What bands are cool now?

[jl3969]

lol at hawthorne heights.

[mellowbonsai]

Speaking of Dinosaur Jr., cop the new album, Beyond. There isn't anything shocking or new about the album; it sounds like they picked up right where they left off from Hand it Over. It's worth a listen if you're a fan.

[cmirsky]

edit: i second blood brothers, but stay the fuck away from animal collective, they're worlds away from straight up rock.

Yeah. I guess I shouldn't have put Animal Collective in there. Not rock--but brilliant experimental musicians.

[airfrogusmc]

Burning Brides

Hellacopters

Mooney Suzuki

[lilldavid]

Im 27 and at least I know what I think is cool right now:

The Emperor Machine http://www.myspace.com/emperormachine

Padded Cell http://www.myspace.com/paddedcelldc

Bo'tOx http://www.myspace.com/babylonbycar

[Guest jmatsu]

the guy who posted right above has great taste.

milspex, for straight up rocknroll i have been listening to cheeseburger. semi-sexist attitude, glen danzig sounding voice, stooges sounding power chords, hipster elite label, but a great rock band.

[keagan]

Beyond fucking sucks. Extremely disappointed.

[Guest jmatsu]

maybe i should have started a new thread, but how is the stooges' "the weirdness?"

i am afraid to get it.

[neverletdown]

I love Deerhunter. I saw them at SXSW over spring break and they are coming to where I live this weekend. Awesome music.

which set did you catch at sxsw? they were really entertaining at mess with texas

[sean_]

the blood brothers

[mlproject]

Hawthorne Heights. For real, the guys are killing it over here. They make Dinosaur Jr and AtDI look like pussies. Also, the Mars Volta sucks.

hahahahahaha

the blood brothers are fucking terrible. fucking terrible.

its interesting to see every band named in this thread be the hyped shit form like the past 2-3 years, not even the past 6 months.

[cmirsky]

which set did you catch at sxsw? they were really entertaining at mess with texas

I saw them at Emo's, for the Pitchfork show. I think it was Friday at about 5.

[artificialsky]

hahahahahaha

the blood brothers are fucking terrible. fucking terrible.

its interesting to see every band named in this thread be the hyped shit form like the past 2-3 years, not even the past 6 months.

while i LIKE the blood brothers (having first seen them at a couple of their early house shows), this is very true.

they peaked in popularity almost four years ago.

as this thread clearly shows, a lot of wack kids listen to them, too.

[Joe]

Foo Fighters, RHCP, Phoenix, Mars Volta, Thrice(errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)

[wEstSidE]

fuck everyone who's hating on hawthorne heights. you guys just aren't ready for a ROCK band. go back to listening to mos def and talib qweli.

[Servo2000]

Foo Fighters, RHCP, Phoenix, Mars Volta, Thrice(errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)

I am going to post that as many times as I possible can.

[corned beef]

i know this probably isn't your style but I fucking love Mind of Asian, such a badass japanese band. Check em out if you like female fronted loudthrashrahcore

[Guest itsmeJT]

i know this probably isn't your style but I fucking love Mind of Asian, such a badass japanese band. Check em out if you like female fronted loudthrashrahcore

why dont you start a new thread? being a complete japophile tool saved my life

[Blanc0]

Immigrant from SF.

[sean_]

while i LIKE the blood brothers (having first seen them at a couple of their early house shows), this is very true.

they peaked in popularity almost four years ago.

as this thread clearly shows, a lot of wack kids listen to them, too.

peaked in popularity almost four years ago? dude four years ago no one knew who they were. four years ago i didnt see 15-16 year old girls at their shows. fuck was burn piano island burn even out four years ago?

anyways whatever i dont really care about your opinion on the blood brothers

more good bands

career suicide

brutal knights

fucked up

cobra noir

crystal castles

born ruffians

saigon distress signal

foxfire forest

full clip orchestra

[palaceman]

Constantines.

Straight up fucking badass rock n roll.

Best band of the last 7 years.

Yes, Constantines...I second that. Also, there's a band called Boris that does 'genre albums'. Their version of a thrash metal album is called Pink. It is REALLY good. and ROCKS hard.

Also, the Hold Steady (and if you can find it, there previous band called Lifter Puller.) I like "Almost Killed Me" but they have two other albums too. The songs Hood Rat Friend and 'Stevie Nix' off of their "Separation Sunday" are really good though, and "Boys and Girls in America' they're latest record earned them a headlining spot (fresh off opening for the Constantines) as well as a mention on the tv show Lost and a write-up in Newsweek.

Jon Spencer (of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) has a new band called Heavy Trash though I've yet to hear them. He always put out great albums though.

Check out Menomena. Saw them live last Tuesday and think me and everyone else were in awe, but a masterful masterful rock n'roller is....

