New Wave Outpost Forum

The music scene today is very exciting if you really pay attention. For every lame band on the Top 40, there's a few really cool bands who have little chance of making it on the charts in the U.S.

I'd like to pass on some recommendations to you if you are looking for some groovy new music and just can't seem to find it. Most, if not all, of these bands are new wave influenced. Alas, I can't promise you'll like these, but I'm hoping you will. I'll only post one video per band and you can investigate further if you'd like. These are new or new-ish bands from the last 12 months or so....

I hope you enjoy:

ALPHABEAT
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QvD6maGRh7c

CHROMEO
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0EUEA5nb7IU

ORSON
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QEb5k6bRep0

MUMM-RA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3mZkYCbgxTo

THE WOMBATS
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gyCi4CMD29w

THE YOUNG KNIVES
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TVxfH5vMM-o

THE CRASH
http://youtube.com/watch?v=megNBZ4ONR8

ONE NIGHT ONLY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZDOzI09LSUY

UNION OF KNIVES
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bOxc0XQEvsE&feature=related

GOOD SHOES
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LoU6xszikNQ

HOT CHIP
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yhASu2OjEcQ



DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_Rv0hCF6I




SPAZ
www.princess-inc.com

I've found that occasionally KROQ out in here in Lost Angeles plays some good stuff (She Wants Revenge, e.g.) and Indie 103's even better (introduced me to Midnight Movies, A Place to Bury Strangers and Ladytron -- some very edgy, wavish bands).

There is a way to find good new stuff. It just isn't as easy as turning on the radio anymore.

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Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.
Psalm 33:12

Totally. I admit I had fallen into that line of thinking a while back, "that there is no good music out there anymore". Well, if you listen to the radio, then duh! That's true for sure. Radio sucks now. BUT--once you start checking into alternate sources, i.e., the internet, then you can find it. My husband is always amazed when I find something new and cool; he'll ask "how did you find this stuff ?" I agree that there IS good music being made out there, you just have to go and seek it out.

Check out this thread , 5 pages of new stuff

http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22938

and try the next wave page. You've got find something you can like.

Here's some recent faves of mine:

The Duke Spirit - My Sunken Treasure (Destined to be a classic ... currently at #1 on my charts!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXMRAoZZ3RQ

Deastro - The Shaded Forests
http://www.emusic.com/samples/m3u/song/ ... 907628.m3u

Presets - Girl and the Sea
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v7JOnV0nOog

Ladytron - Ghosts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yaEwcmrR4Q


And now for something completely goofy, bizarre & cartoonish yet appealing:

Deastro - Light Powered (hum along everyone)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2-duBL3z2wg

Battles - Atlas (Gary Glitter + NIN + Looney Tunes ... one of the strangest things I've heard in years but I dig it!)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU