Which band should I check out next?

oktacoma
oktacoma Posts: 335
edited May 2008 in Other Music
Based on the bands below that I am really into, which bands would you suggest I check out next? Some bands I've heard are pretty good are Wintersleep, Minus The Bear, The Kills, The Black Keys, Dredg, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, TV on the Radio, The Black Lips, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, The National, and Arcade Fire. Would you recommend any of those? If not, what band might I dig, given my interests in the bands below?

PJ
My Morning Jacket
Kings of Leon
Wilco
Nine Inch Nails
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Black Crowes
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  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    oktacoma wrote:
    Based on the bands below that I am really into, which of the bands in the poll would you suggest I check out next?

    PJ
    My Morning Jacket
    Kings of Leon
    Wilco
    Nine Inch Nails
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    The Black Crowes


    Wintersleep...you have to, they are amazing...

    http://www.myspace.com/wintersleepmusic
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  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    Wilco and Black crowes were the ones I got into. Wilco is amazing live seen them twice. I had a chance to see Black crowes, but it didn't work out. We couldn't stay for the show cause my friend had another radio station gig at 4 am the next morning, and the Crowes didn't hit the stage til midnight. We were right next to the tour bus, and then the driver realized he parked in the wrong spot and moved further back towards the stage and the band didn't come out of it until they had to.

    I just recently listened to some Black crowes on Rhapsody and the live show my friend gave me, and really like what I have heard. Glad I finally gave them some proper listening time. Hopefully I'll see them live next time they are here. They just played Dallas and a Casino in Oklahoma, hopefully a Houston show in the near future.
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  • Django
    Django Posts: 152
    Try some a deez......


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  • ovechkin8
    ovechkin8 Posts: 491
    !!! that's their name.....check em out
  • Blind Melon
    Blind Melon Posts: 911
    And !!! is pronounced Chk, Chk, Chk.
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • Jesika537
    Jesika537 Posts: 301
    I highly recommend the Black Keys...
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  • redmosquito10
    redmosquito10 Posts: 568
    Jesika537 wrote:
    I highly recommend the Black Keys...

    Second that
    "Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why not live for fun and joy and love or some sort of girl by a fireside, why not go to your desire and LAUGH..."
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Wintersleep.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    Definitely check out The National and Arcade Fire.

    Since you're a Wilco fan you might also want to try their predecessor, Uncle Tupelo.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    you have some very good bands on your list. here is how i rank them:


    I dig these bands a lot:
    Arcade Fire- funeral
    Minus the Bear- highly refined pirates
    The National- boxer
    Dredg- Catch Without Arms

    these bands are good:
    Tv on the Radio- Return to Cookie Mountain (but spend 99cents and download starring at the sun from the desperate youth album it is fucking incrediable)

    these bands are okay but i don't get very excited about them:
    wintersleep
    the black keys
    the black lips

    these bands imo are WAY overatted and are a fad or product of the hype machine:
    Clap your hands and say yeah
    vampire weekend

    I don't know enough about these bands to say anything either way:
    the kills- never took the time to listen to them.
    MGMT -(does this stand for something maybe i know them but i'm missing the abreviation
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    intodeep wrote:
    MGMT -(does this stand for something maybe i know them but i'm missing the abreviation
    MGMT apparently used to be called The Management so I guess they just shortened it.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Go with The Arcade Fire as well. AMAZING band.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • EvilMerlin
    EvilMerlin Posts: 1,865
    Dredg. You have to. It's the law of life.

    Seriously.

    Check them out. Live if you can this summer. New album is currently being worked on. Lots of good stuff will be on that as well. It all sounds great.
  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    Kings of Leon
    The Black Crowes

    Also agree with a couple above - the new Black Keys album is amazing!
  • pouch15
    pouch15 Posts: 436
    Try cafe tacuba from mexico, its gonna blow your mind
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    all of the bands you listed are really great...mgmt and the kills are a couple of my new faves.

    if you like what you hear w/ mgmt, then i'd suggest checking out yeasayer and foals. good stuff.

    others worth checking out if you haven't already...
    telephone & telegraph
    favourite sons
    grand archives
    plants and animals
    celebration
    lightspeed champion
    grand ole party
    band of horses
    sleepercar
    frightened rabbit
    tapes 'n tapes
    cold war kids
    delta spirit
    annuals
    battles
    we are scientists
    cut copy
    jamie lidell
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  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Go with The Arcade Fire as well. AMAZING band.

    Ditto. They are as good as it gets right now, and don't let any of the close-minded folks on here convince you otherwise. If they want to be stuck in a brief period of musical history for the rest of their lives, that's their loss.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    2 bands i never seen mentioned on this forum (either because people think they suck or have never heard of them):

    Okkervil River
    Portugal. The Man


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • triangleman12
    triangleman12 Posts: 193
    My $.02 . . .

    Minus the Bear - Menos el Oso
    Metric
    Tapes N' Tapes
  • Blind Melon
    Blind Melon Posts: 911
    Electric Light Orchestra
    If I could, think I would give in.

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