people obviously don't read older posts. I've been a fan of Neverending White Lights for like 3 years, lol. Jimmy Gnecco of OURS sings on both Acts.
I would say I'm one of the only fans of most of the bands on this list.
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/SoundscapeMN/new_prog_umbrellaconsidering I posted that link already, I'll post the whole list as well.
1
This Is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank Adebisi Shank
great melodic, quirky, well-written MATH ROCK.
https://myspace.com/adebisishank 2
My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go Aereogramme
https://myspace.com/aereogrammeofficial 3
Hannah The Age of Rockets
https://myspace.com/theageofrocketsdescribed as "Indietronica" but 2008's "Hannah" while including some subtle electronic content, also has a nice emphasis on Chamber and Orchestral compositions. People who like The Dear Hunter style of classical music-tinged Pop/Rock music. This band can appeal to as well.
4
Floating World Anathallo
https://myspace.com/anathallo 5
Be He Me Annuals
Psych-Pop sorta falls under the umbrella.
https://myspace.com/annuals 6
Blood Moon Apes and Androids
https://myspace.com/apesandandroids 7
Topsy-Turvy The Apex Theory
their last 2 eps especially and a bit of the new record "Faces" under the "Mt.Helium" name now.
https://myspace.com/mthelium 8
New Magnetic Wonder The Apples in Stereo
https://myspace.com/theapplesinstereo 9
Peregrine The Appleseed Cast
https://myspace.com/theappleseedcast 10
You All Look the Same to Me Archive
https://myspace.com/archiveuk 11
Waking the Fallen Avenged Sevenfold
By including Protest the Hero, pretty much requires these guys fall under the umbrella as well.
https://myspace.com/avengedsevenfold 12
Mirrored Battles
Maybe the 1st and most accessible "Math Rock" band. Dance-able, yet at times technical. Odd, quirky vocal style
https://myspace.com/battlestheband 13
Stories of Brothers, Tales of Lovers Bend Sinister
I love their debut album "Through the Broken City" and 2008's follow-up LP "Stories of Brothers, Tales of Lovers" is perhaps best seen as being greater than the sum of it's parts.
https://myspace.com/bendsinistervancouver 14
Colors Between the Buried and Me
https://myspace.com/betweentheburiedandmeband 15
A Thousand Conscious Moments Between Two Skies
maybe my favorite band from my hometown. The new material is very surreal live. A full-length LP could finally surface in 2009.
https://myspace.com/betweentwoskies 16
The Vertigo of Bliss Biffy Clyro
experimental pop/hard/alt rock. 2007's "Puzzle" is my favorite.
https://myspace.com/biffyclyro 17
Big Fresh Forever Big Fresh
nc band whose 2008 album "Big Fresh Forever" has a lot of great psychedelic power-pop.
https://myspace.com/bigfresh 18
Black Mountain Black Mountain
psychedelic stoner hard-rock
https://myspace.com/blackmountain 19
Blackfield II Blackfield
Steven Wilson more pop-oriented project. Very layered and textured.And of course very melancholy.
https://myspace.com/blackfield 20
After Robots BLK JKS
21
A Weekend in the City Bloc Party
The experimental element of this band cannot be argued.
https://myspace.com/blocparty 22
Focus BrainFreeze
Funky, soulful psych blues. Unknow, free album from this dutch band who sound American.
23
The Philosophy of Velocity Brazil
"Hostage and the Meaning of Life" has 5 or 6 solid tracks. The rest of their material is mediocre from my experience.
24
You Forgot It in People Broken Social Scene
https://myspace.com/brokensocialscene 25
These Are the Plans Call Florence Pow
Brian Jacobs and David Tobias 1st band before forming Apes and Androids.
26
Home Gavin Castleton
The guy behind Gruis Malt and Ebu Gogo
his new solo album "Home" (2009) is pretty good at times, even if it is a bit heavy on the rock-opera/conceptual style. And the fact he sounds like Nick D'Virgilio at times. But melodically much of it works in a Dear Hunter-kind of way.
https://myspace.com/gavincastleton 27
Orion Way Cavil at Rest
https://myspace.com/cavilatresthttps://myspace.com/localnatives 28
Ham The Chap
https://myspace.com/thechapthe UK's answer to Self?..they definitely tap into that heavy-synth/humor/experimental electronic-pop/rock songwriting style.
29
The Complexity Of Light Children of Nova
https://myspace.com/childrenofnova"The Complexity of Light" is decent ep from 2009. Shows potential. They have some great moments especially vocally and the guitar lines at times. I guess I'm kind of a cautiously optimistic fan of this band. Are they more of a Far-Less or Abandoned Pools, or Sound & Shape or Distrails. Their next release and where their new ep goes with me will make that clear.
