TV on the Radio

Based out of: Brooklyn, New York
Years together: 2001-2010 (currently on hiatus)

Labels:

• Touch and Go Records
• 4AD
• Interscope

Members:

Tunde Adebimpe - Vocals/Loops

Kyp Malone - Vocals/Guitar/Loops

David Andrew Sitek - Guitar/Keys/Loops

Jaleel Bunton - Drums/Vocals/Loops

Gerard Smith - Bass/Keys

Discography:

1. OK Calculator - 2002
2. Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Bobes - 2004
3. Return to Cook Mountain - 2006
4. Dear Science - 2008

Sounds Like:

• An electrical storm flowing through your speakers, haunting and shocking.

Live:

• To see TV on the Radio live is a privalege, their performance and talents uniquely belonging to them alone.
  

Video:

• TV on the Radio's music videos are works of art all on their own, check out their video for "Wolf Like Me" below.

Mystery Jets

Based out of: Twickenham, London
Years together: Early 90's - Present

Labels:

• Transgressive Records
• 679 Records
• Dim Mark Records
• Rough Trade Records

Members:

Blaine Harrison - Vocals/Keys/Guitar/Percussion

Kapil Trevedi - Drums

Kai Fish - Bass/Backing Vocals/Guitar/ Keys

William Rees - Guitar/Vocals/Keys/ Percussion

Henry Harrison (Blaine's Father) - Guitar/ Vocals/ Keys/ Percussion [does not tour with band]

Discography:

1. Making Dense - 2006
2. Zootime - 2007
3. Twenty One - 2008

Sounds Like:

• The retro revival that they are, a new age take on the 80's lifestyle and sound.

Live:

• Described as an entertaining evening in the least, the Mystery Jets live is a performance can only leave you smiling.

Videos:

• Everything they do seem to have a flair for the retro, even their videos. View the Mystery Jets video for "Two doors down" below.

Interpol

Based out of: New York, New York
Years Together: 1997-Present

Labels:

• Capital Records
• Pariophone Records
• Matador Records

Members:

Paul Banks - Vocals/Guitar

Carlos Denger - Bass/Keys

Sam Fagarino - Drums

Daniel Kessier - Guitar/ Vocals


Discography:

1. Turn on the Bright Lights - 2002
2. Antics - 2004
3. Our Love to Admire - 2007

Sounds Like:

• One's subconscious and all its thoughts translated into music.

Live:

• Live Interpol lives up to all they are, talent, skills, and just sheer style. They are incomparable. They know what they do and they do it without flaw.

Video:

• There is no lack of skill or cohesion when it comes to Interpol's music videos, they are 3-5minute clips that one can watch over and over again without fear of boredom, while at the same rate seeing new things each time. View Interpol's video for "Obstacle 1" below.

It could rain for a lifetime, it could be sunny for all days, Interpol is a band which would suite either or.

The Kills

Based out of: United Kingdom & United States
Years together: 2000-Present

Labels:

• Domino Records
• Rough Trade Records
• RCA Records

Members:

Alison Mosshart - vocals/guitar

Jamie Hince - vocals/guitar/drum machine

Discography ( listing only LP's and CD's):

1. Keep On Your Mean Side L.P. - 2003
2. Now Wow - 2005
3. Midnight Boom - 2007

Sounds Like:

• If someone where to bring and electric guitar to a gun fight, and win.

Live:

• The Kills live is an experience to say the least, the energy is intoxicating, a drug like no other.

Video:

• The Kills' videos are a direct translation of the music, amazing visual pieces. Check out their video for "Last Day of Magic" below.

SIMPLY AMAZING

The Smiths

Based out of: Manchester, England
Years together: 1982-1987

Labels:

• Rough Trade
• Warner Bros.

Members:

Steven Morrissey - Vox

Jonny Marr - Guitar

Andy Rourke - Bass

Mike Joyce - Drums

Discography:

1. The Smiths - 1984
2. Meat is Murder - 1985
3. The Queen is Dead - 1986
4. Strangeways, Here we come - 1987

Sounds like:

• There are no words in the English language in which one can properly describe the sound that is The Smiths. To put it simply, there once was e a band called The Smiths and no matter how much time passes will be no other.

Live:

• It would have be a great privilege to see The Smiths live, and those who have should count their blessings.

Videos:

• A simple take on great sound. Take some time to view their video for Panic below:

A voice to move generations, a sound to shape the world.

The Horrors

Based out of: Southland, England
Years together: 2005-Present

Labels:

• Loog Records
• XL Recordings
  

Members:

Faris Badwan - vocals

Joshua Hayward - Guitar

Tom Cowan - Organ (bassist on Strange House)

Rhys Webb - Bass (organist on Strange House)

Joseph Spurgeon - Drums

Discography:

1. Strange House - 2007
2. Primary Colours - 2009

Sounds like:

• 1970's England breathed into modern society.

Live:

• A moment in time when your body is no longer your own, one must be prepared for everything.

