What happened to Rock music?

[Jitters]

I can barely get into any of it anymore, it almost all sounds the same to me. I've been listening to almost nothing but hip-hop for the longest time and after hearing Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots I've been wanting to start trying to listen to more rock-oriented music.

Can anybody recommend me any newer bands that are pretty good? Try to make it groups who experiment at least a little in their music and try not to make it too mainstream if you can.

[DeeJayZap]

theres this awesome band ive been checking out lately. 79cortinaz. they are from ireland which is how i heard them, on the radio. http://www.79cortinaz.com/

[DroppinScience]

Queens of the Stone Age
The White Stripes
The Raconteurs
Arcade Fire
TV On The Radio
!!!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I'm not entirely sure who you're looking for (just "new" rock, right?), but I think the above tries to do their own thing.

[FunkyHiFi]

Rock is buried next to Hip Hop."Rap Criticism Grows In The Hip-Hop Community As More People Tire Of Troublesome Images" (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2912686&page=1)

I can barely get into any of it anymore, it almost all sounds the same to me.Too bad radio is so shitty nowadays because in the days before the Telecommunications Act took effect(1996), most stations would take a chance on playing something unknown they thought their audience might like - this is how MANY new acts got exposed. But now, everything has to fit into very specific broadcasting categories dreamt up by the the big media corporations' clueless marketing departments and if it doesn't, that "off-topic" artist or track doesn't have a chance.* :( Plus, the company's shareholders have them by the short-n-curlies so most radio corporations are too chicken to try anything that isn't proven to make them 20 million dollars every month. :rolleyes:

These are huge reasons why the playlists of so many stations play music that sounds almost identical.....and why I basically don't listen to the radio anymore.

To most corporations more worried about their shareholders than their own *customers*, music is not art but is strictly a product, somethign to be bought/sold and they don't understand why it can't be cateogrized like a car or a piece of furniture. That confusion is likely to land the Big Four labels (EMI/Sony/Warner/Universal) in bankruptsy court soon if they don't make an effort at fully understanding that issue.

* I think the very popular early 80s song "She Blinded Me With Science" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=kt0ArlG1Zfc) by Thomas Dolby (99% of the album is very good IMO) would be one of those tracks that would fall between the cracks in todays world of radio: is it pop? Dance? Electronica?

[ericlee]

I've got a Clutch thread down there. I really suggest you check them out.

Also, try Nebulla, Isis, Corrosion of Conformity, Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Eagles of Deathmetal.

Rock is still there man. Some bands just prefer not to hit the mainstream.

[Jitters]

Rock is still there man. Some bands just prefer not to hit the mainstream.

I know it is but it's just so hard for me to find something I enjoy. I think I just naturally prefer hip-hop because I've never really had a hard time finding new rap groups to enjoy.

Then again it might be due to rock taking a back seat for all these years...

[Whatitis]

Queens of the Stone Age
The White Stripes
The Raconteurs
Arcade Fire
TV On The Radio
!!!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I'm not entirely sure who you're looking for (just "new" rock, right?), but I think the above tries to do their own thing.


I just picked up TV On The Radio. Not bad, I like it.

[cosmo105]

the secret machines
wilco
deerhoof (if you like the flaming lips, give them a shot for sure, shit's nuts)
animal collective

don't listen to droppinscience, that stuff is pretty mainstream for the most part.

[Jitters]

don't listen to droppinscience, that stuff is pretty mainstream for the most part.

I don't mind listening to popular stuff, that doesn't bother me. Mainstream rock does, like that stuff they play on MTV where they all sound the same, now that bothers me.

[DroppinScience]

Oh, and don't listen to Cosmo. Deerhoof is pretentious, unlistenable crap.

You may also like stuff like The Decembrists, even though they lost the guitar solo-off to Colbert. :D

And "mainstream"? I didn't just recommend Creed or Papa Roach, I recommended folks that fit Jitters' criteria of artists who don't try to sound like everyone else. Sure, they're on the more popular side, but that's beside the point.

[cosmo105]

wasn't trying to insult you man. it just sounded like an issue of Spin.

[Auton]

Rock is buried next to Hip Hop.
.

[DroppinScience]

wasn't trying to insult you man. it just sounded like an issue of Spin.

In that case, you can suggest alternatives to the alternative (which is fine). The "don't listen to him" part just came across the wrong way, I guess. If he indicated he was already acquainted with TV On The Radio or The Arcade Fire, I'd have thought of others.

[checkyourprez]

wolfmother
the strokes
white stripes
.

[Jitters]

Please don't use my thread as a way to fight, I couldn't live with myself if you did :( :D

[DroppinScience]

Please don't use my thread as a way to fight, I couldn't live with myself if you did :( :D

Nah, it's coo. So which bands are you liking so far?

[The Notorious LOL]

yeah seriously dont listen to DroppinScience

[afronaut]

wasn't trying to insult you man. it just sounded like an issue of Spin.
Everything he says sounds like an issue of Spin.

[DroppinScience]

Everything he says sounds like an issue of Spin.

If that were 100% true, I would've already started mentioning Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, The Killers and My Chemical Romance by now. :rolleyes:

[afronaut]

Well then, at the very best, you sound like a neutered ball-less version of pitchfork. *punch*

[DroppinScience]

Well then, at the very best, you sound like a neutered ball-less version of pitchfork. *punch*

Yeah, cause I don't like Deerhoof.

[afronaut]

No, because you were born without balls.

[The Notorious LOL]

try not to make it too mainstream if you can.



thats such a douchebag thing to say, princess.

[Drederick Tatum]

Comets on Fire.
The Hold Steady. I'm still not sure about them. sometimes I think they're great, sometimes I think it's just the Boss all over again.

