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  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    Marvelous 3
    Pup
    Flying Colors
  • Massara133
    Massara133 Stettler AB Canada Posts: 431
    Dredg - Any time I get into this type of conversation with a friend this is the band I bring up. In 2003 I went to see Perfect Circle and I read someone's complaint about Danny Carey's side project Pygmy Love Circus opening th shows. They were disappointed Dredg was not opening the shows as they felt they were a good fit with APC's fan base. This was enough for me to go out and buy Dredg's current album at the time - El Cielo. I absolutely love it, top 5 favourite album of all time. It will likely take 3-4 good listens to get into it, but if you give it time you will grow to love it. (Side note - Pygmy Love Circus sucked when I saw them open, and Dredg's other albums don't compare to El Cielo, it's an absolute gem)
    10
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,574
    Palace
    They are for realzz !
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    I know that they were big in the UK but Kula Shaker is pretty obscure.

    Great band.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • pj8
    pj8 Posts: 408
    pj8 said:

    The Church and pretty much every Steve Kilbey side project, especially Kilbey Kennedy and Jack Frost.

    Chris Smither is another one. Rediscovering Dead End Angels at the moment too, good stuff. I saw them live in Gruene, TX back in 2003 and haven't heard about them since.
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,892
    Hemming

    She opened for Chris Cornell last year (or maybe it was 2015). She was insanely good. Bought her record any quite enjoyed it. No one else seems to know about here. Hope she gets another album out.
  • pj8
    pj8 Posts: 408
    MysteryTrain said:

    Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin, Willie Nile

    Alejandro Escovedo is another good one. I'm seeing him next month with Peter Buck of R.E.M. playing guitar.
  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    pj8 said:

    The Church and pretty much every Steve Kilbey side project, especially Kilbey Kennedy and Jack Frost.

    YES!!!
    :blush:

    Sorry. I've been a rabid Church fan since... 1983, I think? True story: bored out of my mind in the flatlands, I read an article about the Church in Creem magazine (yes, I am old) -- an article that said, hey, this might be the greatest band in the world, if there were any justice these guys would be as big as the Beatles. So I had to check them out of course (I had a protracted Beatles phase when I was very young). First song I ever heard was "Shadow Cabinet," and it sounded as if someone had climbed inside my head and turned the chaos into music.

    I spent most of the '80s saying, no, NOT "Lords of the New Church," "The Church." Then "Under the Milky Way" hit and everyone thought they were one-hit wonders.

    I actually made a trip to Australia (this was before iTunes, YouTube, etc.) to hunt down rare Church B-sides.

    They're still killing it live -- amazing post-punk prog rock.
    All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    Paolo Nutini
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • BettrMan21
    BettrMan21 Chattanooga,Tn Posts: 291
    The Weeks
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHQ9awOvH48

    The Wild Reeds
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TiEO149Ydc
  • pj8
    pj8 Posts: 408
    curmudgeoness said:

    pj8 said:

    The Church and pretty much every Steve Kilbey side project, especially Kilbey Kennedy and Jack Frost.

    YES!!!
    :blush:

    Sorry. I've been a rabid Church fan since... 1983, I think? True story: bored out of my mind in the flatlands, I read an article about the Church in Creem magazine (yes, I am old) -- an article that said, hey, this might be the greatest band in the world, if there were any justice these guys would be as big as the Beatles. So I had to check them out of course (I had a protracted Beatles phase when I was very young). First song I ever heard was "Shadow Cabinet," and it sounded as if someone had climbed inside my head and turned the chaos into music.

    I spent most of the '80s saying, no, NOT "Lords of the New Church," "The Church." Then "Under the Milky Way" hit and everyone thought they were one-hit wonders.

    I actually made a trip to Australia (this was before iTunes, YouTube, etc.) to hunt down rare Church B-sides.

    They're still killing it live -- amazing post-punk prog rock.
    That's awesome! I was hoping there would be another Church fan on here. Sadly I never got to see them with MWP but saw them in 2015 and then again in 2016 doing The Blurred Crusade in its entirety - that show in particular was mindblowing. Kilbey wasn't in the best mood that night and the show ended with him storming off the stage but still, an awesome performance. They are some of the nicest guys in music too.
  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    Speaking of Post Punk, there is one band you must hear if you're into the genre, they're called Wire. Such an important band, theyre from the UK, they started in the late seventies and are still playing and releasing records today..

    Their first three albums are absolute must haves..

    Pink Flag
    Chairs Missing
    154

    It's punk, but more artfully done, tuneful with an agressive edge and really interesting lyrics. If you like Television and early Talking Heads then you'll enjoy Wire..
    A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom.
  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    pj8 said:



    That's awesome! I was hoping there would be another Church fan on here. Sadly I never got to see them with MWP but saw them in 2015 and then again in 2016 doing The Blurred Crusade in its entirety - that show in particular was mindblowing. Kilbey wasn't in the best mood that night and the show ended with him storming off the stage but still, an awesome performance. They are some of the nicest guys in music too.

    I've only seen them a few times: GAF tour in Boston -- 1990? (third row!); early '90s, San Francisco, when it was just Steve and Marty; and last year in New York, when I literally ran into Steve outside of his bus (awkward!). He is not a large man.... But he was in a decent mood that night, and they sounded great, I thought.
    All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.

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