Ok, this is kind of a post your music thread, but not really. The point is to get me to buy a new CD, because I really havent bought/heard any new bands that I like recently.

I've gotten a lot into 80's music, mostly Tears for Fears and others, probably because of the Donnie Darko soundtrack, I love those songs, I'm listening to The Killing Moon right now, what band is that?

Anyways, I'm looking for bands, old or new that sound like, or similar to any of these bands:

• Jump, Little Children
• Tinkers Punishment
• Jeff Buckley
• Travis
• Coldplay
• Oasis, Blur, Stereophonics
• Sigur Ros
• Doves
• Muse ~ I dont have any of their CD's, so which one is the best?

Just give me a couple suggestions or post what you like and we'll swap artists or something. The point is for people to find out about music that they like.

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~amor sui~

Radiohead, perhaps

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

Forgot to mention them. I already own about half of their stuff... actually all but Kid A.

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~amor sui~

Echo and the Bunnymen.

Well then . . .



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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

Try this site:

http://www.gnoosic.com

You give it the names of 3 bands or music groups that you like, and it gives you a list of similar bands/music groups that you may also like. It has certainly worked for me, I've found several new music groups through it that I never would have heard of without it.

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You underestimate the power of the Dark Side...

DSettahr's Homepage

People who like Radiohead tend to like Muse. Same kind of sulk-rock

woohooo, thanks DS


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" You killed me. That wasn't very nice."
Noble Gases

I havent heard the whole thing, but what I've heard from Muse's new album is really good.

I got a few suggestions for ya. You probably know and have formed opinions of most of them already, but hey that arent on your list there, and my comments go for everyone who reads this thread

Powderfinger
Awesome Aussie rockers with a huge following out here, but they havent made it in overseas markets yet. They should, they deserve to. They're a bit more mainstream than Radiohead or Muse, and a bit more rocking than Coldplay or Travis. Favourite songs would be: These Days, My Happiness, and Pick You Up.

The Verve / Richard Ashcroft
Knowing your music taste you probably have Urban Hymns already. At least I bloody well hope you do! If not, get it. Now. Anywho, after the band split up, Ashcroft launched a solo career with surprisingly good results. His sound is really mellow and relaxed with many rolling ballads, but thankfully (for us at least) his despairing lyrical style remains. Favourite tracks: Lucky Man, Bittersweet Symphony, Science of Silence, Brave New World, Man On a Mission.

Ash
These guys are quite rocking for my tastes, but they certainly have their moments. They're kind of like what would happen if you mixed Blink 182 and Oasis. There's that retro garage rock feel to a lot of their stuff, and sometimes they get a little weird. Most of the time though they just rock. Favourite tracks: Shining Light, Burn Baby Burn, Sometimes.

Phantom Planet
These guys only have 1 album that I choose to know about, but it's one of those in my collection I find myself always going back to. They're relatively soft rockers with radio-friendly tracks, with an ever so slight tip of the hat to Radiohead showing through in a few songs. Some of their tracks have such pathetic lyrics, they're good. If you ever see The Guest in a bargin bin pick it up, you wont be dissapointed. Favourite tracks: Anthem, In Our Darkest Hour, California.

Other bands you might want to give a go but I cant be bothered writing about:
Starsailor, Semisonic, Motor Ace, Nick Drake, Ocean Colour Scene, Stone Roses, The Dandy Warhols, The Strokes, The Vines, You Am I.

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The Massassi-Map
There is no spoon.

Thanks guys. Right now I'm watching the Coldplay DVD which is the most awesomest concert dvd ever and so I'll be all musiced out for a while...

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~amor sui~

and gnoosic.com is awesome. The first band it popped up after I typed in Travis, Coldplay, and Jeff Buckley was Doves. I was like 'neat-o!' because that's what i say.

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~amor sui~

Well.. You can't spell 80's without "Men Without Hats."

Modern English is really good too.

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[12:42] Spork: I wish I knew, coned sucked. owned owns coned and pwned.
MadQuack on Military school: Pro's: I get to shoot a gun. Con's: Everything else.
"I'm going to beat you until the laws of physics are violated!!" ! Maeve's Warcry

*Muse - Thoughts of A Dying Atheist* <- Absolution, latest album
*Muse - Stockholm Syndrome* <- same
*Muse - Citizen Erased* <- Origin Of Symmetry, second album
*Muse - Falling Down* <- Showbiz, first one



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Of war, we don't speak anymore

As Muse albums go, I suggest you get Absolution, which is their latest. It has much more variety, in my opinion, than Symmetry (which is just scales. Good scales, but scales nevertheless...)

