# The Last Good Band You Found Out About **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 17, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768 "2023-04-17T02:33:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/21 "2023-04-17T15:00:56Z")
Not super new, but I’ve loved Royal Blood since they came out about a decade ago. On the new front, Wet Leg is excellent. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/22 "2023-04-17T15:06:34Z")
I like this one quite a bit. > [@Dinsdale](#): > > [The Rainbow Girls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de4bBIBrabw) This one was good, Very folk. The other two were far too country for me though. > [@Galactus](#): > > GRETA VAN FLEET They’re not the first Zeppelin sounding band to come along and they’re pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/23 "2023-04-17T15:21:53Z")
I looked at this thread to see if anyone mentioned The Dead South. Glad you did! I love In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company. They’re innovative and traditional. New, but been around forever. Sometimes I like psychedelic stuff, and [Electric Moon](https://electric-moon.bandcamp.com/album/inferno) is a band that does it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/24 "2023-04-17T15:36:02Z")
> [@Leo\_Krupe](#): > > Sometimes I like psychedelic stuff I’ve got a couple for you, then. [King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qwdxKkmhoc) from Australia. But my favorite is **Gaye Su Akyol**. She’s from Turkey, and does some _outstanding_ psychedelic rock music: [Gaye Su Akyol - Şahmeran](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeQw6u0qj4o) [Gaye Su Akyol - İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h80uU2eMRLk) ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/25 "2023-04-17T17:43:33Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I like this one quite a bit. I play upright and clawhammer in an acoustic string band. We actually do covers of those 3 songs. Different tastes and all! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/26 "2023-04-18T17:11:32Z")
Vampire Weekend. Recently I got into Missy Elliott and was thinking I was hip for a minute…then I realized those tracks I was listening to were almost 20 years old. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/27 "2023-04-18T17:18:41Z")
Vampire Weekend isn’t all that new, either (although I do love a lot of their stuff). ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/28 "2023-04-18T17:27:57Z")
Ren (He is a dude, but he also has (had) a band called The Big Push) - a busker from Brighton, Wales. He spent 10 years virtually bed ridden with undiagnosed Lyme disease. He got some stem cell treatments that finally helped, although he’s currently in Canada getting more treatments. [Ren - Hi Ren](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_nc1IVoMxc) [Ren X Chinchilla - Chalk Outlines](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35yALr_opeg) [The Big Push - I Shot the Sheriff/Road to Zion/Hip Hop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSeCuR51rek) [The Big Push - War Pigs (Iron Maiden Cover)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azAD9KE9HKE) ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/29 "2023-04-18T17:29:51Z")
Not a band. Just a talented Swedish singer-songwriter named Kristian Matsson. (I think he’s currently touring the states.) ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/30 "2023-04-18T17:55:25Z")
I only recently learned of the late 60s band [Kaleidoscope]([Kaleidoscope (American band) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope_(American_band)). Wow were they ever [talented](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu87-le-h2g). Recently deceased David Lindley was a member. There was a British band with the same name during the same era. They’re also very cool. ---
**Author:** ![PackerMan2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/packerman2/32/2894_2.png) [@PackerMan2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PackerMan2)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/31 "2023-04-18T20:15:33Z")
Check out their cover of Chop Suey. ---
**Author:** ![PackerMan2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/packerman2/32/2894_2.png) [@PackerMan2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PackerMan2)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/32 "2023-04-18T20:19:12Z")
My contribution is Noah Kahan. How do you imbed a YouTube link? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/33 "2023-04-18T20:49:37Z")
Not a new band, but someone in a prog Facebook group mention Marillon, a group I’d never heard of before. I was quite impressed. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/34 "2023-04-18T22:59:56Z")
I’ve discovered tons. Admittedly, most are solo artists rather than bands, but nevertheless: Chvrches Marina Aurora Rina Sawayama Angèle Babymetal Mitski Perfume Twice Tove Styrke Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Meg & Dia Red Velvet Rita Ora T-ara Zazie (I’m too lazy to attach YouTube videos for all these.) ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/35 "2023-04-18T23:08:08Z")
Check out [SG Goodman](http://www.sggoodman.net/). Alt country, emphasis on **alt**. Mrs. A and I have been playing her latest in heavy rotation, and it’s still knocking us cold. > **[S.G. Goodman: Teeth Marks](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sg-goodman-teeth-marks/)** > > Read Grayson Haver Currin’s review of the album. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/36 "2023-04-18T23:15:50Z")
> [@PackerMan2](#): > > How do you imbed a YouTube link? Right click the video, select “copy video url”, paste it back here and add a “/” to the end. (a bit odd, and you can’t then edit your post once you’ve posted it. It’s a known issue.) I’ve discovered hundreds of excellent bands/musicians, but my most returned to is probably Vulfpeck :- [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rv4wf7bzfFE/maxresdefault.jpg "Vulfpeck Live at Madison Square Garden") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv4wf7bzfFE&t=475/) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/37 "2023-04-19T02:01:03Z")
Jinjer, a Ukrainian Metal band. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oRkRwL0vjOg/maxresdefault.jpg "JINJER - Teacher, Teacher! (Official Video) | Napalm Records") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRkRwL0vjOg) ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/38 "2023-05-18T18:16:42Z")
> [@2\_More\_Bits](#): > > Not a band. Just a talented Swedish singer-songwriter named Kristian Matsson. (I think he’s currently touring the states.) He goes by the stage name of **The Tallest Man on Earth.** I’ve heard him on the radio but can’t remember anything about him. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/39 "2023-05-18T18:28:12Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I grew up listening to (and loving) rock music that was put out between 1965 and 1985, and I haven’t progressed to newer things. I’m a Baby Boomer (in my 70s). I listen to a lot of Classic Rock from the 60s & 70s. However, I also listen to some 80s music, a little 90s music, & a smattering of 21st Century music. Around 2015 I discovered **Dawes**. I like only a few of their songs but I REALLY like those songs. My 2 favorites are _A Little Bit of Everything_ & _All Your Favorite Bands._ They have 7 albums. I posted a 16 song Playlist on Apple Music under my real name. > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard I second the nomination. Two years ago I mentioned them to my college age grandson. He opened his iPhone & showed me that he was listening to them that day. I felt like **The Coolest Grandpa on Earth.** Just this week I discovered the husband & wife acoustic duo **Bill Nershi & Jilian Nershi.** Sorry no links. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768/40 "2023-05-18T18:33:26Z")
Hadouk Trio. Two Frenchmen and a Paris-based American playing “world music.” This is all I’ve heard of them, and I’ve read that they’ve performed as a quartet and with other members. Give this a listen, the quality of musicianship is excellent. Virtuosos but not virtuosity. Here’s a link to their website: [HADOUK](http://www.didiermalherbe.com/trioe.html) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bnMIYEe0GJs/maxresdefault.jpg "Hadouk Trio - Baldamore (2007) [DVD] [Ethnic Music]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnMIYEe0GJs) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768.md?page=3)