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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: yipjumpmusic on 07 Apr 2005, 06:02
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For those not hording their local bands, please post links to your favorite ones here. I'll start and end if no one else posts another band. What do you mean I'm cynical!?
San Diego-Bunky (may be slightly known as they are on sufjan stevens label now and have opened for Pinback but for those that don't know them...) Check out Bunky and the two main people's individual efforts. I especially love Rafter's How Bout U Dad.
http://www.bunkymusic.com/
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Executive Distraction Tasks (http://www.executivedistractiontasks.co.uk/) - Super-fast tech worship
Bilge Pump (http://www.gringorecords.com/bilgepump.htm) - Upbeat and bouncy DIY goodness
Red Stars Parade (http://www.hxcmp3.com/bands/2965/) - Massive grooves
Humanfly (http://myspace.com/humanfly) - All hail the insectoid riff machine
Chickenhawk (http://www.myspace.com/chickenhawk) - Oxes and Melvins style rock destruction
Leeds is good
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Basolutely none of my liked local bands seem to have websites :(
I am heavily partial to the musings of Overlord to give you a flavour, their cd gives their lineup thus:
Lucky Larry - Forked Tongue Vocal Ordnance
The Baron - Guitar Delusions
Charrrr - Fuzzed-up Six-String Diabolism
Jess - Low-End Drone
Mike The Failure (the Elephant Man) - Soviet Drum Horror
They play insanely loud, slow and sludgy doom metal. Their lyrical themes (they do concept EPs) are Eastern European prostitution and Misanthropy. They do two covers: 'Girls Aloud-Sound of the Underground' and 'Anal Cunt-Dead, Gay and Dropped'.
Also rocking my world are their sister band Syrafex, with their dual male/female screaming sludge assault.
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If you like sludgy metal, give these guys a go: Agent of the Morai (http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=12252318&Mytoken=20050407061956) - Iron Monkey style stonery sludge business.
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We do pretty well for local bands:
The Pipettes
Clearlake
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster I know everyone here seems to think they're annoying scenesters, but they are lovely and I will not hear a bad word spoken about them.
Electrelane (though one of them's now in Prague, and another one's in the states now)
Miss Pain (who have graffittied every toilet in brighton - no mean feat)
Star Scream (mate's band, they've supported Rachel Stamp I think, really really good)
Brakes (best band in the world ever, with Eamon from BSP)
The Tenderfoot
Electric Soft Parade
Teasing Lulu
and...
BRITISH SEA POWER.
Brighton's cool.
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Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster I know everyone here seems to think they're annoying scenesters, but they are lovely and I will not hear a bad word spoken about them.
But all their songs sound the same!
BSP rock though.
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I quite like a bit of Eighties Matchbox myself, they have some catchy tunes. I saw Projections from down Brighton way last night, ex-Cat On Form and very good. And I have a feeling Pool Cleaner might be from there too, and they blew me away. Fantastic improvisations.
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Well I will post mine SixtyNine (http://www.sixtnine.co.za) (terrible name...I know...but it stands out)
Also check out Deity's Muse (http://www.deitysmuse.co.za)
and also check out Bipolar and Caroline Coon on www.exposevibe.com
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Not really local to me anymore, but Mew have been one of my favourites for a long time... http://www.mewsite.com
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I'll just use this opportunity to promote the Clarks: www.clarksonline.com.
Don't know if most of you kids will dig 'em, but they are some good classic rock and from Pittsburgh, so they rule, naturally.
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Troubled Hubble www.troubledhubble.com
Colossal www.colossalrock.com
My Other Car is a Kayak
Mt. St. Helens
The Felix Culpa
I Need Sleep
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Electric Mud Generator (http://www33.brinkster.com/emg1/)
Trailer Park Trash (http://www.trailer-park-trash.co.uk/)
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Heres some of may faves. Mainly valley folk, one LA. I have to mention the LA band cause I worked with them for over a yr and they rock :)
Virgil (http://www.virgilmusic.com) LA goodness
UVR (http://www.u-v-r.com) Tracy goodness
Honeyspot (http://www.honeyspotmusic.com) Sacramento goodness (another one I worked with, though not as good as Virgil ;))
Flying Blind (http://www.flyingblind.net) Modesto goodness that moved to LA (you might have heard them on the American Pie 2 sound track. No? I doubted you had too)
Transport (http://www.transportmusic.com) I forget where they are from goodness (can also be found on myspace)
Megan Slankard (http://www.meganslankard.com) Tracy goodness (buy her CDs on Amazon!)
