projectMalamute wrote:

Mark Hansen wrote:

projectMalamute wrote:I've yet to hear the Swans. Someone who's taste I generally trust told me that when he first heard this band they really freaked him out. He said it sounded like there was something WRONG with them(which to me is a huge friggin endorsement). Is this even the same band?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiQsv3Q5 ... re=related

Yes, that is the Swans.

I think this is more what your friend was talking about though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSRjYYUE-_c

And then there's this ironic video someone threw together and posted on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Q2WKp4 ... re=related

Yeah, that's a whole different kettle of fish right there. Worth further investigation for sure. Is the Joy Division cover an aberration or did they jump the shark at some point? Cause that shit is weak.

I think it's more accurate to say they (actually, mostly Gira) switched gears, and went in a more organic direction musically.

His Angels Of Light material is fantastic.

Mark Hansen wrote:His Angels Of Light material is fantastic.

Agreed. I even like some of Jarboe's solo stuff.

Arson Smith wrote:

eldupay wrote:

Arson Smith wrote:Primal Scream

(am I missing anything?)

No!

Cool. I didn't think I was.

yeah, i was in the same boat about Primal Scream and had always wondered about them...

one i haven't checked out but want to really bad is Scratch Acid...and Fad Gadget...

caix wrote:Modern Lovers

Perfect band to 'get into'. They're fucking great, and there's only one record (well, and a live album) - no dicking about picking a place to start, no huge discography to hunt down if you do like them. You can't go wrong, unless you fuck up and buy 'Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers' by mistake.

Mission of Burma
Social Distortion
Silkworm
Wire
Gang of Four
Neurosis

m.koren wrote:Silkworm

Seconded. I've seen their name around the forum, but have never heard them.

Wire's fucking excellent, i recommend the Send album...

and when it comes to social distortion, it seems i know more chicks than dudes that are into that band...personally i hate the singer's voice...you take a duck fart and run it through a saxophone and you'd get his voice...but the songs are good...some of them anyways...

Billy Childish. Any Clevelanders here probably know that John at Bent Crayon worships this guy. I've walked into a conversation about Childish at least three times.

The National. Smog. Broken Social Scene and the other bands on Arts & Crafts. Of Montreal. Calexico. Magnetic Fields.

almost all of them.