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[Sideways]

In Calgary, a buddy introduced me to these guys.

The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, also known simply as "The Agnostics".

I don't know how easy it would be to find their CDs, but if you can, I recommend them!!

Review of their album:

[Johnny C]

I forgot you lived in Calgary! I was there just last week. Blast and damn etcetera.

The Agnostics are indeed sweet, they make a regular stop at the Folk Festival here in Regina.

Sylvie is my local buzz band, and the only local really worth talking about; they're coming to Cowtown on the 25th so I suggest checking 'em out.

[TheLoweringTide]

I checked out some of the sample songs on their site.  The Tom Waits comparison in that review is pretty apt.  I'd almost go so far as to call them "derivative."  But then if you're going to derive your sound from anyone, there are worse choices than Tom Waits.

It's definitely one of the better band names I've ever heard.  I'd certainly check them out if I ever found myself in Calgary.

Uh...my city doesn't believe in local music unless it's in the form of horrible high school pop-punk bands.  Or Cheap Trick cover bands.  Because Cheap Trick is from here.

[JLM]

Because I just moved I haven't really had the time to discover a lot of local acts.  However, I'll bring up two bands, one from my hometown and one here, that I think are definately worth a listen.

The first is La Cacahouette from Buffalo, NY, a sort of dream-pop, shoegaze trio that's really making a go for it in a city that just doesn't appreciate that kind of music.  check them out at http://www.myspace.com/lacacahouette.

The second is The Stereo Future, from here in Seattle.  They're pretty good, in that they don't sound like everything else around the city right now.  http://www.myspace.com/thestereofuture

[Paulbot]

There used to be a good band around here called Halo, but the drummer left, and they changed their name to the Vega Method, and went all prog-noise-core-crap. Shame, really, they were great live.

[KharBevNor]

Uh...my city doesn't believe in local music unless it's in the form of horrible high school pop-punk bands.

Those have all become horrible high school emo bands on the Isle of Wight. And a few even more horrible ska bands.

Decent bands from the isle of wight include:

Any band featuring the legendary Darren 'the Baron' or Lawrence 'Lucky Larry' Welling. With about fifteen other people, occasionally including me, they make up an axis of almost all that is good and proper in Island music: Syrafex & Overlord (doom metal), Pennies Dropped (Screamo. Not my thing, some here may like), The Barons (Rock), GoatFister (Grindcore), Fallen (melodic rock) and a host of others that form and reform.

Equity: Good friends of mine, good live as well. If they ever get big, I'm boasting on how I saw them play unplugged at an open mic night once.

and that's all I can be arsed to find. There's some other ok shit, Beggars Farm are a decent island band from years back: hard rock with a heavy nod to Hawkwind and the Pink Fairies: I have vinyl, but they ain't online and I'm not sure if they've ever gone out on CD except for one track on a Hawkwind covers compilation. There's also Four Man Riot, who play some good punk, but they're all atrocious stuck up cockmunches, so you can find any site they have yourself.

Also, I feel duty bound to mention the majestic Halo of Flies and the mighty Death Throes! Both releasing full-length albums sometime next year.

[pat101]

I'm from Winnipeg and we've got a few local bands that aren't bad, The Weakerthans are alright, as well as The Paperbacks who I saw opening for The Hold Steady a few weeks ago.

[Johnny C]

The Weakerthans are alright

"the surface of the sun is a trifle hot"

Try again.

[sjbrot]

Winnipeg is fucking musical Mecca compared to Regina.

[Rizzo]

Ohhhh where to begin.
There are so many good bands in New Zealand.
Let me see...
NUTE
They're an industrial band from Auckland. Fucking fantastic and really nice guys. Doing ok in the internation scene. I recommend "ROSB/Reflecting on Skin and Bone" and the entire Drone Function EP, availible from their website.
The Mercy Cage
NZ's premier goth/electronica band at the moment. They have a huge range and are very varied. Look great with lasers. I highly recommend the tracks "Prozac, God and The Atomic Bomb", "Hymn 01" and "Magnets Coil"
The Bleeders
Punk band that's recently signed to Universal. Really cool even if they do have a beef with a friend's band. Heavilly influenced by hardcore. I recommend "So Lonely" and "A Bleeding Heart".
The Warpath
I couldn't find their proper website so here's their myspace.
Awesome hardcore band. Friends with the guitarist. I recommend "Ruin You".

