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Post by tlon on May 9, 2010 20:52:01 GMT -5
yeah Harvey Danger are awesome
Eels are playing pretty big venues in Australia, and we're the middle of nowhere... so that says something about their popularity. i dig them
Chuck Klosterman had a thing once about bands that are 'perfectly rated'. like Belle & Sebastian - everyone who needs their music knows who they are, and they aren't going hungry
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Post by doctoracula on May 9, 2010 20:53:53 GMT -5
the eels record from this year is so awesome. it got some awful reviews, which is a shame. i like it a lot more than the last one. i think blinking lights is his masterpiece, though
i wish the electro shock blues 2x10" didnt go for so much money
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Post by tlon on May 10, 2010 1:44:55 GMT -5
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Post by johnnyboy on May 10, 2010 10:41:45 GMT -5
Afghan Whigs (and everything Greg Dulli's done since). Dulli's protagonists are the guys Craig is usually warning women to stay away from.
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Post by schlitsz on May 11, 2010 8:15:34 GMT -5
Harvey Danger - it always killed me that nobody seemed to like King James Version to the extent that I did hi, i'm joe. I meant nobody I know, outside of one friend of mine that got into them before I did. I know people hear love them. yeah Harvey Danger are awesome Eels are playing pretty big venues in Australia, and we're the middle of nowhere... so that says something about their popularity. i dig them... Eels aren't quite as popular here in the states for some reason. They do very well outside of the US, though, I know that but I don't get why so little love in the US. They play decent venues in large markets here, but small venues in smaller markets - or they skip the smaller markets altogether, like Hartford. Even now, they're starting to play festivals, but they're all in Europe. I guess E goes where the demand is. And as doctoracula said, End Times is awesome. I've seen both good and bad reviews, but I love the album. |
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Post by ohnodisaster on May 11, 2010 13:44:13 GMT -5
Bomb the Music Industry! for sure. www.quoteunquoterecords.com How can you not love a band that gives all their records away for free/donation? Also, Tim Barry! Why is he not huge? |
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Post by stevedave on May 11, 2010 17:25:32 GMT -5
Afghan Whigs (and everything Greg Dulli's done since). Dulli's protagonists are the guys Craig is usually warning women to stay away from. Word to the muddy funster. Dulli is the fucking don. The Gutter Twins record is so under rated. The Twilight Singers Powder Burns and Real Love are first rate. But the Whigs. Oh how I love those records. Gentlemen, Black Love and 1969 are 3 world class rock and roll records. |
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Post by tlon on May 11, 2010 18:34:20 GMT -5
yeah Harvey Danger are awesome Eels are playing pretty big venues in Australia, and we're the middle of nowhere... so that says something about their popularity. i dig them... Eels aren't quite as popular here in the states for some reason. They do very well outside of the US, though, I know that but I don't get why so little love in the US. They play decent venues in large markets here, but small venues in smaller markets - or they skip the smaller markets altogether, like Hartford. Even now, they're starting to play festivals, but they're all in Europe. I guess E goes where the demand is. Australia (and probably Britain) has a national 'youth broadcaster' that plays heaps of indie, both of the 'independent' and 'annoying British rock' variety. so bands like Eels, THS, Mountain Goats, etc get exposure |
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Post by Sunny D on May 11, 2010 19:19:30 GMT -5
A local band from where I'm at Elsinore is pretty underrated.
But that's just a matter of time.
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Post by smugsy on May 12, 2010 0:28:24 GMT -5
Bomb the Music Industry! for sure. www.quoteunquoterecords.com How can you not love a band that gives all their records away for free/donation? Also, Tim Barry! Why is he not huge? See, this is my favorite band of all time, but I didn't put them up here because the people that know of them generally love them. At least in my experience. For me that's not underrated, that's under-heard-of. If we're talking bands that aren't as universally known as they deserve to be, hell, lets toss THS up there, along with The Black Keys, Explosions in the Sky and Ted Leo. |
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Post by stevedave on May 12, 2010 1:19:45 GMT -5
Personally I find The Black Keys a bit over rated.
