Simple question: what was the last great band you discovered?

[mainegreen]

A band you don't find just good, but so good you must listen to an album at least five times in a row.

Mine was Pelican.

I'm mad no one told me about them sooner.

Epic, vast, vocal-less bliss.

[flvegan]

1. The last one? Rise Against.

Absolutely hooked me 3 or so years ago with their 3rd album.

[DS1]

2. Puscifer

[mainegreen]

17. Oooh. I see why you like it.

Hmmm.

Thanks.

I think I'll get me some of that.


Edited to add:

Goddammit. I'm on their website right now, and dammit, this is good. :thumbsup:

[DS1]

47. hey hey, oh ooooo, hey hey, shotgun bettie's got me stuck in my shoes

I was going to send you that link, here's some other reasons why I like them so much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvo1LwH1XXE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7153q9uE1k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwRNLGF2tFw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK1khN5d9RY

[mainegreen]

48. Momma Sed is a damned great song.

I am buying this album.

Good recommend.

[DS1]

50. It really is

I bought the CD to keep me entertained on the drive back to Phoenix from Yuma after my brother's wedding, knowing that it was another Maynard James Keenan (from Tool) project, blindly, and damn did I love it.

I ran into a fundamentalist in the record store, I said "Hi, do you have the new Puscifer CD" and she said "We'll it might be in rock, but we don't normally carry that kind of dirt", so I said "Can you help me find it in Rock?", and she said "We'll, whatever you want to call it is over here" and she pointed right at it.

Momma Sed is still a beautiful song. More people should know about it.

[redqueen]

3. Sunset Rubdown

I think I'm bored with anything even close to conventional. Some of it's nice enough... I just don't care.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. A friend of mine is a big fan of theirs.

I haven't given them a good listen yet though.

[redqueen]

14. It's different...

but I think that guy's a genius. Love their stuff. LOVE.

[LanternWaste]

4. It was in '92 or '93-- The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers-- it was in '92 or '93 when a co-worker turned me onto one of their albums, now one of my favorite bands.

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Pelican are great. I would have to say

Check out Isis and Tusk as well. (And my favourite local band, Swords. http://www.myspace.com/swords666)

As for the last really great band I discovered, I'd have to say maybe The Raveonettes ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH8nJks6Vqs ), or My Disco ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_-Rg9fIO8Y ) or some band of the sort.

[mainegreen]

18. You know, I think you've recommended Isis to me before.

I guess two recommendations means I must be sure to check it out.

:thumbsup:

[Forkboy]

23. Put it this way. When Pelican started they were called Isis ripoffs.

So if you like Pelican you should have no problems with Isis. So make it three recommendations. :)

Pelican is a great live band, but even though I have all but their last CD I never quite clicked with them. I like them, but I just don't keep coming back to their CDs for some reason. Maybe because I have a dozen Isis CDs to scratch that same itch (along with a bunch of Cult of Luna and Neurosis, similar bands that are also really cool).

The band Tusk that primate mentioned is actually three members of Pelican. Cool side project.

[ghostsofgiants]

26. And in keeping with the theme of post-metal side projects, Old Man Gloom are good as well.

[Forkboy]

29. Oh fuck yeah...Christmas was parked in my CD player for a solid 2 months.

I couldn't stop listening to that puppy. All their stuff is excellent, but they have quite the bunch involved, so that's no surprise.

[ghostsofgiants]

32. I love their cover of "To Be With You" or whatever that shitty power ballad by Mr. Big was.

"Gratuitous Bonus Track Made by Sensible Musicians Doing Questionable Things"

I think it was on the Christmas Eve album. I laughed my ass off when the first time I heard it.

[PeaceNikki]

6. Kings of Leon

http://www.youtube.com/user/kingsofleon?ob=1

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzDSmav0NM&feature=user

[bluethruandthru]

79. I'll second that!

Although my husband discovered them..not me. But I'm now a fan too!

[Tikki]

7. The Old Haunts...

I think they are great.