Like I said, NZ rocks.

[dessa]

Elation a cool electronica band from brissy, which is my closest city.
check em out. www.elation.com.au

[salada]

rastawookie.
the bird.
the herd.
victim.
toecutter.
hermitude.

and, uh, other people. rastawookie are the shit (despite or perhaps because of their name), and the bird aren't really that local (does melbourne count?)


also:

Winnipeg

...is a frozen shithole
...is a dogshit dildo
...is fucking over
...is steven stapleton's armpit
...as mandatory scat feed
...is a boiling pot of cranberries

etc.

[Dara]

nobody I know of. I had a band in high school and was very much involved in the local scene, but there weren't any bands I 'took with me', as it were. Dredg is from the next town over, but even them I haven't listened to in several years.

although I'm moving to Davis, CA next year, and DJ Shadow comes from there. :]

[Willem]

here in Tilburg (Netherlands) we have:
One in a million (http://www.oneinamillion.nl/ or http://www.myspace.com/oneinamillion) -- beatlesque music. On their cd they even covered eleanor rigby though when i saw them live they were playing a regular album track(in a bit of a powered up version) and ended with the riff of enter sandman which sounded very fluent.

2nd place driver (http://www.2ndplacedriver.com/) -- elektro, kinda nice, not really my thing though

Green Lizard (http://www.green-lizard.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/greenlizard) -- grunge. their 2002 (?) single mouthful (not on myspace) is really great, one of the best Dutch tracks ever in my opinion

And that's about it when it comes to interesting local bands here (well, we have this band called Krezip who are complete shit but managed to have a huge success in holland and I believe Belgium and Germany as well)

But I believe I'm the only Dutchie here so I guess i can just as well post all interesting unknown Dutch or Belgian acts huh?

[theenginedriver]

from around here is the cheshire smile. you can check them out at http://www.purevolume.com/thecheshiresmile/music

they are kind of experimental/post-rock, i suppose.

and they are nice people.

[JLM]

rastawookie.

Winnipeg

...is a frozen shithole
...is a dogshit dildo
...is fucking over
...is steven stapleton's armpit
...as mandatory scat feed
...is a boiling pot of cranberries

etc.

WORST.ALBUM.EVER.

At least this year...although I've heard Bjork's Drawing Restraint 9 goes to new levels of pretentiousness.

[Esotastic]

I dunno, I'm not usually a fan of such abrasive hardcore, but http://www.myspace.com/beneathlowflyingplanes">Beneath Low-Flying Planes are pretty damned good.

Back down where I used to live in south Florida has a pretty good local scene, as well. But I'm too lazy to try and remember any of the bands right now.

[Trollstormur]

Built to Spill, 'nuff said.

[rive gauche]

woo Guelph, Ontario. home to such lovely acts as:

Salt Lick Kids
The D'urbervilles
The Key Concepts
Sea Snakes (I think, maybe they're from Toronto)
and...
The Constantines!!!

[beaverseestheshark]

The Car Is On Fire - a promising new Polish post-punk band, inspired mostly by American indie acts (say, Les Savy Fav, The Wrens or The Dismemberment Plan). Check them out at www.thecarisonfire.com (I especially encourage you to download the single "Miniskirt" from here).

[ALoveSupreme]

I NEED SLEEP

They are pretty much one of my favorite bands ever.

