please name me the top 5 bands i haven't listened to

[yinzer]

i need some music.
 
 if you could, please state what the band is a cross between.
 
 for instance: jackyl could be characterized as a cross between a bad 80s metal band and a chainsaw convention.
 
 no problem, if you don't know who jackyl is.  you shouldn't.  i wish i could wipe my mind of them.

[brennser]

ya gotta give us a little more to work with than that - who HAVE you listened to?

[ggw]

1.  Burning Brides (Metal meets Punk meets Garage)
 2.  The Features (The Jam meet XTC)
 3.  The Hand Washers (Clap Your Hands meets The Germs)

[ratioci nation]

Easel Muzzle - A brother and sister from Alabama who play a spoon, a jug and a rickenbacker.  They are a cross between Radiohead and Lynrd Skynryd.
 
 The Syrup Trixx - A Swedish band which has taken Abba like pop but added heavy guitars and morose lyrics.  Cross between Abba, The Smiths and Muse.
 
 Uncle Chicken Waffle - They have been only playing the Grog and Tankard so far, but their groove is tight.
 
 Tops on the Turvey - 8 guitars 1 singer.  Its an emotional experience.  Cross between Wolf Eyes and  Beethoven.
 
 The Strokes - Nothing more to be said.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Coheed And Cambria (cross between feces and prog-emo)
 
 Robert Randolph & The Family Band (cross between dave matthews and a black guy)
 
 Disturbed (cross between korn and a kid with tourettes)
 
 Fall Out Boy (cross between good charlotte and a rhythmic gymnastics routine)
 
 Matisyahu (cross between weird al yankovic circa "amish paradise" and a jew)

[yinzer]

oh, i think the post by ggw is a bit of a joke.
 
 more to go on...hmmm.  my taste tends toward rock-ish i suppose.
 
 i can give the last few shows i have been to.
 
 shows:
 nada surf
 brmc
 bjm
 oasis
 white stripes
 doves
 going to black keys
 bss
 british sea power
 kings of leon
 
 nothing too avant garde.

[brennser]

can't speak for the other two, and The Had Washers does seem a little suspicious given earlier threads today but his description of Burning Brides is spot on
 
 

Originally posted by jdr:
  oh, i think the post by ggw is a bit of a joke.
 
 

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by brennser:
 [QB] can't speak for the other two, and The Had Washers does seem a little suspicious given earlier threads today but his description of Burning Brides is spot on

you should be familiar with The Features, get on it

[brennser]

sorry boss, streaming from their site as I type!
 
 

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
   

Originally posted by brennser:
 [QB] can't speak for the other two, and The Had Washers does seem a little suspicious given earlier threads today but his description of Burning Brides is spot on

you should be familiar with The Features, get on it [/b]

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Stellastarr-cross between Rusted Root and Talking Heads

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

This website might be helpful:
 
 http://www.music-map.com/

[ggw]

Originally posted by jdr:
  nada surf

Superdrag (Big Star meets Husker Du)
 
 

Originally posted by jdr:
 white stripes

Soledad Brothers
 Von Bondies
 
 

Originally posted by jdr:
 going to black keys

RL Burnside
 
 

Originally posted by jdr:
 bss

Arcade Fire
 
 

Originally posted by jdr:
 doves
 british sea power
 oasis

Brakes (British Sea Power meets Alt-country)
 Clearlake
 Idlewild

[Bombay Chutney]

Amusement Parks On Fire
 
 Kind of Swervedrivery/My Bloody Valentine-esque.

[Relaxer]

Get on the hype train.
 
 Arctic Monkeys (Libertines and the Jam) -- I don't care how much these guys are hyped, their songs are great
 
 Ladytron (Garbage and Stereolab)
 
 Mew (My Bloody Valentine and... well, Stereolab? I don't know, it's modern prog)
 
 Elbow (elements of U2's "big" music with Radiohead tweaks)
 
 Gogol Bordello (a gypsy, caberet version of System of a Down)
 
 and Burning Brides is no joke. They rock in every way.

[amnesiac]

Wolf Parade  - Modest Mouse meets Arcade Fire
 The National - Not sure how to describe. Just give Alligator a few spins.
 Andrew Bird  - Brilliant. He's playing the Black Cat soon.