Recommend Me Some New Bands Please

[ Ry ] · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:35

arc_of_time_ said:
mumm-ra (on the verge of becoming massive)

Saw these last November for £1.50 in a local Bar when they were finding theyre feet. A mates band (Gintis) are very good mates with this band aswell, they will be huge in the next few weeks i.e. top 20 single.

chrisd · 29 Oct 2006 at 19:45

Spuderoony said:
but just because Sigur Ros are slightly more obscure than the other bands listed does not make it 'weird'.

Why not? They are entirely different to the other bands mentioned.

If I were to say I liked Steps, S Club 7, The Spice Girls and Napalm Death, are you trying to say that you couldn't see the odd one out?

_Jimlad_ · 29 Oct 2006 at 20:09

chrisd said:
Why not? They are entirely different to the other bands mentioned.

If I were to say I liked Steps, S Club 7, The Spice Girls and Napalm Death, are you trying to say that you couldn't see the odd one out?

you have a fair point,

anyway am i the only guy into Ryan Adams!

j00ni · 29 Oct 2006 at 20:20

Crazy Fool said:
anyway am i the only guy into Ryan Adams!

Nope, been possibly my fave artist ever since I first heard Heartbreaker (though I liked Stranger's Almanac before that, just never really loved it)

MikeHunt79 · 29 Oct 2006 at 20:39

Err, try Deftones new one... It's a bit different but good.

BFCTom · 29 Oct 2006 at 20:52

The View
Milburn
The Dodgems
Pigeon Detectives

I like these a lot recentley and I'm a big Oasis fan

_Jimlad_ · 29 Oct 2006 at 21:04

j00ni said:
Nope, been possibly my fave artist ever since I first heard Heartbreaker (though I liked Stranger's Almanac before that, just never really loved it)

good man! i find all other music falls short compared to Ryan Adams

Ranek · 29 Oct 2006 at 21:48

Hmm i saw Milburn at Reading while waiting to see another band and had been told they were similar to Arctic Monkeys, and I have to say they did sound VERY similar.. verdicts still out on that one.

Boy Kill Boy
Maximo Park
Raconteurs
Bloc Party
White Stripes

Bit of a selection there, might suit your tastes.

Oh and i happened to see Mumm-Ra at reading and really enjoyed them, only went as my friend Steve researched some of the smaller bands on myspace, saw they had a song called "What would Steve do?" and insisted we see them. Didn't regret it at all, very good band i thought,

BFCTom · 29 Oct 2006 at 21:55

Ranek said:
Hmm i saw Milburn at Reading while waiting to see another band and had been told they were similar to Arctic Monkeys, and I have to say they did sound VERY similar.. verdicts still out on that one.

Everyone says that, but actually Milburn were around before Arctic Monkeys.

I must admit though, the studio recorded versions of the Milburn tracks seem to have been changed to sound like them :\

jakeke · 30 Oct 2006 at 01:20

Went to see Milburn in Sheffield in the week, they were pretty poo really, may have been around before AM, but they don't have a thing on them.

In response to OP -

Bloc Party 'cos they're good

We Are Scientists for some infectiously catchy pop/indie
Interpol 'cos they're also good

(Turn On The Bright Lights is probably my favourite album.)

BFCTom · 30 Oct 2006 at 12:43

jakeke said:
Went to see Milburn in Sheffield in the week, they were pretty poo really, may have been around before AM, but they don't have a thing on them.

I've seen them both this year and I like them equally

Was it the Octagon gig you went to on Thursday? I thought Milburn played awesome.

kidloco · 30 Oct 2006 at 14:48

give 'the Dears' a listen mate, there latest album was just fantastic

jakeke · 30 Oct 2006 at 16:03

Tommy D said:
I've seen them both this year and I like them equally

Was it the Octagon gig you went to on Thursday? I thought Milburn played awesome.

Aye, they were pretty good, but not amazing. The crowd were really, really mad though =D, was on the outskirts of the madness.
I don't know, I don't think they would have been half as good had I seen them anywhere other than Sheffield. Their music is better than average but it doesn't really have something to set them above any other indie imo. Still had a good time!
I saw AM earlier in the year on the NME tour and they kind of sucked, but saw them at Lowlands in the summer and they were really great, I guess I just prefer them musically.

benneh · 31 Oct 2006 at 05:46

Pavement, The Shins, Flake Music.
Or for more post rocky goodness try Godspeed You Black Emperor, Mogwai, A Silver Mt. Zion.

That should get you started.