Metro Jacksonville

Allright gentlemen and ladies, I'm looking for some new tunes that a worth a listen.  I'll listen to almost anything besides ambient and electronic, so any ideas would be welcomed. 

Here are some lesser known bands that you guys should definitely give a listen to: Blitzen Trapper (their newest album, Furr, is simply amazing), Ryan Bingham (alt-country is alive), Dr. Dog (check out their album, Fate), The Felice Brothers (fans of Dylan shouldn't be dissapointed with these guys), Floating Action (great lo-fi), Bedouin Soundclash (check out Sounding a Mosaic, the lead singer sounds a little Paul Simon-ish), SOJA (best new reggae band I've heard in a while), Drive-by Truckers (just a great rock band), Cunninlynguists (quite simply the best hip-hop act around), Common Market (check out Tobacco Road).  Last, I'll plug my cousin, Christina Wagner.  If you haven't had an opportunity to check out one of her live shows, do yourself a favor.

Summercamp.........circa 1996ish

My taste in music is about 20 years behind, but I have been finding a few bands that are fairly new but 80's influenced. Check out Shiny Toy Guns, The Epoxies and I hate Kate.

I have been really into the Bastard Suns for a while. They are an unsigned band out of Atlanta. They are punk, with some reggae influence. They call themselves Drunk Rock :-D

http://www.myspace.com/thebastardsuns

I love Sufjan Stevens.  I usually just pretend that "Jacksonville" is about us.  Who has ever even heard of Jacksonville, IL? 
If you like the Postal Service, check out Owl City, similar sound and awesome lyrics (Listen to designer skyline, Ock would love his approach to mass transit). 
For those who don't know, Of Montreal might be most well known for signing the Uber-catchy song for the Outback steakhouse commercials. 
The Ting Tings are fantastic.  I kind of made myself tired of "That's not my name" by constantly feeding my friend Stacy dollars to play it on the jukeboxes in the bars in Gainesville, but listen to "Great DJ". One of my current faves.

Good call on Goldfrapp Stephen. I've gotten my girlfriend into some of her stuff. If anyone is into progressive rock, I would recommend Mars Volta. They just kick ass period. In the new nu-wave genre, I'm partial to Bloc Party. As for something more obscure, right now I've been rocking out to Late of the Pier. Pretty much all of these aforementioned bands are available to listen to on lala so you can check them out without having to buy anything. Here's another great band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiq_0vEDAbE

Thanks for the embed. Late of The Pier has been lumped in with them in the New Rave movement.

Also, I know the OP didn't want anything electronic, but I have to give shouts out to Justice, Crystal Castles, M83, and Simian Mobile Disco. Here's a great SMD song and video (which may be NSFW):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzNTCxOJK3g&feature=channel

Lest I forget, other great bands: Santogold, M.I.A., CSS, and Kasabian.

Saadiq is good, but I just can't get into soul that much. I do have a healthy appreciation for Sam Cooke.

Here's a great Late of the Pier video. It's low budget, but fun and the song rocks.
http://www.youtube.com/v/iudSY7tOrq8

Also, I keep remembering other great band that few people know: TV on the Radio, The Lovemakers (it's a crime that they don't have top ten songs), and Empire of The Sun (pretentious but totally awesome in an 80's way). Kasabian is one of those band whose songs pop up in video games, commercials, tv shows, and movie soundtracks but nobody knows who they are. My gf always says that I play her some new music and before you know it we hear them in an ad on TV. I joke that I have the sames tastes as Art Directors.

Nothing new but lately I've been listening to Manchester Orchestra, Okervil River and The Do, an awesome french band. If you want some good mix albums for free check out the LSTN series by Urban Outfitters. http://lstn.urbanoutfitters.com/

Another cool Late of The Pier

http://www.youtube.com/v/HFQKZp2D-LY

The Klaxons make cool videos:

http://www.youtube.com/v/gy-mRFnBWiI

I posted this in another thread a couple of months ago:

Don’t know if you’re already familiar with these semi popular groups but if not definitely look em up. Based on who you mentioned you’ll probably like them.

Fleet Foxes â€" Relatively new band with a folk/bluegrassish sound.