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Post by mike on May 12, 2010 4:33:20 GMT -5
Afghan Whigs (and everything Greg Dulli's done since). Dulli's protagonists are the guys Craig is usually warning women to stay away from. Word to the muddy funster. Dulli is the fucking don. The Gutter Twins record is so under rated. The Twilight Singers Powder Burns and Real Love are first rate. But the Whigs. Oh how I love those records. Gentlemen, Black Love and 1969 are 3 world class rock and roll records. have you heard 'blackberry belle'? by far my favourite twilight singers record. the only one that comes close to the whigs for me. |
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Post by tlon on May 12, 2010 18:10:23 GMT -5
Personally I find The Black Keys a bit over rated. they're rated just perfectly i like their records but i've got no desire to see them anyone else like Go? one of the Detroit garage rock bands? had like 2 perfect songs |
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Post by ohnodisaster on May 14, 2010 13:24:23 GMT -5
I don't think anyone has mentioned Failures' Union or Cheap Girls yet. Check them out!!! I would say they are perfect for fans of The Hold Steady!
Recommended records:
Cheap Girls - Find Me a Drink Home (Their record label allows you to download it for free/donation at http://www.quoteunquoterecords.com)
Failures' Union - Sinker
If you don't like these bands, I'll buy you a beer. Hell, I'll probably buy you one anyway.
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Post by Rhinovirus on May 14, 2010 13:26:42 GMT -5
A local band from where I'm at Elsinore is pretty underrated. But that's just a matter of time. Once Yes!Yes!Yes! hits the streets I think this will start changing fast. Meaning they are gonna blow up. |
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Post by stevedave on May 14, 2010 14:18:32 GMT -5
have you heard 'blackberry belle'? by far my favourite twilight singers record. the only one that comes close to the whigs for me. You know what I haven't. I've heard a couple of tracks here and there but never the whole record. |
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Post by Sunny D on May 14, 2010 23:08:40 GMT -5
A local band from where I'm at Elsinore is pretty underrated. But that's just a matter of time. Once Yes!Yes!Yes! hits the streets I think this will start changing fast. Meaning they are gonna blow up. Exactly. |
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Post by doctoracula on May 15, 2010 0:05:48 GMT -5
I don't think anyone has mentioned Failures' Union or Cheap Girls yet. Check them out!!! I would say they are perfect for fans of The Hold Steady! Recommended records: Cheap Girls - Find Me a Drink Home (Their record label allows you to download it for free/donation at http://www.quoteunquoterecords.com) Failures' Union - Sinker If you don't like these bands, I'll buy you a beer. Hell, I'll probably buy you one anyway. cheap girls are pretty damn awesome. i like my roaring 20s even more than find me a drink home. and they're even better live |
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Post by mike on May 15, 2010 4:57:26 GMT -5
have you heard 'blackberry belle'? by far my favourite twilight singers record. the only one that comes close to the whigs for me. You know what I haven't. I've heard a couple of tracks here and there but never the whole record. get on it, man.  if you don't like it i'll buy it off you for what you paid, i'm that confident. |
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Post by jamesjesusangleton on May 15, 2010 6:03:13 GMT -5
UFO.
Their mid-late 70s stuff, with Michael Schenker on guitar, is easily the equal if the equally inconsistent but far more lauded Thin Lizzy. Deserve plaudits for Only You Can Rock Me and Doctor Doctor alone.
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Post by ohnodisaster on May 15, 2010 10:56:09 GMT -5
I don't think anyone has mentioned Failures' Union or Cheap Girls yet. Check them out!!! I would say they are perfect for fans of The Hold Steady! Recommended records: Cheap Girls - Find Me a Drink Home (Their record label allows you to download it for free/donation at http://www.quoteunquoterecords.com) Failures' Union - Sinker If you don't like these bands, I'll buy you a beer. Hell, I'll probably buy you one anyway. cheap girls are pretty damn awesome. i like my roaring 20s even more than find me a drink home. and they're even better live Both records are pretty solid. They played in our living room last year and ruled. I also saw them at Fest this past year. Some of the nicest dudes in a band I've ever met. |
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Post by doctoracula on May 15, 2010 11:03:46 GMT -5
they really are super nice dudes. when they played here, i talked to ian for a while. he kept talking about songs he didnt like on the new album, but then they played "all my clean friends" for me anyway. he was also really excited that i'd illegally downloaded the new record haha. he said they basically leaked it themselves because offering the first one for free got a lot of people to listen
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Post by tlon on May 16, 2010 23:20:13 GMT -5
Choirboys. dudes who wrote 'Run to Paradise'. hard edged but still poppy pub rock band
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Post by muzzleofbees on May 19, 2010 16:03:32 GMT -5
Beulah.
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Post by doctoracula on May 19, 2010 21:45:21 GMT -5
i'm so glad i got to see them before they split up the miles kurosky solo record is REALLY good too |
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if you don't like it i'll buy it off you for what you paid, i'm that confident.
