if only
― imago, Thursday, 11 March 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
i voted for protomartyr. i appreciate that they found their sound right away and have stuck with it with only minor modifications (eg the subtle extra instrumentation on the newest album). iceage and tropical fuck storm would be my backups. i also want to say i appreciate that this poll mostly stayed away from the "post-punk = sounds exactly like joy division" trend.
― na (NA), Thursday, 11 March 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
brad i didn't even know you rated protomartyr!
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 12 March 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
get rekt
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
excellent top 5 imho
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Friday, 12 March 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link
my gradient of approval matches these results pretty accurately lol
― imago, Friday, 12 March 2021 00:10 (three years ago) link
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, March 11, 2021 3:21 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
i saw them at cmj many years ago and was an instant convert
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 12 March 2021 00:11 (three years ago) link
guess I forgot to vote for Girl Friday :(
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Friday, 12 March 2021 01:14 (three years ago) link
no horse in the race but - palberta?
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Friday, 12 March 2021 01:22 (three years ago) link
just thought of warpaint maybe they should have been an option
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 12 March 2021 01:31 (three years ago) link
the new dry cleaning album is very good
― na (NA), Monday, 5 April 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link
i remember liking the EP but the LP is hitting harder
ymmv depending on your tolerance for wordy spoken vocals
― na (NA), Monday, 5 April 2021 15:34 (two years ago) link
i'm late to the party but speaking of wordy spoken vocals i feel like i should mention Parquet Courts... and idk if Deli Girls is to heavy for the thread but they're rad too.
what's the dry cleaning album sound like? that is an A+ very good boring band name.
― davey, Monday, 5 April 2021 15:35 (two years ago) link
oh wait it sounds like wordy spoken vocals, i might check that out
It sounds like Life Without Buildings
― enochroot, Monday, 5 April 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
aren't the vocals in LWB a lot more animated? i never listened to them much
― na (NA), Monday, 5 April 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
yeah the vox here are not just spoken, they're sort of...maybe not outright indifferent, but drained of any sort of animation. I get that that's what they're going for and it kinda works on a couple songs but I find it wearisome over a whole LP.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link
I double-checked to make sure, and yep: the quotidian consumer junk dancing in montage to "Magic of Meghan" still enchants. (This is, mind you, a two-days-old discovery for me.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRbpWEXkBic
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 03:22 (two years ago) link
i wish Wilderness was around they were fit well
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 03:23 (two years ago) link
enjoying Dry Cleaning maybe? finding the guitars much more of a draw than the vocalist mind
― imago, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 10:27 (two years ago) link
wilderness was awesome
― na (NA), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
i'm late to the party but speaking of wordy spoken vocals i feel like i should mention Parquet Courts...
― davey, Monday, April 5, 2021 11:35 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
something i would not have anticipated ten years ago is parquet courts becoming one of the most influential bands; every local scene has like 3-5 bands who sound just like them
― flopson, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
I'm surprised Cabbage haven't been mentioned. Feel like they were on the verge of breaking through a couple of years ago. They weren't great.
I haven't heard every band on the list, but a lot of them don't do anything for me. Idles and the accompanying hype in particular I find very tiresome. A lot of these bands I just find myself wishing I was listening to Art Brut instead. They had the tunes and a cleverness that I just don't get from most of these acts. If Art Brut were just starting out now I probably wouldn't have much interest in them, but at the time they sounded fresh and it was easy to connect with them.
I loved that last Porridge Radio album and the new Goat Girl is one of the best albums of the year so far. I would have voted for one of them if I'd seen the poll in time. I'm still working out the Dry Cleaning album. Florence's vocals and lyrics sell it well, although I do sometimes wish the music was a little more compelling. Half way through I find myself losing interest a bit even though I do like the guitar sounds they use. There's definitely something there though. I've always wanted another band who come close to what Life Without Buildings did and at times I can hear some of that in Dry Cleaning.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
I've always wanted another band who come close to what Life Without Buildings did
Have you tried Drahla? They remind me of LWB, but noisier and saxophonier (and better imo!)
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
I haven't no. I'll check them out. Thanks for the tip!
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 18:56 (two years ago) link
This video was my first exposure to Post punk band Dry Cleaning. Yep, they’ve got the formula down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PuqlOTyJt0
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
the notion that for her merits she is even in the same ballpark as sue tompkins is grandly calumnous tbh
― imago, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:04 (two years ago) link
A lot of these bands I just find myself wishing I was listening to Art Brut instead.
Have you tried Yard Act? You won't know you're not listening to Art Brut instead.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:59 (two years ago) link
Ha, I just listened to a Yard Act song. I get what you mean. There's another band called Sports Team who do a similar thing. They almost had a number one album last year! I didn't realise just how many of these bands there were now.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 02:38 (two years ago) link
I was told there are no more bands! and yet here there are so many, right in one thread
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 02:41 (two years ago) link
Who will do the Landfill Post-Punk thinkpiece in six months?
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 05:03 (two years ago) link
Ha, didn't see this poll previously, but Tropical Fuck Storm are totally a band that was recommended to me by a spotify algorithm and that I thought "Hey, these guys are pretty good!"
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 05:09 (two years ago) link
That's because unlike most of the bands here, they do their own thing and don't sound like Ought
― imago, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 08:56 (two years ago) link
, who are themselves derivative and dull
― imago, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 08:57 (two years ago) link
Metz is a weird inclusion here? post-grungey band on subpop and their debut was 9 years ago...I guess Ice Age fit the sound somewhat too, but again their debut was a decade ago.
Viagra Boys are a lot of fun live, but both live and on record i'm still just wishing it was some new Pissed Jeans
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 09:35 (two years ago) link
― In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link
one local band I always thought was brilliant and never got its due was Brute Heart, but they were more i guess post punk in the slits/young marble giants way...but also very original they had their own sound, loved this band so much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T1bjAsFNmg
was just going through a bunch of old records, Mother of Fire was great too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfNyUnBCOk8
more violins in post punk!!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 13:51 (two years ago) link
I don't mind Viagra Boys...but in 2021 I'm not listening to an album called "Welfare Jazz" by a band called "Viagra Boys"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 13:52 (two years ago) link
look buddy if I had to dodge all the bands with dumb names I wouldn't listen to anyone
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 14:07 (two years ago) link
it's more welfare jazz that gives me a vibe I don't like
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
I listened to a small clip of Dry Cleaning the other day and I remember suddenly wanting to listen to Animals That Swim?
― Evan, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, April 7, 2021 6:52 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
it’s a good album though
― flopson, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
Like about 80% of the bands in this thread they are fine
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 22:18 (two years ago) link
they’re in my top 2-3 (with tropical fuck storm and dry cleaning) in this list before a big drop. my fav music is like midwestern garage punk and pigfuck styles of obnoxious punk music with dumb band names and jocular humour though
― flopson, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
you ever listen to The Blind Shake?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 23:17 (two years ago) link
ya! they’re great :) saw em around 2010 with michael yonkers
― flopson, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
it’s p funny that Viagra Boys are swedish . i had assumed australia
― flopson, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 23:33 (two years ago) link