Just to make things easier…

www.myspace.com/fleetfoxes   


Animal Collective â€" Uuuuuh, Experimental Pop Rock? (I hate subgenre labels like this) Imagine Pink Floyd remixing Beach Boy songs. Anyway check out their new album Merriweather Post Pavilion. Catchy, trippy, awesome.

www.myspace.com/animalcollectivetheband


The Hold Steady â€" Lots of Springsteen comparisons and it’s not hard to see why. Some of their songs sound so much like him it’s scary. But they’re not just some rip off of The Boss. These guys have their own style and write damn good songs.

http://www.myspace.com/theholdsteady

Stephen, thanks for taking the reigns on some more suggestions.  I'm glad you mentioned Christina Wagner, as she's insanely talented and a cousin of my mine.  Here's something that may be up your ally, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt4tj8TtXTc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt4tj8TtXTc)

remy zero - save me, sounds to much like a want-a-be old U2.

The Black Lips: FAD, sounds like the beatle if they went punk.

I think I'm to old school in my musical tastes, a little Buddy Guy or Son Seals and a cold beer and I'm good for the evening.  Unfortunately my musical outreach doesn't extend much further than digging into my wife's music collection.

now all I need is the cold beer!

by the way, I loved all the white people with no rhythm in the audience of the Son Seals show.

I downloaded the new "Mute Math" cd from i-tunes.  They have had some great songs but this album left me very underwhelmed. It lacked the punch and creativeness that was promised.

I watched that Animal Collective video. It was super weird. I've checked them out before but I couldn't get into them. Same with the Hold Steady.

Check this Artist/Entertainer out.  Let me know what you think of his songs.

http://exploretalent.com/model_page.php?talentnum=2316673

Thanks.

Heights Unknown

Klatu Nebula checking in here. If you want a true out of planet experience, fresh from radio soma + xanax + lortab x 5.

click this link:

http://www.last.fm/music/Jonn%20Serrie/And%20The%20Stars%20Go%20With%20You

scroll down to track 5 and hit the play button.

By the way, if there are any other Space Music Trippers out there, send me a heads up, I've got another couple for you!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3XAP0c8WU

Susan Boyle (Britain's Got Talent) sings Wild Horses (Rolling Stones cover).

This is stunningly beautiful.

I chllange you to try and not listen a second time.

The Beatles remasters.....
Like listening to them for the 1st time.....

Minus The Bear - Seattle progressive indie awesomeness, new album out next month.

Able Baker Fox - ex-Small Brown Bike post-hardcore.  Possibly my favorite album of 2008.

Torche - Miami/Atlanta based stoner/groove, but with catchy as hell pop sensibilities.  Meanderthal is their latest LP and it is near perfect.

Battles - Drummer from Helmet and Guitarist from Mars Volta get together and play unique instrumental, pop goes industrial, minus the dark overtones.  Very cool sound.

Monotonix - best live band ever, and I mean it.  Crunchy, riff-heavy garage rock from Israel.  New album, "Where were you when it happened?" just came out last week.

Kings Of Leon - Not much of a secret anymore, an incredibly talented and innovative band that deserves the credit they're getting.

Saw Silversun Pickups at The Florida Theatre last night...great live band, they sounded phenomenal!

HE (Brian) actually does 90% of the vocals, but Nikki did sing a song during their encore last night...she's quite good herself, and looked adorable in a white dress and heels rocking out.  ;)

These guys are making the rounds on the talk show circuits lately. They're insanely crafty with their guitars.

Summary: former metal band from Mexico City that moved to Ireland to play and travel in a foreign land and to help find their sound. They turned Latin acoustic, but you can still hear their metal roots when they play.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=63758143

I saw Rodrigo y Gabriela on Letterman a couple years ago and was hooked.  They are amazing on their guitars, some of the best I've ever seen.

Quote from: stephendare on April 06, 2010, 12:15:34 AM
Ludo, Love me Dead.
http://www.youtube.com/v/0XH3oMNKApI

Yes!  I love this song!!!!

Noy exactly new, but worth sharing.

