Alrighty. Speak your mind about your favorite local band, and if you don't have one... maybe a band that isn't 100% mainstream. That means no Fall Out Boy, Lil Wayne, Keith Urban, etc etc.
Any genre, any city. Just, name the city the band is from (or state), their name, genre, and maybe a youtube video of their music or a myspace link!
I'll start with three of my favorite bands, starting with least mainstream.
Name: Everything Zen (or E-Z) Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio Genre: Alternative Rock
Song: Don't Waste Your Breath (Live)
Name: The Thrifters Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio Genre: Alternative/Rock
Song: Cabin Fever Killer
Name: Metro Station Hometown: Los Angeles, California Genre: Rock/Electronica
Song: (the one everyone has heard) Shake It!
08-25-2008, 04:30 PM
Bayside
Name: Joel Plaskett Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia (my hometown) Genre: Indie rock
Two of my favourite songs by him:
Ignore the video to this one, he doesn't have an official video for it....
08-25-2008, 05:40 PM
AmazeO XD
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Originally Posted by Bayside
Name: Joel Plaskett Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia (my hometown) Genre: Indie rock
Two of my favourite songs by him:
Ignore the video to this one, he doesn't have an official video for it....
I really liked the drums in the first song (the one with the Pirates slideshow).
08-26-2008, 01:05 AM
Ardent Lost
Name: Alarum Hometown: Melbourne, Australia Genre: Tech/Jazz Thrash Metal
In the same style as Atheist and Cynic, but unique at the same time. They're not known outside of metal circles, but if you're a fan of extreme metal you've probably heard of them before.
They don't have the best live sound, and it's made even worse because of the nature of the recording, but all things considered it's still a good one.
This is a song from "Eventuality..." If you can get past the vocals and you enjoy technical metal you should get something out of it.
I actually don't like that second song. All of the songs from their 2002 Promo were re-recorded for this album and they lost some magic in my opinion. And actually, this track was re-recorded from a previous unreleased form for the Promo, and i didn't like it on much the Promo either (though the rest of the tracks on said Promo are unbelievably awesome) :D Anyway, it's the only one of the two non-live clips i could find that represents the band well, so there it is.
edit: forgot the little format at the start, sorry
08-26-2008, 01:31 AM
nitsuJ
They're not 100% mainstream, but they are played sometimes on local radio stations. I don't know how good the quality of the videos will be because I didn't watch them. The SAFETYSUIT video is an acoustic version.
I've only really been impressed by a couple of the bands from my area, one of which is Sparky. Certainly not mainstream, but Saskatchewan isn't really known in Canada for its music scene anyway.
(Tilt to the left, lol)
Favorite Song: Desecrate the Bretheren
These guys just signed to September Riot records a while back and their debut album is coming out soon. Lead singer is one of my best friends's baby daddy.
A Cadence for Heresy
Metal / Hardcore / Death Metal http://www.myspace.com/acadenceforheresy http://www.supernova.com/A-Cadence-For-Heresy (this link has songs that I like more)
No video
Favorite Song: That's What She Said
3 of the 5 members I went to school with, currently on a writing hiatus but they're so amazing live you don't even know.
I wouldn't call them local but they are alternative and not very well known. WOOO going to a concert next month for them and placking like 6 friends in my car cause the tickets are cheap.
ARMCANNON can be described in a very narrow manner as a video-game cover band. However that would only be half the story. Armcannon plays original arrangements of a variety of nostalgic and (for lack of a better word) awesome music. Each piece is intricately arranged and have been described as "orchestral" on more than one occasion.
