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"Recommend a band!"

Okay this is where you can sell your favourite bands and get them more listeners.

You have to choose 1 mainstreem/commercial band and 1 local/non famous band. Along with the name and website of the band please include a brief reason why people should listen to them i.e. what makes them worth a listen.

My Choices are:

Alkaline Trio
Myspace
In my opinion Alkaline Trio are one of the greatest Punk Rock bands of my lifetime, their early material on albums Alkaline Trio, Goddamit, Maybe I'll Catch Fire, From Here To Infirmary and Good Mourning were absolute classics with maybe only one or two songs off the albums that weren'y lyrically brilliant and catchy as hell.
Download These: Hell Yes, Steamer Trunk, Bloodied Up, 97, Radio, Mr Chainsaw, My Friend Peter

Motion City Soundtrack
Myspace
Motion City Soundtrack have supported some good bands over the last 5 years, the likes of Alkaline Trio, All American Rejects, Blink 182 etc. They have gained loads of fans at every gig they have played and their lively energetic show and lyrics that you can really relate to.
Download These: The Future Freaks Me Out, Perfect Teeth, LGFUAD, Better Open The Door, When You're Around

Okay this is where you can sell your favourite bands and get them more listeners.

You have to choose 1 mainstreem/commercial band and 1 local/non famous band. Along with the name and website of the band please include a brief reason why people should listen to them i.e. what makes them worth a listen.

My Choices are:

Alkaline Trio
Myspace
In my opinion Alkaline Trio are one of the greatest Punk Rock bands of my lifetime, their early material on albums Alkaline Trio, Goddamit, Maybe I'll Catch Fire, From Here To Infirmary and Good Mourning were absolute classics with maybe only one or two songs off the albums that weren'y lyrically brilliant and catchy as hell.
Download These: Hell Yes, Steamer Trunk, Bloodied Up, 97, Radio, Mr Chainsaw, My Friend Peter

Motion City Soundtrack
Myspace
Motion City Soundtrack have supported some good bands over the last 5 years, the likes of Alkaline Trio, All American Rejects, Blink 182 etc. They have gained loads of fans at every gig they have played and their lively energetic show and lyrics that you can really relate to.
Download These: The Future Freaks Me Out, Perfect Teeth, LGFUAD, Better Open The Door, When You're Around

I recommend these two:

The Switchblade Masquerade Fantastic new UK group using great female vocals with a blend of electro, hip hop and rock. Can't wait for their CD to come out.

My mainstream choice... InnerPartySystem, they're pretty much mainstream these days. I fell in love with this song a couple of months ago. I even created the Wikipedia entry for them :)

Mumford & Sons
Take a listen to White Blank Page

"Her white blank page
And a swelling raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaageeeeeeee
Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaageeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I loves it. My favourite band of the year so far.

Mainstream... Erm... Chumbawamba? Everyone must surely remember "I get knocked down, but I get up again" from the single Tubthumping. I recently 'discovered' the band through a brilliant track "everything you know is wrong". They have a large number of albums covering a huge assortment of genres, from punk and rock to world music, folk, pop and techno sounds. You can listen to assorted full tracks and 30 second samples at their Last.fm page.


'Underground'? At the moment I'd recommend Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip. Check out their MySpace, I'd especially recommend giving the tracks 'Angles', 'Letter from God to Man' and 'Thou Shalt Always Kill' a listen. It's vaguely hip-hop with some electronic sounds, some indie influence there as well I suppose, and some brilliant lyrics... The 'singing' is more spoken word, but the words are usually brilliant and thought-provoking.

The Reaper wrote:
> I recommend these two:
>
> The
> Switchblade Masquerade Fantastic new UK group using
> great female vocals with a blend of electro, hip hop and rock.
> Can't wait for their CD to come out.

Switchblade Masquerade remind me of Evanescense (sp?) somewhat... There's the female vocals, albeit less 'operatic', and the songs have are relatively poppy but maintain a little bit of a dark edge. Of course, there's not the nu-metal / goth-lite of Evanescense, instead there's the electro influence... Not bad, think my girlfriend might like them, but can't say I'm 'loving' them...

And while we're on the subject of music, everyone should check out The King Blues. Awesome acoustic ska/punk/greatness - King Blues Myspace.

They're playing in Camden (London) next Wednesday (which I'll be going to), and are also playing Reading/Leeds fests (which I won't be as they seem to be getting more expensive and less fun with each passing year)

Everyone check out New Town Kings. They are a Colchester based Ska band. There are 10 members and they play some down right dirty Ska Reggae and have recently been signed to the worlds largest Ska/Dub/Reggae label Do The Dog.

If you get a chance to get to one of their gigs you will not be disappointed as they put on such an amazing performance and their songs are modern day classics.

Sibs wrote:
> 'Underground'? At the moment I'd recommend Dan Le Sac Vs.
> Scroobius Pip. Check out
> their MySpace, I'd
> especially recommend giving the tracks 'Angles', 'Letter from God
> to Man' and 'Thou Shalt Always Kill' a listen. It's vaguely
> hip-hop with some electronic sounds, some indie influence there
> as well I suppose, and some brilliant lyrics... The 'singing' is
> more spoken word, but the words are usually brilliant and
> thought-provoking.


Good taste there. Also listen to The Magicians Assistant.

jubbachainsaw wrote:
> Everyone check out New Town Kings. They are a Colchester based
> Ska band. There are 10 members and they play some down right
> dirty Ska Reggae and have recently been signed to the worlds
> largest Ska/Dub/Reggae label Do The Dog.
>
> If you get a chance to get to one of their gigs you will not be
> disappointed as they put on such an amazing performance and their
> songs are modern day classics.


I thought Do The Dog were a small-time UK ska label...? Although I've never really looked into them that much...

YH wrote:
> Good taste there. Also listen to The Magicians Assistant.

I shall give them a listen when I am slightly more sober...