Favorite Local Bands

littleknowitall · 02-27-2007, 11:48 AM

Is anyone actually gonna give any feedback on anyones bands? (yes, im a aware i havent, kind of busy but i will do when i get a chance)

~~[MERIT]~~ · 07-29-2008, 01:11 AM

*BUMP*

Filament
MySpace.com - Filament - COLUMBIA, Missouri - Rock / Alternative / Classic Rock - www.myspace.com/filamentband

I Am The Myth
MySpace.com - I AM THE MYTH [guitar for sale] - Auxvasse/Springfield, Missouri - Hardcore / Metal / Breakcore - www.myspace.com/iamthemyth

Everything We Are
MySpace.com - EVERYTHING WE ARE - BOONVILLE, Missouri - Rock / Funk / Freestyle - www.myspace.com/everythingwearemusic

F*Bombs
MySpace.com - F*Bombs - new CD available online! - Kansas City, Missouri - Rock / Punk / Powerpop - www.myspace.com/fbombs

WWWP · 07-29-2008, 04:23 AM

My town doesn't have local bands...
Fucking Wyoming.
An old friend of mine from Montana however, just started recording.
His music's not my style, but I support him nonetheless.
Skipping Christmas

Symbiosis · 07-29-2008, 07:04 AM

There are a few good ones around here.

Echoed Silence
Violet Shift
Meat Bikini
Sleeping in Trains
Canniblast
Amongst the Shadows
Tormented
Hanimex Stand
The Medics
August Redemption

Mojo · 12-13-2008, 07:27 AM

Whenever I travel anywhere I always wish I knew what the local music scene was like there i.e. what smaller venues were around that I may not know about, whether there were any more obscure live venues around, local bands and what the best pubs and club nights to go to were and what kind of tastes they cater for and I figured this would be a good place to find out a little about where everyone is from and what those places have to offer.

Mojo · 12-13-2008, 07:35 AM

Prepare for long post. I apologise, I'm longwinded.

Newcastle is a great place to be. They may have a bunch of overpaid twats they call a local football team but for nightlife it really is a great place. Newcastle does attract a lot of major artists but undoubtedly is still a few steps behind London, Birmingham and Manchester. Newcastle has five main live venues.

The METRO RADIO ARENA is the major venue. The CARLING ACADEMY seems to be the second biggest in the city on par with NEWCASTLE CITY HALL and the much smaller universities - NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY and NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY complete the five. Before The Academy came along the two universities combined seemed to do the job it does now which leaves the universities a little emptier than maybe they once were. The City Hall is a fully seated venue more suiting to stand up comedy. Not my favourite venue and yet for some reason Motorhead seem to love it. Seeing Motorhead in The City Hall is an experience.

Outside of the big five Newcastle still has a fair few attractions for those who enjoy their music. TRILLIANS ROCK BAR in Princess Square has been open for decades and provides quite a dark, dimly lit, underground environment. I mean underground in the literal sense as upon entry you have to go down the stairs into what looks like a dungeon. It is one of the main hangouts for the more metal orientated locals. Each table is dedicated to a band, with cuttings and CD's encased in the glass and the walls also covered in cuttings, posters, promo's and the odd guitar or two. I can often be found occupying the Black Sabbath table. The long bar occupies the majority of the back wall and displays, from left to right all the way across one of the most active live music schedule's in the city. Trillians accommodates local bands, unsigned bands from around the country, the odd Johnny Foreigner and some great signed bands who realistically may be a little too small for the Uni's. Off the top of my head I recall Orange Goblin, Will Haven, The Anti Nowhere League and Lord Bishop playing there in recent times but there have been many more worth of mention.

THE CLUNY on Lime Street is seemingly hidden out of the way and is further towards the quayside than it is central to the city but is well worth the walk. The Cluny has another active and very varied schedule of live music also accommodating signed, unsigned and local acts. The gigs take place in the back room of the pub in a very small, intimate setting holding I would say 200 people at an absolute max. A very nice environment. Boris at such a venue was nothing short of mind-blowing.

The HEAD OF STEAM, owned by the same company as The Cluny and also having locations in Liverpool and Huddersfield is even smaller. Upon entry the stairs up will take you to the bar and the stairs down to a very warm, intimate but somewhat congested venue. It barely even has room for a stage which means the bands that play here are eye to eye with their audience. A lot of the people I know in bands have played here and the bar has a very good reputation for getting itself involved in local and unsigned music by offering a stage to those who may need it but also attract artists from further afield. Their website sums it up perfectly – “Live music is very important to us. Our basement is THE RECOGNISED entry-level live music venue in the area. By that, we mean we are an ideal venue for new bands which are trying to break onto ‘the circuit’, as well as some lesser-known touring bands.”

