Give me some musical suggestions!
December 9, 2010 8:55 PM Subscribe
I've lived through and loved lots of emo / screamo / pop-punk / post-punk what-have-you bands. Absolute favourite of the genre would be Saves the Day. But somehow, I missed Brand New. Who else did I miss?
Taking Back Sunday, but only the album Tell All Your Friends.
Cursive, The Ugly Organ.
Alkaline Trio, Maybe I'll Catch Fire.
If you haven't listened to it, old Dashboard Confessional, Swiss Army Romance, back when it was actually just him and a guitar.
The Get Up Kids, Something to Write Home About.
Back then, I like The Movielife's This Time Next Year, but it hasn't fared so well on recent listens, YMMV.
Hot Rod Circuit, If I Knew Now What I Knew Then and/or If It's Cool With You, It's Cool with Me
The Anniversary, Designing a Nervous Breakdown
Midtown, but only Save the World, Lose the Girl
Thursday, Full Collapse
Rx Bandits, Halfway Between Here and There and Progress
Note that, since I'm not sure what you've heard and what you haven't, I'm basically just naming my favorite albums from high school, when I looooooved Brand New (Saves the Day less, but they were definitely in the same genre of the other stuff I listened to.)
posted by wuzandfuzz at 9:22 PM on December 9, 2010
Cursive, The Ugly Organ.
Alkaline Trio, Maybe I'll Catch Fire.
If you haven't listened to it, old Dashboard Confessional, Swiss Army Romance, back when it was actually just him and a guitar.
The Get Up Kids, Something to Write Home About.
Back then, I like The Movielife's This Time Next Year, but it hasn't fared so well on recent listens, YMMV.
Hot Rod Circuit, If I Knew Now What I Knew Then and/or If It's Cool With You, It's Cool with Me
The Anniversary, Designing a Nervous Breakdown
Midtown, but only Save the World, Lose the Girl
Thursday, Full Collapse
Rx Bandits, Halfway Between Here and There and Progress
Note that, since I'm not sure what you've heard and what you haven't, I'm basically just naming my favorite albums from high school, when I looooooved Brand New (Saves the Day less, but they were definitely in the same genre of the other stuff I listened to.)
posted by wuzandfuzz at 9:22 PM on December 9, 2010
Also recommending Thursday's Full Collapse. That was my angry, depressed teenage soundtrack.
Thrice
Murder by Death - softer sounding than you might want, but still awesome
Horse the Band - This is really the only song worth listening to by them.
Alexisonfire
posted by joeyjoejoejr at 9:40 PM on December 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
Thrice
Murder by Death - softer sounding than you might want, but still awesome
Horse the Band - This is really the only song worth listening to by them.
Alexisonfire
posted by joeyjoejoejr at 9:40 PM on December 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
Promise Ring?
posted by dame at 9:58 PM on December 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by dame at 9:58 PM on December 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
If you like Alkaline Trio, you should really check out The Lawrence Arms and Falcon. TLA is made of a couple members of the same ska band the bassist from Alkaline Trio, and the Falcon was a kind of post-Slapstick supergroup kind of thing. Alkaline Trio seems to be a bit more bleakly depressing, TLA has a lot of good self-deprecating humor to go along for the ride. Good stuff.
posted by Ghidorah at 10:06 PM on December 9, 2010
posted by Ghidorah at 10:06 PM on December 9, 2010
I don't know the bands you cite but my favorite Hardcore band who most consider emo is Shotmaker--another track.
Best Canadian band of the 90s, imo.
posted by dobbs at 11:09 PM on December 9, 2010
Best Canadian band of the 90s, imo.
posted by dobbs at 11:09 PM on December 9, 2010
J Church. Their best stuff isn't really on YouTube, but "Panama", at least, is one of my favorites.