Grandaddy (http://www.grandaddylandscape.com) Modesto goodness that has hit it well (yes I saw/heard them before you! bwahahaha!)
Also worth mentioning (and too lazy to look up for you):
Willknots (they went poof from the net... not sure what happened there)
Hollopoynt
Vegas De Milo
Waterneck (broken up, but not forgotten)
eddited for neatness :)
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http://www.myspace.com/deathamphetamine
Deathamphetamine - Wicked awesome death metal/grind. I think if these guys can get on a label they could become quite popular with the underground/extreme metal folks. Also, they are some really nice guys.
http://www.freewebs.com/northernaggression/bios.htm
Northern Aggression - Bluegrass. Fun bluegrass.
Those are both awesome UMass bands. Wasteland is great too, but I know little of them, the one time I saw them I was impressed.
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Miss Pain (who have graffittied every toilet in brighton - no mean feat)
Not ours.
I'd like to throw in silvermaker - www.silvermaker.co.uk, they used to live round the corner from me and muffy
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Didn't we already have this thread?
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probably but I did a search on "local" and could not find it and I would guess that it existed already but I'm not going to waste time finding it ;) and I am new so I have no idea when it might have been posted or under what title besides an obvious one *shrugs*
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Executive Distraction Tasks (http://www.executivedistractiontasks.co.uk/) - Super-fast tech worship
Bilge Pump (http://www.gringorecords.com/bilgepump.htm) - Upbeat and bouncy DIY goodness
Red Stars Parade (http://www.hxcmp3.com/bands/2965/) - Massive grooves
Humanfly (http://myspace.com/humanfly) - All hail the insectoid riff machine
Chickenhawk (http://www.myspace.com/chickenhawk) - Oxes and Melvins style rock destruction
Leeds is good
Those are a good list of Leeds band, but you've forgotten Fig 4.0!
which is quite frankly shocking.
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Ah, Fig 4.0. Never far from my mind. But they didn't have a website after their first guitarist left since he was the one that maintained it, and I thought it might be a bit pointless to list a defunct band it would be damn hard fpr the uninitiated to hear. I left off Canvas too, another local legend. Lost In Rock is a genuine classic. That reminds me, people should check out Tigers! (ex-Canvas screamy hardcore sassyness) here (http://www.chinchillaweb.co.uk/chinchillaweb_sounds.htm)
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Love Master Keyboard Flex 9
they broke up :(
http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=8477227&Mytoken=20050407185000
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Although they're not local to me anymore, (I moved) A friend of mine's brother is in a metal/hardcore/whatever the fuck it's called nowadays band in Colorado called Arsenic, and it's not bad.
http://www.myspace.com/arsenicrocks
Although they just switched singers, so we'll have to see how that turns out.
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Turisas (http://www.turisas.com/) (Not so much "local" anymore because they made a breakthrough not long ago. Touring germany now)
Roctum (http://www.roctum.com/) (I work as a roadie for these guys...)
Will update if i'll find more...[/url]
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Yeah, Tigers! are ace. Noise-tastic.
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Stunned Bunnies play a range from Punk to Ska. See my sig for a link (don't panic - they are not a church band!)
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Doris Henson is an amazing KC area band. Think Bowie, GVB, Talking Heads, and Neutral Milk Hotel. I have a feeling i'm going to say "i've seen them play to about 15 people in a dive bar, and now i can't get a ticket" They are about to tour too, check 'em out.