I want to see them live recently, and I was stunned by how good they sounded.

However, I've not heard much Showbiz, apart from the odd few songs, which I thought were really good (Sunburn, Filip and Muscle Museum).

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GhostOfYoda - General doer of stuff.

I found a band on that site called Endochine.. The other bands that were closest were: Sex Pistols, Nirvana, The Clash, Misfits, Alanis Morissette.

Pick which one doesn't belong.

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[12:42] Spork: I wish I knew, coned sucked. owned owns coned and pwned.
MadQuack on Military school: Pro's: I get to shoot a gun. Con's: Everything else.
"I'm going to beat you until the laws of physics are violated!!" ! Maeve's Warcry

Get a friend to tie you to a chair and turn up the volume really loud, and then listen to Laibach, Skinny Puppy, Dimmu Borgir, and VNV Nation for 48 consecutive hours without eating or sleeping.

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The Internet will steal your soul.

Dud: The Misfits

Schming:

The White Stripes might be good, alot of people hate them, alot of people love them

You might like cake, especially their last CD (Comfort Eagle)

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Happy "Diseased" dud: You said I'd be like this guy. Boycotting everything..
Happy "Diseased" dud: ted kazcnisky. That's who it was.
Happy "Diseased" dud: Wait, That's the unibomer.
Happy "Diseased" dud: Wrong guy.

APC is always a good choice.
So is Jeremiah Freed!

I think the CIA does that when they are interogating prisoners

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

Listen to Tri-Ac for 30 seconds, and you'll wish you great great grandfather never met your great great grandmother..

Oh and fish: Funny.

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[12:42] Spork: I wish I knew, coned sucked. owned owns coned and pwned.
MadQuack on Military school: Pro's: I get to shoot a gun. Con's: Everything else.
"I'm going to beat you until the laws of physics are violated!!" ! Maeve's Warcry

Yeah that was a great show, I remember it well. Well, the music was great, just a shame the crowd didnt get into it a little more.

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The Massassi-Map
There is no spoon.

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

If you like Coldplay, you will love these guys. Their new CD, Source Tags and Codes, is amazing and has an incredible mystic quality to all the songs. Every song is lovinly crafted. You can get some free MP3s at www.mp3.com, but they are down right now. Download the song "Relative Ways" as soon as you can... you won't be disappointed. And listen to "How Near, How Far" while you're at it.

The Smiths
Morrissey
Echo and the Bunnymen
Nick Cave
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The Birthday Party
Addict
Feeder
Depeche Mode
Indochine
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Joy Division (It's in Donnie Darko, the love scene)
New Order
The Damned
The Faint
The Cure
The Cult
The Clash
The Sisters of Mercy
VAST
Social Distortion
Sonic Youth

Enough for you?

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I have become Death, destroyer of newbs.
Statavad-Gita 8:14

Echo and the Bunnymen! They're one of my favorites. Don't buy the album right away though, nice new rereleases will be in stores soon.
I have to emphasize them especially if you like Coldplay, as they give Echo a lot of credit for influencing them.

Stat listed some great stuff, and I have more to add:

Electronic
The Pixies
The Stranglers
The Replacements
Bauhaus
Peter Murphy
The Meat Puppets
Siouxsee and the Banshees
The Psychedelic Furs
The Stone Roses
The Flaming Lips (Though I haven't heard any of their stuff from the 80's.)
Toad the Wet Sprocket's first two albums.

Some other stuff:
The Velvet Underground
Interpol
The Pink Floyd's first album
Frank Black
The Breeders
Glen Phillips
Gomez
Iggy Pop
The Stooges
Massive Attack


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All you need is love.

[This message has been edited by dry gear the frog (edited December 03, 2003).]

Check out Richard Hell and the Voidoids. I should add these guys aren't really 80's rock, but they kick *** altogether.

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I have a signature.

[This message has been edited by MadQuack (edited December 04, 2003).]

Heh, I own all the White Stripes' albums, and I own Cake's Fashion Nugget. I dont listen to the stripes anymore, or the strokes for that matter, and the only song I really like from Cake's latest release is Short Skirt, Long Jacket.

