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

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Soft Boys (Hitchcock mentioned earlier)
Primal Scream

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

Feelies
Bongos

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

plimsouls

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

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 (twenty years ago)

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 (twenty years ago)

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

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

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

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

FELT!

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

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 (twenty years ago)

Go-Betweens

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

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 (twenty years ago)

early florida incarnation, that is.

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

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 (twenty years ago)

Rank & File
Meat Puppets II
The Neats
Salem 66

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

Two more Boston bands: Scruffy the Cat and Lifeboat.

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

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 (twenty years ago)

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

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

no mention of Pylon yet?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Nightingales

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

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 (twenty years ago)

How about The Reivers?

Fucking excellent stuff!

Look also for The Dangtrippers.

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

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 (twenty years ago)

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 (twenty years ago)

"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 (twenty years ago)

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

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

Tim Ellison to thread! (I suspect, anyway)

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

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 (twenty years ago)

c86

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

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

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

Or are The Smiths too obvious?

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

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 (twenty years ago)

Last I checked, For Against were STILL jangly.

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

Big Dipper

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

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

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

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 (twenty years ago)

The Embarrassment (if we're mentioning Big Dipper)

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

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

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

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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 (twenty years ago)

Might as well add Big Star. Their 70s jangle didn't get heard much until the 80s.

― Curt (cgould), Thursday, 14 July 2005 01:01 (twenty years ago)

connells fifthed

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 14 July 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Try The Close Lobsters "Foxheads Stalk This Land" and maybe some early ("Velocity Girl" era) Primal Scream...

― steve r. (starlight kid), Saturday, 30 July 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

the first happy mondays single ("delightful") is jangly and sounds scarily like the wedding present

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Sunday, 31 July 2005 01:28 (twenty years ago)

That band Turning Curious were right outta the Murmur songbook.
28th Day (barbara manning's old band)
Flying Nun: Look Blue Go Purple, Bats, lots more.
Absolute Grey

― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Monday, 1 August 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

McCarthy had some good jangly moments, amidst all that heavy left-with sermonising, as did The Beloved before they went house.

― stevo (stevo), Monday, 1 August 2005 05:37 (twenty years ago)

(left-with = left-wing..... time for coffee)

― stevo (stevo), Monday, 1 August 2005 05:40 (twenty years ago)

Did anyone mention Polaris yet?

If not then I'm going to YSI their whole album

― Voodoo Child, Monday, 1 August 2005 05:43 (twenty years ago)

Cretins. It's hard to believe Tom Petty was mentioned in only one line in this thread. Petty & the Heartbreakers -owned- "jangle" in the 80's and 90's. The first CD in his career span box set was called "The Big Jangle." One of the big Tom Petty stories is that Roger McGuinn heard "American Girl" on the radio and said to one of his buddies something to the order of "when did I do that?"

Wygals, The Embarrassment, The Connells, Guadalcanal Diary -- yeah, keep on rockin.'

Los Lobos and the Meat Puppets -- it's hard to find bands that don't jangle less unless you're in the heavy metal or punk rock genres. oh wait... Ha ha.

― George Smith, Monday, 1 August 2005 07:33 (twenty years ago)

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man, one of my favorite hometown bands, Primitons, got a small reissue a couple of years back, I know TWAS was a fan as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9kVlsdIsQw

― campreverb, Friday, 19 January 2018 19:07 (eight years ago)

chuck warner put out the first primitons EP so it is everywhere around here.

― scott seward, Friday, 19 January 2018 19:09 (eight years ago)

we are throbbing lobster-heavy in western mass.

― scott seward, Friday, 19 January 2018 19:10 (eight years ago)

Primitons and The Ho-Ho Men were both descendants of Jim Bob And The Leisure Suits, though I don't remember how well any of them would fit any notion of jangle.

― dow, Friday, 19 January 2018 19:14 (eight years ago)

well the ep was produced by Mitch Easter, which is like definition of jangle, right? haha.
this is a fun thread.

― campreverb, Friday, 19 January 2018 22:47 (eight years ago)

two years pass...

like a lot of these comps it's certainly not all essential stuff but there's some good stuff

https://capturedtracks.com/captured-tracks-announces-strum-thrum-the-american-jangle-underground-1983-1987/

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 December 2020 23:39 (five years ago)

Will definitely co-sign that. One of my favorite releases of the year.

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 5 December 2020 00:13 (five years ago)

yup yup

― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 00:14 (five years ago)

I like both kinds of music, early Byrds and early REM!

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 5 December 2020 00:40 (five years ago)

jangle is just a good sound, love the jangle

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 5 December 2020 00:40 (five years ago)

0–9
3 Lb. Thrill
B
The Bats (New Zealand band)
The Beat Farmers
Best Coast
C
The Clean
D
The dB's
Dillon Fence
Dreams So Real
Dumptruck (band)
F
The Family Cat
The Feelies
Fire Town
A Fragile Tomorrow
G
Game Theory (band)
Gin Blossoms
The Go-Betweens
Guadalcanal Diary (band)
Guster
H
Richard X. Heyman
Hoodoo Gurus
J
Jason & the Scorchers
The Jazz Butcher
L
The Last (band)
Let's Active
Life in Film
Lone Justice
The Loud Family
M
Miracle Legion
N
Nada Surf
Martin Newell (musician)
O
The Ocean Blue
The Organ (band)
P
The Pale Fountains
The Parties (band)
The Plimsouls
Polaris (American band)
Preston School of Industry (band)
R
R.E.M.
Rain Parade
Rainy Day (band)
The Refreshments (U.S. band)
The Reivers (band)
The Rembrandts
Remiah
S
Sister Hazel
The Smiths
Spooner (band)
Summerhill (band)
The Swimming Pool Q's
T
The Three O'Clock
U
Uncle Green
V
Vishnu (band)
W
Wednesday Week (band)

