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bands pushing the musical boundaries

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited June 2008 in Other Music
bands like tool

radiohead

mars volta

basically bands who with each new album are experimental and push the boundaries of music and sound.

who else would you include?
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  • AlBorlandAlBorland Posts: 117
    I'd say My Morning Jacket. They could have easily keep churning out spacey southern rock tunes, but they've really expanded their horizons with these last couple of albums.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    The Mars Volta without a doubt
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  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    Tool pushes musical boundaries? How? How does making essentially the same song and same album over and over push any boundaries?

    The Mars Volta and Radiohead I would agree with. Arcade Fire certainly does. Thrice has begun to.
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  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    I don't really think there are musical boundaries anymore. There's a niche for every market and I can't really think of a single taboo in music other than contraversial topics. Bands may do some strange/new things but I wouldn't say they're making the unacceptable acceptable.[/pedant]
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    The bands pushing the musical boundaries aren't the ones you'd expect (ie, anyone connected to the so-called post-rock genre). That pretentiously named band that's something to do with liking trains is a case in point. They're to Godspeed!, etc, what an artist such as Tracey Emin is to Marcel Duchamp: a tenth-generation, washed out, state-approved, formulaic mockery of what was once a great idea.

    However, THE HUB always seems to make music that isn't only sonically experimental but loaded with a kind of social relevance you can't bullshit:

    http://www.myspace.com/thehubnyc
  • geishagrrlgeishagrrl Posts: 130
    Battles
    http://www.myspace.com/battlestheband
  • hguz73hguz73 Posts: 245
    the mars volta without a doubt..unique
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Nickelback
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    geishagrrl wrote:
    Battles
    http://www.myspace.com/battlestheband
    Fuck yeah! Talk about pushing musical boundaries,.. polyrhythms ! Don Caballero is awesome as well.

    Afrirampo,.. the Mars Volta is an excellent suggestion,..
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Tommy Guerrero
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    id say QOTSA to an extent. they definately challenge you. at least on the newest one.
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    geishagrrl wrote:
    Battles
    http://www.myspace.com/battlestheband


    they are fucked up. i DLd that stuff about a year ago and man was it weird.

    there is a difference between challenging the boundaries and being shit. to each their own though.
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    MGMT, havent heard a band combine this many genres since Sublime
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Chris Cornell :D
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  • PJ-SinPJ-Sin Posts: 348
    Meshuggah, with out a doubt. Try listening to that and tell me they aren't in a class of thier own.

    Also I would have to say Opeth, they are just amazing.
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Posts: 137
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Nickelback


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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    restlesssoul wrote:
    they are fucked up. i DLd that stuff about a year ago and man was it weird.

    there is a difference between challenging the boundaries and being shit. to each their own though.
    So you can't handle it? ;)

    Battles is tame. As a matter of fact a lot of Don Caballero/other post rock and math rock fans think they're too poppy. Too commercial. And to be honest when you compare them to their former projects and contemporaries they are really poppy.

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    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Grasshopper wrote:
    This is how you remind me of an av-er-age band

    Calling them average is too positive. Worst band ever might be better way of putting it.
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  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    I would add Jack White.
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  • Matt LukinMatt Lukin Posts: 647
    The Books

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    Porcupine Tree
  • The_Fixer The_Fixer Posts: 255
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Nickelback

    Nickelback? You serious?
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  • No Fear Of FallingNo Fear Of Falling Posts: 419
    restlesssoul wrote:
    id say QOTSA to an extent. they definately challenge you. at least on the newest one.


    Totally agree.

    QOTSA challenge you is an understatement.

    And it only took 4 posts for Tool to get bashed. That was fast.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    That pretentiously named band that's something to do with liking trains is a case in point. They're to Godspeed!, etc, what an artist such as Tracey Emin is to Marcel Duchamp
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    radiohead. nin. mike patton's side projects.
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

    Ruins & Koenjihyakkei - Math rock/Zeuhl. Now Koenji, there's a band you'll hate :D


    awesome, i will check them out! :p
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    Ruins & Koenjihyakkei - Math rock/Zeuhl. Now Koenji, there's a band you'll hate :D
    A Zeuhl mention on the pit :eek::eek::eek:

    Now I've seen everything.

    Can I assume you're a Magma fan?
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  • HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
    No Fear Of Falling wrote:
    Totally agree.

    QOTSA challenge you is an understatement.

    And it only took 4 posts for Tool to get bashed. That was fast.

    Yay for QOTSA and Tool!

    The Mars Volta, I do like...but they seem to just be expanding their velocity of playing or the number of sounds going on. Their music writing actually really progressing at this point, not so much. But I must add, their new drummer is an absolute freak.
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  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    No Fear Of Falling wrote:
    Totally agree.

    QOTSA challenge you is an understatement.

    And it only took 4 posts for Tool to get bashed. That was fast.

    I actually like Tool, to an extent. They are good at what they do. But what they do is very limited. It certainly doesn't push musical boundaries. And they haven't grown a single bit since their first album. I always find that sad.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
    boroff89 wrote:
    I actually like Tool, to an extent. They are good at what they do. But what they do is very limited. It certainly doesn't push musical boundaries. And they haven't grown a single bit since their first album. I always find that sad.
    You think between Undertow and say, Lateralus, that Tool has not grown musically? Uhhhhh........
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
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