brooklynvegan: The Underrated Band Post

The Harlem Shakes and We Are Wolves (horrible band name) are both great.

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 1:24 PM

the diggs

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 1:25 PM

My Morning Jacket! These guys have been a great band for a long time and do not get the attention they deserve when "Z" drops people will realize what they have been missing and will expierence the best live show around!

Posted by danfun | August 9, 2005 1:26 PM

I saw no mention of the new Samhain Live DVD here....

http://mvdb2b.com/cgi-bin/netlink?SESSION_NO=DDEEDULL&NL_ORDER_NO=@VAR_NL_ORDER_NO_@&STOCK_NO=DR-4466%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&REQUEST_ID=CSTKDET

Posted by ryan | August 9, 2005 1:28 PM

nice. Samhain needs to play a CBGB benefit show.

Posted by brooklynvegan | August 9, 2005 1:30 PM

I'd recommend bands from the Chicago Scene...
The Changes (www.the-changes.com)
The Ponys (www.theponys.com)
Head of Femur (www.headoffemur.com)
Canasta (www.canastamusic.com)
The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir (www.sygc.com)
The M's (www.thems.com)
Chin Up Chin Up (http://www.chinupchinup.com)
(I know you gave them an article)

Posted by Neptali | August 9, 2005 1:31 PM

thee more shallows http://www.theemoreshallows.com/
the most beautiful record of 2004.
i played this record between bands while on tour.
just about every night i had people asking me what i was playing. a must have album.

Posted by pushing faders | August 9, 2005 1:37 PM

the hypertonics

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 1:41 PM

CRYSTAL SKULLS!! (another bad band name)

I'm obsessed with Blocked Numbers. Quality from beginning to end. They were incredible when I saw em at Northsix. Can't wait for them to come back to NYC.

Posted by Chris | August 9, 2005 1:46 PM

Leaves

Posted by nycdee | August 9, 2005 1:48 PM

www.myspace.com/ravshmuel You guys should check this guy out. Rav Shmuel is a rabbi who drinks beer and plays original compositions on his guitar. He plays shows throughout the village all of the time.

Posted by JOsh | August 9, 2005 1:56 PM

www.myspace.com/ravshmuel You guys should check this guy out. Rav Shmuel is a rabbi who drinks beer and plays original compositions on his guitar (reminds me of Sublime). He plays shows throughout the village all of the time.

Posted by JOsh | August 9, 2005 1:56 PM

CRYSTAL SKULLS, DITTO.

Posted by Jen | August 9, 2005 2:20 PM

Surefire

Posted by amanda | August 9, 2005 2:24 PM

Going to see Mayday tonight, so they're on my brain, but not sure i've seen them here.

bay area bands i like off the top of my head are:
erase errata
the ebb and flow
dave dondero

Posted by Tito | August 9, 2005 2:27 PM

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!

Posted by Leonard | August 9, 2005 2:52 PM

ha.

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 2:53 PM

Local - Psychic Ills
Not - Pilotdrift

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 2:58 PM

slowlands,

aeroplane pageant,

two underrated nyc bands...

Posted by crisp | August 9, 2005 2:59 PM

some british ones:

Arctic Monkeys
The Cribs
The Paddingtons
Special Needs
Art Brut

Posted by katie | August 9, 2005 3:02 PM

I despise Art Brut. The Cribs are decent.

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 3:04 PM

Have you heard of Bloc Party? They're going to be huge.

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 3:09 PM

yeah Art Brut is love/hate

was the bloc party joke targeted at me? cause i can smaller, i wasn't sure how well the british ones are known:

Black Wire
The Mardous
Metro Riots
Chineapples
Rosemary
The Rocks
Crash Convention

Posted by katie | August 9, 2005 3:13 PM

'can *go smaller' is what i meant to write there. sigh.

I'd have to say that The Cribs, Special Needs, and Black Wire are the best of the bunch probably. But all of those have their merits.

Posted by katie | August 9, 2005 3:15 PM

The Gris Gris

Posted by autumnsweater | August 9, 2005 3:17 PM

devin davis, oneida, constantines, and i'll second the ponys.

