The music industry is quite tragic. Long gone are the days where “mainstream” bands were actually listen-able. (Don’t get me wrong, I like the occasional pop song – in an ironic way, of course). Lucky for music lovers there is an underground wealth of talented bands you can listen to on the internet. Here are some of my friends, acquaintances and bands I wish I knew personally that you HAVE to hear. They range in genre from rock to folk-punk to instrumental jazz-surf to garage pop to alt.blue grass to avant-guard to psych electro etc!
AND FOR FURTHER ENTERTAINMENT AND ENTICEMENT, I will profile and feature a band from this list (or bands I discover in the meantime) once a week! WOOHOO!!!
Swallows
Agent Ribbons
Beehive and the Barracudas
Hey Lover
The Headliners
The Lovely Public
Levator
The Ovulators
Pallaton
The Father Phil
Autopilot is for Lovers
LKN
Tess
Kusikia
Purple Rhinestone Eagle
The Young People
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Podunk Nowhere
The Displaced
The Decliners
Advisory
Sick Sick Sister
The Foxgloves
Kiki
Emily Herring
emBROWNLOWe
Alina Simone
Radiateur
The Blank Tapes
Ghosts to Falco
Reporter
Social Studies
Little Teeth
Slutty Hearts
Crazy for Jane
John Sutherland
Susie Asado
Chores
Amy Canbe
White Magic
Hairspray Blues
Kleveland
Katie Eastburn
Sasha and the Shamrocks
The Trucks
Elizabeth Setzer
Eagle and Talon
Magic Johnson
The Crimes of Ambition
Childhood Friends
Adam Gnade
The Walking
Fast Heart Mart
The Glossines
The Phantom Lights
Morgan Grace
The Vulturines
Von Super
Polly Panic
Hazard County Girls
Jessica Jones
Porches
Ninety-nine
The Guilty Party
Josh Crane
Ouija Radio
Cafeteria Dance Fever
Alpha Dahlia
The Artificial Sea
Bumtech
Minerva
Jen Wood
Fair Mona
Junkface
Ol Howl N Smash
Gay Deceivers
The Crash and Betty Show
Happy Meal
Boy Eats Drum Machine
Viva Voce
Beangrowers
I keep playing this over and over:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLnBVx0Ano
It is my current favorite thing IN THE WORLD, although “In the Aeroplane over the Sea” kinda is too… but I can’t get over this video, the look, her playing, her voice, her look.
I haven’t even gotten to playing her CD yet; I just keep listening to this song.
BUT I will play the CD soon.
Great List! Looking forward to the weekly feature. We are honored to be included.
i think i can just tack up this list and work through it all year…. i haven’t heard of most of these people, and THAT’S tragic!!! (: thanks for putting me in there, you are a champion of the underground!!!!!