Topic: Someone tell me some modern bands I'd like. (Read 16658 times)

FeralCats · « **on:** 27 Apr 2006, 15:29 »

I hope this isn't against the rules..

Going through my CD collection, I notice my favorite artists are mostly pre 90's. I'd like to listen to some bands that are actually still around.

Generally my favorite musicians are Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Residents, Mr. Bungle, King Crimson, A hell load of Modern Classical music,
lot's of Krautrock and jazz-fusion.

My favorite 'modern' album right now is The Avalanches 'Since I Left You', which was absolutley perfect. I love it to death-it's really excellent. I'm open to any genre. Thanks a lot!

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #1 on:** 27 Apr 2006, 15:36 »

Acid Mothers Temple
Benevento-Russo Duo
Desert Sessions (Josh Homme side project)
Hypnos 69
Stinking Lizaveta
Colour Haze

Any of these will be hit-or-miss for you, your tastes aren't really parallel to mine. But check 'em out.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #2 on:** 27 Apr 2006, 16:07 »

Try Carnival in Coal, Crotchduster (absolutely obscene and insane but Mr. Bungle fans can normally dig 'em), Pagans Mind, Kayo Dot, Ayreon, Queensryche, Coils 'Horse Rotorvator' (Though Coil have gone, their stench, as they say, still remains), Nurse With Wound and Liquid Tension Experiment.

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Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #3 on:** 27 Apr 2006, 16:12 »

i notice you have sort of a taste for the strange so i'll try to recommend in that direction.

-Thrones
-Modey Lemon (first two albums, i havent listened to the third so cant say how good it is)
-Morphine (have moments of very intense strangeness and as an added bonus; the lead singer died on stage)
-The Mean Reds
-Clutch
-Modest Mouse (you cant go wrong with modest mouse)
-The White Stripes (maybe, maybe not but i've only met a handful of people who didnt at least like them a little.)
-Les Claypool:
=Primus
=Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains
=Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade
=Buckethead
-The Reverend Horton Heat

I dunno. that was a pretty diverse group of styles but they are all pretty modern bands that i enjoy alot so hopefully you can find at least something in there you like.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #4 on:** 27 Apr 2006, 16:12 »

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Try Crotchduster, Pagans Mind, Ayreon, Queensryche, and Liquid Tension Experiment.

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I totally concur with all of these, but add a corollary that pretty much all Queensryche's albums after Promised Land are pretty terrible.

FeralCats · « **Reply #5 on:** 27 Apr 2006, 16:24 »

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added bonus; the lead singer died on stage

That's a bonus? How?

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #6 on:** 27 Apr 2006, 17:39 »

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added bonus; the lead singer died on stage

That's a bonus? How?

well it sucks that he had to die, obviously. but i think, as a musician, if i had to die young...i think i'd wanna do it on stage.
plus you get random trivia props points for knowing that.

McTaggart · « **Reply #7 on:** 27 Apr 2006, 19:04 »

The Flaming Lips?

The Hammered · « **Reply #8 on:** 27 Apr 2006, 21:37 »

SONIC YOUTH

All right, I mostly like their really early stuff, but they're still around, and supposedly still good (I haven't gotten around to buying Sonic Nurse yet, though I intend to very soon).

Also, Lightning Bolt's pretty good, as long as you don't demand too much melody or prettiness or general accessibility (which it sounds like you don't). Aside from that, I'm with you about mostly listening to bands which have long since broken up.

You could also check out Jeph's "recommended listening" list, but I've only bought maybe a couple of the albums he lists there, so I can't vouch for it.

P.S. Dying on-stage is probably the coolest way to die that I can think of. Bonus points if you die because of something directly related to your performance and if you collapse just after finishing a monumental, awe-inspiring set. Or if it's interrupted at the most dramatic possible moment.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #9 on:** 28 Apr 2006, 04:51 »

I second the Lightning Bolt, but you might want to look into a few other Load bands like the Scissor Girls or The USA Is A Monster who're morestrange and less unrelenting than the Bolt. You might also enjoy some Skin Graft records stuff like Cheer-Accident. I'd also recommend The Flying Luttenbachers for some whacked-out jazz. Oh, and Like A Kind of Matador for some prog doom.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #10 on:** 28 Apr 2006, 10:21 »

Leeds is a fine place indeed to be born.