http://www.dorishenson.com/
Date Location Venue & Details
3/26/05 KC, MO The Brick
"Give Me All Your Money" CD Release
w/ The String and Return
4/5/05 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
9pm
4/6/05 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
8:15pm
4/8/05 Portland, OR Holocene
w/Crinkum Crankum
9:30pm
4/9/05 Seattle, WA Vera Project
w/ Racetrack & The Pale
8pm
4/11/05 Sacremento, CA On The Y
670 Fulton Ave.,
w/Souvenir, The Valley Arena, Controlling The Famous
9pm
4/12/05 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside
w/ Citizens Here and Abroad
10pm
4/13/05 Los Angeles, CA Knitting Factory
w/ The New Year & Silkworm
8:30pm
4/14/05 San Diego, CA Scolari's Office
w/ Rayleigh Scattering
9pm
4/15/05 Phoenix, AZ Modified Arts
8:45pm
4/16/05 Tucson, AZ Plush
w/ The Mathematicians & Jessie Deluxe
9:45pm
4/17/05 Albuquerque, NM Atomic Cantina
w/TBA
9pm
4/18/05 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
w/ Skies Fallen & TBA
9pm
4/25/05 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
w/...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
& Swords
8pm
4/26/05 Des Moines, IA Vaudeville News
w/TBA
9pm
4/27/05 Lawrence, KS The Granada
w/ Trail of Dead & Swords
8pm
4/28/05 St. Louis, MO Mississippi Nights
w/ Trail of Dead & Swords
8pm
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I'm not as well versed on my local scene as I was in the 90's. I just don't live in the clubs anymore :( However, this is my current favorite San Diego band
Goodbye Blue Monday
And I guess I'll say Pinback too, cause I just started getting way into them.
And while I'm at it, I'm gonna put Scarlet Symphony on the list too. I've only ever heard 2 of their songs, and I'm just way behind the bandwagon on this, but this is one of those bands you know you're gonna love. In fact, it looks like their cd is now orderable on their site, so I shall purchase one post haste.
Hey Yipjump, like I said, Im a bit past my SD Music prime. What other SD bands are you digging right now? Im fairly sure I saw Bunky on Fox Rox but I cant remember if I liked what I heard.
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The Junction (http://www.thejunction.ca). A seriously fantastic band. Give them a listen if you like good music.
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A KC Area band? I'll have to check Doris Henson out, I need more local music around here. Haven't found anything since I got here, so it's nice to see SOMETHING.
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Miss Pain (who have graffittied every toilet in brighton - no mean feat)
Not ours.
Yes, but have you noticed the trail of flyers for them that are more than abundent in this house? There's even one on the doormat...
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Idiot Pilot
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The Junction (http://www.thejunction.ca). A seriously fantastic band. Give them a listen if you like good music.
I saw them play with Ted Leo when he came to Toronto, they're pretty good actually, not to exciting live though.
EDIT: Rockin' avatar, Matt Good is a GOD.
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Not only are these just good local bands, but also good friends of mine:
Awesome Car Funmaker (http://www.awesomecarfunmaker.com/)
They just recently finished producing their first EP with Garbage drummer, Butch Vig. "We play music. We play dance-able, rock-able, throw yourself on the floor and flail around-able music." They have mp3s for download on the site.
The Pipe Circus (http://www.pipecircus.com/)
Gotta respect the Sax-a-boom. :) Very funky with bongos and a sax. They are extremely high energy at their live shows. They remind me a lot of Little Blue Crunchy Things (another local band that has since broken up but a little more success nation-wide).
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The Junction
I saw them play with Ted Leo when he came to Toronto, they're pretty good actually, not to exciting live though.
EDIT: Rockin' avatar, Matt Good is a GOD.
Oh, you NEED to see one of their own shows. Its seriously a awesome experience. Assuming you go when there in their home town and surrounding area theres tons of ppl who know when to clap and get all excited and dancin and stuff. Fun times. I missed the Ted Leo show so I can only imagine that most ppl were there for him and not the junciton (which makes sense :) )
Thanks. Matt Good is quite awesome. There aren't too many big acts that I can say I go see every chance I get but he is one of them!
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OH MAN! Did you go to his last show here when he told all those people off that was great. A couple of them were friends of mine that were dancing. That made my fucking night.
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I think i remember something along those lines happening. Fun times!
The best was the first stop of the white light rock and roll tour was in Grand Bend and my grandmother's cottage is near there so i decided to go. The only trick was there was a tornado the day before that wrecked a few homes a couple towns over. The show was at the Motorplex which is outside and soon as they were gettin ready the sky went nuts, it started pouring and the wind was so strong. they said they'd be delaying for a while and in the distance you could see a funnel cloud!! It was nuts. So i drove back to the cottage (which was a scary drive) and then came back when it settled down. They came on a played an awesome set including the new secret song which is a really country sounding track that seemed reall appropriate at a motorplex!!
Crazy night!
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OH MAN! I remember that! My friend got caught in that tornado and couldn't go to see the show, he was fucking crushed. He finally saw Matt Good for the first time after like like 7 years of being a fan! He was the crazy tall kid dancing like mad. My other friend was the guy with the huge mohawk. I know it was a while ago, but still felt like its worth mentioning.
