some wonderful songs. Just give them a listen and see for yourself. Style: Indie/Folk/Acoustic Check Out Album: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Songs to get First: Holland 1945, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Two Headed Boy For Fans of: Brand New, Strylight Run, Eisley, Manchester Orchestra, Anathallo/Colour Revolt Refused: Before Paramore wanted the airwaves back, Refused wanted them back first. All but overlooked by the mainstream at the time of its release, this has since come to be recognized by musicians galore as one of the greatest heavy albums of all time. The no-nonsense hardcore scene which spawned this Swedish combo collectively shat itself when this mixture of smart-bomb riffing, ambient electronica, leftist politics and near perfect pop was birthed. It was so good, in fact, that the band broke up proclaiming they’d achieved what they set out to do and there was no point carrying on. Which is fucking cool, it has to be said. Style: Hardcore punk/post-hardcore Check out album: The Shape of Punk to Come Songs to get first: New Noise, Liberation Frequency, that whole album in fact For fans of: Listen and see. Or hear, rather. The Ataris: Two words. Fucking. Awesome. Without a shadow of a doubt one of the most under-appreciated bands of our generation. they're the small band living in a big band world. Lead singer Kris Roe still has to sell his possessions to live off of or to tour on. Album after album of good song after good song. A near scary consistency with songs that are almost too easy to relate too. Which isn't a bad thing. Still, thankfully, making music unlike the previous bands. Style: Pop-Punk/Alt Rock Check out album: "Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits", "So Long, Astoria" Songs to get first: San Dimas High School Football Rules, Fast Times at Drop-Out High, So Long Astoria, In This Diary, I.O.U One Galaxy For fans of: Just about anything Too lazy to make up one for At the Drive-In or Modest Mouse. Just check out "In/Casino/Out" or "Relationship of Command" for ATD-I. And "The Lonesome Crowded West" or "Good News for People Who Love Bad News " for Modest Mouse. I might expand upon these two later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubabalou Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Dude! I approve of basically every single thing you recommended. Except Cartel. Their old stuff was awesome, but I'm personally not a fan of their new stuff. And they're also a bunch of jerks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holleh Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 I LOVE The Ataris. Although, some of their latest album was nothing short of a flop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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