Who are Bride of No No? Since you mention them in the same breath as the Scissor Girls I'm intrigued.

Lines · « **Reply #11 on:** 28 Apr 2006, 13:46 »

mobius band, bloc party, ringside, the black keys (<- good), pernice brothers, alaska!, muse, queens of the stone age. and people already mentioned modest mouse and the white stripes, and i second those because they are good stuff.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #12 on:** 28 Apr 2006, 13:50 »

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the black keys (<- good)

agreed

Kai · « **Reply #13 on:** 28 Apr 2006, 19:05 »

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mobius band, bloc party, ringside, the black keys (<- good), pernice brothers, alaska!, muse, queens of the stone age. and people already mentioned modest mouse and the white stripes, and i second those because they are good stuff.

Do not listen to this man. None of the bands mentioned are any good at all.

Firstoff, let me start by saying your music wins.

Second:

23 Skidoo
Alcatrazz
Amon Dul /Amon Dul II (Those have umlats over the u's, but I don't want to figure that out)
Behold...The Arctopus
Various Bill Laswell projects. There's a ton of them.
I'm assuming you listen to Brian Eno, and if you don't, you should.
And Buckethead. just pick up everything he's ever been involved with ever.
Can fall under krautrock, but I just want to mention them cause they're special.
Coil are amazing.
CURRENT 93! NEO-APOCALYPTIC FOLK FTW
Same thing with Death in June. neo folk!
Eels.
El Stew
Electric Wizard, maybe? And Acid Bath. definitely Acid Bath.
Ephel Duath, if you want some avant-metal with a midget bassist.
Crotchduster, forgot to mention them.
Various Mike Patton projects, maybe? Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, the like.
Foetus. woo.
You might like Gabby La La.
John Zorn and Naked City and everything. There's alot of it, but you can't go wrong with Zorn if you're looking for the avant.
LEGENDARY PINK DOTS. This is non negotiable.
Maudlin of the well are pretty good, although they changed their name and apparently suck now (I haven't heard any of that material, so)
Nash the SLASH! cheesy synth prog with a MANDOLIN. and electric one, no doubt.
Nurse With Wound. and everything on the Nurse With Wound list
You may enjoy Oingo Boingo if you don't mind hearing an occasional song about pedophilia (it was the 80's, everyone was about pedophilia then).
Praxis!
Primus!
Les Claypool!
Psychic TV!
Skinny Puppy, maybe?
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
SUN RA
Throbbing Gristle, maybe?

Narr · « **Reply #14 on:** 28 Apr 2006, 21:27 »

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Do not listen to this man. I am a music snob and do not like anything that makes money from producing music.

Fixed.

Anyway, my current favorite living bands are Audioslave (which don't really count seeing as it's two 90's bands merged), Seether, and Queens of the Stone Age. When it comes to the broad scheme of things, I'm really not that familiar with a lot of bands out there, but I admittedly don't really seek "new" stuff so much as I seek out stuff that more or less were definitive back in their day. I didn't listen to a lot of anything as a kid, so I'm nerdy in the sense that if I got a Led Zeppelin album, it'd be "new" to me.

McTaggart · « **Reply #15 on:** 28 Apr 2006, 21:49 »

Regardless of whether they're any good or not, they're not nearly similar to the music mentioned in the first post.

jcknbl · « **Reply #16 on:** 28 Apr 2006, 23:14 »

Seriously guys THIS THREAD Recomend music, look for new music. Use it.

grumpy's · « **Reply #17 on:** 28 Apr 2006, 23:50 »

my favoriote bands are maltshop and the bad ghosts.......... they play really good indie rock music......

