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Could somebody recommend me some vintage 80s jangle-rock (besides REM)?

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Surely there's more out there...

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:37 (7 years ago) Permalink

Rain Parade
Dream Syndicate
Robyn Hitchcock

there's lots of this stuff

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:39 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Bangles -- rhymes with jangles. The Rutles "The Rutles."

― George Smith, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:40 (7 years ago) Permalink

let's active

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

Connells (Boylan Heights)
Game Theory (several)
Flying Color (S/T)

― JAS, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

Despard

― Josh Graham (grizham1), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Clean

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:47 (7 years ago) Permalink

Oh! And the Windbreakers, as well. I used to have Terminal and Run, which were both cool.

Also Tommy Keene. Just about anything by him is great.

― JAS, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:47 (7 years ago) Permalink

dBs

― don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:47 (7 years ago) Permalink

Soft Boys (Hitchcock mentioned earlier)
Primal Scream

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:50 (7 years ago) Permalink

Feelies
Bongos

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

plimsouls

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:52 (7 years ago) Permalink

This is exactly what I'm looking for. How about Green On Red? Were they any good? The few songs I heard by them left me underwhelmed.

How about The Reivers?

Right now, my favorite band is the Vulgar Boatmen, so anything like that would be appreciated.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

i used to luv green on red...and they used an eggleston photo on one of their covers

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:03 (7 years ago) Permalink

Bob Mould's solo record "Workbook" is pretty jangly.

― The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:09 (7 years ago) Permalink

Second the Connells; throw in "Fun and Games," too, but discard everything thereafter.

― Guayaquil, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

FELT!

― Tigerstyle Shamanic Vision Quester (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:20 (7 years ago) Permalink

if you love the Vulgar Boatmen (as everyone should) get the Silos first three albums (About Her Steps, Cuba (!), s/t). Cuba being the masterpiece. Really, get that right now. You'll love it.

Also, Michael Hall. But especially get this The Setters, which is Walter Salas-Humara (Silos), Michael Hall, and Alejandro Escovedo.

― teh Nü and Impröved john n chicago (frankE), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:26 (7 years ago) Permalink

Go-Betweens

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:26 (7 years ago) Permalink

xpost:
Walter Salas-Humera was in the Vulgar Boatmen, by the way.

― teh Nü and Impröved john n chicago (frankE), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:27 (7 years ago) Permalink

early florida incarnation, that is.

― teh Nü and Impröved john n chicago (frankE), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:27 (7 years ago) Permalink

also, The Schramms, early Yo La Tengo member Dave Schramm's band. if you can get past his vocals, that is.

aw, man. i'm gonna have a hard time stopping here...

― teh Nü and Impröved john n chicago (frankE), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:29 (7 years ago) Permalink

Rank & File
Meat Puppets II
The Neats
Salem 66

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:45 (7 years ago) Permalink

Two more Boston bands: Scruffy the Cat and Lifeboat.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:47 (7 years ago) Permalink

Another vote for the Connells - there first three albums, Darker Days, Boylan Heights, and Fun and Games are essential.

Also check out Let's Active, the dBs, Guadalcanal Diary, and Miracle Legion.

― John Hunter, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

Whoops . . . meant to type "their" first three albums.

― John Hunter, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:03 (7 years ago) Permalink

no mention of Pylon yet?

― jonviachicago, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

This is great, I'm going to be jangling for the next few months.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:23 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Three O'clock wee known to jangle on occasion.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

Even Tom Petty was known to jangle on call. "The Waiting"?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:52 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Nightingales

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:54 (7 years ago) Permalink

A very few tracks by The Upbeats (aka The Beats) would work, and Pete Buck plays on some of them. But, they were one of the most maddeningly incoherently inconsistent bands I've ever heard. Look for the Buck-assisted track Just Another Pop Song.

― dlp9001, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:00 (7 years ago) Permalink

How about The Reivers?

Fucking excellent stuff!