Posted by matcoz | August 9, 2005 3:18 PM

allll of the gigantic bands, not just the cloud room. (http://www.giganticmusic.com)

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 3:23 PM

May or May Not

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 3:24 PM

american watercolor movement

Posted by ichabod | August 9, 2005 3:34 PM

Phil Elverum. Mt. Eerie. No Flashlight is incredible.

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 3:35 PM

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN...of course!

Posted by Beana | August 9, 2005 3:41 PM

Here's my short list: Tarantula, Lalaque, Caulfield Sisters, Looker, Demander
, Emok, Other Passengers, Hopewell, among others...

Well, most of these acts aren't necessarily new, but they're still great local acts.

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum isn't a local act, but going to see them live this past June at Tonic just blew me away!

Posted by Eric. | August 9, 2005 3:42 PM

the eames era (www.theeamesera.com)

bishop allen (www.bishopallen.com)

young agent jones (www.youngagentjones.com)

Posted by lewis | August 9, 2005 3:56 PM

I second Aeroplane Pageant. How do you know of them crisp?

Posted by rux | August 9, 2005 3:57 PM

devotchka...go see them tomorrow night. heaps better than clap your hands blah blah.

Posted by jen | August 9, 2005 4:05 PM

Jonny Lives (jonnylives.com)
The Walkup (www.thewalkup.net)

Posted by Jim | August 9, 2005 4:07 PM

The Slip
http://www.theslip.com

Posted by JB | August 9, 2005 4:08 PM

final fantasy. owen pallett is an amazing songwriter, and he only gets coverage when he's working or touring with the arcade fire. "has a good home" is possibly my second favorite album of the year, and easily the most underrated, and he does a wicked cover of "peach, plum, pear". i prefer it to the m. ward version.

more bands:

crystal skulls
math and physics club
aqueduct
and some unsigned seattle singer/songwriter project called fresh cherries from yakima (www.myspace.com/freshcherriesfromyakima)

Posted by douglasmartin | August 9, 2005 4:16 PM

Yes! glad to see other peeps agree about crystal skulls.

About a month ago I would have agreed about Aqueduct, but now that Jaguar commercial kind of changes things. He/they are getting massive exposure with that, which he/they deserve. I Sold Gold is addictive.

Posted by Chris | August 9, 2005 4:29 PM

my best fiend

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 4:29 PM

Four Volts - long time on the NY scene, highly praised by critics yet bloggers tend to ignore.
In fact, all Kanine Records bands are pretty great (ie Grizzly Bear, Oxford Collapse, Mommy and Daddy)

Posted by Rita | August 9, 2005 4:30 PM

Foreign Born.

Posted by Marlow | August 9, 2005 4:32 PM

pearl jam

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 4:40 PM

Celebrity

http://www.myspace.com/celebrity

dark atmospheric rock.

quite enjoyable

Posted by Ken | August 9, 2005 4:57 PM

Ryan Star...(rstar.net) plays at rockwood every thursday.

Posted by patty | August 9, 2005 5:15 PM

i saw the aeroplane pageant at rothko opening for kevin devine..

their EP has been in the ipod rotation since..

Posted by crisp | August 9, 2005 5:29 PM

I heard this band on kevchino.com called The Coral Sea. They have a great debut called "Volcano and Heart" which you can listen to at http://www.thecoralsea.net

Posted by Bob | August 9, 2005 6:05 PM

a local nyc band that's really great is
Your New Best Friend. They're playing at Pianos on Friday 8/12.

http://yournewbestfriend.us/

Melody Nelson wrote about them the other week and posted an mp3..

http://www.melodynelson.com/archives/week_2005_07_31.html#000510

Posted by christine | August 9, 2005 6:14 PM

i agree with:
LaLaque
Bishop Allen
Foreign Born
Head of Femur

and very much with:
Dovotchka

but how about:
Saints and Lovers
the Five O'Clock Heroes
Pagoda

Posted by dave | August 9, 2005 6:58 PM

american analog set. (new record in september.)
kinski.
pelican.
green milk from planet orange.

Posted by carla | August 9, 2005 7:02 PM

here is a guy you should check out, and will hear about pretty soon:

devin davis
his album "lonely people of the world, unite!"

he is playing at CMJ this year. i suggest you chek him out. nothing groundbreaking, but really high quality power pop.