Kai · « **Reply #18 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 04:57 »

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Quote from: Kai

Do not listen to this man. I am a music snob and do not like anything that makes money from producing music.
Fixed.

Or because I think they're all boring and shitty and don't relate to any of the music he mentioned at all? NO THAT'S NOT IT. I MUST BE A SECRET HATER OF ALL MUSIC THAT SELLZ OUT AND OF MUSICIANS WHO CAN EAT. GOD DAMN THOSE MUSICIANS. THANK YOU NARR FOR HELPING ME COME OUT OF THE SELLOUT CLOSET YOU'RE MY HERO

Narr · « **Reply #19 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 05:43 »

What you said did not get across the idea that you think those bands are very different and therefore wouldn't be liked by the OP. Maybe instead of saying, "None of the bands mentioned are any good at all," you could have said, I dunno, "None of the bands mentioned would fit your musical taste going by what you said in the original post."

Because the first = elitist; the second actually gets your point across.

I would agree that the bands the guy listed probably wouldn't be in the OP's tastes, and probably not what I like, either, but you're method of speech tends to put people on edge rather than contribute to the course of discourse.

With that said, I think you're a pretty cool guy. Just tone it down a notch or twenty if you want to come across as someone helpful rather than a guy on his high horse.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #20 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 07:34 »

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John Zorn and Naked City and everything. There's alot of it, but you can't go wrong with Zorn if you're looking for the avant.

Damn good call. How about the Boredoms as well? It reminded me since Yamatsuka Eye turns up on Naked City.

Narr, you're taking the internet way too seriously. Besides, none of those bands are any good.

Rubby · « **Reply #21 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 09:55 »

The Boredoms drummer Yoshimi (yes the Flaming Lips did name that album after her) started a band called OOIOO which is even better and I've somehow managed to plug twice in the last two days.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #22 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 12:34 »

What Kai said was that he does not like any of those bands, and I am inclined to agree with him. The fact that they make money has absolutely nothing to do with it.

FeralCats · « **Reply #23 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 14:45 »

Well, uhh..I've heard Modest Mouse and The White Stripes, and aside from one or two songs...nah, they don't really make it for me.

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys! I forsee a long period of poverty yet again..

Kai · « **Reply #24 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 16:15 »

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Quote from: Kai
John Zorn and Naked City and everything. There's alot of it, but you can't go wrong with Zorn if you're looking for the avant.

Damn good call. How about the Boredoms as well? It reminded me since Yamatsuka Eye turns up on Naked City.

I actually have never listened to the Boredoms, so I think I'll have to check them out.

Lines · « **Reply #25 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 17:42 »

Quote from: Narr

Quote from: Kai

Do not listen to this man. I am a music snob and do not like anything that makes money from producing music.
Fixed.

HA.

and just because you don't like then doesn't make them bad. feral might like them, or not. and the only band on your list i like is eels, so whatev. at least i'm not telling feral to go out and listen to ashley simpson.

Kai · « **Reply #26 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 18:52 »

No, I'm pretty sure my opinion is law on what is bad and good.

Duh.

Lines · « **Reply #27 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 19:02 »

hurr. whatev. you're cool as long as you don't like either of the simpson dingbats.

grumpy's · « **Reply #28 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 23:26 »

ELITITS

grumpy's · « **Reply #29 on:** 29 Apr 2006, 23:27 »

JEFF JOCK TO THRED PLS MALKE ANOTHER COMIC STRIP>?

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Lines · « **Reply #30 on:** 30 Apr 2006, 07:41 »

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ELITITS

who?

Kai · « **Reply #31 on:** 30 Apr 2006, 07:47 »

Elitititis is a disease, not a who.

Lines · « **Reply #32 on:** 30 Apr 2006, 08:51 »

no, who're they talking about? like, me and you or all of us. or is there an eli out there with amazing tits?

