40 More Bands Youve Never Heard Of But Should
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2009
by James Hay
Avenue61
Flyleaf
American heavy rock band with female lead
Jumpers Knee
Indie-electro-rock band from Glasgow . Clever electric beat-mixes coupled with danceable tunes
5ive
From Boston , USA , experimental rock band with heavy use of instrumentals
Miss The Occupier
Rosalita
English fast-paced indie band, uses synthesisers and good multi-vocals
The Anomalies
Hereford-based new rap' rock group. Very original and catchy
Rumspringa
Steady pop-like band from LA. Like Cold War Kids but slower.
The Bloodsugars
Quirky NY band, does clever covers with good dancy backbeat
The Fazed
"in a daze"-sounding band from Leicester , repetitive guitaring with effortless vocals
Little Boots
One-to-watch for 2009, disco-pop mixed with dance
Porcelain and the Tramps
Hard rock swirled with industrial electronica from Detriot , USA . Female lead with full-powered vocals
Soho Dolls
Simple electric pop with funky pauses and changes in tune.
Sufjan Stevens
Happy go lucky male from USA , easy and slow with piano accompaniment
Uh Huh Her
Actress Leisha Harvey makes up one half of this rocking electric-pop duo.
The Weakerthans
Indie band from USA , their track "Aside" featured in film Wedding Crashers
Young Love
Rocking-beat band from NY, alike to, and supported, Academy Is
Marnie Stern
Obscurely progressive indie-pop artist with influential drumming and quirky beats
Beat Union
Punk-rock male band from Birmingham . Debut album out in Japan
Cocteau Twins
From Grangemouth , Scotland . Sometimes-Christmassy trio with easy-listening vocals and and epic-sound.
Collective Soul
Featured on the Twilight' soundtrack. Pure-of-heart classic-rock/pop band from Atlanta , Georgia .
Giant Drag
Female artist from LA. Uses weird lyrics and usually-constant musical backing
Camera Obscura
Upbeat classic indie band with ingenious lyrics and warming female vocals
Hollywood Undead
Band made of a third rock, third hip hop, and third metal. Slightly distorted vocals, easily make a crowd rowdy. From LA, USA .
Voluntary Butler Scheme
Lounge/house music-makers from Stourbridge. Simplistic and seemingly-meaningless vocals
My Dying Bride
UK version of Rammstein. Gothic death metal, medium speed
Johnny Foreigner
Small, quirky, random three-some from Birmingham . Jamming sound with very original and easily recogniseable vocals.
Fastlane
Typical emo-pop-indie band, sounds like the younger brother of New Found Glory
Midget and Giant
Acoustic duo from the UK . Low vocals with plucky guitaring and a slow pace.
Surfact
Metal band from Denmark . Starts slow but gets faster. Think Nickelback mixed with Switchfoot.
Ejectorseat
Electric indie band from Derby . Conjures images of manga and retro computer games. Had radio play from Steve Lamacq and Jonathan Ross.
Linchpin
Hotly tipped by Kerrang, kid emo band from London . Despite being in the emo category, can be generically liked.
Your New Escape Plan
Mix of Placebo and Angels and Airwaves with a slower pace. From England .
Janet and the Boowalks
Melodramatic acousticy pop by a group of upbeat females.
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Set for stardom Glasgow foursome. Arctic-Monkeys x Futureheads indie band signed to FatCat Records
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