“Underneath the mainstream of music there is much music that no one has ever heard of”. Back in 2006 that is how former Lake Region student, Corburn Bubier, opened their article about underground musicians. 16 years later there are still a lot of great underground bands, so I decided to do a modern update. In this article, I’ll go over three of these underground bands. Turnstile Let's start this article off by going into the punk world with one of the genres best new bands, Turnstile. After making albums in the hardcore scene for years the group blew up with their 2021 album GLOW ON. The genius of this album (and the band generally) is how they combine the fast riffs and aggressive vocals hardcore punk is known for mixed with more melodic elements. This makes the band easy to get into if (like me) you don’t generally listen to this style of music. I love the guitar riffs and frontman Brendan Yate’s passionate vocals on songs like “HOLIDAY”, “BLACKOUT” and “MYSTERY". I also enjoy the atmosphere of slower songs like “UNDERWATER BOI” and “ALIEN LOVE CALL”. This is definitely a band to put on your radar. Alvvays If you like your rock with less screaming (which is fair) then a good band to check out would be Alvvays. I would recommend Alvvays (pronounced with a W) to anyone who likes indie pop rock. The best way I can think of describing this band's music is that it sounds like you're driving on a mountain highway at sunset. This feeling is given due to the shoegaze and dream pop elements that are mixed in with the catchy chorus the band writes. The songs are also sung beautifully by frontwoman Molly Rankin. Some of the band's best tracks include “After The Earthquake '', “Next of Kin”, “Belindia Says” and “In Undertow”. This band has very quickly become one of my favorites, so if they sound appealing to you definitely check them out. Spoon
I don’t want this list to be too long, so I’ll end off with the indie rock band Spoon. This band is the oldest of the ones I’m mentioning in this article, as they have been releasing records since the mid 90s. Despite being over 25 years old, they are still criminally overlooked. I would recommend Spoon to people who enjoy bands like The Strokes or Arctic Monkeys. Frontman Britt Daniel’s delivery comes off as effortlessly cool and the music is played very well. All their albums are worth a listen but the ones I like the most are Kill The Moonlight, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and Lucifer On The Sofa. All three of these albums are packed with great songs including “The Hardest Cut”, “You Got Yr Cherry Bomb and “Small Stakes”. In my opinion this band is one of the coolest out there today so I would definitely recommend them. I hope at least one of the bands I mentioned piqued your interest. This was fun to write so I definitely plan to make more. Other members of the newspaper club will also be recreating old articles as well so make sure to check those out. That’s all I have to say so thanks for reading! - Greg Photo References Turnstile_SO36_2020-03-05 Alvvays @ Wiltern 10/29/2022 Spoon in Concert 2022 Comments are closed.
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