Kai · « **Reply #33 on:** 30 Apr 2006, 09:03 »

I don't know about anyone named Eli, but I can sure show you some emus with amazing racks.

Lines · « **Reply #34 on:** 30 Apr 2006, 13:42 »

nice. i nicknamed someone emu, but he's a boy. but he does have a nice chest. i like poking it.

timehat · « **Reply #35 on:** 30 Apr 2006, 15:33 »

Maudlin of the Well is now Kayo Dot. I think they still are pretty awesome, but obviously there is contention on this point. Their latest album isn't as good as the first though.

To the original poster, I am familiar with the artists you listed, and can suggest relevant, modern music that I enjoy:

Opeth (Death metal with a pretty strong 70's prog feeling at times)
Tortoise (Post-rock type stuff, really influenced by krautrock and jazz)
Cancer Conspiracy (Great instrumental prog type stuff with a modern sound)
Cynic (Death metal meets jazz fusion)
Meshuggah (Death metal meets jazz fusion, although quite different than Cynic)
Alamaailman Vasarat (in their own words: "Ethnic Brass Punk")
Anekdoten (Modern Swedish prog band. Earlier stuff very reminiscent of KC's "Red")
Aghora (Interesting take on prog metal)
Jaga Jazzist (Their new album sounds a lot like Tortoise to me, but their previous albums married jazz and electronic in a better than nu-jazz fashion)
Porcupine Tree (Compared to Pink Floyd often. Often poppy, with an increasing metal influence)
Voivod (Progressive thrash metal. The only good thing Rush did was to influence this band)
The 3rd and the Mortal (Started out as something of a doom metal band, but became a lot more proggy/psych)

obvious choices:
The Mars Volta
Tool

Kai · « **Reply #36 on:** 30 Apr 2006, 16:42 »

Oh, man, I have totally not listened to 3rd And The Mortal FOREVER *digs out cds*

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #37 on:** 01 May 2006, 06:29 »

I'm Being Good are excellent. I've never heard them recorded but live they're definitely something special.

Joseph · « **Reply #38 on:** 01 May 2006, 07:53 »

Kai, your long list there may just have become all the music I'll be checking out for a while.

Kai · « **Reply #39 on:** 01 May 2006, 13:29 »

Awesome. It's all great stuff.

Shaft · « **Reply #40 on:** 01 May 2006, 17:17 »

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JEFF JOCK TO THRED PLS MALKE ANOTHER COMIC STRIP>?

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lol

Fortnight · « **Reply #41 on:** 02 May 2006, 03:00 »

Many fabsolutely abulous things have been mentioned (much for me to check out, most of that Nurse With Wound list alone is going to be keeping me busy forever...) but some more that haven't been are:

Hoppy Kamiyama
Amy X Neuburg (Residue)
Scott Walker (The Drift is just around the corner!)
And Adrian Belew's still very much alive and rockin'

Doubleand for something notso modern, Ivo [Motherfucking] Papasov, Yuri Yunakov and several other brilliant Bulgarian wedding musicians got back together and put out an album last year.

Otherwise I'm going to have to add relevant things as I think of them.

To make life a little easier for you, you can sample most of what's been listed by everyone via the WFMU Artist Browser

jariku · « **Reply #42 on:** 02 May 2006, 05:12 »

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Alamaailman Vasarat (in their own words: "Ethnic Brass Punk")

aka Kebab Jazz!

They're my favourite not quite klezmer band. I wish I'd seen them live with Tuomari Nurmio, but luckily I've managed to catch them on stage on their own at least.

Joseph · « **Reply #43 on:** 02 May 2006, 11:50 »

Hmmmm... Kai, I was wondering if you'd be able to name specific albums for a bunch of those bands, to make it a tad easier to track down.

Kai · « **Reply #44 on:** 02 May 2006, 16:36 »

I totally can.