Look also for The Dangtrippers.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:01 (7 years ago) Permalink

Straitjacket Fits first couple of albums, Hail & Melt even though it's not eighties stuff it's tres jangly.

Long Ryders - State Of Our Union & Two Fisted Tales.

Grapes Of Wrath - Now & Again (brilliant, underrated etc:)

― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

Straitjacket Fits - Sparkle The Shines http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1OLD9R5DMBWRH192SORIO9Y2CH

The Grapes Of Wrath - Do You Want To Tell Me?
http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1P1SILC5J69PC2CP6B2EISF562

― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:25 (7 years ago) Permalink

"I Have A Dream" by The Long Ryders, for the orgasmic guitar freakout in the last minute or so.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:45 (7 years ago) Permalink

Oh, and "Will The Wolf Survive" - Los Lobos.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

Tim Ellison to thread! (I suspect, anyway)

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 19:03 (7 years ago) Permalink

the Wedding Present! Pick up the Rough Trade indie pop 1 comp that came out last year.

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 19:38 (7 years ago) Permalink

c86

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 20:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

I can't believe no one's mentioned the Smiths!

― Melinda Mess-injure, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

Or are The Smiths too obvious?

― Melinda Mess-injure, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:11 (7 years ago) Permalink

For Against were a bit jangly. Connells fourthed, dB's seconded, Let's Active thirded.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: the crown prince of understatement. (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:22 (7 years ago) Permalink

Last I checked, For Against were STILL jangly.

― JAS, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

Big Dipper

― smudger (smudger), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:55 (7 years ago) Permalink

Wygals, "Sleep With Angels." I think that's the title.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:57 (7 years ago) Permalink

you really need to check out Winter Hours.They even had the southern goth thing going on as well.And did anyone mention Guadacanal Diary?

― evan chronister (evan chronister), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 23:31 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Embarrassment (if we're mentioning Big Dipper)

― donuty! donuti! donuté! (donut), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 23:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

close lobsters, visitors, anything on sound of leamington spa compilations

― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 14 July 2005 00:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

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Also, I guess the Posies are considered a 90s band but they did put out Failure in '88. Really liked that one.

― JAS, Thursday, 14 July 2005 00:31 (7 years ago) Permalink

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oxford collapse too

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:37 (7 years ago) Permalink

Yes, this thread was very helpful. I went on a big Feelies kick as a result.. I can't do the Connells, though, they bug me. And I wanted to like the Rain Parade more than I actually do.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:40 (7 years ago) Permalink

please go get the silos cuba and vote for it in the 80s poll!!

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Friday, 7 October 2005 23:55 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Smiths?

― fandango (fandango), Friday, 7 October 2005 23:57 (7 years ago) Permalink

I can't believe no one's mentioned the Smiths!
-- Melinda Mess-injure (mozh...), July 14th, 2005 1:10 AM.
Or are The Smiths too obvious?
-- Melinda Mess-injure (mozh...), July 14th, 2005 1:11 AM.

Nobody replied, in complete shame as so many worship Mozzer & Marr.

― blunt (blunt), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

only takes one listen to "This Charming Man"...

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

oof.. Could somebody recommend me some vintage 80s jangle-rock (besides REM)?

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― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:20 (7 years ago) Permalink

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― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:21 (7 years ago) Permalink

Check out the Feelies side-projects - especially the Yung Wu record.

Also, from Boston, Men & Volts, who alternated between doing a weird Beefheartian thing and really interested pop songs. 21-645 (who had a couple of 45s) are fantastic as well.

Also worth checking out are the Bird Nest Roys and the amazing Verlaines, both from New Zealand and on the Flying Nun label, of course.

The website www.littlehits.com has some amazing stuff, and a new song is added every day...check it!

― Marty McFly, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

grant hart's solo record on SST and the "2541" EP.

― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:11 (7 years ago) Permalink

Don Dixon solo
Velvet Elvis (produced by Easter)- s/t
Lloyd Cole & The Comotions - Rattlesnakes
The Smalls

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:15 (7 years ago) Permalink

10,000 Maniacs - Hope Chest & Wishing Chair

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Church, circa '82. They don't come much janglier than Almost With You.

― Palomino (Palomino), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:36 (7 years ago) Permalink

Wire Train (or any 415 Records band)

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 22:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

My goodness, everybody's been so nice with their jangle-rock suggestions. I'd be jangling for the next ten years, but for my current obsession with Glen Campbell The Capitol Years, 1965-1977.

The sad part is, that's a 2 cd, 46 song monstrosity, and I can still name about fifteen great songs that I can't believe aren't on it. How the hell can you have a Glen Campbell best-of without Roll Me Easy? Geez Louise!

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 22:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Wygals were an excellent choice.

If you can dig up anything by mid-80's NC band One Plus Two I'd highly recommend it.

I love the Reivers though the production on their Capitol records may sabotage the overall sound. There are moments of brilliance buried in there, worth searching out. "Saturday" and "End of the Day" still give me chills.

Early Hoodoo Gurus? Mighty Lemon Drops?

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 22:37 (7 years ago) Permalink

Blue Aeroplanes, round the Swagger era & after...

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:15 (7 years ago) Permalink

Biff Bang Pow!
Brilliant Corners
Caretaker Race
The Flatmates
The Bodines
The Corn Dollies
The Waltones

Almost everything on C86.

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:54 (7 years ago) Permalink

If you like Vulgar Boatmen then check out some later period Gizmos stuff, they share members. There were also two transitional bands called The Satellites and Right To Left that Dale and Shadow were in, but they're Indiana obscurities with only self-released cassettes.

― sleeve (sleeve), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 00:42 (7 years ago) Permalink

― late adopter, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

if 1988 counts as the '80s, then "there she goes" by the la's.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 05:04 (7 years ago) Permalink

what the hell was the name of that American band who were on Sarah records? Jangly as hell, pudding bowl fringes, went on to be Velvet Crush, I think.

The Sunflowers?
no, wait - the Springfields. Them, anyway. None more jangly.

― bham, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 08:06 (7 years ago) Permalink

How about some Galaxie 500? "The Other Side" is a great song.

― Noz, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 14:59 (7 years ago) Permalink

If you like Vulgar Boatmen then check out some later period Gizmos stuff

sleeve, would you happen to be able to share this (or the other stuff you mention)? i had an old gizmo's nth generation tape a loooong time ago, but it's gone and this is impossible to find now. as for the other bands you mention, i've never heard of 'em and would love to give a listen.

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 15:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Chills, have they been mentioned yet?
Miracle Legion and Men And Volts seconded
Camper Van Beethoven jangled occasionally
Opal / Mazzy Star?

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 15:32 (7 years ago) Permalink

Hootie and the Blowfish

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 15:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

Hootie and the Blowfish

OTM, actually. Funny enough, the covers album, Scattered, Smothered and Covered, includes covers of songs by a bunch of people mentioned (or who should have been mentioned) on this thread:

The Smiths
R.E.M.
The Silos
54-40
Vic Chestnut
Reivers
Don Dixon

― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 15:52 (7 years ago) Permalink

The first Gigolo Aunts LP on Coyote was all about the jangle. Every municipality had an REM proxy band. Jersey/West Village offered Winter Hours, they were pretty alright.

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 16:42 (7 years ago) Permalink

Toad the Wet Sprocket - Pale

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:41 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Hannibals
Map of the World

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Great Plains, if you can handle the crazyness

― Jonathan DD, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:47 (7 years ago) Permalink

Hootie and the Blowfish
OTM, actually.

except that they completely fail at being a vintage '80s band!

