What's the best new band you've heard lately?

[bif]

[HuskerDU]

1. I have fairly primitive taste in rock-n-roll.

My fave new band is Mexico's the Vagos:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=151788183

[Bennyboy]

2. Blue Turtle Seduction!

Great band out of Lake Tahoe. Kind of gypsy, bluegrass with a blues harp kind of music.

http://www.blueturtleseduction.com/ I love the songs "Gov'mint" and "Peace In The Neighborhood".

[mvd]

3. Some new discoveries from this year

(I knew about Vanessa Carlton, Bruce Springsteen, The Pierces, and Brandi Carlile for example before)

Lucy Walsh
Kate Voegele
Alexa Wilkinson
Augie March
The Dollyrots
Angie Mattson
Jesca Hoop
The Affair
Against Me!
Rooney
Aly & AJ (highly recommend the new CD)
Mandy Moore (new one is her best, though the self-titled is also good)
They Might Be Giants
Adrienne Pierce
Katie Armiger
Taylor Swift
The Fratellis
Lynn Carey Saylor
Jag Star
Sloan
Lisa Mychols
Lavender Diamond
The Nightwatchman
Dean & Britta
The National
Georgie James
Tralala
The Clientele
Ben Lee
Detroit Cobras
The Sadies
Jesse Malin
Imperial Teen
Kyle Lardner

I'm stopping here, but I have found more.

My tastes lean towards classic rock, pop/rock, indie pop, and singer songwriter, but you can tell I give other styles a chance.

[Mojambo]

6. I like the Dollyrots. Lots of fun

You might look into Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer.

Very similar.

[mvd]

7. Thanks - music is my big hobby (I know I shocked everyone - lol,) so I'm always looking..

into new stuff. :hi:

[mvd]

8. And of course, A Fine Frenzy!

Glad I remembered her - the list would not be complete without her.

[Bennyboy]

10. Carolyn Wonderland...A cross between Janis and Aretha....

And she plays guitar a whole bunch too. She should be a much bigger force in the music world right now.

[tigereye]

15. wow. Howdja manage to miss They MIght Be Giants?

they are a seminal band. Nothing like em.

[mvd]

16. Had heard of them for a little while, and finally tried them

There are some older bands I need to catch up on. :hi:

[Initech]

4. Gogol Bordello

Weird (talking Kid A-era Radiohead weird), and catchy as hell. Super Taranta (their latest) is very high on my list of albums to get.

[mvd]

5. Do you think I'd like Gogol Bordello?

I do like Radiohead's Kid A - but not as much as OK Computer.

[tigereye]

14. fun, catchy, gypsy punk with some geopolotical commentary thrown in

they are a lot of fun.

Bet they would be a great time to see live.

:hi:

[catmandu57]

9. Not a band but a female singer

Yvette Lyon, She has a new album titled Everythings fine just fine, it's very easy on the ear. She's a Scottish singer and I can't find her stuff here but she has a my space page if anyone wants to hear her.

[idgiehkt]

11. new to me - The Dixie Bee Liners

http://www.myspace.com/thedixiebeeliners
amazing sound, must be the dulcimer or something.

If anyone is into straight-forward country this woman has an amazing voice
Crystal Shawanda, so much power and so effortless


she is a full-blood Ojibway Indian

http://www.myspace.com/crystalshawanda

[leeroysphitz]

12. Great Lakes Myth Society.

They do sort of this sort of folk/rock fusion thing and it works great.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. Iron and Wine .... Jezebel

http://youtube.com/watch?v=a39YktBYSbU

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

17. Office-Oh My

sorta new anyways..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXX6I0TfAPs

[DarkTirade]

18. Best new band I heard was probably back in '93... :)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. Jesse Malin

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GYXwefRzwmg

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. The National...Mistaken For Strangers

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cgRsYkKb1eI

[tigereye]

21. I like the sound of the Decembrists

and I saw a great, poppy all-female Irish band called the Screaming Orphans not too long ago.

Churgilchin - more modernist Tuvan throat singers - are excellent.

None are "new" mostly new to me.

Oh, and the Noisettes! They remind me of all the best aspects of post-punk with an almost experimental quality, AND a singer who actually has an amazing voice.

[rucky]

22. !!!

that's their name

also:
Silversun Pickups
Dirty on Purpose
Electric President

[bif]

23. kick

Gonna keep this one alive fora while