Posted by dan lichtenberg | August 9, 2005 7:20 PM

The Spinto Band

If you scroll down this site, you can find a free mp3.

http://www.badmintonstamps.com

I also second Leaves.

How 'bout The Rakes and Clor?

Posted by interper | August 9, 2005 7:23 PM

Devotchka. tomorrow night. this band is out of control.

Posted by Karen | August 9, 2005 8:39 PM

GERLING
GERLING
GERLING
GERLING
GERLING

GERLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and Jaga Jazzist

Posted by drowned_in_milk | August 9, 2005 8:51 PM

American Watercolor Movement seconded. I'm shocked that somebody beat me to mentioning them.

www.americanwatercolormovement.com

Also, Like Moving Insects.

www.likemovinginsects.com

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 9:31 PM

Jimmy Buffet

Posted by Anonymous | August 9, 2005 9:55 PM

matisyahu

Posted by script | August 9, 2005 10:38 PM

electric shadows
the fame
the everyothers
the bishops
arctic monkeys
the rakes
head of femur
communique
the english dept
we are scientists
buttercup
zykos
the crimea
the like
amazing pilots.

Posted by savvy | August 9, 2005 11:25 PM

england:
HOT CHIP

new york:
BLOOD ON THE WALL
Aa

texas:
INDIAN JEWELERY

portland:
GLASS CANDY

seattle:
CHROMATICS

providence:
MAHI MAHI

Posted by spacedog | August 9, 2005 11:43 PM

NYC:
Surefire
(www.myspace.com/surefireband)

LA:
The Tints
(www.myspace.com/thetints)

Posted by aaron | August 10, 2005 1:11 AM

THE KILLERS!!!

Posted by Anonymous | August 10, 2005 1:15 AM

Feist

Posted by Anonymous | August 10, 2005 1:33 AM

Up and coming...

The Fame (www.the-fame.com)
Surefire (www.surefireband.com
The Harlem Shakes (www.harlemshakes.com
Pristess (www.priestessband.com)

Posted by Jesse | August 10, 2005 1:38 AM

Glad to see others have posted it. ny bloggers have totally slept on it- except for Jasper because I think he may have turned me on to them- a way back. Devotchka I think are from Denver. got the record, saw them play with M. Ward at the Bowery, and was crying by the third song. This band makes something besides music. poster above called it out of control. I don't know what it is- but it left me in tears.

Posted by Carmen Kim | August 10, 2005 2:12 AM

Be Careful Little Hands (lush pop ballads a la Coldplay, from Philly)
Alec K. Redfearn & The Eyesores( beautiful prog with lots of accordion from Providence)
The Ambitious Orchestra (NYC's only 20 person rock band featuring orchestral instrumentation)
Reverend Glasseye (American Gothic gospel cabaret punk from Boston)
Mahi Mahi (noise and insanity from Providence)
The Vitamen (now defunct humorous indie pop from NYC)
The Negatones (progsploitation! from NYC)
The Flesh (Dark indie pop with bling bling leanings from NYC...not so good live, but great recordings)

....btw, I love The Harlem Shakes but they are getting an absolutely fair amount of hype.

Posted by Camille | August 10, 2005 7:44 AM

WE ARE SCIENTISTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by script | August 10, 2005 8:38 AM

www.alltheghosts.com
www.hulatheband.com
www.condotheband.com

Posted by D | August 10, 2005 8:49 AM

the static age - www.thestaticage.com

dear leader - www.dear-leader.com

man in gray - www.maningray.com

Posted by holmes | August 10, 2005 9:39 AM

Volcano, I'm Still Excited

Holmes, from NJ.

Posted by Anonymous | August 10, 2005 10:05 AM

The French Explosion. They are opening for Jason Anderson at the Knitting Factory on September 26th, and have played with Kimya Dawson, Calvin Johnson, etc.

Posted by Anonymous | August 10, 2005 12:11 PM

i second the m's and the changes.

add
locksley
the jealous girlfriends

Posted by katie, a princess | August 10, 2005 12:57 PM

More SUREFIRE!

