Best bands of the last two years,
 

I wanna know what you think so I can expand my pallet.

Give me your top pix, and if I haven't heard them I'll check em out. All genres and solo artists are welcome.

Thanks. I really need new music, and I haven't been following things very closely since the turn of the decade.

Wild Flag
Grass Widow
Trash Kit

Disappears and/or Ty Segall.

St. Vincent

A Shoreline Dream.
Bethany Curve.

they've been around more than two years but check out White Hills if you haven't already.

Cold Cave
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Yuck
Broken Bells
Soft Moon

I know there's a few more I'm forgetting...

I've got CEG (really enjoyed their first album, but haven't heard Lenses Alien), and Yuck on my iphone. Soft Moon is great too. I can't believe I didn't think of them.

I'm not really into Broken Bells. Or rather, I haven't been exposed to much by them. Would you mind posting a link to a good song?

I've been a Disappears fan since I first heard them. I can't believe that band hasn't received more hype. Very good.

Not necessarily of the past two years but contemporary bands you'd do yourself a favour if you check them out:

Drunkdriver
FNU Ronnies
Puffy Areolas
Francis Harold and The Holograms
Rot Shit
Naked on The Vague ( and pre-NOTV duo Vincent Over The Sink. innit?)
Condominium
The Nothing People
Pink Reason
U.S. Girls
Eat Skull
The Hospitals
Human Eye
The Men
Slug Guts
Kitchen's Floor
Kurt Vile
Blues Control
Royal Headache
GG King
TV Ghost

Thanks. Only one of those I'm familiar with is Kurt Vile, who I saw with Thurston not long ago.

I guess it depends on how much you like more "current" indie pop stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GYb6ydfLeo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAV8urhuRx4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAyZRszhqa0

~Jeremy~

Also let me second the Kurt Vile thing. It's well worth your time to go further into his music.

~Jeremy~

Check out these guys too. They'e called Los Llamarada and recently split up, with a new album coming out on SSR Records soon. Uncle Thurston poses in pictures with them. Need I say more?

Kinda hate most "current indie stuff", but I'll check this out. Thanks.

Carlton Melton

Echo lake, one of the best new uk bands

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_cPHUylaVM

no love for Garden Sound? includes members of Barn Owl and Heavy Winged...

I've never heard of them, will check them out though. thanks.

Did you see them supporting Wire?

NICE LIST!!!!! I concur!!!!

Hospitals are good. John Dwyer's project.

I prefer oh sees though, or at least coach whips.

ty segall also, yes.

carnivores is one of mine, an atlanta band.

I wouldn't call The Hospitals John Dwyer's project. You do know who Adam Stonehouse is, don't you? John Dwyer has been a member of them.

Also, The Oh Sees are vastly overrated. I don't mind them too much myself, but I don't get what's so special about them.

Yeah, you'd imagine Talk Normal would totally appeal to your average SY fan.

Blank Dogs

Ty for sure... but the Wavvvvves? I don't know. I think there's potential there, but I haven't heard anything that blew my mind.

Plus their cover of 100% was fucking ass.

Yes... and they blew them offstage (Apart from Two People In A Room which was amazing).
Wire were also ridiculously grumpy... but not in a good way.


Yes and no... your average Teenage Riot/Kool Thing type SY fan wouldn't really like them too much I don't think.
But I know what you mean...

Sharon Van Etten

Warpaint (unfortunately the studio recordings aren't faithful to how great they are in concert though)