[saz]

yes, comets on fire are amazing.

the datsuns
the warlocks
detroit cobras
dead meadow
bardo pond
outrageous cherry
soledad bros.
pyschic ills
brian jonestown massacre
radiohead
black mountain
broken social scene
sonic youth
primal scream
spiritualized
black rebel motorcycle club
sigur ros
bonnie prince billy
ry cooder
david gilmour
jeff beck
white stripes
neil young
supergrass
paul weller
the charlatans
radio birdman
black keys

there's plenty of good rock n' roll out there, you just need to look harder. however i think the problem nowadays is that the british kids aren't growing up in gloomy, post-war conditions, listening to american blues music, which about fifty years ago lead to the greatest period in rock, ie beatles, stones, yardbirds, animals, pretty things, john mayall & the bluesbreakers, jeff beck group, small faces, the who, the kinks, cream, the pink floyd, traffic, led zeppelin, humble pie, t-rex, david bowie, savoy brown, the faces, free et al.

[DroppinScience]

I'm going to get attacked regardless, but you may also like these:

CSS
LCD Soundsystem
The Shins (especially the latest album)
Interpol
Bloc Party
The Rapture
Shout Out Out Out Out (I'll be truthful, they're more fun live than recorded, but their album is cool anyways)
The Dead 60's
Ryan Adams
Camera Obscura

[Lyman Zerga]

The new My Chemical Romance album is good. 70s rock for the win.


good like aqua

[Lex Diamonds]

The Gossip

[Otis Driftwood]

Turbonegro, Hellacopters, Gluecifer, Hives, Demonics, The Bones, The Yeah Yeah Yeah, The Datsuns, The White Stripes. But I have become suspicious of bandnames starting with "The" lately...

[Jitters]

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I been meaning to listening to some of these people for a while anyway.

Does anybody know any good rock groups who incorparate rap in any way? The key word being good because the last thing I want is for someone to say some nu-metal band or anything. It would probably be a good way to take baby steps into listening to more rock oriented music.

[cosmo105]

The Gossip
hell yeah.

i love css and interpol.

[mikizee]

The new My Chemical Romance album is good. 70s rock for the win.

and i used to think u were cool. mcr can suck my non emo balls.

[DroppinScience]

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I been meaning to listening to some of these people for a while anyway.

Does anybody know any good rock groups who incorparate rap in any way? The key word being good because the last thing I want is for someone to say some nu-metal band or anything. It would probably be a good way to take baby steps into listening to more rock oriented music.

Besides something like Rage Against The Machine (which I'm sure you're familiar with, anyways), I'm drawing a blank. Obviously Beck is someone who incorporates (among lots of other things) hip-hop with his rock music, but that's probably someone you're aware of anyways. If for some reason you're not, by all means, go ahead.

Stuff like Handsome Boy Modelling School (who are a hip-hop group) will bring in the rock for some crossover (i.e. collaborations featuring Mike Patton, Franz Ferdinand, Cat Power and such).

Sadly, too many rock meets hip-hop encounters are nu-metal.

[DeeJayZap]

run dmc lol.

[Jitters]

Besides something like Rage Against The Machine (which I'm sure you're familiar with, anyways), I'm drawing a blank.
I've heard a few of the songs of their cover album and I like some of the rap songs they covered. With them coming back now it might be the perfect time to jump on the bandwagon :rolleyes:

I think I'll look for their stuff right now and see if it's well priced.

[Brother McDuff]

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[Schmeltz]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/unreleased_jimmy_page_guitar_riff

[Lyman Zerga]

Haha have you even heard this album?

god no

[Lex Diamonds]

Haha have you even heard this album?
Sorry but My Chemical Romance are just shit and the singer is an annoying fucking cunt. I'd love to stamp on his head.

I've lost a lot of respect for you over this, I can't believe you actually like them. Even if the new album sounds good, it is shit purely on principle.

[Lex Diamonds]

Give it up Joel. MCR are never acceptable. You're dead to me. DEAD.

[Lyman Zerga]

he is a great guy but has the most shat on music taste

i still hope he is just joking

[Jitters]

I do like My Chemical Romance's new album.

A lot of people do because it's such a change from earlier material (I wouldn't know, I have never listened to their albums) but you can't just go around and admit it. You gonna get trouble for it foo!

[Lyman Zerga]

Haha ok when msn showed I was listening to aqua, I didn't even have the sound on. But I do like My Chemical Romance's new album.


like thats not bad enough but you also like the darkness, icp and AQUA

stop hurting our feelings!

[Lyman Zerga]

The only one in that list I like is The Darkness haha.


your luck that i forgot all the shit bands you named

but it's ok! ok? cause i would still fuck you! just not to your music hwhwhwhwhw

[Lyman Zerga]

well i said i hope you were joking

turns out you were not

lol aqua

[Otis Driftwood]

Haha I don't remember naming bands to you. But I was probably joking.
No one jokes about (*thunderclap* + grave voice) "METAL KINGS" :D
I hear they have a new album out...

[Otis Driftwood]

What's it called? Triumph of the gods, right! Ah, I love the POWERmetal hyperbole! (y) Lemme know whatcha think of it...

[Dorothy Wood]

les savy fav
panthers
apes

I don't know too much about new music because I'm too busy listening to old stuff.

I dun like deerhoof that much, I find them a little too precious.

[hpdrifter]

I like some bands that aren't of the Indie variety but I think they're pretty cool.

Oceansize
Porcupine Tree

They are more like a Muse-esque thing. Its sort of the opposite of the indie pop thing.

[Big Gus]

Aqua and ICP? What the fuck??

The Subways album is pretty "throwaway" rock but it's decent. Someones probably already said Wolfmother.

[Otis Driftwood]

Pst. Upload the fuck somewhere.