Videos:

• A visual pallet unlike any other. Check out The Horrors video for "Sea Within A Sea"

This band changed my life, may it change yours also.

Foals

Based out of: Oxford, England

Years Together: 2005-Present

(Associated Acts: The Edmund Fitzgerald)

Labels:

• Transgressive (UK)
• Sub Pop (USA)

Members:

Yannis Philippakis - Vox/Guitar

Jack Beran - Drums

Jimmy Smith - Guitar

Edwin Congreave - Keyboard

Walter Gervers - Bass

Discography:

1. Antidotes - 2008
2. Total Life Forever - 2010

Sounds Like:

• A warm June night on the outskirts streets of urban England.

Live:

• The surge of energy which comes from the five members of the Foals, flow forcibly into your own body, & then you and the persons surrounding you become a sea of bodies moving in one constant air.

Videos:

• The Foals videos are when ambient noise and emotion turn into visual entertainment for your ocular globes. Click the following link to view thier most recent video "The Orient" (for their new upcoming album due to release 15th June 2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52NNbxkniLk
• An Embedded version of the video will be available shortly.

The Foals are simply amazing, that is all I have to say.

HEALTH

Based out of: Los Angeles, California

(Bands name is always spelled in CAPS)

Years Together: 2006 - Present

Labels:

• Lovepump Untitled
• Trouble Records
• Flemish Eye
• No pain in pop

Members:

Benjamin Jared Miller - Vox/Guitar

Jake Duzsik - Drums

John Famiglietti - Bass/Noise/Keys

Jupiter Keyes - Guitar/Noise/Keys

Discography:

1. HEALTH - released by Lovepump United in 2007
2. HEALTH/ Disco - released by Lovepump United in 2008 (remix album)
3. Get Color - released in 2009

Sounds Like:

• NOISE- Amazing!

Live:

• Live, Health will make your ears bleed. In a good way

Videos:

• The videos for this band are visual and audio mind alterations (without any need for drugs). To view their video "Die Slow" click the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWZxThGh5wQ

(You may be asked to confirm that you are 18yrs or older to view the video)

An Embedded version will be available shortly.

To sum up HEALTH, this band affects an individual on all levels. They give fans a sensory overload, through song, video, and performance. If your willing to add anything to your itunes or ipod, HEALTH would be worth the listen.

Dananananaykroyd

Based out of: Glasglow, Scotland

Years Together: 2006-Present

Label: Best Before Records

(Band's name is a play on the Canadian actor's name, Dan Aykroyd)

Members:

Duncan Robertson - Guitar

David Roy - Guitar

Calum Gunn - Vox/Drums

John Baillie - Vox/Drums

Paul Carlin - Drums

Ryan McGiness - Bass

Discography:

1. Hey Everyone! - 6th April 2009

Sounds Like:

• The best summer day a person could ever have.

Live:

• Six people going nuts and making you feel like your on acid.

Videos:

• Dananananaykroyd's videos are amazing works of art, that may infact make you feel slightly insane. Check out their video for "Black Wax" by clicking this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WOIEdlfh7M

An Embeded version of the video will be coming shortly.

All and all, I would recommend this band to anyone. Their sound and energy is simply amazing, anyone unwilling to give Dananananaykroyd a listen is a fool.

S.C.U.M.

Based out of: South East London, England
Years together: 2008 - Present

Their name comes from Valeria Soianas Manifesto: S.C.U.M. is an acronym which stands for "Society for Cutting up Men".

Members:
Thomas Cohen - Vox, and Guitar (on some songs)
Bradley Baker - Machines
Samuel Kilcoyne - Keyboards
Haw Webb - Bass
Melissa Rigby - Drums

Discography:

1. Visions Arise - 15th September 2008 (Single)

• Loog Records has since sold out after it's original release.

Sounds Like:

• What I think World War duex sounded like.

Live:

• This band is very into making you feel as if your in a very weird book about WWII. If you hear their single Berlin you'll know what I'm talking about.

Videos:

• S.C.U.M.'s video will make you space out for 6mins, it's amazing. To see what I'm talking about check out Berlin below...

Listen to this band!

Klaxons

Based out of: London, England (UK)
Years Together: 2005-Present

Members:
Jamie Reynolds - Bass, Lead Vox
James Righton - Keys, Lead Vox
Simon Taylor - Guitar, Backing Vox
Steffan Halperin - Drums, Backing Vox

Discography:

1. Myths of the Near Future

Sounds Like:

• DRUGS

Live:

• This band has a great way for letting you become apart of the show with costumes, crazy colors and energy.

Videos:

• Klaxons videos always take viewers to some kind of insane sifi land or weird anime they're great to watch. Check out "Golden Skans".

If your looking for something new, and interesting...check them out!