[normz]

The D'urbervilles

Right cause 'Tess of the D'urbervilles' was SUCH a hardcore novel *shakes head at kids and their silly bandnames these day*

anyways around here theres not much of a live music scene and if it is it will be bands playing shitty rock/punk/alternative type music covers that being said however lots of my mates are in bands which kick ass like

Dr Parallax
and the now defunct Exonerate

[Firevine]

Oh man, Atlanta has some great local stuff.  I really suck at describing stuff though, so bear with me.

Avenge Vegas Just pretty much no frills female fronted rock.  I love these gals.
Linger  Obviously Radiohead influenced, but heavier and noisier by far.
Homeroom A powerpop dorkrock 4 piece.  Lots of songs about high school heartbreak and stuff, but not emo in the slightest.
Second Shift They just kinda kick it old school.
Royal 7Another powerpop group, but I can't really place these guys though.  I just dig them.

[amok]

Unfortunately I have the honour of living in South Wales, which has the dubious honour of being the centre of the shitty MTVmo movement :S yep, we gave you Funeral For A Friend and Bullet For My AIDS-Ridden Inability To Write A Single Goddamn Decent Song, I mean Valentine.

Thankfully there's a few diamonds in the rough, check out my former flatmate's band formed through our uni live music society, Cellar Door. Yes, it's a MyGay, I keep telling 'em to get a real website. But it has some songs on.

[Hat]

There are two really awesome bands I like in Brisbane at the moment. One is the Kidney Thieves, a sort of insane nu-funk group that just totally rock my socks off every time I see them, and Mobstar, who are like Whitesnake except that I like them.

[jariku]

Brno, Czech Republic:

Basto (hardcore punk)
See You In Hell (hardcore punk)

Tampere, Finland:

Unkind (hardcore punk)
Melena (hardcore punk)
Abduktio (hardcore punk)
Wheel Of Dharma (hardcore punk, russian vocals)
Rakkaus (harcore punk)
Neuroottiset Pelimannit (hardcore punk)
Riot Patrol (hardcore punk)
Lähempänä loppua (hardcore punk)
Armageddon Clock (hardcore punk)
Frivolvol (hardcore punk)
Ensam (hardcore punk, portuguese vocals)
DXXXA (hip-hop)
Hannibal & Soppa (hip-hop)
Väärät Vieraat (punk rock)
Suruaika (gothic rock)
Kuilu UK (gothic rock)
Office Building (rock)
Motelli Skronkle (rock)
Shemale Shepherd (guitar ambient)

[a pack of wolves]

I'm from Winnipeg and we've got a few local bands that aren't bad, The Weakerthans are alright, as well as The Paperbacks who I saw opening for The Hold Steady a few weeks ago.

A few bands that aren't bad? You do realise Propagandhi and Submission Hold are from Winnipeg, don't you? Hell, I once travelled all the way to Amsterdam just to see Submission Hold play, living in the same town as them would be like a dream come true. Well, maybe not since round here we have:

Humanfly - 'Led Zeppelin in a blender' was the best description I ever heard of them. http://www.calculated-risk.co.uk/
Red Stars Parade - Crushing stuff on Dry Run. http://www.myspace.com/redstarsparade
Bilge Pump - Kings of DIY rock. The NME once called them unlistenable guff, so you know they're good. http://www.gringorecords.com/
Polaris - Best band in the UK? http://www.gringorecords.com/
Tangaroa - Slow grind? Don't ask how, but it works. http://www.myspace.com/uglypeoplebreedfast
Stigma - Two-piece harsh business. http://www.traumatizedzine.com/stigma
The Dauntless Elite - One of the world's few remaining good melodic punk bands. Ex-Joe 90 and Fig 4.0 I do believe. http://thedauntlesselite.com/
Chickenhawk - Big fucking riffs and a man in mask being a wee bit worrying. http://www.chickenhawkdotcom.co.uk/
Executive Distraction Tasks - Start. Tech. Stop. http://www.executivedistractiontasks.co.uk
Birds of Prey - A big noisy mess. http://www.myspace.com/theendofmusic
Agent of The Morai - Sludge. No more need be said. http://www.myspace.com/theagentofthemorai
Like A Kind of Matador - Heavy prog kind of stuff. They're on Tumult, so that should give you a good idea of what they're about. http://www.myspace.com/lakom
Duck Stab - No frills fast hardcore. Ex Driven Down, Broken Access, We Are Corpses!!, The Devils, Charlie Don't Surf. Can't go too wrong really. http://www.myspace.com/duckstab
Jean Genet - Daft, sexy, danceable.
Antisocial Mixtape - Acoustic punk. If Rumbleseat had been a couple of kids from Pontefract, they might have sounded a bit like this. http://www.sixstringrevolution.tk/
Eiger - Just listen. http://www.thankyouforcavingmyheadin.com/
The Seven Inches - Catchy, silly indie pop songs.
Whores Whores Whores - A bit like The Locust maybe. Don't let the hideous name put you off. http://www.whoreswhoreswhores.tk/
Kill Manticore - Mudhoney, The Stooges, sci-fi and serious alcohol abuse. http://www.myspace.com/killmanticore
Cowtown - Math rock meets pop.
David Thomas Broughton - A guitar and a good voice.
Spasticated Razor Masturbator - Death grind smash chug fast tits. http://www.myspace.com/spasticatedrazormasturbator
D-Rail - How metalcore ought to be done. http://www.myspace.com/drail
Last Good Sleep - Rob of EDT's solo post-rock doom project.
Reth (well, about half of them live here anyway) - I like grind. This band grind well. http://www.myspace.com/reth

And that's by no means all the good ones, I haven't been to many indie gigs for a while so I'm sure there are more good bands in that style I haven't heard. Also, Lance Uppercut are supposed to be good and I liked the Mercaptan demo but haven't caught them live yet. And there are quite a few bands not quite going yet. Holy Crap! My Face! sound good when I hear them wailing away in my basement, the new band from the ashes of Pontefract/Leeds screamo kids We Are Corpses!! sound promising as do Dungeon Nun, Lucy from Kill Manticore and The Seven Inches probably formed six new bands this morning and I've got a couple up my own sleeve who I don't think will be too shabby at all.

[Tactical Error]

I had the chance last month to see a former coworker of mine and his band play, all original songs, no covers, for a small charity concert. They call themselves All Weave Herd and they put on a damn good show for being such a short set.
Another band playing the same concert Death Valley Dragline is equally worth seeing live.

[Kai]

Pack of Wolves: I do believe you've mentioned Duck Stab before, and I think I asked about their name and if it happens to be fro mthe phenominal Residents album. But anyways, are they good? Are they anything like the Residents? If not, do they still stab ducks?

[a pack of wolves]

I'm afraid they're sod all like The Residents. They're just fast, stupid hardcore. But they are good, like any band who had a song about the sheer awesomeness of Leeds Six would be. As to the duck stabbing... Well, there isn't much I'd put past those boys except eating it afterwards.

Also, their singer snores like a bastard. This is irrelevant, except for the fact that he's passed out on the living room floor again and the noise is getting on my tits. And I just know he's going to wake up and break into Chapelle show quotes at some point.

[Kai]

He's sleeping on your floor? Beat him. Like, 3 times. Because you should just to be an ass.

[a pack of wolves]

I was slapping him earlier actually. We thought it might be a good idea to wake him up, but it had no effect. Thankfully, after briefly speaking in tongues he staggered out and I heard the clattering noise of him failing to negotiate the stairs down to the basement, and most likely passing out blissfully in front of his bedroom.

[kitsunefire]

Here in canada, the only local band (aka they all now live here) is Stutterfly, and I haven't actually heard abnything by them...so I'm not sure I'd recomend them...oh! Nostalgebra is another good band getting into the scene...
http://www.purevolume.com/nostalgebra tahts there website, they DID have songs up dunno where they went...or you can check them out under there old name http://www.purevolume.com/funwithnumbers   "Fun with Numbers"

[littlealex]

I live in Montréal. I could go on at length about the local band scene here.