― xzanfar, Saturday, 5 December 2020 00:56 (five years ago)

I see no recommendations for The Hummingbirds so I will make one here

― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 5 December 2020 01:02 (five years ago)

https://www.discogs.com/The-Vulgar-Boatmen-You-And-Your-Sister/master/259070

― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 01:08 (five years ago)

Good interview here with the Captured Tracks guy.

https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2020/12/03/strum-thrum-the-american-jangle-underground-1983-1987/

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 5 December 2020 01:12 (five years ago)

xpost, You & Your Sister from the Vulgar Boatmen is always a good recommendation

― that's not my post, Saturday, 5 December 2020 02:47 (five years ago)

Seconded or thirded.

― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:04 (five years ago)

IMO their earlier Indiana-only post-Gizmos iteration Right To Left is even better:

https://musicalfamilytree.com/band/right_to_left

(6-track studio recording not on Discogs or released aside from demo tape, which kills me)

― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:05 (five years ago)

Also no mention of the Field Mice or any of Bobby Wratten's other endeavours yet. That's being rectified right now.☺

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:43 (five years ago)

(to be clear the Right To Left link I posted is a live show from 1988, the studio demo tape remains unreleased)

― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:45 (five years ago)

Had not heard of Right To Left, Field Mice, Bobby Wratten! Have just now skimmed this review of the recent Captured Tracks comp cited upthread: once past "Proustian" and some other attempts at pre-summary, there are appealing descriptions of tracks, which range from shiny happy people to shadow patrols, apparently:https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-strum-and-thrum-the-american-jangle-underground-1983-1987/

― dow, Saturday, 5 December 2020 04:36 (five years ago)

This is the "pitchfork sucks" topic, so I feel like it's okay to admit that I (Andy, to be certain) have actually liked some of their features and their twee one is kind of a classic, as far as I'm concerned: https://pitchfork.com/features/article/6176-twee-as-fuck

(It's Nitsuh, so of course it's great.)

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 5 December 2020 04:52 (five years ago)

Sorry, that should read this is NOT the "pitchfork sucks" topic.

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 5 December 2020 04:52 (five years ago)

dow here's the only official recording with the Right To Left band:

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Black-Brittle-Frisbee/release/3668588

― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 05:03 (five years ago)

saw the link about the captured tracks anthology and thought "i bet they don't have crippled pilgrims" but looky there, they have crippled pilgrims!

― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 5 December 2020 05:17 (five years ago)

this is a good comp ... the R.E.M. imitation is sometimes fierce, but it sounds fine now

― Brad C., Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:30 (five years ago)

Also no mention of the Field Mice or any of Bobby Wratten's other endeavours yet. That's being rectified right now.☺

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, December 4, 2020 10:43 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

"Bobby"??!! Sorry but no way can Robert Wratten pull off "Bobby" :)

― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:00 (five years ago)

Not even ironically

― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:02 (five years ago)

It's what he prefers.☺

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 6 December 2020 00:56 (five years ago)

Sundays have loads of jangle but should probably technically shelved under 90s

― that is how it crumbles cookiewise (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 6 December 2020 01:03 (five years ago)

There are some great recommendations and discoveries on this thread. How did the Vulgar Boatmen pass me by? I second The Hummingbirds, a fantastic band - so sad that Simon Holmes is no longer with us.

― Grantman, Monday, 7 December 2020 11:03 (five years ago)

Vulgar Boatmen so good. Like a Motorik Everly Brothers.

― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 22:54 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRP5_sLI6Lc

― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 23:03 (five years ago)

^^ yeah that one is all time, so good

― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Friday, 11 December 2020 23:04 (five years ago)

dude sounds a bit like Neil Finn there

― Dr. Dreidel (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 11 December 2020 23:55 (five years ago)

The little pause before the cymbal hits in the 'chorus' are the very best thing.

― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 12 December 2020 14:08 (five years ago)

one month passes...

Wow, wow, wow.

I used to have the mp3's of this Brazilian band. So excellent, you have to hear it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0mbHEz0kk

― Totally Insane Police State, 90210 (I M Losted), Monday, 18 January 2021 15:39 (five years ago)

^ Wow, indeed! That whole album sounds fantastic--cool unexpectedly frequent use of harmonica by the singer, too...

― Co-pay Segundo (Craig D.), Monday, 18 January 2021 19:33 (five years ago)

Yeah I posted the live version, whereas the album is a classic indie 80s sound, love the guitar and unadorned sound...now I gotta go back and revisit the rest of that Brazilian "new wave" that was on that comp.

― Streaming is Stealing (I M Losted), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 00:39 (five years ago)

I'm pissed this wasn't on American college radio back in the day.

― Streaming is Stealing (I M Losted), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 00:41 (five years ago)

five years pass...

I'm always in need of this sort of stuff. Since the last post was a brazilian band, might as well follow it up with this:

Legião Urbana - Tempo Perdido

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPLQHeUSX2g

― ceral con cloro, Monday, 27 April 2026 19:55 (one month ago)

And another favourite of mine, this time from Spain
Los Secretos - Déjame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQXx0jqXf34

― ceral con cloro, Monday, 27 April 2026 19:59 (one month ago)

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