I downloaded some Manic Street Preachers (i think that's what they're called) and some Ash. Gonna get to The Verve and some of the stuff on your other guys' lists later and I'll try to download at least one song by everyone's contributing bands and give a little critique of why my music is better or something...

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~amor sui~

Ok, when you get to Tri-Ac, turn your speakers up as loud as they can go, and max out all musical things. (Subwoofers ect.)

To achieve maximum effect.

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[12:42] Spork: I wish I knew, coned sucked. owned owns coned and pwned.
MadQuack on Military school: Pro's: I get to shoot a gun. Con's: Everything else.
"I'm going to beat you until the laws of physics are violated!!" ! Maeve's Warcry

They're not 80's rock, nor are they really like anything you mentioned, but I need to pimp them anyway.

Jeremiah Freed

Talk to me. I can hook you up with their stuff.

And Pete Kilpatrick Supergroup is also nice. I can hook you up with them as well, since you won't find too much on p2p programs.

And Even All out. Same deal as the above two.

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Baby Mama's Drama

[This message has been edited by Zuljin (edited December 04, 2003).]

>>The Velvet Underground<<

God, how could I forget them? <3 Velvet Underground

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I have become Death, destroyer of newbs.
Statavad-Gita 8:14

I see that you're into pop, just like a friend of mine. He listens to some of the bands you listed (Coldplay, Travis etc.) and also Goo Goo Dolls, Lifehouse and Placebo, to name a few.

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"For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries."
-Robert Jastrow

I can't wait!
Want some song suggestions?

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All you need is love.

Ya, but there's a difference between Goo Goo Dolls, Lifehouse, and Placebo and Coldplay and Travis... I like Coldplay and Travis and despise the ones you just mentioned.

Just because they're pop doesnt make them the same type of pop. Think Britpop. It's a whole different approach to pop-music.

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~amor sui~

Ok, here's the first bit of my responses to the bands mentioned:

Powderfinger - My Happiness - I like it. Reminds me of a song I've heard before, but I cant remember which song. I like the overall band sound. From this song though, I wouldn't buy the CD.

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony - I think everyone's heard this song at least once in their lives. I like it, I didn't know it was by The Verve, which I always get confused with The Verve Pipe, hey it happens. Soundskind kind of like the Beatles. May buy the CD.

Phantom Planet - California - Fun song. I like this song, might pick up the CD, but I doubt it, the guy's voice gets annoying pretty early on.

The Smiths - This Charming Man - This song is annoying. I hate the guitar sound, at least I think it's a guitar, you cant really tell, but I'm pretty sure.

Toad and the Wet Sprocket - All I Want Nice little acoustic song. Then the chorus came around and reminded me of lame worship music I used to hear at church. I'm going to find some other songs by them....

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart I like this band. I've heard them before but I'd forgotten what they sounded like. Probably won't buy their CD.

Toad and the Wet Sprocket - One Little Girl - This song was a vast improvement of All I Want. I dont like the guy's voice, he goes flat a lot throughout the song, I guess I've gotten spoiled by listening to really really good singers early on... = Jay Clifford, Jeff Buckley, Fran from Travis... I like the song though, still reminds me a bit of lame worship music. Probably wont buy the CD.

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~amor sui~

[This message has been edited by Schming (edited December 04, 2003).]

I'd highly suggest that everyone, regardless of your musical tastes, listen to Primus at least once. Go buy their new DVD/CD- Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People. It gives a pretty good representation of what their music is like. If you don't want to spend any money, downoad any of the following:
My Name is Mud
Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
Too Many Puppies
John the Fisherman
Jerry Was a Racecar Driver
Tommy the Cat

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"I'm significant!.... Screamed the speck of dust."
-Calvin

Schming, I really agree with you about Phantom Planet's lead singer. They're a band that I have very few reasons to actually like, but cant stop listening to. You know how it is?

As a Brit-pop fan I cant beleive you dont have The Verve's album, Urban Hymns
It's an absolute classic of brit-pop, right up there with Morning Glory or Parklife. Download Lucky Man and Sonnet, just to see what you're missing

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The Massassi-Map
There is no spoon.

I actually dont have Parklife either, I have the Best Of and Think Tank, I had Parklife in my hands the other day at the store but then I bought coffee instead.

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~amor sui~

IMO The Best Of does has the best of Parklfe on it, ironic, eh? It was just the first album that came to mind

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The Massassi-Map
There is no spoon.