Favourite current band

r · Post by r » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:41 pm

Going by the instant popularity of the British invasion thread, it looks like we're all into old man music here. So as a little offshoot, who's your favourite current band? By that I mean bands that are still releasing albums and touring frequently, not bands of ageing hippies who re-unite with a guest musician to replace whichever member of the original line-up has died once every 10 years.

For me it has to be Radiohead. They're a band who constantly push boundaries, both in music and business politics. For the uninformed, their new album In Rainbows was released last week. Since they don't have a record label they released it through their website, and the customer could choose how much they paid for it (yes, including nothing). It's a big one-finger salute to the music industry, and they're estimated to have already earnt about £4,000,000 from it already, which is $8,000,000 from the other side of the pond. The reason for this is that by releasing it the way they have they are getting almost all the money from a purchase - normally when you buy a CD, after the retailer, record label and management take their cuts the artist gets about 50p.

And what an album. For a long time they've been trying to find the perfect balance of rock, folk and electronica and they've finally done it. There's balls-out-of-the-bath rock, pounding electro, tender ballads and epic torch songs. If it's not album of the year there's something wrong with the world.

So there's my lengthly rant. I also like these bands.

Arcade Fire - Most folk bands are content with sitting around a campfire, learning to play the banjo, growing beards and singing about donkeys. Not Arcade Fire. They've expanded their number to 11, making them one of the loudest bands to have ever existed. On top of a wall of guitars, drums, keyboards, violins, horns, accordions, hurdy-gurdies and God knows what else they sing songs of growing up in poverty, the loss of family members, post-9/11 paranoia and religious hypocrisy, all played with 110% passion (think Born To Run-era Springsteen but a lot louder) Widely considered to be the best band around at the moment.

iLiKETRAiNS - Chiming guitars that build to walls of noise via the sound of Beelzebub himself vomiting fire and brimstone, mixed with haunting vocals about history, murder and trains. Mesmerising stuff, and they're a really great bunch of guys when you meet them in person.

Fields mix pastoral folk, pop sensibility and widescreen rock so massive it makes the likes of U2 and The Killers sound like a pub band.

Wooden Shjips (yes, I did spell that properly) are a bunch of psychedelic renegades who sound like The Doors jamming with The Velvet Underground. Hypnotic grooves, noisy guitars and keyboards and heavily-treated vocals. Now, why can't Amazon hurry up and deliver their album to me?

Oh, and no-one's allowed to say RHCP because if we're honest they haven't done anything good since Californication and are [&@%!]' awful live.

ArotosMarkos · Post by **ArotosMarkos** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:09 pm

The Who

satan_n_stuff · Post by **satan_n_stuff** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:28 pm

Queen
( well, sort of current anyways)

Butterknife · Post by **Butterknife** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:57 pm

I was going to say Five Iron Frenzy... but they broke up a few years ago.

So... I dunno.

r · Post by r » Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:07 pm

satan_n_stuff wrote:Queen
( well, sort of current anyways)

not bands of ageing hippies who re-unite with a guest musician to replace whichever member of the original line-up has died once every 10 years.

Oh come on, Queen so fall into that category. Especially since they're now fronted by a member of Free.

The Old Alchemist · Post by **The Old Alchemist** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:47 pm

I'm going to stick with Jethro Tull. They're still releasing albums and touring.

Codex · Post by **Codex** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:31 pm

Hmm, like the metal fan I am, I have to say...... METALLICA

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:44 pm

codex wrote:Hmm, like the metal fan I am, I have to say...... METALLICA

NuMetEmoCorp hasn't done anything relevent since the Black Album...

The Old Alchemist wrote:I'm going to stick with Jethro Tull. They're still releasing albums and touring.

Slayer
Megadeth
Opeth
Symphony X
Lamb of God
Killswitch Engage
Chimaira
Atreyu
Children of Bodom
Shadows Fall
Blind Guardian
Iced Earth
NIN, TON, CC, CoC

Sigurd · Post by **Sigurd** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:45 pm

Metallica. That's all I need to say. I like alot of others too though, Slayer Megadeth and Trivium. Thrash Metal all the way!

nicholasenj · Post by **nicholasenj** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:37 am

The Eagles

The Police are good too, I guess I like 80's rock.

Daedra Prince · Post by **Daedra Prince** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:41 am

How can you go past Fatboy Slim??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WW8flwpH-Q

The Old Alchemist · Post by **The Old Alchemist** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:59 am

Jeff,

I'd call the Black Album 'the beginning of the end' for Metallica. Look, when you release an album with a cover concept that Spinal Tap had already mocked years earlier, you've jumped the shark.

Blind Faith, Cream, and Traffic really ought to be on my list, too.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:32 pm

Agreed... "Load" was short for "Load of Crap"...

I'm old school like you, but I'm a bit into the newer stuff too.

I won't go into my NuMetEmoCorp bashing, as it may offend some.

satan_n_stuff · Post by **satan_n_stuff** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:42 am

nicholasenj wrote:The Eagles

The Police are good too, I guess I like 80's rock.

Me too, and I wasn't even born when most of this stuff was written.

Serrated · Post by **Serrated** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:07 am

Johnny Cash.
Bob Dylan.
Leonard Cohen.
Atreyu (Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses)
Social Distortion
Heaven Shall Burn
Caliban.
Across Five Aprils.
Born From Pain. (Wooden shoes metalcore, w00t!)
Zao.
Unearth.

And I still got the distinct feeling I forgot something.

The Old Alchemist · Post by **The Old Alchemist** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:12 pm

An old roommate of mine stole my copy of "First We Take Manhattan."

That's some fine music, but you need to toss in some Beach Boys or something to cleanse the palate.

Undead(-)Necro · Post by **Undead(-)Necro** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:51 pm

Everything with a nice guitar (no metal please)
red hot chilli peppers.
jimi hendrix

r · Post by r » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:40 pm

People are missing the point of this thread completely. How is Hendrix modern when he died nearly 40 years ago?

Ayoub · Post by **Ayoub** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:53 pm

Snow Patrol.

Deandra · Post by **Deandra** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:07 pm

I like Porcupine Tree.

Undead(-)Necro · Post by **Undead(-)Necro** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:23 pm

r wrote:People are missing the point of this thread completely. How is Hendrix modern when he died nearly 40 years ago?

I was more pointing at rhcp but i wanted to express my love for jh too

Bloodsworth · Post by **Bloodsworth** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:31 pm

Horrorscope from Poland. \m/

Undead(-)Necro · Post by **Undead(-)Necro** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:40 pm

<--------------------nice baby picture

Warwolf Dash · Post by **Warwolf Dash** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:35 pm

AC/DC

Bruffmeister · Post by **Bruffmeister** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:18 am

I like the Police and i think they broke up before i was even born.