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Damn tornados!! The mohawk sounds familiar... but it was a while ago :)
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http://revelationrecords.com/releases/127.html-Temper Temper
http://themistreaters.com/-The Mistreaters
http://thenelsonics.com/-Nelsonics
http://thisrobotlife.com-This Robot Life
This should about cover soemthing for everyone form the Brew City scene.
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I'm never quite sure where Revelation records picked up so many bands that I don't like. I got a sampler from them once, I couldn't listen to a single track all the way through.
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I'm not as well versed on my local scene as I was in the 90's. I just don't live in the clubs anymore :( However, this is my current favorite San Diego band
Goodbye Blue Monday
And I guess I'll say Pinback too, cause I just started getting way into them.
And while I'm at it, I'm gonna put Scarlet Symphony on the list too. I've only ever heard 2 of their songs, and I'm just way behind the bandwagon on this, but this is one of those bands you know you're gonna love. In fact, it looks like their cd is now orderable on their site, so I shall purchase one post haste.
Hey Yipjump, like I said, Im a bit past my SD Music prime. What other SD bands are you digging right now? Im fairly sure I saw Bunky on Fox Rox but I cant remember if I liked what I heard.
you forgot Via Satellite! [i'm not from SD, but i love VS]
anyways, reno bands. bafabegiya, arabella... i'll provide a link if you guys want to check out these post-hardcore lovens. anyone remember This Computer Kills? [best thing ever produced by the city of reno.]
go to Spacement Records (http://www.spacementreno.com/bands/) to check out these two bands. also, disconnect is among my favorite bands here. i like all these bands so much.
when i lived in vegas, i enjoyed This Virus Makes Us Human and Jesus Fucked The Sun [but not so much for their music. haha.] anyways though, i don't listen to much post-hardcore or anyhthing too fast anymore. it's mostly a Camera Obscura, Pinback, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party fest for me. haha.
x
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Since I don't consider Brooklyn my actual home I'll have to go with DC/MD as my "local" scene cause it's where I grew up.
Medic - Ex-members of the fucking best hardcore band ever, De Nada, bring the jams again with this brutal squad of thrash-ninjas. As far as I know they don't have a website...but if you're in the area or are gonna be sometime peep pheer.com for shows.
Haram (http://www.harammusic.com) - Ex-MajorityRule, pg99, etc. They're kinda like grunge...but good grunge. Not Soundgarden or some bullshit. They're on tour right now so check them out.
The Ready Steady Go! (http://www.rudeindc.com/rsg) - Ultra-cool mod rock/ska for fans of Elvis Costello, the Specials or Burial. Definitely a sweet band to see live, bring your dancing shoes.
Ummm, there are tons more I want to say, a lot of whom are now defunct. But yeah, there you go for now.
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MIDLAKE
also HAPPY BULLETS are very rough around the edges, but I expect good things in the future.
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http://www.redmethodnoise.com/ - awsome emo/screamo local band a town near to me called Bishop Auckland in England (5 miles from where i live-if you want to know where im from look at my intro-thank you...)
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Deceived - Pretty awesome just straight forward metal, could be better if they had another guitarist.
http://deceivedband.com
Ammi - Interesting rock band...Kind of like if you mixed Cursive, Mogwai, and Q And Not U together.
http://ammimusic.com
Eshu - Very awesome music, singer sounds like Bjork.
http://eshumusic.com
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Cecilia
But seeing as how I used to live in the DC area for a while, the Pat McGee Band
Blessed Be,
-Haibane
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Doris Henson is an amazing KC area band. Think Bowie, GVB, Talking Heads, and Neutral Milk Hotel. I have a feeling i'm going to say "i've seen them play to about 15 people in a dive bar, and now i can't get a ticket" They are about to tour too, check 'em out.
http://www.dorishenson.com/
4/14/05 San Diego, CA Scolari's Office
w/ Rayleigh Scattering
9pm
Their sound must be a bit punk if their playing Scolari's Office and that place most certainly is still a dive bar so it looks like their dive bar days aren't behind them yet. ;) Still, they don't charge cover so I think I'll head down to check them out on Thursday night.
