What band have you been grooving on?

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To elaborate a little, The Seatbelts are the brain-child of brilliant Japanese anime soundtrack composer Yoko Kanno and were formed solely to play on the Cowboy Bebop soundtracks. I have all of the CB CDs they’re well worth purchasing. The music is a quirky mix of jazz, blues, country, rock, heavy metal and psychedelica all of which is played well and delivered with an off-beat sense of humour. Highly recommended.

Don’t forget to check out her other work, as well. I’m also particularly fond of the Macross Plus soundtracks.

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You know, Featherlou, I’ve heard a lot of people say things to this effect, but I just don’t hear it. What is “eighties” about the Killers’ sound? I know they use a kooky synth sound to play two notes on one of their songs, but other than that I think it’s just a “New Wave” image that they’ve intentionally cultivated that’s in no way reflected in their music. What sounds “eighties” about the Killers’ music to you?

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My (much older) GF got me a number of CDs from the psychedelic era for my BD. Most were fairly unintersting, but the one by Tomorrow (with their minor hit “My White Bicycle” and featuring a pre-Yes Steve Howe) stood out. Gloriously trippy.

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The Go! Team

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Gorillaz
The Killers
Franz Ferdinand

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Of late, Oingo Boingo has been totally kicking my ass.

On a different tack, Mini Moni is still a group I can listen to incessently.

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I can definitely see it, in an eighties-like-a-rockier-New-Order way rather than eighties-like-Bananarama way.

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I’m been listening to a lot of the bands in this thread. But a couple that haven’t been mentioned.

Broken Social Scene
Pavement
Feist
Stars
Interpol
My Bloody Valentine

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I fairly recently discovered Garbage, and have been absolutely loving all their stuff.

I’m also on a kick of oldies. Not really old, but nowhere near recent - The Doors, Sex Pistols, The Clash for a few.

Recently discovered The Descendents (via a flash animation on AlbinoBlackSheep, actually), and some of their stuff is pretty great.

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About eight months ago I somehow discovered Nightwish and have been listening to them a lot ever since. Love their overall sound and Tarja’s voice.

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I’ve become a little bit of one. I picked up Lifes Rich Pageant a few weeks ago, liked it a lot, and got Automatic and Murmur a week later. Still haven’t heard much of Murmur. A good friend of mine who is absolutely nuts for them gave the same comment you did about their discography. I’m sure I’ll get more of their albums in time.

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Gorillaz
The Smiths (been playing “The Queen Is Dead” heavily lately)
Blur Anniversary Box Set (“Bone Bag” over and over and over)
Assemblage 23
Esthero

That new Eels song, “Trouble With Dreams”, thinking of picking up the album

Air (dug out the old “Moon Safari” and “Premieres Symptomes” CDs)

Anything of **Megumi Hayashibara ** I can get my hands on

Masami Okui

And weirdly, I just finished listening to “Tank!” about ten minutes ago before I shut off my player for the night.

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Ooooh, and **Cibo Matto ** deserves a mention, too.

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Juno Reactor
Lorraine a Malena
Morcheeba
Frou Frou
The Red Elvises

Not sure what’s going through my mind lately but those are the bands I keep coming back to for the last month or two.

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In heavy rotation on my CD player at work are:

Keane - Hopes and Fears
The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs (it’s good to know there are others that still listen to them)
Crowded House - Greatest Hits
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen (my favorite album–ever)

I also love Franz Ferdinand and have to get the new album. After seeing *Garden State * recently, I thought I’d start listening to **The Shins ** again.

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I’ve been grooving on the latest from Kanye West, “Late Registration”.

I’ve sort of been going through my Dwight Yoakum CD’s again, too. I’d taken a break from him.

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Gogol bordello and their brand of Ukranian gypsy punk rock.

See 'em live if you can.

No other band is as exciting on the stage as these guys.

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I’ve been grooving lately on Earshot and old-school Jodeci as of late.

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That’s a good question - I’m going to pop the cd in my player and note which bands/songs I’m reminded of as it plays.

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I’ve been checking out older stuff as part of deciding on songs to cover for my band.

Rolling Stones: Beggar’s Banquet and Goat’s Head Soup. Such wonderful stuff - really enjoying Dancing With Mr. D (which is unfortunately overshadowed by Sympathy - it really is a great song) and Silver Train (good ol’ fashioned boogie rock with great slide work)

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers: Roadrunner. 'nuff said

The Ruts: Babylon’s Burning. Really talented players - great early-80’s combo of ska and punk. Never heard of 'em stateside - helps to have Brits in my rhythm section!

Oh, and Big Star: In Space - their new album. Had to get it - why? Because its Big Star! If you don’t know them, buy #1 Record/Radio City - many if not most of the bands mentioned here are huge Big Star fans…their new CD is very solid, with great diversity and some really great songs.

Oh, one other: Brian Setzer - Rockabilly Riot, Vol. 1 - a tribute album if you will of classic Sun Records hits. Setzer + stripped-down rockabilly = bliss.