Posted by krista | August 10, 2005 1:16 PM

japanth....

love letters
at sin-e
tues august 23, 2005
11pm

http://www.enjine.net/loveLetters/masked.mp3
http://www.enjine.net/loveLetters/wordCulture.mp3
http://www.enjine.net/loveLetters/tshirt.jpg

Posted by story of O | August 10, 2005 4:25 PM

Valeze

Posted by Anonymous | August 10, 2005 4:36 PM

Camille wrote the following:
"The Vitamen (now defunct humorous indie pop from NYC"

Are you sure about that? They played with my friend's band Hope Star and Browning (another great underrated band, incidentally; they're from New Brunswick, NJ and could fit in very well with the whole indie-folk thing) at a club in Philly less than 2 weeks ago.

Posted by Matthew Berlyant | August 10, 2005 6:14 PM

nightmare of you

www.nightmareofyou.com

Posted by Anonymous | August 10, 2005 6:46 PM

Japanther

Posted by Anonymous | August 10, 2005 8:47 PM

Tapes 'n Tapes www.tapesntapes.com

//Die Romantik www.dieromantik.com

//The Malarkies www.themalarkies.com

//Bumcello www.bumcello.com

//Black Mountain www.blackmountainmusic.com

//Mavis www.mavis.dk

//Mancino www.mancinomusic.com

Posted by Jonathan | August 11, 2005 12:24 AM

Silver Jews

Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2005 12:48 AM

www.capselamusic.com

Posted by sarah | August 11, 2005 2:17 PM

mobius band?

mahi mahi?

holy fuck! www.myspace.com/holyfuck

Posted by jim | August 13, 2005 9:47 PM

Patrick Wolf.

So much talent it's scary.

Posted by Anonymous | August 15, 2005 1:17 PM

the shorebirds

Posted by Anonymous | August 15, 2005 3:04 PM

Calypso Stallion
Walking Concert
Skull Fuzz
the Love Scene
Track Rabbit

Posted by Boomer 1 | August 15, 2005 4:26 PM

Summer Lawns http://www.summerlawnsband.com/site.html
(at Mercury Lounge on 8/31 8:00pm)
Army Navy http://www.armynavyband.com/
The Oktober People http://www.oktoberpeople.com
(finally coming to NYC 10/3 & 10/4)

Posted by Chris | August 16, 2005 10:27 AM

Shelby http://www.shelbynyc.com

anybody see them recently? How are they live? I'm digging their tunes and might try catching them at CMJ.

Posted by Chris | August 17, 2005 11:26 AM

The Pale Pacific - new album called "Urgency"

at CBGB's for CMJ 9/15 at 12:30am

Posted by Chris | August 31, 2005 9:34 AM

LOCKSLEY! I really like a lot of the other bnands mentioned, the viramen, bishop allen, the oggs, but Locksley will be huge. watch for their fall tour

Posted by Lazer | September 25, 2005 11:24 AM

LOCKSLEY! I really like a lot of the other bnands mentioned, the viramen, bishop allen, the oggs, but Locksley will be huge. watch for their fall tour. www.bandoflocksley.com

Posted by Lazer | September 25, 2005 11:25 AM

anybody know about a band called the shorebirds? , from brooklyn i think. i cant find anything on the web.
cheers.
db.

Posted by db | October 7, 2005 10:49 PM

THE EARTHQUAKES. OH GOD! THEY DO IT HARD.
go see them in NYC.

Posted by uggghhh | October 8, 2005 12:13 AM

limekiln records

ian love

Posted by sammy | October 8, 2005 1:49 AM

limekiln records

ian love

Posted by sammy | October 8, 2005 2:00 AM

telefauna!

www.telefauna.com

Posted by jimmy jams | November 7, 2005 12:42 AM

Hi- I see a lot of good bands on this list, but if you are really interested in learning about new bands you should listen to KEXP. It's a great radio station from seattle and only play good music that is generally not well known. Also commerical free. check it out... www.kexp.org

PS- I don't work for this radio station, I just really love it that much

Posted by charisma | December 7, 2005 7:16 PM

Bound Stems. EP is stellar. LP coming soon. Should be greatness.

Posted by Chris | January 30, 2006 11:47 AM

The Shorebirds!
myspace.com/theshorebirds

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