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I'm not as well versed on my local scene as I was in the 90's. I just don't live in the clubs anymore :( However, this is my current favorite San Diego band
Goodbye Blue Monday
And I guess I'll say Pinback too, cause I just started getting way into them.
And while I'm at it, I'm gonna put Scarlet Symphony on the list too. I've only ever heard 2 of their songs, and I'm just way behind the bandwagon on this, but this is one of those bands you know you're gonna love. In fact, it looks like their cd is now orderable on their site, so I shall purchase one post haste.
Hey Yipjump, like I said, Im a bit past my SD Music prime. What other SD bands are you digging right now? Im fairly sure I saw Bunky on Fox Rox but I cant remember if I liked what I heard.
I'll have to check out Bunky and Goodbye Blue Monday but I believe I saw Scarlet Symphony play at the 2003 SD music awards at Humphrey's By the Bay though I could be mistaken.
As for my local selections... Rocket from the Crypt has been around for ages and they're a bit to heavy metal to be my favorite but they're not bad and they're a local music institution. Switchfoot has a real early 90's alternative type sound which I dig but sometimes they let that whole Christian thing seep into there music to much; still they're a very talented band. Satisfaction & Reeve Oliver are about as EMO as a band can get but I like their Beatles-eque sounds. I read an article about the lead guitarist formerly was in Dogwood and decided to give Satisfaction & Reeve Oliver a try because I liked Dogwood before they broke up. There worth the money to go see.
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http://www.littlebirdy.net/ <-- Little Birdy
The Flairz (11 year olds rocking out!! and quite well, may i add)
http://www.eskimojoe.net/final/main1024.html <-- Eskimo Joe (don't sound as emo live!)
http://www.jebediah.net/sites/releaseDetails.php?releaseID=FABC-003
<-- jebediah
There's four awesome perth bands! (perth aus) they all rock live, btw. much, much better live!!
oh, and check out the "polyphonic spree" they're not local, but i love 'em anyway!
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Grace, I saw Little Birdy and Eskimo Joe, both live at Melville Youth Festival last year (or was is the year before?) and yes, they are very good, and better live, definitely.
My opinion is that Eskimo Joe sounded more betterer (is that a word) than Little Birdy do, but then, I like their music better anyway.
Did you say in another post somewhere that you're in a band yourself?
Oh, and my $0.02: halogen (http://www.halogenworld.com), another perth band, quite nice.
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nah, not in a band mahself, but play bass. go bass.
i was at that yac it up! very good, so was this years with jebediah! gotta love it. i can't really think of any other truly great local bands.... Exit to Arcade are pretty good...
Edit: ooooh! i forgot The Waifs. i love them, can't believe i forgot them!!
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Averse Sefira (www.aversesefira.com)
Chaotic black-metal with lyrics revolving around Kabbalah mythology. I actually had the pleasure of seeing their last show ever here in Texas last weekend. Was quite an experience.
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http://www.nosingalinput.co.uk - this is a forum for one of my favourite local bands as well
Battle for 13th are a awsome local band and InWithTheOutlaws as well
Inwiththeoutlaws (with 2 other bands) are playing tonight and im going to see them play Live in a pub called The Sportsman Inn
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There was a band at my college.. not sure if they are still around.. called Idiosyncracy.. and I know there's one around now called RhythmicCoughing...
Also, one of my friends who actually lives about 300 miles away (so not that local at all) is in a band called Awkward.
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OMG....last night was soooo awsome....where the band was (in front of them) me and alot of people was pushing each other and moshing as well...it was sooo awsome
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Here are some local bands that I know the sites of (That have mp3's). There are more with sites that have mp3's I'll find later :)
Wintersleep (Rock/Indie) (http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band_Id=10623)
Galactus 77 (Stoner Rock/Metal) (http://www.purevolume.com/galactus77)
Gruesome Feast (Death Metal) (http://www.hxcmp3.com/bands/7739/)
Sloth Song 1 (Crust/Doom) (http://www.theundergrowth.com/music/Sloth_-_Fear_Of_Your_Self.mp3)
Sloth Song 2 (Crust/Doom) (http://www.theundergrowth.com/music/Sloth_-_Youre_Pathetic.mp3)
Children of the Spanish Funk (Funk/Rock) (http://www.purevolume.com/childrenofthespanishfunk)
The Letter Unfolds (Screamo) (http://www.purevolume.com/theletterunfolds)
Raygunomics (Hardcore (http://www.raygunomics.tk/)
The Douchebags (Street Punk) (http://www.purevolume.com/thedouchebagshfx)
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OMG....last night was soooo awsome....where the band was (in front of them) me and alot of people was pushing each other and moshing as well...it was sooo awsome
I have no idea what you just said or what band you speak.
