The Boxer Rebellion

Hugh Freaking Dillon
Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
edited April 2012 in Other Music
This band was the free track of the week on iTunes Canada a while back. Well, I just happened to listen to it yesterday, and I dug it, so I checked out their website. And for a limited time, they have their debut EP up for free download. Yes, you have to sign up to their mailing list. But that's it.

If you like Kings of Leon, then you'll dig these guys. That's the only comparison I can come up with at the moment. ;)
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    I have their album exits and I enjoy it quite a bit.

    For what its worth I hate Kings of Leon but i like these guys
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,632
    ok these guys have the best video of the year, hands down ;):D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCZy6YaBU34
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  • beardedarmenian
    beardedarmenian Posts: 26
    I dig the album. They sometimes remind me of old radiohead, sometimes the National.
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,128
    I've only heard their newest album, The Cold Still, but I'm diggin it. Great stuff. Anyone seen them live before? Their playing a real small club in town this fall and I'm thinking about checking them out.
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,128
    Going to see these guys tonight

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oohHv6pC9kE
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,632
    LukinFan wrote:
    Going to see these guys tonight

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oohHv6pC9kE

    cool, have fun. Think they play in philly towards the end of the month.

    The "video" to The Runner is better (see few posts above ;):lol: )
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,128
    eeriepadave wrote:
    LukinFan wrote:
    Going to see these guys tonight

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oohHv6pC9kE

    cool, have fun. Think they play in philly towards the end of the month.

    The "video" to The Runner is better (see few posts above ;):lol: )
    :lol: oh yeah, your video wins for sure!!
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    New album coming from these guys. Big fan of their collective works!! 
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Ghost Alive is a gorgeous album. Been listening to it a lot lately. @LukinFan - you heard it yet? 
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,128
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Ghost Alive is a gorgeous album. Been listening to it a lot lately. @LukinFan - you heard it yet? 
    I couldn't get into their last album - maybe a year or so ago?  A little too poppy for me. Should I check this one out? @2-feign-reluctance
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    LukinFan said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Ghost Alive is a gorgeous album. Been listening to it a lot lately. @LukinFan - you heard it yet? 
    I couldn't get into their last album - maybe a year or so ago?  A little too poppy for me. Should I check this one out? @2-feign-reluctance
    Ah, Ocean By Ocean. That was a cool departure from their formula. Ghost Alive is more guitar based and I think a return to form. 
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,128
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    LukinFan said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Ghost Alive is a gorgeous album. Been listening to it a lot lately. @LukinFan - you heard it yet? 
    I couldn't get into their last album - maybe a year or so ago?  A little too poppy for me. Should I check this one out? @2-feign-reluctance
    Ah, Ocean By Ocean. That was a cool departure from their formula. Ghost Alive is more guitar based and I think a return to form. 
    awesome - ill check it out
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    2004: Kissimmee
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    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore
    2025: Hollywood II
  • DC29940
    DC29940 Tucson, AZ Posts: 723
    Ghost Alive really is absolutely stunning. Such a beautiful album on such a hard topic of mortality and loss. Not easy to pull off, but they knocked it out of the park.

    2-feign-reluctance said:
    LukinFan said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Ghost Alive is a gorgeous album. Been listening to it a lot lately. @LukinFan - you heard it yet? 
    I couldn't get into their last album - maybe a year or so ago?  A little too poppy for me. Should I check this one out? @2-feign-reluctance
    Ah, Ocean By Ocean. That was a cool departure from their formula. Ghost Alive is more guitar based and I think a return to form. 
    The funny thing is I kinda consider Ghost Alive more of a departure than Ocean By Ocean. Sure, GA is more guitar oriented again, but it’s heavily acoustic. I felt that OBO, while a bit electronic, was still a natural progression from Promises. GA feels like a sharp left turn from OBO to me. Not what I was expecting at all, but in the best way possible. 

    Boxer Rebellion is the one band I give when someone asks me for an under the radar band recommendation. Honestly not a bad song in the catalog. 
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    New song from this amazing band! Been missing them for awhile! 
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