New New Wave?

[Rubellan]

Some of you read my post raving about the new band The Chevin for their strong and obvious 80’s influence. In the intervening days, as time allowed, I’ve been investigating newer band that are alleged to be in the same vein of the early 80’s sound. I have heard of this supposedly happening for a while but anytime I hear something, it sounds modern with only an occasional sound that harkens back to the day. During this recent bit of exploration, I’ve encountered some bands that really embody what I/we loved about early 80’s music and would love to hear other bands/artists you think may fall into this category. Here are some of my likes/dislikes thus far. I would highly suggest sampling some of these if you’ve not heard of them:

Austra – Canadian artsy electro band with stunning vocals by classically trained female. The electronics are all right out of the early 80’s with gorgeous and haunting melodies and singing. They’ve released one album that’s currently available on a deluxe 2 CD edition.
Lose it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJtMrhb558
Spellwork: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuoQgkPK ... ure=relmfu

Trust – This is actually a side project by a member of Austra, though the music here is very much in a dark electro, early/mid 80’s Gothic style with a very unique male vocalist.
Sulk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuiKeaqERTU

Then of course there are some other bands that have been around for a while that completely escaped my notice, even though they’ve had some commercial success, such as The Killers, Arcade Fire and White Lies. I’ve purchased CD’s by all of the above and would love to continue this streak. A couple years ago I got into La Roux for their authentic synthpop. Even though their breakthrough hit in the U.S. was a song called Bulletproof (I hate the song but love the video), I was more partial to their debut Quicksand, and only found the album a partial success.

Some bands that I’ve heard recommended and sampled but couldn’t get into are Muse, King of Leon, Arctic Monkeys. Just not my style. So if any of you have other suggestions for me to investigate let me know. I’m very excited by some of these bands.

Scott

[djcraig]

If only there were a Topic on this forum for this kind of thing. They could call it Next Wave or something...



<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

[Frau_Blucher]

[quote][i]Originally posted by djcraig[/i]
<br>If only there were a Topic on this forum for this kind of thing. They could call it Next Wave or something...
[/quote]
I vote for 'Next Wave For The Non-Self-Involved'

[i_like_lectric_motors]

tl;dr

[Rubellan]

Oh Christ, really? Feel free to delete the thread. I would if I could. You guys are really pathetic. The forum has been fairly stagnant lately, and a little enthusiasm about something seems to be worthy of your usual forum non-etiquette. Part of the reason I posted it in this forum is because others, like self-involved ME, may not frequent the 'Next Wave' forum and may miss out on some of the artists or info mentioned that may appeal to them. I found out about some of this stuff by accident, so if someone else sees this message, investigates and discovers something they enjoy, then what's the issue? Let's talk about Michael Jackson, Pat Benatar, Samantha Fox or something else worthy of this forum, right?

[wherewereuin82]

Bunch of goofballs...

Scott, check out the Next Wave video thread, you'll find a lot of things in there.

[djcraig]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Rubellan[/i]
<br>"The forum has been fairly stagnant lately... Part of the reason I posted it in this forum is because others, like self-involved ME, may not frequent the 'Next Wave' forum and may miss out on some of the artists or info mentioned that may appeal to them."[/quote]
One way to keep it from being "stagnant" and not miss out is to frequent the forum and actually post there.

There are already several posts on the Nextwave forum about Austra and many corresponding links to free downloads from them and many, many other exciting new bands. All it takes is a click of the mouse to find them.

Here's one: Your top 2011 albums http://nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TO ... rms=austra





<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

[schwenko]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Rubellan[/i]
<br>Oh Christ, really? Feel free to delete the thread. I would if I could. You guys are really pathetic. The forum has been fairly stagnant lately, and a little enthusiasm about something seems to be worthy of your usual forum non-etiquette. Part of the reason I posted it in this forum is because others, like self-involved ME, may not frequent the 'Next Wave' forum and may miss out on some of the artists or info mentioned that may appeal to them. I found out about some of this stuff by accident, so if someone else sees this message, investigates and discovers something they enjoy, then what's the issue? Let's talk about Michael Jackson, Pat Benatar, Samantha Fox or something else worthy of this forum, right?
[/quote]

Don't give Invisible Man any ideas[:D]

Sugoi !!!

[schwenko]

[quote]Originally posted by Rubellan
[br]Some of you read my post raving about the new band The Chevin for their strong and obvious 80�s influence. In the intervening days, as time allowed, I�ve been investigating newer band that are alleged to be in the same vein of the early 80�s sound. I have heard of this supposedly happening for a while but anytime I hear something, it sounds modern with only an occasional sound that harkens back to the day. During this recent bit of exploration, I�ve encountered some bands that really embody what I/we loved about early 80�s music and would love to hear other bands/artists you think may fall into this category. Here are some of my likes/dislikes thus far. I would highly suggest sampling some of these if you�ve not heard of them:

Austra � Canadian artsy electro band with stunning vocals by classically trained female. The electronics are all right out of the early 80�s with gorgeous and haunting melodies and singing. They�ve released one album that�s currently available on a deluxe 2 CD edition.
Lose it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJtMrhb558
Spellwork: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuoQgkPK ... ure=relmfu

Trust � This is actually a side project by a member of Austra, though the music here is very much in a dark electro, early/mid 80�s Gothic style with a very unique male vocalist.
Sulk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuiKeaqERTU

Then of course there are some other bands that have been around for a while that completely escaped my notice, even though they�ve had some commercial success, such as The Killers, Arcade Fire and White Lies. I�ve purchased CD�s by all of the above and would love to continue this streak. A couple years ago I got into La Roux for their authentic synthpop. Even though their breakthrough hit in the U.S. was a song called Bulletproof (I hate the song but love the video), I was more partial to their debut Quicksand, and only found the album a partial success.

Some bands that I�ve heard recommended and sampled but couldn�t get into are Muse, King of Leon, Arctic Monkeys. Just not my style. So if any of you have other suggestions for me to investigate let me know. I�m very excited by some of these bands.

Scott
[/quote]

Austra is playing Wednesday night (9/19) in Brooklyn

Sugoi !!!

[grubout]

Try Cold Cave, a very Joy Division-influenced band with great synths and the occasional female vocals.