What are some of you favorite bands?

ramenth said

The last shop I worked in I was forced to work next to a 20something kid who had it tuned into the "modern" rock station. It just reinforced my idea that rock stopped being rock around 1986 or so. With the exception of 3 Doors Down and Nickleback all they played was the Britney Spears/Rhianna type crap. Kept telling the kid that it takes a musical instrument to make music so that crap didn't qualify. This radio station was so bad that they had an hour long playlist. When the hour switched it was back to the beginning. I counted the same song played nine times one day. I feel your pain...

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I thought the EXACT same thing back in my classic rock days but the really good new music you will NOT find on the radio. Nowadays radio stations play only what will make the most people listen or whoever pays the most to have their song on the radio. The new upstart bands that like to make good and interesting music just for the heck of it are the ones that you only hear of by word of mouth. Kind of sad if you ask me, but there is some really cool brand-new music out there if you look for it.

Anybody ever heard of The Shins? Here's a song that is hard to dislike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkITsv3Nk6M

Another "rock"-oriented but very chill band, Rogue Wave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6sSLg014FQ

And these guys are totally "out there"; definitely a bit weird if you've never heard them before but they're so unique and fun-packed that they grew on me very quickly. BTW try not to pay too much attention to the video, it'll definitely throw you off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBfgQvM7wtE