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The West Philadelphia Orchestra practices next door to me so I hear them all the time. Lucky for me they're a really good band (and pretty nice guys), eastern European music with a twist I guess would be the best way to describe them. Really worth your time to give a listen to.
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Allright, I'll plug two bands
Today I Caught The Plague: Today I Caught the Plague (IS ON TOUR!) on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads and A Legend Falls: A Legend Falls (2000 - 2005) on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads It's the same vocalist in both bands. I'm friends with him. A Legend Falls broke up, and the drummer and vocalist went on to form Today I Caught The Plague. Two different beasts. If anyone wants any of their stuff PM Me. |
Shouldn't we have this little bit more regional than just posting "local bands" ... the Great Frontier is fairly large, I'll never watch a NY band but maybe an LA band
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you're missing the point we're looking for good musicians that are LOCAL as in almost so local we personally know them.
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CACTUS’S on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads
dolcim (ON TOUR IN EUROPE MAY-JULY) on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads cease upon the capitol on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads the first one is my friend's brother's band, who I genuinely do really like and am not posting for free advertising. |
Karnivool are local for me!
Karnivool on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads |
Killed by the Bull.
Really good melodic hardcore band from Jersey. Best song: Chicken Legs. |
I'm crazy about these Dutch bands:
Drive Like Maria De Staat Moke Look up their MySpace pages if you'd like to listen to their music. I can't post urls yet since I'm a newbie over here. |
And how could I forget good old Johan:
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If your into metal check out psykosis and exzeltic. Theyre pretty awesome
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These guys are great!
All Skylines Collide on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads |
Anyone from southern TN/Huntsville AL probably have heard 40ozMidget, it's mix between 311/Primus/RATM/Tool/Sublime with a hint of Mr. Bungle for good measure.
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Local Band Showcase
I couldn't figure out where to put this on a normal music thread... I guess indie? But sometimes, well most of the time indie refers vaguely to a type of sound or some other aesthetic so I didn't feel it to be completely accurate to post this there. So... here are the rules, well at least how I think the format should be...
We all live in a place or near a place where a music scene is burgeoning, or at least... exists... so post one of your favorite local bands somehow... the purpose of this thread is to get those bands who you think deserve to be heard... well, to get them heard! So listen to everyone's bands... review... have fun! Once a band is posted, that band and their music must get 5 reviews before a new band can be posted. A review should be well thought out... not like "o ya they sux"... this not only helps support small groups but also allows you to come up with your own ideas and not be jaded by an existing review or thought on some popular band. You should include: link to music, genre (or as close as you can to a genre), website, hometown, band name and whether or not they are signed. sooo, here we go... http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/46127247.jpg Andre and the Giants Blues/Funk Rock Columbia, MO Unsigned YouTube - AandtheGs's Channel Andre and the Giants – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats, & pictures at Last.fm Andre and the Giants on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads |
Post moved here as this thread is very similar. Its not just to bump one of my old threads either, i promise. :D
I hope it takes off this time. I like to know about members local bands and also any cool little venues in peoples home towns. There are alot of cool little places near me that alot of people dont know about or even know exist. |
Portland, OR.
Whatever it is that you're into, there are enough people here doing it (and subsequently enough people doing it badly) that it gets annoying if you're paying too much attention. That said, though, there is something nice about living in a city where you can choose between, say, a well-known arena-rock band, an underground folk-country band, authentic Indian traditional music and, hand-to-God, Klingon metal all on the same night. |
^Thanks to you I just decided to check out one of my favorite little bands from Portland, the Builders and the Butchers and discovered they will be in my state in July!
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Glasgow, Scotland
We have a number of local indie bands and lots of record stores which support these bands. There is on band from my school named The Celestians they are getting pretty big. The Celestians on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads |
The Civvies, Swansea, South Wales.
