Your Favorite Bands

[josiegross]

what are some of your favorite independent bands? matthew good fans have pretty good taste in music i'd say.

 

i love to discover new bands i haven't heard before, so post your recommendations here:

 

drive by punch: http://www.drivebypunch.com is my favorite

 

(and if you live in vancouver canada, and you haven't got any plans this weekend, i SERIOUSLY suggest you come down to pub 340 on cambie and hastings this saturday and check it out.)

[borntohula]

at the moment, my favorite independent band is giant drag. but whether a band is independent or not should be an irrelevant factor. especially since independence does not connote "unheard of" these days.

[crazycanuck]

define Independant. Not signed to a major label or not signed at all?

[josiegross]

absolutely right. i meant unheard of. but i'm old. i come from an age when if you didn't have a record deal you didn't get heard by many.

[saturnine]

these bands all have labels, but they aren't well-known

 

sylvie http://www.sylviemusic.com/

alive & living http://www.aliveandliving.net

wintersleep http://www.wintersleep.com

hayden http://www.hardwoodrecords.com

isis http://www.sgnl05.com

jesu http://www.jesu.com

red sparowes http://www.redsparowes.com

Edited November 22, 2005 by saturnine

[squall17]

a small band i really like is jacks mannequin

[Spritzup]

I dunno if these guys would qualify but I've just found Armor For Sleep.

[shade]

Head Wound City

[Disestabulistic]

define Independant. Not signed to a major label or not signed at all?

Yes, tell us what you meen.

[HoboFactory]

The Mountain Goats are pretty unheard of, but good.

[Dan #2]

Dimmu Borgir are on a small foreign label, and i love them.

 

Blanche are funky.

 

my brain doesn't work today.

[josiegross]

define Independant. Not signed to a major label or not signed at all?

Yes, tell us what you meen.

already did. i meant unheard of, not signed to a major label, no big distribution deals, that sort of thing.

 

but, hey, if you want to use this time to plug the new mariah carey record i won't stop you.

[Dan #2]

The Like are on Geffen and they are amazing and no one but people who saw Tori Amos live this summer in NA know who they are.

[no yu begin wher i end]

The Mountain Goats are pretty unheard of, but good.

If you like them, then take a listen to the Extra Glenns, a John Darnielle side project from a couple years ago. It's pretty good stuff.

 

Also, Richmond Fontaine are pretty good for anyone who like good, dark alternative country.

[crazycanuck]

Simple Plan are a really awesome band that no one mentions around here.

[Matt]

Limblifter - www.limblifter.com

Air Traffic Control - www.controltower.ca

Marianas Trench - www.far-from-here.net

Sparrow - www.inflightmusic.com

Catlow - www.catlowmusic.com

[trufflepigs]

The Rocky Fortune

[crazycanuck]

The Rocky Fortune

Isn't this twice now you've pimped (what I assume is) your own band? Cause I heard a few of those songs, and this band doesn't deserve two posts.

[borntohula]

Catlow - www.catlowmusic.com

yeeaaaaah catlow!!!

 

i would like to add:

 

cantankerous - http://www.myspace.com/cantankerous

 

elk war - http://www.myspace.com/elkwar ... they just changed their name from nightingale, which was a much cooler one.

 

forget cassettes - find the song called "bruce wayne" i'll post it if people woudl like to hear

[Matt]

What's your favourite Catlow song? Mine's probably "Pose".

[Shiri]

I have nothing to contribute, I'm just a mainstream whore.

[josiegross]

are you really from israel? because i've heard israel has a pretty decent independent metal scene.

[borntohula]

What's your favourite Catlow song? Mine's probably "Pose".

from what i've heard, i like "iamloved" the best.

[josiegross]

and the thread pays off! this catlow business isn't half bad

[Moonlight_Graham]

I have nothing to contribute, I'm just a mainstream whore.

same here, though i love checking out all these indy bands.