But as it's 5am and I need sleep, I'll save all that for tomorrow. Dramatic suspense!

[Kossie]

Australia - PATHOGEN!
(I'll add my own band when I record our stuff! haha)

I saw this band when COB came and toured last month and my god! The live show they put on was incredible, it was high energy and of high standard. Pulled off flawless guitar tandem techniques, vocals never faulted, and kept the crowd happy for an hour, even while we were waiting for COB!

In Australia, and I think a lot of you others Aussies will agree, that most of our bands are just crappy ripoffs of other scandinavian and american bands.  The pop and maintream-alternative rock bands are all the next-gen nirvana wannabes, while the metal is all screaming death/melodic death, and theres also a lot of bad emo/hardcore bands hitting the underground latey. I wont even go into hiphop... This Pathogen band are good because they dont just ripoff one band, they ripoff about 3 which is a welcome change. You can hear old In Flames, Opeth and Maiden in their work, but they pull it off well.

Check em out, www.pathogen.com.au

[Sturge]

Plans and Apologies are an awesome band from Derby

Bring the twee!

http://www.plansandapologies.com/

[rive gauche]

The D'urbervilles

Right cause 'Tess of the D'urbervilles' was SUCH a hardcore novel *shakes head at kids and their silly bandnames these day*

It actually is a pretty hardcore novel, if you've ever actually read it.

[a pack of wolves]

I figured my list needed some descriptions and links.

[raquel]

Where I'm from, there aren't really a lot of local bands that don't suck. The closest to me that has good bands, is Regina that is two hours from me. And JohnnyC already mentioned their band, Sylvie.

edit: Sylvie is actually the Free Download of the Week this week on (Canadian) iTunes. Check it out.

[Nemba]

Ohhhh where to begin.
There are so many good bands in New Zealand.
Let me see...
NUTE
They're an industrial band from Auckland. Fucking fantastic and really nice guys. Doing ok in the internation scene. I recommend "ROSB/Reflecting on Skin and Bone" and the entire Drone Function EP, availible from their website.
The Mercy Cage
NZ's premier goth/electronica band at the moment. They have a huge range and are very varied. Look great with lasers. I highly recommend the tracks "Prozac, God and The Atomic Bomb", "Hymn 01" and "Magnets Coil"
The Bleeders
Punk band that's recently signed to Universal. Really cool even if they do have a beef with a friend's band. Heavilly influenced by hardcore. I recommend "So Lonely" and "A Bleeding Heart".
The Warpath
I couldn't find their proper website so here's their myspace.
Awesome hardcore band. Friends with the guitarist. I recommend "Ruin You".

Like I said, NZ rocks.

Hey, you Missed Billy T.K. Junior. Really refreshing, laid back, for once not depressing rock, which is all too rare these days, and shows some optimism for once. And they put on a fantastic live show. They came to my school, which is among the most stupid and apathetic there is, and managed to get even the people here enthusiastic about the music.

[Korlin]

Props to a pack of wolves for listing a lot of interesting Leeds bands. I can personally vouch for the sexy goodness of Whores^3, Red Stars Parade, and Cowtown.

Also, I enjoy the sounds of iLIKETRAINS (post-rocky), all my friends are dead (same), The Sunshine Underground (kinda disco indie), and Shut Your Eyes And Burst Into Flames (spazzy).

And the rock of This Et Al too.

I love being in Leeds

[QueenHussy]

Wow, so much good local talent, I feel almost overwhelmed.

Here are a couple of bands I'm particularly proud of where I'm from:

Swayze

I know, I know, probably not the best band name in the world, while not actually sounding like The Decemberists, if you :heart: The Decemberists, I'll guarantee you'll dig these guys.
When I listen to them it makes me feel like I’m wrapped up in a cozy blanket.


