OT: what new bands rock??

[AngryScientist]

The dinos of Rock thread got me thinking. The classics are cool and all, even today, and "classic rock" is still what plays on the old Sony boom box in my garage, but what's the current state of rock? Who going to be playing the Super Bowl half time show in 35 years?? I've lost track of new music, I used to drive a ton and play lots of music in the car, but I've moved away from that. Who's barely legal and rocking your playlist?

[Cicli]

Ever since Sirius XM I have no idea whats on the radio.

I am still stuck in the 80's.

[OtayBW]

Not exactly new, but I like Whiskeytown (e.g., Stranger's Almanac) for a kind of rocking alt.country sound. Ryan Adams continues to cut it up pretty good with good songs on the edgy side. Of course, I'm still happy listening to the Allman Bros, Jimi, the Byrds, etc., etc., so what do I know.........?

[awdwon]

Ty Segall is the future of rock and roll.

[gomango]

Plague Vendor.

Amazing live act.

Playing here this summer at Rock the Garden with Flaming Lips etc.

[thirdgenbird]

I guess if the yardstick is 80s or older rock, my list is sorta new (but really 10-20 years old)

Brand New
Thrice
Dustin Kensrue (lead singer for thrice)
Jack White

All have been around a while, but they are all evolving and making new stuff. Thrice has an amazing live sound. Brand New does an unbelivible show that usually sells out in minutes.


Wax on Radio did one album 10 years ago (goodness, I am getting old) but it is spectacular. These guys were in their teens and twenties.

[sandyrs]

Beach Slang should appeal to fans of the replacements.

[false_Aest]

I spent an afternoon listening to the radio. My god, the radio has gotten worse than it was when I was 15.

Lately, my morning rides have been spent listening to:

Caspian
Pelican
Wussy
Titus Andronicus
Screaming Females
Eastern Youth
Wugazi

Caspian has a new album out but they're not new.
Pelican is all about imagining how to kill Orcs on horseback.
Wussy is really new to me but they've been around for a while.
Titus Andronicus is Bright Eyes mixed with east coast garage.
Screaming Females does the best cover of Taylor Swift E V E R.
Eastern Youth: I don't know what they're saying but I like it.
Wugazi: Came out in 2013 or so. Fugazi and Wu Tang Clan mashed up. This is what happens when Bernie has sex with Lil Kim and produces an album.

[flog00]

Radiohead just put out some new stuff.

[pjm]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ZbiN6K8NM

[jtakeda]

King gizzard and the wizard lizard (serious)

Lecherous gaze

Witch

Hank wood and the hammerheads

[gomango]

Originally Posted by sandyrs

Beach Slang should appeal to fans of the replacements.

Thanks for the tip.

I toured with the Replacements on their first East Coast swing bitd.

[gomango]

Originally Posted by flog00

Radiohead just put out some new stuff.

I'm a big fan, but I wouldn't say they rock on the new one.

Sounds fantastic so far though.

Just streaming it tonight.

[sandyrs]

Also not remotely recent (2002) but Converge's Jane Doe is an extraordinary album. Not everyone's style but it definitely is worth a listen. Probably not with the young ones around though. It's my rollers workout music.

Gleemer is pretty good for people who like Jesus and Mary Chain and other shoegaze but also appreciate "rock" guitar fills.

Mogwai continue to make really cool mostly instrumental music many albums in.

Envy is a rather intense Japanese band. I wish I understood their lyrics because I like every other aspect of their style and they were incredible live.

Lightning Bolt is probably the highest energy band I've ever had the pleasure of seeing live. Just a drummer/vocalist and a bassist.

[Dead Man]

Originally Posted by pjm

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ZbiN6K8NM

that was the antithesis of "rock"