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Doris Henson is an amazing KC area band. Think Bowie, GVB, Talking Heads, and Neutral Milk Hotel. I have a feeling i'm going to say "i've seen them play to about 15 people in a dive bar, and now i can't get a ticket" They are about to tour too, check 'em out.
OK, I'm leaving in about 20 minutes to go check this band out. I'll have a report when I come back. ;)
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www.myspace.com/vanzetti
You better fuckin' give them a listen or I will eat your babies soul.
True Story.
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I have no idea what you just said or what band you speak.
The bad im speaking of was called Outspoken (with a 13year old Guitarist)
Sorry...i mean...the people in front of the band was moshing and getting pushed around
sorry...
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you forgot Via Satellite! [i'm not from SD, but i love VS]
Ah, yes, Via Sateillite is pretty good. I saw them at The Casbah once i believe.
The Singer for Reeve Oliver (Sean O'Donnell) Sings solo at the bar I go to every monday. I definitly prefer him solo over the reeve oliver stuff.
Another SD band I really dig that I forgot to mention is Square Circle. Really funky electronica/hip hoppy stuff, definitly worth checking out.
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Not technically local, but.... Devil Sold His Soul, Hardcore stuff.
http://www.myspace.com/devilsoldhissoul
I claim local because the bass player is my mate, and he's on my Physics course and in the same halls as me at uni.
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Red Method are playing on Wednesday Night and im going to see them Live in a pub called "The Sportsman Inn"
They are a great emo band :D (if you dont like emo...thats ok :D )
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Caprice* - Pop-Punk very fun to listen to. I've known two of the guys since kindergarten, and one of them since middle school. All are very cool kids.
Kodiak Arrest - Pop-Punk as well, I know a couple guys in there who are really cool.
Skapegoat - Hardcore, our best local band. Really talented.
The Adventures of Miles Hatchett and the Phunk Phiends - Category? No idea they are just INSANE. Two of my friends are in there and they are some wacky kids.
Altermind - Same two of my friends are in this band from Miles Hatchett. This band is pretty crazy too, although more subdued.
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The Kickin' Wookies - I'm not sure how to describe them. http://www.kickinwookies.com
The Revolt - Old School punkers http://www.revoltpunks.com
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i'm in murfreesboro, TN... got a pretty good music scene.
The Features (http://www.thefeatures.com): album just came out on Universal, GO BUY IT. it'll rock your ass... or at least go to the website and watch the video for "a million ways to sing the blues". the guitar hook will make you dance your ass off.
Imaginary Baseball League (http://www.imaginarybaseball.com): Great band. just great stuff.
Slack (http://www.slackattack.net): just got signed to Century Media... balls-out rock.
um.. and a bunch of other bands. hey here's mine (http://www.myspace.com/belize).
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Movement: http://www.movement1.com/
They've got a few pretty nice mp3 tracks on that website, check it out. I've seen them live a few times and they did really well in my opinion. They're a million times louder live as well, I might add.
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Providence!
Black Forest Black Sea (http://www.secreteye.org/b/) - A "freefolk" band with processed cello and guitar, really pretty vocals, interesting use of noise. Local heroes, I tells ya, and deservedly so.
Lucky Dragons (http://hawksandsparrows.org/) - Really great electro. His releases aren't quite up to par with his amazing live performances, but are pretty damned stellar nonetheless.
Urdog (http://www.urdog.com/) - Nifty organ-driven psych.
Also, I could not let this thread pass without plugging two bands I play in:
Get Him Eat Him (http://www.gethimeathim.com/) - New wave-y indie rock, I guess. We're on Absolutely Kosher (http://www.absolutelykosher.com) and play a buncha shows.
Lame Drivers (http://www.lamedrivers.com/) - Awesome rock and roll songs. I play drums (poorly).
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I am hesitant to post, since many here do not like the type of rock that I often listen to, but here I go anyways.
The Sound and the Fury (http://www.thesoundandthefury.com/)
They were local, but now they're regional, and it would not be a surprise if they were to go national here in the next few years. They play good ole' hard rock music, with a slight touch of folk and blues to some of their songs.
