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

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.

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

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

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.

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