(Despite everyone's help, I remain unable to embed youtube. ???)

http://http://www.youtube.com/v/a8aPyBr-_S0&hl=en_US&fs=1


Please, remember me
Happily
By the rosebush laughing
With bruises on my chin
The time when
We counted every black car passing
Your house beneath the hill
And up until
Someone caught us in the kitchen
With maps, a mountain range
A piggy bank
A vision too removed to mention
But

Please, remember me
Fondly
I heard from someone you're still pretty
And then
They went on to say
That the pearly gates
Had some eloquent graffiti
Like "We'll meet again"
And "Fuck the man"
And "Tell my mother not to worry"
And angels with their gray
Handshakes
Were always done in such a hurry
And

Please, remember me
At Halloween
Making fools of all the neighbors
Our faces painted white
By midnight
We'd forgotten one another
And when the morning came
I was ashamed
Only now it seems so silly
That season left the world
And then returned
And now you're lit up by the city
So

Please, remember me
Mistakenly
In the window of the tallest tower call
Then pass us by
But much too high
To see the empty road at happy hour
Leave and resonate
Just like the gates
Around the holy kingdom
With words like "Lost and Found"
And "Don't Look Down"
And "Someone Save Temptation"
And

Please, remember me
As in the dream
We had as rug-burned babies
Among the fallen trees
And fast asleep
Aside the lions and the ladies
That called you what you like
And even might
Give a gift for your behavior
A fleeting chance to see
A trapeze
Swing as high as any savior
But

Please, remember me
My misery
And how it lost me all I wanted
Those dogs that love the rain
And chasing trains
The colored birds above there running
In circles round the well
And where it spells
On the wall behind St. Peter's
So bright with cinder gray
And spray paint
"Who the hell can see forever?"
And

Please, remember me
Seldomly
In the car behind the carnival
My hand between your knees
You turn from me
And said, "The trapeze act was wonderful
But never meant to last"
The clown that passed
Saw me just come up with anger
When it filled with circus dogs
The parking lot
Had an element of danger
So

Please, remember me
Finally
And all my uphill clawing
My dear
But if I make
The pearly gates
Do my best to make a drawing
Of God and Lucifer
A boy and girl
An angel kissin on a sinner
A monkey and a man
A marching band
All around the frightened trapeze swingers

Na-na
Na-na-na
Na-na
Na-na...

For those who miss the glory of Glam Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/v/tg4CPaKzSUU&hl=en_US&fs=1&
This is from Foxy Shazam's new, self titled album. It is the ebst album of the summer so far, and the most unexpected thing I could have ever gotten from this band, who used to do nothing but pos-hardcore stuff that was mediocre on its good days.

I got something that beats all previous.

Def watch it to about 2:15 when it picks up.
4:21 is when it gears up for the biggest climax of the song.

http://www.youtube.com/v/mdZTRKBPzSA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrsj653088E

Not new but really great and the video is awesome.  Also must mention the John Darnielle vocalization at the end, brilliant!

Four Tet - Angel Echos. Off the newer album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpe4id7cLnU

OLD MUSIC YOU SHOULD TRIP TO...

WTF? Purple Haze? What? Me? Hee Hee

http://www.veoh.com/static/swf/webplayer/WebPlayer.swf?version=AFrontend.5.5.1.1003&permalinkId=v6960512Hebg9HtA&player=videodetailsembedded&videoAutoPlay=0&id=anonymous


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Quote from: stephendare on May 08, 2010, 03:30:31 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/a8aPyBr-_S0

Great suggestion Stephen!

http://www.youtube.com/v/sG8QgSzY3nI

A Smiths cover:

http://www.youtube.com/v/LvmjzYUVafk

http://www.youtube.com/v/Y5pdgyOzJtE

Those megalomaniacal Krauts. ::)

I like it!

twist party!

Keep an eye out for my close friends local band "Bastogne". I'm in the process of creating a Facebook page for them, should be up and going in a few days. They are playing during the September Art Walk at Dive Bar. What genre you ask? My best description is Blues-Rock, think The Black Keys with a slightly different edge. If you came out to First Fridays this month, they played under the awning of Wolfgang for the "Oil Mixer".

The drop is amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/v/yUfXR_hLAv0

This is such a weird music video
http://www.youtube.com/v/MHT-9T9lE1A

This might be the most awesome vid I've ever seen.


http://www.youtube.com/v/J1c2KzJbcGA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1c2KzJbcGA

Huh?