Panama
Waiting on the Ground
I Can't Be Nice To You
Bottom Rung
(RIP Lance Hahn.)
posted by mykescipark at 11:14 PM on December 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
Panama
Waiting on the Ground
I Can't Be Nice To You
Bottom Rung
(RIP Lance Hahn.)
posted by mykescipark at 11:14 PM on December 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
If you like newer Brand New you might like The Appleseed Cast, mewithoutyou, Say Anything, Manchester Orchestra, The Sleeping and Jettison. You mentioned some of my favorite subgenres too, so I'll just throw in some of the AWESOME stuff I've been listening to lately (both old and new bands)... Polar Bear Club, Iron Chic, Latterman, Amanda Woodward, Mesa Verde, Young Livers, Bear vs. Shark, Sister Kisser, Shorebirds, Wax Phantom, Make do and Mend, Glass and Ashes... Message me if you want more suggestions. I'm really into this stuff.
posted by anoirmarie at 12:08 AM on December 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by anoirmarie at 12:08 AM on December 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
boy sets fire. boy sets fire. boy sets fire.
posted by visual mechanic at 12:54 AM on December 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by visual mechanic at 12:54 AM on December 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
GLASSJAW.GLASSJAW.GLASSJAW.
It's been about 5 years (?) since their last album and I just can't ever get over them.
posted by tatiana wishbone at 5:18 AM on December 10, 2010
It's been about 5 years (?) since their last album and I just can't ever get over them.
posted by tatiana wishbone at 5:18 AM on December 10, 2010
Seconding Shotmaker!
Would also recommend:
Sleepytime Trio
Unwound
Hoover
Four Hundred Years
Saetia
posted by saladin at 5:22 AM on December 10, 2010
Would also recommend:
Sleepytime Trio
Unwound
Hoover
Four Hundred Years
Saetia
posted by saladin at 5:22 AM on December 10, 2010
Oh wow, I'm reliving college reading through this.
Kinda hard to say what you missed if you don't say what you caught. But off the top of my head
Alkaline Trio (all of their albums are awesome)
Hot Water Music (especially their split with Alkaline Trio)
Thursday
Thrice
RX Bandits
Yellowcard (especially One for the Kids)
The Matches
Against Me!
Anti-Flag
The Juliana Theory
The Get Up Kids
Cursive
Jimmy Eat World (you probably didn't miss them, but just in case...)
The Starting Line
Something Corporate
Senses Fail
posted by radioamy at 10:31 AM on December 10, 2010
Kinda hard to say what you missed if you don't say what you caught. But off the top of my head
Alkaline Trio (all of their albums are awesome)
Hot Water Music (especially their split with Alkaline Trio)
Thursday
Thrice
RX Bandits
Yellowcard (especially One for the Kids)
The Matches
Against Me!
Anti-Flag
The Juliana Theory
The Get Up Kids
Cursive
Jimmy Eat World (you probably didn't miss them, but just in case...)
The Starting Line
Something Corporate
Senses Fail
posted by radioamy at 10:31 AM on December 10, 2010
I'm still thinking about this question... A good resource for music of this kind is sputnikmusic, though they cover the gamut of genres, they have extensive reviews and suggestions for the type of music you're looking for. I've discovered quite a few bands through this site.
I also wanted to list a few more bands you might like; Broadway Calls, Comadre, Dead to Me, Fall of Troy (Doppelganger), Planes Mistaken for Stars, The Saddest Landscape, Small Brown Bike and The Gaslight Anthem.
posted by anoirmarie at 11:23 AM on December 10, 2010
I also wanted to list a few more bands you might like; Broadway Calls, Comadre, Dead to Me, Fall of Troy (Doppelganger), Planes Mistaken for Stars, The Saddest Landscape, Small Brown Bike and The Gaslight Anthem.
posted by anoirmarie at 11:23 AM on December 10, 2010
Response by poster: Thanks everyone! Some wicked stuff in here - lots I'm already familiar with but lots of new suggestions too. Right on.
posted by drewgillson at 11:51 AM on December 10, 2010
posted by drewgillson at 11:51 AM on December 10, 2010
Say Anything "... is a Real Boy" is simply fantastic if you haven't heard it. The production work elevates it beyond most things in the genre in my book (I used to listen to a lot of this genre and now mostly only Brand New and Say Anything).
posted by haveanicesummer at 12:48 PM on December 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by haveanicesummer at 12:48 PM on December 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Jawbreaker/Jets to Brazil/any of Blake Schwarzenbach's music
Chuck Ragan's solo stuff
Definitely recommend Alkaline Trio's discography including the Skiba solo stuff with the exception of Crimson which was a terrible album (IMO)
posted by alpinist at 10:27 PM on December 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Chuck Ragan's solo stuff
Definitely recommend Alkaline Trio's discography including the Skiba solo stuff with the exception of Crimson which was a terrible album (IMO)
posted by alpinist at 10:27 PM on December 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
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posted by Nanukthedog at 9:17 PM on December 9, 2010