From somewhere up in the Pac NW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgnzxDYPs40


Tikki

[supernova]

8. The Old Ceremony!

I saw them at Festival for the Eno this past July 4 weekend. They are just kinda getting known. I don't think they've even been to SXSW yet.

Kinda 80s New Wave mixed in with Funk and goth. Cool stuff.


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

[mokawanis]

9. Matthew Good

Even though he's been around a long time I had never heard any of his music until my son-in-law played one of his cd's for me a few years ago. I've been buying his cd's on the cheap on ebay and have most of them now.

[applegrove]

11. I just discovered coldplay. I know I know....

[Initech]

12. Most recently: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I've owned a couple of albums here and there but it wasn't until his excellent CD "Dig Lazarus Dig!!!" was released that I didn't start delving into his extensive back catalog, and I am mad that I didn't sooner.

[Forkboy]

27. If you haven't already pick up Murder Ballads.

It's one of Cave's best.

Nocturama is the only CD of his that I just never got into. Everything else is highly recommended. :)

[Initech]

28. I have that one.

I recently went on a Nick Cave splurge and bought Let Love In, No More Shall We Part, and Your Funeral, My Trial.

[Forkboy]

30. You're well on your way then.

The guy is pretty amazing. Dig blew me away, and will definitely land somewhere in my top 20 for the year. I listen to a ton of music, so a top 20 finish is still really good...I could pick a top 100 a year if I wasn't so lazy. :)

[Mr. Blonde]

52. I think Nick Cave is giving everyone a lesson in how to grow old

he is releasing ballsier music at 50 than most people are releasing at 21.

Seriously if this, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuDP7c3Zd8I doesn't blow your mind I really don't know what to say.

[mitchum]

57. I was tellimg mrs mitchum the exact same thing last week

Cave is demonstrating how one can continue to work in the rock/pop/whatever field and maintain their vision, integrity, and dignity.

Amazing. 25 years ago, I couldn't imagine that Cave would even still be alive in 2008.

[Forkboy]

63. The Grinderman CD was a nice surprise.

I liked the last Nice Cave CD (the double CD Lyre of Orpheus and Abbatoir Blues) but wasn't in love with it, so the stripped down, rockier sound of Grinderman was cool to hear. And it seems it carried over onto Cave's last CD, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!

[Aristus]

13. Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers.

Very progressive, if largely apolitical, band. Interested in peace, good times, tequila, and incredible music.

Actually, my brother "discovered" them and passed along his enjoyment of their music to me.

[redqueen]

15. Have you heard The Refreshments?

Flash in the pan kinda band from a while back... lead guy's former band. You might like it.

[Aristus]

34. I've got their albums. "Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big and Buzzy" and "The Bottle and Fresh Horses."

Great stuff.. B-)

[redqueen]

36. I have the first one you mentioned...

my daughter also thinks it's great. :D

[harmonicon]

64. weren't they they band that did the theme song to "King of the Hill" (the cartoon)?

I think so.... I had a friend in college who was a big fan of theirs, but maybe it was another south west band she liked that did that theme song, and I'm confusing them.

[enigmatic]

20. I knew Roger back in the day

When I was still living in Phoenix and he was still in The Refreshments; nice guy.

[bbernardini]

16. That would have to be Porcupine Tree.

I've discovered a lot of other bands since I found them 5-6 years ago, but none that caused the reaction that you describe.

However, I've been meaning to investigate The Budos Band, as I like what I've heard of their stuff. Sort of like listening to the best blaxploitation soundtrack that wasn't written by Isaac Hayes or Curtis Mayfield.

[gmoney]

19. Spoon is amazing

although I've been listening a while back

[panhead1961]

21. OSI

[Initech]

33. Finally! Another OSI fan!

I love their album "Free", it's pretty bad ass!

[panhead1961]

83. set the controls for the heart of the sun

Great band

[enigmatic]

22. Boat Burning

Great band from Chapel Hill, NC; we play them often on the station. If you like Television w/ a dash of vintage Can, you'll like them:

http://www.myspace.com/boatburning

They are also a part of a collective as well playing as Amps Do Furnish A Room; they do a great version of Television's "Marquee Moon":

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2008/05/marquee-moon-amps-do-furnish-room.html

[Forkboy]

24. dupe

[Forkboy]

25. Menace Ruine, Sudden Infant, Report Suspicious Activity,

and Woe, whose CD A Spell For The Death Of Man is the most kickass black metal CD to come down the pike in years.