30
Black Coats & Bandages Clann Zú
https://myspace.com/clannzu 31
Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness Coheed and Cambria
https://myspace.com/coheedandcambria 32
M(us)ic Damiera
33
Rewiring the Electric Forest Darla Farmer
34
Dead Letter Circus Dead Letter Circus
great debut ep..in the alt-prog vein from Australia..much like Karnivool.
https://myspace.com/deadlettercircus 35
Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading The Dear Hunter
Casey Crescenzo = incredible songwriter.
https://myspace.com/thedearhunter 36
The Crane Wife The Decemberists
clever lyrics, and a lot of experimental sides to this band. Each record seems conceptual.
https://myspace.com/thedecemberists 37
Building an Empire Demians
https://myspace.com/demiansmusic 38
The Dissociatives The Dissociatives
39
Virginia Creeper Distrails
Classically-influenced alt-prog-pop. "Virginia Creeper" from 2008 was a very impressive ep from this NC husband&wife duo.
https://myspace.com/distrailsa sideproject of the band "Telescreen" (Jared, the drummer also in with Telescreen)
40
You, You're a History in Rust Do Make Say Think
41
The Last Broadcast Doves
https://myspace.com/dovesmyspace 42
El Cielo dredg
https://myspace.com/dredg 43
The Dresden Dolls The Dresden Dolls
44
East of the Wall East of the Wall
2008's "Farmer's Almanac" is a really well composed instrumental prog/post metal record.
https://myspace.com/eastofthewall 45
Time to Echolocate The Ebb and Flow
catchy psychedelic pop/rock.
https://myspace.com/theebbandflow 46
Worlds Ebu Gogo
possibly now defunct video-gam jazz-metal project from Gavin Castleton of Gruvis Malt and solo career.
https://myspace.com/ebugogo 47
Hisen the Architect Eroica
48
Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True Fair to Midland
https://myspace.com/fairtomidland 49
Everyone Is Out To Get Us Far-Less
https://myspace.com/farless 50
Everything Last Winter Fields
folky pop with some cool vocal-harmonies.
https://myspace.com/fieldsband 51
Antidotes Foals
52
Escapements The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra
https://myspace.com/theflyingtourbillonorchestral-pop. "Escapements" their Ep from 2008 shows a lot of potential. Xylophone, male+female vocals. Definitely seem to be in the vein of groups like Anathallo, Margot, Umbrella Tree, etc.
53
All Is Violent, All Is Bright God Is an Astronaut
54
Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! Godspeed You! Black Emperor
55
Grammatics Grammatics
https://myspace.com/grammatics 56
Saturnalia The Gutter Twins
57
Telluric Currents Greg Herriges
https://myspace.com/gregherrigesthe guy is just too damn good not to be included here. The local factor has nothing to do with it. He's really created his own style of music, and has written a number of excellent songs/compositions on both "It Plays Me" and his latest, 2009's "Telluric Currents."
This is as progressive of music being made today. Combining East Indian and other Middle Eastern styles, with folk, acoustic, and progressive rock. It's a diverse mix, but it totally works the way he does it.
And like most of the names on this list, it's criminal that nobody knows him or has even caught on via the web. All those people need to turn off their Rodrigo y Gabriela and Andy McKee cds, and give this guy's music a shot. He'll likely win them over as he has to pretty much every 1st-time crowd I've seen at his shows, especially over the last few years.
58
Hills Like White Elephants Hills Like White Elephants
59
Old Dominion Hotel of the Laughing Tree
https://myspace.com/hotelofthelaughingtree 60
Live and Learn House of Fools
"Live and Learn" 2007's debut album is epic and still criminally unknown.
https://myspace.com/houseoffools 61
Speak for Yourself Imogen Heap
classically trained, textured and experimental..under the umbrella.
https://myspace.com/imogenheap 62
Red Right Turn Janus
https://myspace.com/janusband 63
T.C.H.T.O.B. Jared Micah & Hats
experimental, layered, complex with multi-part arrangements including a lot of percussion and vocal-harmonies.
https://myspace.com/jaredmicah 64
Kacica Kacica
https://myspace.com/kacicajapanoh man I dig the Dreamy, Ethereal quality with this band. Perhaps midway between Mew and Deerhoof.