23 Skidoo - The Gospel Comes to New Guinea is the only album I have, since I can't find much of them (An issue I have with much of this list) Although if you find anything else, surely download it/buy it.
Alcatrazz - I definitely reccomend Vampire State Building, but once again, get anything you find. In fact, just assume that the statement "get anything you can find" is after most of these.
AMON DÜÜL - Psychedelic Underground.
AMON DÜÜL II - Yeti is amazing.
Behold the Arctopus - Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning is my favorite, but there's only two, so.
For Bill Laswell, I really, really like his work with MJ Harris called Digital Sonority, and he also did an ambient album WITH THE DALAI LAMA. Get it if you can find it (Or if you have DC++, I will totally send it to you)
Buckethead - His Praxis work is fairly simple to get into, as is his stuff with Les Claypool (Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains). There's a huge difference between all his albums, some are ambient, some are avant thrash things, so. check out his Wikipedia page HERE for a full list of all the stuff he's done.
for Can, Tago Mago is my personal favorite album.
Coil - Horse Rotorvator is amazing.
Current 93's Cats Drunk Off Copper is a good starting point, but their discography is pretty vast, and it's generally an ass to find alot of it. Cats Drunk should be pretty easy to find though, in terms of C93.
Death in June - I started with Rose Clouds of Holocaust, and I don't have super much of their stuff. Khar, you want to give me an answer for this one?
for Eels, I think Beautiful Freak or Daises of the Galaxy are good starting points, although Electro Shock Blues is definitely their best album.
El Stew only have two albums (to my knowledge), and both have Buckethead. So yeah.
Electric Wizard, definitely Dopethrone. It is easily one of my favorite stoner albums ever. for Acid Bath, I kind of switch between Paegan Terrorism Tactics and When the Kite String Pops as the better album. I'm currently edging towards When THe Kite String Pops, but that opinion changes.
Ephel Duath - I really like Pain Necessary to Know, myself, but I only have that, Phormula, Rephormula, and Painter's Palette.
Crotchduster only have one album, Big Fat Box of Shit. Definitely get it.
for Mike Patton stuff, I reccomend Mr. Bungle's California album to start.
Foetus are interesting. They go under a multitude of different names (I think a different one for every album pre 1996 ish, but I could be mistaken). All of them have Foetus in the title though. I happen to really like Gash, but it's all really good stuff.
Gabby La La only has one album. Get it. I mean, small Asian girl with a sitar and a toy piano riting songs about the mailman and shoes? Shit, even the silly indie kids would probably love it.
John Zorn's discog is unthinkably vast and varied, and for me to pick out one album would be insane. That being said, the first album I got was Naked City's Torture Garden, which is, basically, crazy grindcore with a saxophone.
Legendary Pink Dots are amazing. I really love All The Kings Horses, personally.
Maudlin of the Well's Bath is my favorite. Although I still have to check out their latest post Maudlin name material.
Nash The Slash is a motherfucker to get anything by. I don't even have an actual album, just a collection of songs. Bleh.
Nurse with Wound's discog is pretty massive too, and for me to pick out any specific album would be murder. Pirate every album you do find, and I can tell you that you won't be disappointed.
Oingo Boingo's Nothing to Fear is my favorite Boingo album.
for Praxis, definitely get Transmutation. It's great.
Primus' Frizzle Fry is generally the accepted best album, although for me Pork Soda edges SLIGHTLY above it just because of some very good memories attached to listening to that.
for Les Claypool, the aforementioned Primus albums, plus his Fearless FLying Frog Brigade; Ignore the studio album, they're much better live and their bootlegs are really easy to find. Just google it.
Psychic TV, really, just get whatever you can. I don't have enough of them to reccomend anything specific.
Skinny Puppy, I really, sincerely reccomend Too Dark Park. I do believe it's their widely accepted best album, and I'm inclined to agree.
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History is great.
Sun Ra released WAAY too much stuff, but I very much reccomend both Nuclear War and Other Planes of There or Space is the Place to get a good view of how diverse it is.
Throbbing Gristle - I really like Nothing Short of a Total War.

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