[Beer Snob-50]

31. jackie greene

opened for susan tedechsi (sp)and i was blown away.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

35. Maybe not great, but the Silversun Pickups are very good

Very Pumpkins-esqe without being a Pumpkins ripoff.

[Dr Fate]

37. I really like The Black Lips.

A new "garage" band from Atlanta, GA- very fun & very Rock & Roll.

[PermanentRevolution]

38. The Spice Girls

:hide:

[mainegreen]

44. I see what you did there

x(





:D

[JCMach1]

39. Came to love Placebo over the last year

I had liked one or two songs before, but finally got hold of albums and they are excellent...

[realisticphish]

40. Gogol Bordello

can't believe I didn't hear of them earlier

[ZombieNixon]

41. I'd say Scar Symmetry.

Their latest album, Holographic Universe, is a masterwork if you like music heavy, melodic, progressive, and intellectual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebSi4PDC34

Their older stuff is good, done very well, catchy as hell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85h5KYI0bHU&feature=related

They recently ditched their vocalist and then got two new ones, the audition video for which is...interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbkDV6pc0Vs

[mainegreen]

46. Oooh. I like that too.

Damn.

I've got about 15 albums I need to buy now because of this thread!


yay!


:D

[TrogL]

42. Nightwish

[harmonicon]

65. I can't tell if you're being serious, or sarcastic

Nightwish. Wow.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

43. Endless Boogie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0inEh7nm2Kc

Psychedelic jam band from NYC, from the album "Focus Level."

[mcctatas]

45. Local band called The Wandering Sons...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FGXcDr0AfE

edit to add live clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B75v01iu_MU&feature=related

[KG]

49. Drive By Truckers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDODEj1gkS4

[Iggo]

51. The latest one I discovered...

...without anyone telling me is The Sword. If you like C below the low E on a guitar, you'll love these kids.

[Mr. Blonde]

53. That flat out blew my mind,

either Arcade Fire or The Hold Steady

I can't remember which I discovered later, but they both went from unknown to me to near the top very quickly.

Arcade Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42g4T_tZPTA

The Hold Steady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyMal2onfuM

[ghostsofgiants]

60. Good call on Arcade Fire.

So good.

[electricmonk]

54. 3 that I'm obsessed with lately

Mr Gnome, I don't know how to describe them other than awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp6uyWeMHqU

I posted this video a few weeks ago but deserves to be posted as much as possible, simply stunning. From their Myspace page: "NIGHT ON EARTH is a group that emerged from an improvisation that was performed live by Paracrousis, a devoted post-music sound-terrorist collective.

Their musical style can be portrayed as a puzzle of trip hop and blues noir, tuned in a jazzy mood, under an improvising spirit; entering trippy and moody soundscapes that echo cinematic references."

Night on Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0b1ssZgFws and here's a new video from them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwc7fPZ3ZtY

Dirty Three, not sure how I missed them they've been around for 10-15 years but I just found out about them earlier this summer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkUqcpHhUvA

[HughBeaumont]

61. Mr. Gnome are from Cleveland.

Good band, they remind me of The Sundays mixed with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.

[Joey Liberal]

55. Mika Bomb

Great music.

[BulletproofLandshark]

56. Opeth

"Porcelain Heart"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKx5zrb0Z_0

"In My Time Of Need"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBzSqeM6KQ

"The Grand Conjuration"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5LRReFYus

[Forkboy]

70. And here's Demon of the Fall, off the awesome My Arms, Your Hearse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrBrH5PZtcc

Opeth is indeed a phenomenal band. :thumbsup:

[mitchum]

58. Wolves in the Throne Room

[Forkboy]

66. Now you're talking.

One of the better black metal bands going.