The Civvies on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads =D I play the Bass guitar. These are some Pals of mine, I think they need to work on the lyrics but yeah. The Good Things. http://www.myspace.com/thegoodthingsuk |
Maryland/Pa/D.C./ Va
I live in Maryland but am often times playing/going to shows in Pensilvania, D.C., and Virginia. In Maryland the venues are hit or miss. In Baltimore Sonar, powerplant, hammerjacks, and various others are main stays their and bands are constintly trying to get a regular gig spot at Sonar. Sonar has a good crew, management, and employees in all of Baltimore, from what I have seen anyway. Towson has one venue alot of bandS hit the The Richer Theatre. If try to avoid going their, it's small (600 max) and sound is horrid. When I played their no one could do sound to save their lives, I could only hear drums and guitar, it's pathetic. D.C. Is my favorite. Clubs their are great and are very personal, I try to get to a show their 2 time a month (I live 2 hours away). My favorite clubs are The 9:30 club and The Black Cat. I played both, and both have A+ everything. The scene is cool too. Alot of Post-hardcore and indie, because when you play in D.C. you feel as if Fugazi literly owns the town. What can I say? I love Fugazi. Virginia for me is lame. The scene is full of hipsters and music elitists. Every person that played In a band in VA, that talked to me, is an innovative mix between Animal Collective and My Bloody Valintine. This is richman Va, I havent went as far as that city. The only cool thing is that you can smoke inside in VA because no one cares about the smoking laws. |
Minneapolis, MN USA:
Great hip-hop/rap don't really have to explain Eyedea and Abilities, P.O.S. Atmosphere and others-(also a lot of ****ty attemps at another lil' wayne) Indie/Experiemental- has a smaller format but we have a local band named Why? thats pretty good. Electronic - Pretty much just a ****ty rave scene. No one goes there for music people just show up to munch some rolls down and forget about life. Modern Rock - There are A LOT of bar bands in Minneapolis. Most of them sound super ****ty very main stream but there are some dimonds in the rough. Down and Above is an amazing Rock/Alternitave band from Minneapolis. And obviously the Hold Steady... Country - .... Punk - There are some stabbs at hardcore punk here and there. Some people are heavily influenced by Canadian punk from Manitoba (Propagandhi, Comeback Kid) but no one really stands out. other than that you'll find terrible metal and terrible post-hardcore/screamo bands. |
My town has lots of small amateur bands and they all play somekind of pop-punk or metal.
There is way too many metal bands here and they are all pretty much crap. |
Wow...is all I can say about alot of the musicians that have come out of this area of southeastern Ohio, most of them are just as good as the big dogs are, one band that has their own music video, songs on Itunes, etc. is Bobaflex, you should check out there video BobaFlex E.P. avalible on iTunes on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads Also are a few local cover bands that do the classic rock thing, Blitzgrieg & Bad Habits are a few of the best ones to name, I dont know what it is about this area but I havent even started to name all of the outstanding musicians that are from here, guitarist, drummers, vocalist, etc. you really have to be on the top of your game if you want respect as a musician in this area, of course I am just to damn old and have no more grand illusions about doing a 40+ song set in a cover band anymore, I will do a 15 to 20 song show once or twice a year opening for other bands, its just to much hard work in a cover band, most people think that its all fun and parties and its not to say the least, its hard damn work! espeacially hard for a vocalist.
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Well, Melbourne is apparently the cultural capital of Australia, and there is a fantastic and diverse music scene down here. I've been to every main city in Australia and NZ but I have to say I've never come across a more artsy/musical city than Melbourne. A lot of live music is usually seen in bars and pubs, but it's not the cliched 'pub rock' that was really prevalent years ago. The venues in Melbourne are also really quirky, which I love.
Some of my favourites include the Esplanade Hotel, or the Espy: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/55...917f51500e.jpg The Forum: http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/s...te/forum_7.jpg The Arthouse: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/49...f04ca2.jpg?v=0 The Ding Dong Lounge: http://ontheinside.info/wp-content/a...g-lounge01.jpg And also Ruby's Lounge in Belgrave. I think Melbourne has an amazing music scene and when I go out to catch some live music I am hardly ever disappointed by the quality of bands I see! We also have a load of quirky little alleyways, not creepy alleyways but pretty ones with cafes and bars and street performers. It's great. |
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I miss it. DC has a crazy music scene. There was a good amount of indie pop bands similar to AC and that sound, lots of experimental electronic type stuff (more in the vein of Melt-Banana, straight up experimental music is huge in Maryland), dream pop, and I hear a massive rap/hip hop scene that I never saw too much of. There's a lot of alternative rock bands popping up everywhere, good and bad. And of course, it wouldn't be DC without the punk and post hardcore artists.
