Are there any contemporary, good guitar/pop or power pop bands I might not know about?

[mvd]

One that I really like is The Thermals. Others include Metric (they pair a harder rock sound with a jubilant power pop sound very well,) The New Pornographers, Garbage, The Like, Hey Monday, Peter Bjorn & John (don't care for the latest CD as much,) Tilly & The Wall, All Girl Summer Fun Band, The Whigs, Against Me!, Damone, The Dollyrots, Sloan, The Hold Steady, Gaslight Anthem, Barenaked Ladies, Jimmy Eat World, Fountains Of Wayne, The Shins, The Corrs, Camera Obscura, Belle And Sebastian, The Essex Green, Guster, The Doves, Gomez, Rogue Wave, Letters To Cleo when they existed...

Any suggestions?

[hellbound-liberal]

1. Have you heard Audioslave?

It's made up of former members of Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine and their sound is described as a merging of 70s hard rock and 90s grunge. The singer sounds a little bit like David Coverdale from Whitesnake, and Deep Purple, to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsjBtHg1T4E

[no name no slogan]

2. If Audioslave is power-pop, then Air Supply is black metal

:P

[KamaAina]

3. I'd be up for a thrash version of "All Out of Love"

:rofl:

[no name no slogan]

4. I would download that from the iTunes store

:thumbsup:

[hellbound-liberal]

8. I saw the word "guitar" and offered the first band that I thought of

As it turns out, they're not together anymore anyway.

[no name no slogan]

9. Chris Cornell (singer) is working on his solo career

And oddly enough, he's gone off in a pop-soul direction. IIRC Rage is back together again and touring...

[Jackeens]

5. Glasvegas? I friggin' adore them.

Love these three songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfmClxKWhPY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMT418TyRiA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkqC-N1N5PM&feature=related

[mvd]

6. I've been considering them. Thanks for the links!

:hi:

[Jackeens]

7. You're welcome!

They're Scottish and the lead singer sings in a VERY strong Glaswegian accent - which I love, but I find him difficult to understand. But their lyrics are amazing, if heartbreaking, so it might be worth Googling them to read the stories the songs tell.

Hope you like them.

[bbernardini]

15. I just went to see them a week or two ago...

You can find my recording of the show on Pirate Bay. :)

Have to say, though, they've got the luckiest drummer in the world. A beginner with 5 or so lessons could play what she plays, and she's opening for U2. And she can't even keep a steady beat. (My wife agrees with me on that one, and she's not normally as picky as I am about such things.)

Don't get me wrong, I think they're a great band.

[tigereye]

24. I occasionally feel that way about Meg White, when I'm in my " I can play drums

better than she can" mood. After 4 years of lessons and all those years of self-taught playing, I hope I can! :D


There are some great women drummers out there who can play really well, too.

[no name no slogan]

10. Not quite power-pop, but

The Pernice Brothers are always good. Perfect pop songs, with jangly guitars and beautiful harmonies. Great stuff.

[mvd]

12. Definitely my kind of band

I'm trying them out on iTunes. :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

13. Good choice!

:thumbsup:

[deucemagnet]

11. Have you checked out An Horse yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vL89REr4fQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Horse

[mvd]

14. Sounds like a good find!

They hail from Australia like Youth Group and the duo The Veronicas.

[Symarip]

16. The Hi-Fives

They're way done as far as I know. But I saw them open for Hepcat back in 96 and they put on a killer show. I bought one of their CDs and I still rock it to this day. They had a great two minute song called 'Screw The Pooch' that instantly makes me want to dance.

[bbernardini]

17. You HAVE to hear Jim Boggia.

http://www.jimboggia.com

Sadly, his site doesn't seem to have any samples at the moment, but his MySpace page does:

http://www.myspace.com/jimboggia

"Three Weeks Shy" is an amazing anti-war song, and "To And Fro" is an absolutely brilliant piece of power pop. He's easily one of the greatest writers and performers I've ever heard. Hell of a nice guy, too.

(Actually, you may have heard him before. He's the guy singing "Maniac" in the Kia commercial that parodies "Flashdance". They also used one of his songs in a BlackBerry commercial, and a number of artists have covered his song "Several Thousand," including some guy on "Men In Trees", Constantine from American Idol, and California Transit Authority, the band started by Chicago's original drummer.)

[FarLeftRage]

18. Shoes...

Heard on AOR FM radio 30 years ago...

More info here: http://www.blackvinyl.com/3shoes.htm

"Present Tense" & "Tongue Twister" are the two that got airplay... both power pop albums.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGUURbcqjsM/Sa60i6VGdWI/AAAAAAAAD_E/jN3dkBm_9oA/s320/Shoes+-+Present+Tense+%2B+Tongue+Twister+F.jpg

[vi5]

19. Was going to suggest Gaslight Anthem...

..then I saw they were on your list. I'm a jaded old music fan (of the punk/hardcore/indie variety along the lines of most of the stuff you posted) and they are one of my favorite recent bands. Just super catchy and straightforward while managing to not sound completely trite.

[ghostsofgiants]

20. I've been listening to a lot of them lately.

:thumbsup:

[bif]

21. Newton Faulkner?

Not power pop, just damn good songwriting and singing. Great guitarist too!

[ghostsofgiants]

22. Try The (International) Noise Conspiracy. Especially their newer stuff.

The Lost Patrol Band also. Same singer.

[mvd]

23. Thanks, ghostsofgiants and all

Definitely finding more stuff for my already big wish list. But isn't that fun. ;)

[enigmatic]

25. "Tournament Of Hearts"- The Weakerthans

A politically charged Lefty band from up here in Winnipeg, who also share a love of Curling w/ me, too:

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2007/10/tournament-of-hearts-weakerthans.html

http://www.theweakerthans.org/

[enigmatic]

26. dupe n/t

[Plumm]

27. music

I'm just a newbie here, but check out JTE @ http://www.johntitorensemble.com
I heard about DU from one of them!