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

THE WAKE is some good 80s jangle...very influential on recent indie stuff like Real Estate and Beach Fossils

The Wake's Here Comes Everybody is one of the best (and most overlooked) jangle records ever, personally.

First two Dumptrucks are good dark jangle. For the Country would be my pick of their three initial albums, though it's more Neil Young than R.E.M.

And, finally, it's a very pleasant surprise to see an Ocean Blue mention by someone besides me. Those first three albums are definitely personal classics.

One of my favorite jangle records ever is an Ocean Blue-affiliated album by the band Riverside. Their first album, titled One, was produced by Steve Lau and was released in 1992, but still fits right in with this topic.

No Smithereens on this whole thread!

Because the Smithereens were cold garbage.

Let’s Active - Every Dog Has Its Day has aged well.

Finally heard 28th Day for the first time this week. So good!!!

Oh yes. And from there, go explore Barbara Manning's solo catalog, starting with "Lately I Keep Scissors".

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

― Gorge, Friday, July 25, 2008 2:03 PM (nine years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ctrl-f'd 'too much' hoping to find a Too Much Joy reference and this is how I'm rewarded.

1978 but you'd be missing out if you never heard this. one of my all-time favourite 7". B-side is excellent too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nml0v-GlHw

"Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever"

never heard them. thanks. just added a video to the aussie jangle/guitar playlist i made yesterday. based on a lot of names i got off of ilm a couple of years ago from someone here.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4uJu4UGWv-Rn0YA53IvBEQTcxQ2E0u1n

all 21st century stuff though. not 80s.

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

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, July 13, 2005
RIP, Rickey! He was a good music mag/paper writer, good ilxor too. The Wygals-related Individuals were one of those Hoboken bands, in fact I think they were among the Hoboken 3 (play on name of Frankie Sinatra's noob vocal group), with the dB's and Bongos. Fields/Aquamarine was the twofer reissue this century. Best track: "Asleep in your bed/I'm drunk in the fields/(Janet Wygal chimes in)I walk by your houuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse."

I like this live version too, though the sound is rougher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeLXNPfjZVg

"Wygals-inclusive," I might as well have said, since Doug & Janet were both Individuals.

"Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever"

Oh man, Sick Bug is a good song but they have better. Try The French Press, or my favorite of all, Heard You're Moving. Or maybe Write Back. Holy mackerel they are so good.

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

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

we are throbbing lobster-heavy in western mass.

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.

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

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/

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

yup yup

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

jangle is just a good sound, love the jangle

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)

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

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

Good interview here with the Captured Tracks guy.

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

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

Seconded or thirded.

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)

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

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

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/

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.)

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

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

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

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!

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

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" :)

Not even ironically

It's what he prefers.☺

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

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.

Vulgar Boatmen so good. Like a Motorik Everly Brothers.

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

^^ yeah that one is all time, so good

dude sounds a bit like Neil Finn there

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