Guest Steviekick Report post Posted July 25, 2002 here are bands you should all check out... Cemetary * Shadows Fall * Dynamite Hack * DJ Rap * Opeth * Sundown * Dillenger Escape Plan * Dog Fashion Discio * Candiria Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LooseCannon Report post Posted July 25, 2002 I've heard of Death Cab! They any good? What kind of music? Male/female vocalist? What band do they sound like? Thanks. I love you all!!!, Sebastian the Bastard I've only heard one of their albums one time. But I'd describe them as poppy, emo-ish, indie rock. Male vocalist. They remind me most of Built to Spill probably. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest raptor Report post Posted July 25, 2002 I love Dynamite Hack. Any word on when their new album comes out? I listened to it on the website, and it was really good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Incandenza Report post Posted July 25, 2002 I've heard of Death Cab! They any good? What kind of music? Male/female vocalist? What band do they sound like? Thanks. I love you all!!!, Sebastian the Bastard LooseCannon pretty much nailed it. Their first album, Something About Airplanes, was very Built to Spill-ish, though not in a bad way. "Emo" could be used to describe them, but they're closer to the Sunn Day Real Estate brand of emo than the ::shudders:: Dashboard Confessional whiny type. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted July 26, 2002 Butch Walker/Marvelous 3 Words cannot describe how much I love The Marvelous 3 (they also can't describe how much Kinetic hates The Marvelous 3 ). I own all three of their albums, and the only thing preventing me from checking out their earlier related stuff (Southgang, The Floyds) is that I never have any money on those rare occasions when it rolls around on eBay (the same thing goes for their original indie issue of Hey Album! that's supposed to sound a little better than the Elektra release, which was re-recorded and remixed later). Also, somebody mentioned Ghosts & Vodka. I've only heard one song ("Futuristic Genitalia") but it's a really awesome little instrumental. Are they strictly an instrumental band? What's their official website or where online can I order any of their CD's (if they have any)? There are three bands from my home-town that I doubt anyone hear knows: Belligerence, Born Naked, and Inverness. Belligerence is a rock/hip-hop band, and their first CD, Bittersweet Nightshade, is a fun throw-back to ol' skool rap party songs (with some great basslines and grooves from the live instruments). They're currently working on another album, some demos of which can be downloaded at their IUMA site. Born Naked is decent, but unextraordinary - their music sounds like that crappy self-pity "modern rock" stuff but is a little more tolerable because it's not totally whiny. Inverness I've never heard, but they play all the time at my sister's high school and she says they're pretty good... she's pretty much a teeny-bopper so I guess they sound like MTV-style pop/rock otherwise she wouldn't like it. Anyway, a mini-review on the great bands of Pacifica, CA... we're more than CRASH HOLLY and ROB SCHNEIDER! Seriously though, if any Bay Area peeps around here ever see 'em on a bill and you're thinking about going, I recommend it. Not sure if any of 'em ever make it out to the East Bay, BML, but you have more than your share of bands to sort through out there anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted July 26, 2002 I love Dynamite Hack. Any word on when their new album comes out? I listened to it on the website, and it was really good. Didn't they do the cover of Eazy-E's "Boyz in the Hood" a couple years ago? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mesepher Report post Posted July 26, 2002 The weird thing is that in real life situations, my taste in music seems mind-bendingly strange and radical. No one I know has even heard of most of the stuff I like. On the Internet, though, my CD collection seems pretty tame compared to a lot of stuff. I can't even think of a band that I listen to that would be foreign to everyone here. thats why I love talking with like-minded people online about music. They know more than the Top 40 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Doomsault Report post Posted July 26, 2002 UnderOath, fucking awesome, especially the live show. Edited because I can't spell worth jack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cerebus The Aardvark Report post Posted July 26, 2002 Death Cab For Cutie has a pseudo-emoish feel, although the vocals are very similar to Elliott Smith, IMO. That said, on topic... Skyclad Therapy? Elliott Smith The Afghan Whigs Kristin Hersh/Throwing Muses Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest sk8420kid Report post Posted July 26, 2002 Ghosts and Vodka are all instrumental. Memebrs from both Cap'n Jazz and Joan of Arc. If you ask me it sounds like Cap'n Jazz without Tim Kinsella's vocals, not that that's a bad thing. I have the Memento Mori 7' which is only three songs and pretty hard to find, but their full length Precious Blood is easy to find you could probably get it on Amazon or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Incandenza Report post Posted July 26, 2002 Death Cab For Cutie has a pseudo-emoish feel, although the vocals are very similar to Elliott Smith, IMO. Depends on what one construes emo to be, I guess. A lot of the emo that's popular these days has close ties to punk, but Death Cab is more or less rock. With the exception of the angry "Styrofoam Plates" off of The Photo Album, DCFC tend to avoid the extremely personal, borderline wimpy lyrics of much of today's emo. For anyone new to the Death Cab experience, you should pick up their second disc, We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes. They shed the BtS-isms from the first album--with the exception of the awesome closing track, "Scientist Studies"--and produce an intelligent, melodic piece with spare arrangements and insightful, literary lryics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cerebus The Aardvark Report post Posted July 26, 2002 Note I said pseudo-emoish...I am not comfortable with giving bands tags on which genre they are in. I generally call DCFC indie pop, but few people really know what that is. Since someone else had already called them sort of emo, I decided that was the easier route. Additionally, emo is, by and large, terrible, so calling them emo is a bit inaccurate. I had a point somewhere, but I lost it. Ah well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Incandenza Report post Posted July 26, 2002 Note I said pseudo-emoish...I am not comfortable with giving bands tags on which genre they are in. I generally call DCFC indie pop, but few people really know what that is. Since someone else had already called them sort of emo, I decided that was the easier route. Additionally, emo is, by and large, terrible, so calling them emo is a bit inaccurate. I had a point somewhere, but I lost it. Ah well. Oh, I picked up on that. I know the pain of trying to avoid labeling certain bands when it's all too easy to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Alice_In_Chains_Chick Report post Posted July 27, 2002 Hatred, local Death Metal band here in Minnesota... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MaskedDanger Report post Posted July 27, 2002 Explosions in the Sky Interpol (just found about them myself...total badass!!!) Godspeed You Black Emperor! (someone here's going to have heard of them) Sigur Ros (had a song or two on the Vanilla Sky soundtrack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hitman Jebus Report post Posted July 27, 2002 Roketman Check em out at: www.roketmanhq.com I recommend "Societal Rant #3" and "Don't Eat Robots" (they're in the mp3 section) Oh, and they just got a video for "Robots"...haven't seen it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest EricMM Report post Posted July 27, 2002 Hmm Pushmonkey a few years ago... VAST now... two weeks ago it would have been the Lords of Acid (glances at sig) If you haven't heard of Ani DiFranco, you're not hanging out with enough/the right kind of chicks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anorak Report post Posted July 27, 2002 The Heavy Blinkers Cosmic Rough Riders Low The Webb Brothers Silver Jews The Handsome Family Will Oldam (Palace/Palace Bros/Bonnie Prince Billy) Calexico Lambchop Noah John The Kingsbury Manx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrainYou42 Report post Posted July 27, 2002 Graves Mother May I Bedlam Spork Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Addy Report post Posted July 27, 2002 Mortiis. Mortiis is godlike. Cool! Have you heard the 'Smell of Rain' album? That's some cool shit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