Moniker (http://www.wearemoniker.com/)
Similer in style to TSatF, though they are a younger band. They also seem to draw a bit more influence from Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots style of bands, but that is not all they are restricted to. If they stick through the rough first few years, they just might be able to make it big. They definitely have the talent.
The Lonely (http://www.whatwaslost.com/)
Even compared to my previous listings, these guys are pretty dang hard. They have a more industrial/techno sound. To get an impression of their sound, imagine a band with elements of Orgy, Nine Inch Nails, Manson, and Skinny Puppy. I know the majority of you here probably won't be able to stand to even listen them, but for the minority of you that like the harder stuff, you just might enjoy this.
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There is only one local band I actually listen to. Just released their first album, which I might add is stellar. For two of the songs go here: http://www.purevolume.com/subrosaca
They don't seem to update their website much, but it seems a new one is in progress: http://www.subrosatheband.com/
And I might add their name i suppose, Subrosa
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Sylvie (http://www.purevolume.com/sylvie) is teh sex.
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These guys are ancient now and not really cool but I still like Unwritten Law's old stuff from their pre-sellout days.
http://www.unwrittenlaw.com/
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A good friend of me and my brother Matt Johnston
http://www.mattjohnston.co.uk/
Also I just bought a new guitar so I'm going to find him now to see if he can tune it properly
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Wow. A band that has a member who can't tune his guitar properly. Maybe you should get a pitch pipe or a tuner, works wonders.
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I've been listening to a bunch of Three Mile Pilot (http://www.epitonic.com/artists/threemilepilot.html) which is a great band out of San Diego.
Mia Doi Todd isn't exactly local (she's a Vietnamese American from LA who married a white guy thus here unusual name) but I really like her Come Out of Your Mine album is really good. Download her "Digital, version 2.2" HERE (http://www.epitonic.com/artists/miadoitodd.html).
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Devotchka.
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...Only local band around here is me....unless you want me to unload folk-country by 50 year olds who smoke up on you.
MY link is in my signature, I think.
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http://forums.questionablecontent.net/viewtopic.php?p=153439&highlight=#153439
there's my list
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The Features (http://www.thefeatures.com): album just came out on Universal, GO BUY IT. it'll rock your ass... or at least go to the website and watch the video for "a million ways to sing the blues". the guitar hook will make you dance your ass off.
I completely missed that post! I have that album and love it rather a lot - my copy came packaged in an evidence bag, which rather excited me.
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Jabberwocky (http://www.jabberwockyrocks.com)
The Neighborhood Flash (http://www.neighborhoodflash.com)
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Here's my friends band:
Awesome Car Funmaker (http://www.awesomecarfunmaker.com/)
I've mentioned them before, but I figured I'd bring it up again. They will be going on a tour in New England and Canada coming up. I'll urge you to check them out if they come around. They are a very high energy band when playing live and will have an EP coming out very soon as well.
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Welllllll... ... technically Sum 41 is local, but I'm not even gonna go there...
For sures it has to be Protest The Hero... they're a politically driven hardcore punk band from Whitby Ontario... ... which is about as local as it gets for me...
They've got a 7" (Search For The Truth, i think) out, as well as an EP (A Calculated Use of Sound), and they have an album coming out this summer apparently... kick ass music
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I'm a tad young to be out going to the middle of DC for concerts and gathering info for bands, but I know that Nation of Ulysses, The Make-Up, The D Plan, and Fugazi all came from where I live. XP
My friend's a local afficianato, so mabe he has some stuff to share.
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RubyQ (http://www.rubyq.nl) - Pop/Funk/Opera/Triphop-band
2nd Place Driver (http://www.2ndplacedriver.com/) Electro-Rock band with balls.
F.R.E.U.D. (http://www.freudrocks.com/) Funky nu-metal band in the good sense of the word.
Linked (http://www.linked.nl) Breakcore with a punk attitude.
And I could give you loads of links but we just got too much bands in Tilburg. That's what happens when you have a Rock Academy.[/url]
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my disco
theyre form my hometown of melbourne australia, my personal favourite australian band - angular punk rock sort of stuff ala shellac maybe MAYBE but not at all, pretty awesome you can odwnload an mp3 of the first song on their 10" at www.crashingjets.com
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I downloaded that My Disco track from there a little while ago, it's good stuff.