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 13 October 2005 07:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

Anybody mention The Mice? Whole lotta good, fast janglin' going on there. Their two records were issued on one cd last year called Almost Forever Scooter. The Numero label's Yellow Pills power pop comp would do ya too. Also check Wanna Meet The Scruffs by The Scruffs, esp. the song "I'm a Failure".
I saw the Windbreakers mentioned before. Can Electric Landlady still be found on cd? I'd love to get my hands on it.


― Bren (Bren), Thursday, 13 October 2005 17:56 (7 years ago) Permalink

Ok, upon further review, Yellow Pills not a jangle fest. There were a few tracks on the first disc that I was thinking of...still good, though.

― Bren (Bren), Thursday, 13 October 2005 18:28 (7 years ago) Permalink

The Bluebells.

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 13 October 2005 19:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

i recommends the UK band Hurrah! Their 'sound of philadelphia' comp on rev-ola is jangly wonderment. although their later work isn't quite as good

― vacuum cleaner (electricsound), Thursday, 13 October 2005 22:13 (7 years ago) Permalink

5 months pass...
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's "Walking On Your Hands" jangles harshly.

― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 01:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

Oh! And the Windbreakers, as well. I used to have Terminal and Run, which were both cool

The Windbreakers. Wow, these guys are good.

― kornrulez6969, Friday, 25 July 2008 18:00 (4 years ago) Permalink

Great name! Conjurs thin cheap jackets or people with too much intestinal air.

― Gorge, Friday, 25 July 2008 18:03 (4 years ago) Permalink

Hands down the best power pop ever to come out of Mississippi. Not that there's much competition.

― kornrulez6969, Friday, 25 July 2008 18:11 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

wasn't sure where to put this, but has anyone heard Arrogance w/Don Dixon? I came across their name in the liner notes to a teenline comp years ago, but still haven't heard them. anyone?

― you cant be neutral on throwing momma off a moving train (artdamages), Saturday, 30 January 2010 15:36 (3 years ago) Permalink

not from the 80's exactly, but imperial teen are great and jangly. gravity talks by green on red is a good record, but i never thought of them as jangly. too much velvets in their sound for that, imo

― pobrecito (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 30 January 2010 16:37 (3 years ago) Permalink

hmm maybe i'll find a better thread for my arrogance query. according to allmusic they went from byrdsjangle/early-mid70s West Coast post-psych/pop/rock/folk-rock/country-rock to more rocking powerpop?

― you cant be neutral on throwing momma off a moving train (artdamages), Saturday, 30 January 2010 17:32 (3 years ago) Permalink

Have a look on Youtube - search: arrogance don dixon

― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Saturday, 30 January 2010 18:02 (3 years ago) Permalink

oh yeah...thanks. wow, this is garbage.

― you cant be neutral on throwing momma off a moving train (artdamages), Saturday, 30 January 2010 18:20 (3 years ago) Permalink

It was educational anyhow.

― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Saturday, 30 January 2010 18:25 (3 years ago) Permalink

Dream Syndicate - Days of Wine & Roses
The Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
The Silos - Cuba & self titled The Silos (which I think was their 3rd record)
The Plimsouls - Everywhere at Once
The Go Betweens - Before Hollywood
Camper Van Beethoven - II & III, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Robyn Hitchcock- Globe of Frogs
The Church - Heyday
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms & Only Life
Pylon - Chomp & Gyrate

― earlnash, Saturday, 30 January 2010 23:23 (3 years ago) Permalink

The guitar-skronk of Dream Syndicate and Gang of Four-isms of Pylon, though I love both, don't really jangle to me. One pretty jangly LP I've pulled out several times recently is "Greenhouse" by Absolute Grey (1984,) which has lots of that strummy Rickenbacker sound of early REM.

― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 February 2010 22:05 (3 years ago) Permalink

And were already mentioned in this thread 4 years ago. Carry on...

― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 February 2010 22:08 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

jangle-pop!

here are two of my favorite songs ever. i think these are jangle-pop


― twittering spinster (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink


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