65
Themata Karnivool
awesome, big-sounding, melodic, alt/prog metal.
https://myspace.com/karnivool 66
Set Sail the Prairie Kaddisfly
2007's "Set Sail the Prairie" = epic masterpiece.
https://myspace.com/kaddisfly 67
Reality vs. the Optimist Kiss Kiss
awesomely tight band. They cram a ton of ideas into a short amount of time. Great violin and dynamics among many other qualities that appeal about them.
https://myspace.com/kisskiss 68
Dopoguerra Klimt 1918
layered and experimental enough to cross in this territory.
https://myspace.com/klimt1918 69
Flight of the Flynns Kunek
now known as "Other Lives."
https://myspace.com/kunekhttps://myspace.com/otherlives 70
Fantasy Black Channel Late of the Pier
https://myspace.com/lateofthepier"Indietronica" but also just call it experimental synth-driven
(power) pop/rock.
Fall in line with Apes and Androids and Self, also Men, Women and Children and Mute Math to an extent.
71
Gorilla Manor Local Natives
https://myspace.com/localnativesnew name for the band who was called "Cavil at Rest"
"Gorilla Manor" their yet-to-be-released debut album very likely will put them on the map. Psychedelic, Folky, Power-Pop/Rock. Every song they've written is quite good.
72
Avoid the Light Long Distance Calling
This a great new band from Germany. 2009's "Avoid the Light" is a near-classic. Progressive Psychedelic Instrumentally-based Post-Metal.
https://myspace.com/longdistancecalling 73
Trompe-l'œil Malajube
https://myspace.com/malajube 74
The Dust of Retreat Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
layered, chamber pop/rock.
https://myspace.com/margotandthenuclearsoandsos 75
De-Loused in the Comatorium The Mars Volta
https://myspace.com/themarsvolta 76
Passing Stranger Scott Matthews
he may sound a lot like Jeff Buckley, but the guy is a very good songwriter. And he's hardly run-of-the-mill. Quite experimental in some of the arrangements.
https://myspace.com/scottmatthews 77
Absence of I Meniscus
https://myspace.com/meniscusmusic 78
Friend and Foe Menomena
great songwriting, a lot of percussive and organic sounds.
https://myspace.com/menomena 79
The Alcatraz Kid Jeremy Messersmith
like Sufjan, adding many elements to singer-songwriter style, and also composing music as a larger concept. Loosely falling under the progressive rock area imo.
https://myspace.com/jeremymessersmith 80
Wolves My Latest Novel
https://myspace.com/mylatestnoveltheir new 2009 record "Death and Entrances" is chamber or psychedelic enough to convince me they belong here. The Anathallo comparisons are very valid.
81
Dark Opus Judgement Day
82
There's a Moth in Your Chest Mason Proper
layered, psychedelic, pop. I love a lot of what these guys do, much like I love groups like Margot and the Nuclea So and So's and Wolf Parade.
83
Men Women & Children Men Women & Children
more of a "indietronica" band than anything else. Their debut album is catchy, and what sounds like dance-music in ways, actually is rather layered. The fat-synths work really well. Not "prog" but experimental and adventurous, probably moreso in many ways to the other projects the guys in this group were involved with (Glassjaw, Head Automatica?)
https://myspace.com/menwomenandchildren 84
And the Glass Handed Kites Mew
Surreal, dramatic, textured, vocal harmonies.
https://myspace.com/mew 85
The Trials of Van Occupanther Midlake
a definite psych element in their music.
https://myspace.com/midlake 86
Highly Refined Pirates Minus the Bear
https://myspace.com/minusthebear 87
Underwater Cinematographer The Most Serene Republic
88
Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them? Murder by Death
the 1st 2 records I feel fall under this umbrella. Experimental, alt-western pop/rock.
89
Black Holes and Revelations Muse
https://myspace.com/muse 90
Mute Math Mute Math
https://myspace.com/mutemath 91
イリヤ -Il y a- Mutyumu
modern Classical/Opera/Jazz/Ambient/Hardcore.
https://myspace.com/mutyumu 92
Act I: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies Neverending White Lights
conceptual, textured, emotional pop/rock
https://myspace.com/neverendingwhitelights 93
Twin Cinema The New Pornographers
great songwriting. Psychedelic Power-Pop.
https://myspace.com/thenewpornographers 94
my city of ghosts, stars and hours note.
95
Everyone Into Position Oceansize
https://myspace.com/oceansizeuk 96
100Ft Snowman 100Ft Snowman
97
Humbility Oedipus
I've only heard 2004's "Humbility" but, surprisingly less derivative and have more of a signature sound than I thought. Funky and bass-drive at times, alt-prog I suppose. Biffy Clyro, Opus Dai I suppose are the closest comparison, but there a lot of what they do that is different. And the songs are pretty well-written.