Dear and Glorious Physician

This band is often described as Talking Heads playing Pixies.  
They do quite the excellent job of breaking out of the chorus/verse that is the norm. And with lyrics like "There is no limitation to what can happen"  and finishing off a song with a rocking version of "When the saints go marching in", they give me lots of uplift in  what can be a dreary world.

Actually I just realized both these guys are on a local label, Arkain Records, which puts out lots of music that is indie/experimental tinged.

[Rizzo]

Hey, you Missed Billy T.K. Junior. Really refreshing, laid back, for once not depressing rock, which is all too rare these days, and shows some optimism for once. And they put on a fantastic live show. They came to my school, which is among the most stupid and apathetic there is, and managed to get even the people here enthusiastic about the music.

Links?

Downloading Pathogen now. By the description I think I'll probably like them.
You folks should seriously check out The Mercy Cage though...
www.mercycage.co.nr

[a pack of wolves]

Props to a pack of wolves for listing a lot of interesting Leeds bands. I can personally vouch for the sexy goodness of Whores^3, Red Stars Parade, and Cowtown.

Also, I enjoy the sounds of iLIKETRAINS (post-rocky), all my friends are dead (same), The Sunshine Underground (kinda disco indie), and Shut Your Eyes And Burst Into Flames (spazzy).

And the rock of This Et Al too.

I love being in Leeds

It is a bit good, isn't it? I've been meaning to see Shut Your Eyes... for a while now, I'll have to make more of an effort.

[siobhan]

http://www.myspace.com/bornruffians
http://www.purevolume.com/thriftstoreromance

both quite interesting little projects. my hometown is really small but there has been some creative stuff come out of it.[/url]

EDIT: I forgot one. http://www.purevolume.com/fourstardaydream
this is a project of a good friend of mine. i feel kind of bad for forgetting it.

[TScho]

One Size Fits All

[Nemba]

Hey, you Missed Billy T.K. Junior. Really refreshing, laid back, for once not depressing rock, which is all too rare these days, and shows some optimism for once. And they put on a fantastic live show. They came to my school, which is among the most stupid and apathetic there is, and managed to get even the people here enthusiastic about the music.

Links?

Downloading Pathogen now. By the description I think I'll probably like them.
You folks should seriously check out The Mercy Cage though...
www.mercycage.co.nr

There's no website for him that I can find at all, closest thing would be http://www.amplifier.co.nz/artist/18363/billy_tk_junior.html?full=1 but it's not much help at all. He has no contact details or anything to be found anywhere, unfortunately.

[L337ninja71]

Local band some of you guys might have heard of.

 

Beloved check em out at www.purevolume.com/beloved

(note: Its hardcore/punk so you have been warned)

anyway all the guys in the band are awsome people not only on stage but also in person.

[The Mighty Mopdecai]

My local bands. Hmmm....
I'm from Stirling so there isn't much here. In terms of signed talent, but I can actually see at the moment the scene growing. If you want to see the local bands in the area check out www.myspace.com/nottheemokids

Its a website for my radio show that I'm setting up. Click on it on a weeks time through as its barely started now.

My brother has linkes to a lot of loacl bands form his website but I'm going to ask his permission first to post his site here.

P.S To the man who hates Funeral for a friend and Bullet for my Valentine
Check out The Blackout - Rocking unsigned band from Wales http://www.myspace.com/theblackout

[comrade rob]

i think the only band that came out of this state, and that people might have heard of, was Cowboy Mouth. remember them? they had this song "jenny says" anyways....

alright, here's the shameless plug...

my band
http://www.myspace.com/greyline

here's some friends of ours, who are awesome. you should check them all out.

http://www.myspace.com/punchpeople
http://www.myspace.com/theamericantragedy
http://www.myspace.com/downinthepark
http://www.myspace.com/meriwether
http://www.myspace.com/liquidsand

i guess i'm biased, but there is alot of talent in louisiana. maybe one day it'll get noticed. but then i guess everyone feels this way about where they are from. whatever.


and i'm done.