LA TOSCANA on Leazes Park Road is possibly the most obscure location I have visited. La Toscana is an Italian restaurant opened in 1973 whose owners have taken it upon themselves to provide a great service to the city’s artistic culture even though the vast majority of residents probably don’t even know it. The walls are covered in local art and periodically they will hold ‘Musical Restaurant’ nights offering a very varied range of live music. I may be going to one tomorrow but so far the only one I have been to offered two acoustic sets, poetry reading, a very Indie looking band with several keyboards and songs about dancing bears and Bong, a Newcastle based psychedelic/doom/drone band. A very attractive place for the more experimental local musicians, especially as every set is filmed and uploaded to their website.

The STAR AND SHADOW CINEMA is situated very near to The Cluny on Stepney Bank, again a short walk from the city centre. Run entirely by volunteers it hosts world and independent film in a very cosy, small theatre and also has a room for live entertainment. It has clearly been designed to accommodate areas of culture that are very hard to find in Newcastle and it really does appear as though a lot of work has gone into achieving this, taking clear priority over profit, The vast majority of what you see inside and the work done to design and fill the building has also all been done or made by the volunteers who work there and the years membership to gain entry is only £1.

There are a huge number of local bands and artists gigging in and around these and several other places in the city that are really been helped by the smaller venues for no other reason than giving them places to play. The Star and Shadow is a great example of this as is La Toscana and their website which now holds A LOT of videos of live music performed there. The Metro Radio Arena may make the money (£60 a ticket for Cliff frigging Richard?!) but providing people know where to look and where to go there is so much more on offer.

~~The Unfan~~ · 12-13-2008, 09:00 AM

Iowa has a total of 2 local bands, both play ****ty nu-metal designed to totally rip off Slipknot.

Roygbiv · 12-13-2008, 09:09 AM

TORONTO: The best local band I've witnessed are The Sisters Euclid, who play in the Orbit Room every Monday (they have been for the past decade). They're a blues-rock band who mix up their sets with different instruments and guest singers. I wished I could see them every Monday night. The weekend doesn't end until Tuesday comes for me when I do.

Blue · 12-13-2008, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Roygbiv

TORONTO: The best local band I've witnessed are The Sisters Euclid, who play in the Orbit Room every Monday (they have been for the past decade). They're a blues-rock band who mix up their sets with different instruments and guest singers. I wished I could see them every Monday night. The weekend doesn't end until Tuesday comes for me when I do.

What time are their shows? What kind of tunes do they play, covers, originals, both? I think I'm going to check them out, I can always dig live blues.

**Janszoon** · 12-13-2008, 10:35 AM

I'm still pretty new to San Jose, but as far as I can tell there's very little happening here. The most interesting thing I've discovered recently is that the band Sleep was from here, but they broke up about ten years ago.

I moved here from Philadelphia which, on the other hand, has a really good music scene right now. Bands like Man-Man, An Albatross and Genghis Tron are all a part of Philly's unique and strange scene.

12-13-2008, 07:27 AM	#35 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Your local music scene Whenever I travel anywhere I always wish I knew what the local music scene was like there i.e. what smaller venues were around that I may not know about, whether there were any more obscure live venues around, local bands and what the best pubs and club nights to go to were and what kind of tastes they cater for and I figured this would be a good place to find out a little about where everyone is from and what those places have to offer.

12-13-2008, 09:09 AM	#38 (permalink)
Roygbiv marquee moon Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 759	TORONTO: The best local band I've witnessed are The Sisters Euclid, who play in the Orbit Room every Monday (they have been for the past decade). They're a blues-rock band who mix up their sets with different instruments and guest singers. I wished I could see them every Monday night. The weekend doesn't end until Tuesday comes for me when I do. __________________ Roygbiv's Review Revue LATEST REVIEW SILENT SHOUT BY THE KNIFE

12-13-2008, 10:35 AM	#40 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I'm still pretty new to San Jose, but as far as I can tell there's very little happening here. The most interesting thing I've discovered recently is that the band Sleep was from here, but they broke up about ten years ago. I moved here from Philadelphia which, on the other hand, has a really good music scene right now. Bands like Man-Man, An Albatross and Genghis Tron are all a part of Philly's unique and strange scene. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

02-27-2007, 11:48 AM	#31 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	Is anyone actually gonna give any feedback on anyones bands? (yes, im a aware i havent, kind of busy but i will do when i get a chance)

07-29-2008, 01:11 AM	#32 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	BUMP Filament MySpace.com - Filament - COLUMBIA, Missouri - Rock / Alternative / Classic Rock - www.myspace.com/filamentband I Am The Myth MySpace.com - I AM THE MYTH [guitar for sale] - Auxvasse/Springfield, Missouri - Hardcore / Metal / Breakcore - www.myspace.com/iamthemyth Everything We Are MySpace.com - EVERYTHING WE ARE - BOONVILLE, Missouri - Rock / Funk / Freestyle - www.myspace.com/everythingwearemusic *FBombs** MySpace.com - F*Bombs - new CD available online! - Kansas City, Missouri - Rock / Punk / Powerpop - www.myspace.com/fbombs