Birthday Party

Originally know as: The Boys next Door
Based out of: Melbourne, Australia
Labels: Missing Link Records, 4AD & Shock Records
Years together: 1976 - 1983

Members:
Nick Cave
Mick Harvey
Tracy Pew (deceased)
Phill Calvert
Rowland S. Howard (deceased)

Discography:

1. Prayers on Fire - 1981
2. Junkyard - 1982
3. It's still Living - 1985
4. Best and Rarest - 1985
5. Hee Haw - 1979 (re-released in 1988)

Sounds Like:

• As: Nick Cave was vocals. Mick Harvey was vocals, guitar, and drums. Tracy Pew was on bass and vocals. Phill Calvert was on drums. & Rowland S. Howard was vocals and guitar Birthday Party is as if someone playing Jazz kicked your teeth in.

Live:

• Being that I am way to young to have seen them live, I just have to go with what my mom told me: It made her scared for her safety. Check out the video below of them performing live:
  

Videos:

• The band has one video that I know of for the song - Nick the Stripper - which makes me feel like I'm in some kind of zombie movie with really cool guitar tones.
  

In 1983 the band broke up due to a split between the friendship of Cave and Howard, in addition to work and drug related exhaustion. After the brake up the members formed other acts like; Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls, and Honeymoon in Red.

Birthday Party has been noted for influencing bands such as:

1. The Jesus and Mary Chain
2. My Bloody Valentine
3. The Jesus Lizard
4. Dinosaur Jr
5. The Horrors

and many more to this day...

This band is also a big influence on me personally as a musician and I hope everyone gives it a listen.

Liars

Based out of: New York,USA (Early Years) & Berlin Germany (Currently)
Labels: Gern Blandsten Records (2001-2003) & Mut Records (2003-Present Day)
Formed in: 2000

Members:
Angus Andrew
Aaron Hemphill
Julian Gross

Discography:

1. They Threw was all in a Trench and stuck a Monument on top - Oct. 2001
2. They were wrong, SO we Drowned - Feb. 2004
3. Drum's not Dead - Feb. 2006
4. Liars - Aug. 2007
5. Sisterworld - 2010

Sounds Like:

• With Angus Andrew singing vocals & playing guitar, Aaron Hephill playing percussion, guitar, & synth, and Julian Gross on drums the Liars' music is like a really good dream.

Live:

• This band will make you lose yourself for their whole set.

Video:

• The Liars' videos will make you feel very uncomfortable in the best of ways. Check Out: Plaster Casts of Everything

In general this band is amazing and I continue to eagerly await what comes next.

At the Drive-In

Based out of: El Paso, Texas
Labels: Fearless Records & Grand Royal
Years together: 1993-2001

Members:
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Jim Ward
Omar Rodriquez-Lopez
Paul Hinojos
Tony Hajjar

Discography:

1. Aerobatic Tenement - 1996 (which Omar played bass on, not guitar)
   
2. In/Casino/Out - 1998
3. Relationship of Command - 2000

Sounds Like:

• Five gifted persons; Cedric Bixler-Zavala as lead vocals, Jim Ward on guitar & backing vocals, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez on guitar/noise, Paul Hinojos on bass, and Tony Hajjar on drums. At The Drive-In (ATDI) could be compared to a can of rocks being whipped up by a hurricane {AWESOME}.
  

Live:

• Being lucky enough to see this band before the breakup, I can tell you that it was an intense and life changing experience.

Video:

• Thought provoking & visually pleasing: Check out "One Armed Scissor"

The reasoning for this bands dispersal was that Omar and Cedric felt as if ATDI had came to a point where there was no more room for experimentation & growth. The latest works of the former members of At The Drive-In are as follows: Mars Volta, De Facto, Sparta (SUCKS), and The Fall on Deaf Ears.

Parenthetical Girls

Based out of : Portland, Oregon
Label: Indie

Current Members:
Eddy Crichton
Racheal Jensen
Zac Pennington
Jherek Bischoff

Notable Previous Members:
Owen Ashworth (Casio Tone for the Painfully Alone)


Discography:

1. (((GRRRLS))) - 2006
2. Safe As Houses - 2006
3. Entanglements - 2008

Sounds Like:

• An array of gifted musicians playing an arrange of classical & modern instruments from violins to synths. Lead vocals sung by Zac Pennington, and supporting vocals by Rachael Jensen with back up vocals provided by both Eddy Crichton and Jherek Bischoff. The Parenthetical Girls can be described as intellectually experimental. Listening to them is like listening to 'The Sound of Music' on speed.

Live:

• Live the Parenthetical Girls have both a great sense of stage presence & interaction with the crowd. They will make you feel other worldly and it is an experience worth having to see them.

Videos:

• Simply Visually Pleasing: Check out "A Song For Ellie Greenwich"

As an overall the Parenthetical Girls in my opinion are a band worth listening to, an up and coming breath of fresh air worth keeping one's eye on.

Why? you ask

Hello as you already my know my name is Edward Luzier. The reason for this blog is for me to bring new bands to your attention and give my opinion on the bands Albums and Live shows.