Army of Me – My friend Annie put me in touch with these guys when I was trying to look for a support for DC gig I was putting together. I’m having musical deja-vu hearing Vince’s voice after he sent me his new solo EP. I feel like I’ve heard it before, but it seems completely new at the same time. Take a listen and see for yourself.
Band of Skulls – Real ROCK music that reminds me of “Youth & Young Manhood”-era Kings of Leon meets White Stripes and Dinosaur Jr. Just saw them open up for Metric and they blew me away…please keep you eyes out for these guys!!!
Person L – Ropeadope intern Matt kept hyping these guys, so I caved in and listened to their new album and fell in love with it. Just because the lead singer used to be with Starting Line, doesn’t mean Person L is screemo trash.
Great Waves – My old intern Ryan went MIA for like 4 months until he sent me Facebook invite to become a fan of his new band. I can tell what he’s been listening to lately based on what this sounds like: My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver, Monsters of Folk, Grizzly Bear, with a dash of Built to Spill. Am I missing anything Ryan???
Land of Talk – Part of the Broken Social Scene crew…that’s all I needed to be sold on it.
Do you think you’re band is better than these guys? Email Me (subject: 5 New Bands) with one song that defines you and a brief one or two sentence description of your sound. No more. No less.
Thanks for the link! Yeah you pretty much covered it, although our singer is really into Cat Power as well.
I have to say Person L and Land of Talk is a really good musical find. Just saying I appreciate the references. My only thing to add is if you like band of skulls than you may like the live albums by the Kings of Leon, Holy Roller Novocaine, and Day Old Belgian Blues.