[kj] Top 10 bands

[TB]

"Alexander Smith" wrote:

Mik -- Welcome back, my friend.

In terms of the new bands, I quite like:  The Horrors (I know, I
know, I'm sorry), Secret Machines (thought their guitar player just
quit), Brand New, The Sword and Mastodon.

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Yeah, Secret Machine's guitarist Ben Curtis quit the band in late February 
leaving his brother Brandon and drummer Josh Garza to somehow carry on as a 
duo (at least that's what Brandon says they'll be) as they prepare to record 
their third album in May.  I was lucky enough to catch them right at the 
beginning of their "Ten Silver Drops" tour a year ago when they were 
probably at their peak in every sense of the word in a very small venue (the 
same place I saw KJ in '03 in LA) and it was a great concert. I thought they 
had tremendous potential and I wonder if they'll survive this lineup change.

Regarding Mik's comments about most of us, myself included naming mostly 
80's bands as favorites and apparently not showing much love for any bands 
who've been around a few years or less, I have to admit very few new artists 
catch my interest anymore. The few bands that do are mostly decent rehashes 
or extensions of familiar genres like the aforementioned Secret Machines, 
Arcade Fire, Wolfmother, The White Stripes (and The Raconteurs), The 
Killers, Mastodon and The Glitterati.

Still, I get more enjoyment out of "discovering" older bands that I 
neglected in their heyday. Just this month, I started diving into Christian 
Death's catalog.

T.B.