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great to see "Whipping Boy" making it on this thread ; band that really should have made it to the next level ; friend of mine was going out with the drummer in Seattle - he's still living there as far as I know.
And to keep the theme of great Irish bands that should but probably won't make it....Girl Band ; Paul

Went to Reading a few times in the 80s, check out this line up, proper goth Friday, Killing Joke, Mission, Balaam and in particular the bolshoi put on great shows.

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:06 am

Niegs wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 2:12 am Punk (just good rock?) band featuring members of Strung Out, Pulley, No Use For A Name, Face to Face, and The Tank.

That project passed me by. Used to listen to all of those bands other than The Tank. Strung out were stand outs for me (before they went a bit metal anyway)

I highly recommend Implants.

As for Strung Out, I didn't love the most recent album but Transmission.Alpha.Delta had really solid tunes in Black Maps, Nowheresville, No Apologies and Westcoasttrendkill

Ha ... but the intro to this is very much metal, I guess. :)

The new Biffy Clyro album is out

Some new music that's dropped in the last couple of weeks:

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:55 am Some new music that's dropped in the last couple of weeks:

That Jazzmaster should be relinquished from that crybaby lyricist.

iarmhí wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:35 pm

Polly Jean isn’t an absolute treasure, isn’t she. Crazy that she fits the ‘alternative’ tag while just playing really good rock music.

Shanky’s mate wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:30 pm

iarmhí wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:35 pm

Polly Jean isn’t an absolute treasure, isn’t she. Crazy that she fits the ‘alternative’ tag while just playing really good rock music.

She's outstanding. I've never seen her play live though. I've been to many festivals and have yet to see her play

Shanky’s mate wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:30 pm Crazy that she fits the ‘alternative’ tag while just playing really good rock music.

She isn't alone in that. So many 'alternative' artists... it's all rock 'n' roll to me.

Mr Bungle wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:39 pm

Shanky’s mate wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:30 pm Crazy that she fits the ‘alternative’ tag while just playing really good rock music.

She isn't alone in that. So many 'alternative' artists... it's all rock 'n' roll to me.

Yeah, agreed... just really good music that doesn’t get picked up. Commercial radio is a pox upon the earth.

Marc Ribot is mostly known as Tom Waits' guitarist, it's reductionist I know, but, hey.

How-so-ever, if you are after alternative music, Marc Ribot is yer man

I love Strung Out, probably seen them over a dozen times. But havent listened to much of the last few albums.

Farva wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 3:13 am I love Strung Out, probably seen them over a dozen times. But havent listened to much of the last few albums.

Listened to Twisted by Design for the first time in ages after the discussion on here the other day. Definitely their high point for me and still an enjoyable listen.

A few more Fat, Lookout and Epitaph bands of a similar ilk I was listening to a lot to in the late 90s

A few more from my life in the 90s

And when I was 18, I didnt really like the way No Use for a Name went and preferred Leche Con Carne. But as I have got older, I think this is easily their best song



But then I do feel like yelling out Fuck You thats my name every now and then

iarmhí wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:22 pm

This version is incredible too.

Back when KOL were a cool band singing about prostitutes and cocaine.

Decided to dig out some cds I haven't listened to in ages ... trying hopelessly to sing along with this (needed a better warmup :D )

Deathcore take on Billie Eilish



It's actually brilliant, kind of wish he'd done the whole song.

I'm also on a massive Rolo Tomassi kick at the moment. Injecting more and more post-rock into their mathcore is the best artistic decision. For those who don't know them, it's the same girl doing the clean and unclean vocals which is pretty impressive.

@sock - this is what indie emo must sound like! ^^^

Having a fun week re-discovering some of my early 2000s metalcore favourites:




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On the other end of the spectrum entirely stumbled upon this Aussie band. Seen them labelled as pop-punk, but I think that's just 'cause they have a female singer. The instrumentals aren't right for that, they lean closer to the lighter end of post-hardcore if anything. I really like some of the obvious Aus inflections in the singing, quite a lot of the vocalists from down under that I've heard basically sound Yank.


They contributed a fun cover of Shape of You to the last Punk Goes Pop compilation.

Big Nipper wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 7:56 pm @sock - this is what indie emo must sound like! ^^^

Funnily enough I was listening to them a few weeks back. The male vocal is a bit high and thin for them to get in my rotation regularly, but I do enjoy the ambient, dreamy quality of their instrumentals.

A wee while ago I said to my daughter that I quite liked this band, she said, yeah, they were alright a couple of years ago until a lot of dads got into them

Shanky’s mate wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:49 pm

I like that.

I've been trying to track down a N.African/ME Funk thing I heard a while ago and I have nothing to go on except a scrap of melody that I can just about remember - it's a frustrating pursuit.

I quite like that for the novelty value... sort of a John Cooper Clark meets Alexei Sayle vibe.

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:54 pm

Shanky’s mate wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:49 pm

I like that.

I've been trying to track down a N.African/ME Funk thing I heard a while ago and I have nothing to go on except a scrap of melody that I can just about remember - it's a frustrating pursuit.

The Tuareg guitar rock sound is excellent. There’s quite a few decent bands putting stuff out...

And good luck trying to track down that scrap of sound, I’ve been there and it can take years

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:54 pm

Shanky’s mate wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:49 pm

I like that.

I've been trying to track down a N.African/ME Funk thing I heard a while ago and I have nothing to go on except a scrap of melody that I can just about remember - it's a frustrating pursuit.

These guys are great, but were you maybe thinking of Bombino?

Been checking out Spiritbox as I see them referenced all over the place at the moment. Their vocalist is an astonishingly good screamer and clean singer. I wasn't convinced this was a live take until the clean part kicked in (I actually prefer it to the official recording, multi-layering and auto-tuning of good voices irritates me).



A more melodic track

is this still the alternative thread?