Love the jazzy ballad with the trumpet.
https://myspace.com/oedipus 98
Escape From the Sun Operahouse
*Indietronica* very much in the company with Age of Rockets and Late of the Pier and of course Apes and Androids. Sadly, they broke up a short time after their debut album was released.
99
Tierra Tragame Opus Däi
100
Office of Strategic Influence OSI
https://myspace.com/osiband 101
Distorted Lullabies Ours
https://myspace.com/oursmusic 102
Blessed Are the Bonds The Pax Cecilia
https://myspace.com/thepaxcecilia 103
And This Will Be Our Homecoming People for Audio
104
The Beginning Stages Of... The Polyphonic Spree
105
Fear of a Blank Planet Porcupine Tree
https://myspace.com/porcupinetree 106
Kezia Protest the Hero
107
The Dark Third Pure Reason Revolution
https://myspace.com/purereasonrevolution 108
Intuit Ramona Falls
Brent Knopf of Menomena's excellent solo project.
https://myspace.com/ramonafalls 109
Between the Heart and the Synapse The Receiving End of Sirens
textures, layers, vocal arrangements.
"Between the Heart and the Synapse" is an all-time classic.
https://myspace.com/thereceivingendofsirens 110
The Reign of Kindo EP The Reign of Kindo
111
The Escape Artist Revere
112
Place & Time The Rockwells [USA]
Power-Pop that is experimental enough to fall under the umbrella.
https://myspace.com/therockwells1 113
Enter Russian Circles
114
Subliminal Plastic Motives Self
115
Sholi Sholi
https://myspace.com/sholimusicImpressive debut album from 2009. Their drummer stands out especially.
116
Ágætis byrjun Sigur Rós
117
Young Modern Silverchair
"Diorama" and the latest "Young Modern" certainly fall under the umbrella.
118
Never Was There a Town Slowlands
a comparison to Local Natives isn't that far-fetched. Singer reminds me of the clean vocals Toby Driver uses. Good, textured, folky/mellow-at-times stuff.
RIP
https://myspace.com/slowlands 119
The Love Electric Sound & Shape
Very impressive ep from 2009 "The Love Electric"..they have a lot of the Mars Volta-sound, but without the extra avant-garde noodling. But instead, they even have some nice vocal harmonies.
https://myspace.com/soundandshape 120
From Here on In South
see "With the Tides" the rest of their albums are more or less forgettable.
121
Marry Me St. Vincent
122
Stateless Stateless
https://myspace.com/statelessonline 123
Masochism in the Place of Romance The Stiletto Formal
124
Illinois Sufjan Stevens
125
Strata Presents the End of the World Strata
126
Toxicity System of a Down
127
Tiny Fragments Tangled Thoughts of Leaving
https://myspace.com/ttolmore to add, but this band uses piano really well!
128
Wake Pig 3
129
Sarcast While Time of Orchids
rip in 2007. Not maudlin of the Well, but much better than Kayo Dot.
130
What Kind of Books Do You Read? Umbrella Tree
Just a guess..but I'm quite intrigued by this group whose sort of 1-part psych, 1-part chamber, 1 part Power-Pop Wolf Parade, The Ebb & Flow, Big Fresh are among the groups who they remind me of.
https://myspace.com/umbrellatree 131
Anchor Drops Umphrey's McGee
132
VAST (Visual Audio Sensory Theater) VAST
debut album especially.
133
Exquisite Corpse Warpaint
I've been won over in many ways over the last week by this female-based band who uses ambient guitar textures, dreamy vocal harmonies, and moods extremely well.
https://myspace.com/worldwartour"Exquisite Corpse" is a really great debut ep that was re-released October 2009. The debut full-length is expected in the Spring of 2010. Certainly one I'm excited for.
Very much reminds me of discovering the likes of Cavil at Rest, 100ft Snowman, Distrails, and even The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra. A lot of talent there, and very much untapped and undiscovered.
Cavil at Rest now Local Natives very likely will not be the little unknown band that could soon. The same may go for these sweethearts from CA.
134
Water & Bodies EP Water & Bodies
new project from 4 of the members of Kaddisfly. Different but still similar in some ways. Stripped-down and recorded all-live. The new EP is out now (digital 5/15/09) and a debut full-length could happen by the end of 2009 or early 2010.
https://www.raincityrecords.net/waterandbodieshttps://myspace.com/waterandbodies 135
Apologies to the Queen Mary Wolf Parade
definitely a psych element on their latest "At Mt.Zoomer" especially.
136
8 Bit Monk Woven
textured, moody, ambient but not to the point of boredom.
https://myspace.com/woven[fix #]
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