07-29-2008, 07:04 AM	#34 (permalink)
Symbiosis Groupie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 39	There are a few good ones around here. Echoed Silence Violet Shift Meat Bikini Sleeping in Trains Canniblast Amongst the Shadows Tormented Hanimex Stand The Medics August Redemption

12-13-2008, 07:35 AM	#36 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Prepare for long post. I apologise, I'm longwinded. Newcastle is a great place to be. They may have a bunch of overpaid twats they call a local football team but for nightlife it really is a great place. Newcastle does attract a lot of major artists but undoubtedly is still a few steps behind London, Birmingham and Manchester. Newcastle has five main live venues. The METRO RADIO ARENA is the major venue. The CARLING ACADEMY seems to be the second biggest in the city on par with NEWCASTLE CITY HALL and the much smaller universities - NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY and NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY complete the five. Before The Academy came along the two universities combined seemed to do the job it does now which leaves the universities a little emptier than maybe they once were. The City Hall is a fully seated venue more suiting to stand up comedy. Not my favourite venue and yet for some reason Motorhead seem to love it. Seeing Motorhead in The City Hall is an experience. Outside of the big five Newcastle still has a fair few attractions for those who enjoy their music. TRILLIANS ROCK BAR in Princess Square has been open for decades and provides quite a dark, dimly lit, underground environment. I mean underground in the literal sense as upon entry you have to go down the stairs into what looks like a dungeon. It is one of the main hangouts for the more metal orientated locals. Each table is dedicated to a band, with cuttings and CD's encased in the glass and the walls also covered in cuttings, posters, promo's and the odd guitar or two. I can often be found occupying the Black Sabbath table. The long bar occupies the majority of the back wall and displays, from left to right all the way across one of the most active live music schedule's in the city. Trillians accommodates local bands, unsigned bands from around the country, the odd Johnny Foreigner and some great signed bands who realistically may be a little too small for the Uni's. Off the top of my head I recall Orange Goblin, Will Haven, The Anti Nowhere League and Lord Bishop playing there in recent times but there have been many more worth of mention. THE CLUNY on Lime Street is seemingly hidden out of the way and is further towards the quayside than it is central to the city but is well worth the walk. The Cluny has another active and very varied schedule of live music also accommodating signed, unsigned and local acts. The gigs take place in the back room of the pub in a very small, intimate setting holding I would say 200 people at an absolute max. A very nice environment. Boris at such a venue was nothing short of mind-blowing. The HEAD OF STEAM, owned by the same company as The Cluny and also having locations in Liverpool and Huddersfield is even smaller. Upon entry the stairs up will take you to the bar and the stairs down to a very warm, intimate but somewhat congested venue. It barely even has room for a stage which means the bands that play here are eye to eye with their audience. A lot of the people I know in bands have played here and the bar has a very good reputation for getting itself involved in local and unsigned music by offering a stage to those who may need it but also attract artists from further afield. Their website sums it up perfectly – “Live music is very important to us. Our basement is THE RECOGNISED entry-level live music venue in the area. By that, we mean we are an ideal venue for new bands which are trying to break onto ‘the circuit’, as well as some lesser-known touring bands.” LA TOSCANA on Leazes Park Road is possibly the most obscure location I have visited. La Toscana is an Italian restaurant opened in 1973 whose owners have taken it upon themselves to provide a great service to the city’s artistic culture even though the vast majority of residents probably don’t even know it. The walls are covered in local art and periodically they will hold ‘Musical Restaurant’ nights offering a very varied range of live music. I may be going to one tomorrow but so far the only one I have been to offered two acoustic sets, poetry reading, a very Indie looking band with several keyboards and songs about dancing bears and Bong, a Newcastle based psychedelic/doom/drone band. A very attractive place for the more experimental local musicians, especially as every set is filmed and uploaded to their website. The STAR AND SHADOW CINEMA is situated very near to The Cluny on Stepney Bank, again a short walk from the city centre. Run entirely by volunteers it hosts world and independent film in a very cosy, small theatre and also has a room for live entertainment. It has clearly been designed to accommodate areas of culture that are very hard to find in Newcastle and it really does appear as though a lot of work has gone into achieving this, taking clear priority over profit, The vast majority of what you see inside and the work done to design and fill the building has also all been done or made by the volunteers who work there and the years membership to gain entry is only £1. There are a huge number of local bands and artists gigging in and around these and several other places in the city that are really been helped by the smaller venues for no other reason than giving them places to play. The Star and Shadow is a great example of this as is La Toscana and their website which now holds A LOT of videos of live music performed there. The Metro Radio Arena may make the money (£60 a ticket for Cliff frigging Richard?!) but providing people know where to look and where to go there is so much more on offer.

12-13-2008, 09:00 AM	#37 (permalink)
~~The Unfan~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Methville Posts: 2,116	Iowa has a total of 2 local bands, both play ****ty nu-metal designed to totally rip off Slipknot.