[mitchum]

69. I came across them just a few weeks ago...

they really are good

[Forkboy]

72. They use a nice mix of aggression and ambience.

My friend is majorly hooked on them, and said their CD was his second favorite of last year, behind Deathspell Omega.

Here's a few others you might like. Or not. :)

Woe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdoRyWZ0aMM&feature=related
(Best CD of the year for me, and it came out of nowhere. Like Leviathan, this is just one guy who plays everything himself. His drumming is a standout, and the riffs are crushing. I've spoken to him a bunch of times now and he's also a real cool dude. Great first release. And apparently the whole CD is up on Youtube to check out.)

Leviathan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqMZ9QwlKGs&feature=related
(This song could be played on a perpetual loop and I'd die a happy man.)

Deathspell Omega
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAGGFaogNVs
(These guys are the hardest band to get into, but once you do they are one of the most rewarding of all. I still discover new things on their last two CDs, but it took me months to start to fully appreciate what I was hearing. It's rather chaotic at times, but cranked it all swirls together into a maelstrom of awesomeness.)

[mitchum]

84. Thanks for the suggestions

I particularly like the Leviathan track

[victoryparty]

59. The Gourds

[HughBeaumont]

62. Big Business.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVvhwh4m2qw&feature=related

Big Business Slays. That is all.

I would have said Kayo Dot, but that's music made for music nerds by music nerds. They're quite glacially paced and allow themselves to wander more often than not, but it's still very colorful chording if you're patient.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=173XU6OE55Q&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eef5pe8-QpA

[Forkboy]

68. Kayo Dot is far better as a live act than their recordings let on.

I've seen them a bunch of times, and they are always fantastic live. And Mia is pleasant to look at, to say the least. Toby Driver also did Maudlin of the Well, which is similar to Kayo Dot but with thrash parts tossed in. The singer of Sepultura once said Kayo Dot was "cough syrup" music, and he's basically right, but I think it's a good thing and not an insult.

Big Business just kicks ass. If you don't already know, the last two Melvins CDs have had Jared and Cody in the band with them, and they tour together (just saw both earlier this summer). They already sound a lot like the Melvins, so it was only natural to incorporate them right into the band with Buzzo and Dale. The two drummers work awesome together (which is funny, because the vid you posted has Dale Crover playing guitar...he's a drummer normally).

This is with both drummers together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLu2FAb7NY

[HughBeaumont]

73. That is, to those who get to see them live.

Kayo Dot for whatever reason never plays in NE Ohio. They always go to Columbus or Toledo or someplace really far away that I can't drive to on a work night.

I missed Big Business the last time they came with the Melvins. I've seen the two bands prior to that. Jared and Cody make such a natural addition to their sound.

[harmonicon]

67. Al Stewart

I know that he's been around for 40 years, but he's been blowing me away over the past year. "Year of the Cat" has got to be one of the greatest albums of the 70's, if not the past several decades. "Year of the Cat", and "Lord Grenville", from that record are two of the best songs I've ever heard - ever.

More recently, Gowns, who are just amazing. http://www.myspace.com/gowns Maybe this doesn't really count, because a friend of mine is in it, but I have friends in lots of bands, and they aren't as good as Gowns.

[Tektonik]

71. Xiu Xiu

[Taverner]

74. Belle and Sebastian

And yes, I'm a latecomer to them...

[mainegreen]

75. My wife introduced me to them.

I like them a lot, though I really prefer the earlier stuff.

[Danger Mouse]

78. It's never too late. "Beautiful" is just one example of their awesomeness.

[Danger Mouse]

76. Bright Eyes. Buck 65. Aesop Rock. El-P.

Many others.

[Fire Walk With Me]

77. Medeski, Martin, and Wood.

"Tonic" is a trouncing, easier-listening intro to their sometimes (beautifully) cacaphonous work.

[mainegreen]

80. Ack. Got to print this out on monday.

To many good suggestions in here. I'll never remember them all.

[Redneck Socialist]

81. The Greencards

Alt-country, bluegrass band from Australia. They're pretty sweet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBW-Z0CFzW8

[nickgutierrez]

82. Fleet Foxes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQRS40OKNE - White Winter Hymnal