As for my current local music scene, well... that doesn't exist. But if all goes as planned, I'll be stationed about half an hour from Seattle after this :D Sub Pop and ****loads of indie rock come to mind when I think of Seattle, it should be amazing if I make it there. |
In Louisiana, as far as electronic is concerned, most of the clubs around here are big on Electro House. Seems to be the trend as of late, although you can still find Drum & Bass, but its mostly been taken over by Dubstep.
I haven't heard breaks blow up since I lived in Florida about 8 years ago. Metal always stays a mainstay in certain Louisiana niche. Rarely hear punk anything anymore. Mainstream alternative is pretty much a regular in your every-day bars and all that. Indie seems to have taken off a lot with locals... a lot of unknown acts coming out and doing stuff in that area. They usually do their thing at bars that have open mic nights. HipHop will always be HipHop. Never died down, just changed. But most of your regular joes listen to that horrid club shit. Everything else is in pockets and bursts. Aside from the obvious mainstream stuff, which is listened to by virtue of it being mainstream and all, it's really a matter of being in the right place as far as what's dominant. I sorta like that, because it's more than just a single character about the place you live. It's multi-dimensional. I like exploring that more. |
When referring to a music scene in Myrtle Beach, it's more of a "lack thereof" situation. I've been playing music in this town for almost 13 years, and I've seen a lot of bands of all genres come and go. It's not really the people's fault, either. Well, partially it is.
Myrtle Beach isn't really set up physically to be the kind of place where young people can walk around, exchange ideas and create an artistic identity. Myrtle Beach and it's suburbs are kind of like one moderately-sized city stretched out over about 20 miles of coastline. There's not really a center. There is a five points district, but it's tiny and only has a couple of clubs that are worth playing, and they're both small (50-200 people). The people who will never give up on the scene are the little hope that the local scene has, and there are a lot of people who I respect and love here, but they are not the majority. The majority of people in Myrtle Beach are, for lack of better words, "preppies" or "fashion whores". Canned music dance clubs are what's bigger here. It's basically disco town; get drunk, buy shit and fuck strange ass. If that's what you're into, I don't give a shit, but I'm looking for something more, and that's basically why we're packing up our gear and heading out west the Austin, Texas. |
I always liked Bar Fly in Liverpool. The Carling Academies in Liverpool and Manchester tend to have some good bands on but I haven't been to a live show in about a year.
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Albuquerque consist of about 30000 douche-bag emo/screamo bands.
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My favorite local act in Connecticut is a young kid who performs and records under the name "sadnes"
He uses guitar and a Nintendo Entertainment System to produce really awesome lo-fi electronic sounds. Check out his facebook Welcome to Facebook | Facebook and check this out: |
Anyone else here from NYC? There's this guy on the radio here I started listening to because I (and a LOT of PJ fans) thought he was giving away Pearl Jam tickets (but he didn't, which REALLY pissed me off). I went to the PJ show at MSG this past weekend and apparently the guy at the NY Post wrote a bad review of it. I don't read the NY Post though, I know this because this guy absolutely RAILED on the review and the guy who wrote it live on the air, it was glorious. It was Rich Russo on his show Anything Anything, Sunday nights, from 9PM to I think 11? on 101.9 WRXP. The guy goes off on stuff like this all the time, I think his deal is he doesn't have a supervisor and can say anything he wants (Get it? Anything...Anything? :D) Anyway, as a die-hard PJ fan, this Rich guy has a new fan in me, haha ^^
Slightly more on topic, one of my favorite venues here in NYC is Rockwood Music Hall on the Lower East Side. They have a different band there every, like, HOUR, from 6PM on, weekdays AND weekends. Awesome. This band I really like, Benyaro, is playing there Thursday night, June 8th, yay! Anyone else happen to be going to that show? |
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