Pete Doherty (Libertines/Babyshambles)

Yes, he's married to a supermodel. Yes, the English media love/hate him. Yes, he is portrayed as a royal screw up (the super model is Kate Moss) but any song by him in his band the Libertines is great. I mean song not album. In other words, he doesn't write a song that is less than great. Guess his new band is Babyshambles. I haven't heard them but if he's behind it, it's quality.

[vvoc]

how can all his songs be good but albums not ^^^^ ive tried listening to both libertines and babyshambles and wasnt able to find anything i liked...any specific songs you recommend? thanks

[Guest itsmeJT]

just listen to it all

if you find that you don't like it, end yourself

you fucking radge

[flatblack]

fuck everyone who's hating on hawthorne heights. you guys just aren't ready for a ROCK band. go back to listening to mos def and talib qweli.

Now that's funny. Hawthorne Heights and Rock used in the same sentence.

Are you a 14 yr girl?

Anyways, check:

The Maccabees

Cheeseburger

[Guest bma]

try tokyo police club

[dystaind]

driving, straight forward, cuts your teeth, southern rock and punk tinged:

the bronx, the bars, fucked up, cancer bats

ATDI, give yourself something to more complex to chew on:

les savy fav, hot cross, blood bros, we vs. the shark, mewithoutyou, malady, ultra dolphins...

i always find myself revisiting the 90's for the "emo" dose, drive like jehu, antioch arrow, fugazi, hot snakes, hoover, rival schools,

more metal side:

baroness, torche, big business, saviours, priestess, kylesa (sludgey, but yeah why not?), cursed (new EP is loud, brutal, and I can't get enough of it)

the melvins (new album - hoooly shit, one of my favorites of 2006), black elk, mouth of the architecht, intronaut, rosetta

misc you might enjoy

zombi - duo playing synth horror soundtrack style stuff. ambient, groovy, and sounds like a 70's italian horror soundtrack (ala argento, fulci, and the band goblin)

envy - japanese "post hardcore", released a new album, got a lot more "post" but still some emotionally wrenching and powerful stuff

death from above 1979 - power duo playing gritty, slightly dancy, stripped down stuff. i'm always revisiting You're A Woman, I'm a Machine

i think that's a decent list. i feel lik ei'm starting to stretch boundaries into things that aren't quite ATDI, dinosaur JR. esque... but i tried.

[mixedup]

On the more obscure tip: colour haze out of germany, deerhunter from the US (shitty name, I know, but their new album is great), and of course dungen from sweden. None of these bands are "cool" per se, but they've been making some awesome music.

deerhunter have actually been around for quite a while, but pitchfork has really been hyping their new album so it seems to be taking off for them.

[MilSpex]

thanks for your replies. this thread is a pretty good resource now. maybe one day i can be cool too now.

[Guest StuckOnStupid]

oh DAMN dawgg i did not even see this thread. I am a fan of many cool and obscure bands and solo troubadors, allow me to list a few!!!

Reichstag Night

Batman Party of Two

Virgil Honeycutt Brings It Home

Quilted for Pleasure

Scarsdale Backdraft

Need for Tweed

Bedrooms of the Blind

Wilshire District CSI

Fucked by Toast

Kittens by Midnight

Miracle Mile High Club

Divisions of Aubrecht

Army of Grandparents

Sleep Chamber Seven

Dogtusk

Widely Known as Butch

Teabag and the Chimp

Behind the Vinyl Curtain

Extravagant Marshall and the Tea Cup Chaucers

Westward Dough

Escape to Prison

Barbeque Machine

Dreaming of Salt

The JimJam Mysteries: Death at Havarti Falls

The Unfound

Descent into Decorating

The Oreo Bookies

Anne Frank: Vampire of Amsterdam

Present and Unaccountable

Autopartial

Premature Congratulation

Captain Vons: Descent Into Madness

Fuck the Titanic

MC Rheingold Flavus and the Biergarten Slideshow

The Wiping Technique

Save a Dance for Herman

Augustus von Questo: Prison Magician

9pm in Hell

Something Like Bourbon

Margaret Cho Disaster Cam

Nine Inch Snails

The Vindaloo Menken Chatterfarm Trio

Dandelion Wino

Puma vs Puma

Donald's Vision on Friday

Swap Meat

Kings of Bladder Mountain

Luftwaffle

Handful of Heaven

The Lamonté Jordan Nest of Tens

Reduced to Nine

The Friendship Wars

Chorus of Mutes

Ask a Man Who Knows

Darkest Before Don

[Guest StuckOnStupid]

also who can forget...

Super Barrio Mothers

And the Deaf Shall Drive

How the West Was Juan

Wound Management Center

Habitrail for Humanity

Fudge Farm Family

HoloCostco

Lunch Part II: The Awakening

The Santa Contingency

Retarded But Single