Topic: Share your local band (Read 25763 times)

yipjumpmusic · « **on:** 07 Apr 2005, 06:02 »

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/

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #1 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 06:12 »

Executive Distraction Tasks - Super-fast tech worship
Bilge Pump - Upbeat and bouncy DIY goodness
Red Stars Parade - Massive grooves
Humanfly - All hail the insectoid riff machine
Chickenhawk - Oxes and Melvins style rock destruction

Leeds is good

KharBevNor · « **Reply #2 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 06:13 »

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.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #3 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 06:21 »

If you like sludgy metal, give these guys a go: Agent of the Morai - Iron Monkey style stonery sludge business.

muffy · « **Reply #4 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 06:22 »

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.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #5 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 06:26 »

Quote from: muffy

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.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #6 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 06:29 »

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.

Bones · « **Reply #7 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 06:50 »

Well I will post mine SixtyNine (terrible name...I know...but it stands out)

Also check out Deity's Muse

and also check out Bipolar and Caroline Coon on www.exposevibe.com

yggdrasil · « **Reply #8 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 07:39 »

Not really local to me anymore, but Mew have been one of my favourites for a long time... http://www.mewsite.com

AndSheeWas · « **Reply #9 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 07:55 »

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.

TheoristB · « **Reply #10 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 09:25 »

Troubled Hubble www.troubledhubble.com
Colossal www.colossalrock.com
My Other Car is a Kayak
Mt. St. Helens
The Felix Culpa
I Need Sleep

Areckahn · « **Reply #11 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 12:26 »

Electric Mud Generator
Trailer Park Trash

A Little Quacky · « **Reply #12 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 13:29 »

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 LA goodness
UVR Tracy goodness
Honeyspot Sacramento goodness (another one I worked with, though not as good as Virgil

)
Flying Blind 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 I forget where they are from goodness (can also be found on myspace)
Megan Slankard Tracy goodness (buy her CDs on Amazon!)
Grandaddy 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

LightThievesAll · « **Reply #13 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 14:04 »

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.

catflea · « **Reply #14 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 14:09 »

Quote from: muffy

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

Kai · « **Reply #15 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 14:25 »

Didn't we already have this thread?

yipjumpmusic · « **Reply #16 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 15:30 »

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*

Sturge · « **Reply #17 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 16:48 »

Quote from: a pack of wolves

Executive Distraction Tasks - Super-fast tech worship
Bilge Pump - Upbeat and bouncy DIY goodness
Red Stars Parade - Massive grooves
Humanfly - All hail the insectoid riff machine
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.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #18 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 18:36 »

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

will: wanton sex god · « **Reply #19 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 18:49 »

Love Master Keyboard Flex 9
they broke up

http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=8477227&Mytoken=20050407185000

Kai · « **Reply #20 on:** 07 Apr 2005, 19:46 »

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.

Abattur · « **Reply #21 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 02:23 »

Turisas (Not so much "local" anymore because they made a breakthrough not long ago. Touring germany now)

Roctum (I work as a roadie for these guys...)

Will update if i'll find more...[/url]

Sturge · « **Reply #22 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 03:22 »

Yeah, Tigers! are ace. Noise-tastic.

steve-king · « **Reply #23 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 04:38 »

Stunned Bunnies play a range from Punk to Ska. See my sig for a link (don't panic - they are not a church band!)

thought.bubble.says · « **Reply #24 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 06:15 »

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

Spencer · « **Reply #25 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 07:40 »

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.

victor_smithe · « **Reply #26 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 09:23 »

The Junction. A seriously fantastic band. Give them a listen if you like good music.

Kai · « **Reply #27 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 14:24 »

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.

muffy · « **Reply #28 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 15:05 »

Quote from: catflea

Quote from: muffy

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...

ev0lve · « **Reply #29 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 15:22 »

Idiot Pilot

Skibas_clavicle · « **Reply #30 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 15:26 »

Quote from: victor_smithe

The Junction. 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.

mechorg · « **Reply #31 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 18:28 »

Not only are these just good local bands, but also good friends of mine:

Awesome Car Funmaker
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
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).

victor_smithe · « **Reply #32 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 19:51 »

Quote from: Skibas_clavicle

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!

Skibas_clavicle · « **Reply #33 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 19:58 »

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.

victor_smithe · « **Reply #34 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 21:03 »

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!

Skibas_clavicle · « **Reply #35 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 21:29 »

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.

victor_smithe · « **Reply #36 on:** 08 Apr 2005, 21:31 »

Damn tornados!! The mohawk sounds familiar... but it was a while ago

Two_Tone · « **Reply #37 on:** 09 Apr 2005, 07:13 »

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.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #38 on:** 09 Apr 2005, 08:12 »

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.

leave_me_icarus · « **Reply #39 on:** 09 Apr 2005, 11:32 »

Quote from: Spencer

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 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

exliontamer · « **Reply #40 on:** 11 Apr 2005, 16:43 »

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 - 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! - 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.

Robby · « **Reply #41 on:** 12 Apr 2005, 12:03 »

MIDLAKE

also HAPPY BULLETS are very rough around the edges, but I expect good things in the future.

QC_fan · « **Reply #42 on:** 12 Apr 2005, 12:36 »

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...)

Jolouie · « **Reply #43 on:** 12 Apr 2005, 12:48 »

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

Haibane · « **Reply #44 on:** 12 Apr 2005, 16:43 »

Cecilia

But seeing as how I used to live in the DC area for a while, the Pat McGee Band

Blessed Be,
-Haibane

Oerdin · « **Reply #45 on:** 12 Apr 2005, 17:22 »

Quote from: thought.bubble.says

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.

Oerdin · « **Reply #46 on:** 12 Apr 2005, 18:02 »

Quote from: Spencer

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.

_grace_ · « **Reply #47 on:** 12 Apr 2005, 20:37 »

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!

Mockery · « **Reply #48 on:** 12 Apr 2005, 20:41 »

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, another perth band, quite nice.

_grace_ · « **Reply #49 on:** 12 Apr 2005, 20:52 »

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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Author Topic: Share your local band (Read 25763 times)

yipjumpmusic

yggdrasil

AndSheeWas

Areckahn

A Little Quacky

catflea

yipjumpmusic

Sturge

Sturge

steve-king

thought.bubble.says

Spencer

victor_smithe

ev0lve

mechorg

victor_smithe

victor_smithe

victor_smithe

Two_Tone

leave_me_icarus

exliontamer

Robby

QC_fan

Jolouie

Haibane

_grace_

Mockery

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