WHAT are some good modern day rock bands?

▲ Just curious. A lot of people on here always say modern rock sucks. So, are their any exceptions? are their any good rock bands left? ▲

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "modern," but Yeasayer, Broken Bells, Jukebox The Ghost, and The Sword are all pretty new to the rock scene. And they're all pretty awesome.

Give Carbon Leaf a shot. I'd recommend The Boxer, Life Less Ordinary, and Lake of Silver Bells. Lake of Silver Bells is probably their best. Ignore the 3 min of silence at the end of that video though.

Explore the realm outside of your local top 40 mainstream radio. This is not to say that all modern mainstream bands are bad. It's just that most of them these days all sound the same. And I would like to think it safe to assume that you're looking for something new and different to listen to.

Gogol Bordello is good but they are more of a punk band but their music is quite refreshing there is nothing else like it. you should also try Ween or The Decemberists which are some of my favorites, their music is alot different than most others and is also not very well known.

Alright, I will throw in a quick list of bands that I have been listening to as of late. The Mars Volta, Rise Against, Thrice, Wilco, The Black Keys, Muse, The Raconteurs, The Sword, and Mastodon.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "modern,"

kussese

▲ 2000's - now. ▲

A Perfect Circle3riForce

Nickleback!!!!!!!!!thegerg

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27554946&tag=topics%3Btitle

refer to this thread.

I'll just list bands I listen to:
Minus the Bear
Incubus (SCIENCE Is their best album IMO)
Bright Eyes
Them Crooked Vultures
Saosin
A Day To Remember
On the Last Day
Brand New
Chiodos
Asking Alexandria
Deftones


Look 'em up, you might like one of them.

[QUOTE="thegerg"]Nickleback!!!!!!!!!BreakTheseLinks

I don't understand all the hate that the internet gives Nickelback. They aren't a great band by any means but there are worse. Definitely not deserving of the hate they get.

[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]

[QUOTE="thegerg"]Nickleback!!!!!!!!!octoman115

I don't understand all the hate that the internet gives Nickelback. They aren't a great band by any means but there are worse. Definitely not deserving of the hate they get.

[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]

[QUOTE="thegerg"]Nickleback!!!!!!!!!octoman115

I don't understand all the hate that the internet gives Nickelback. They aren't a great band by any means but there are worse. Definitely not deserving of the hate they get.

30 Seconds To Mars

One of the best rock bands that are actually active now.

I've been listening to some Indie lately, not the mainstream you hear on the radio.

Portugal. The Man

Passion Pit

Two Door Cinema Club

Minus the Bear

There's plenty of bands out there, just keep looking

I'll just list bands I listen to:
Minus the Bear
Incubus (SCIENCE Is their best album IMO)
Bright Eyes
Them Crooked Vultures
Saosin
A Day To Remember
On the Last Day
Brand New
Chiodos
Asking Alexandria
Deftones


Look 'em up, you might like one of them.

BreakTheseLinks

i am surprised that you haven't listening to:

Gogol Bordello.

The Decemberists.

MF Doom.

Ween.

but i do like Bright Eyes, i was unaware that any one else had heard of them.

[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]

I'll just list bands I listen to:
Minus the Bear
Incubus (SCIENCE Is their best album IMO)
Bright Eyes
Them Crooked Vultures
Saosin
A Day To Remember
On the Last Day
Brand New
Chiodos
Asking Alexandria
Deftones


Look 'em up, you might like one of them.

GREENSLIPPERS

i am surprised that you haven't listening to:

Gogol Bordello.

The Decemberists.

MF Doom.

Ween.

but i do like Bright Eyes, i was unaware that any one else had heard of them.

[QUOTE="GREENSLIPPERS"]

[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]

I'll just list bands I listen to:
Minus the Bear
Incubus (SCIENCE Is their best album IMO)
Bright Eyes
Them Crooked Vultures
Saosin
A Day To Remember
On the Last Day
Brand New
Chiodos
Asking Alexandria
Deftones


Look 'em up, you might like one of them.

BreakTheseLinks

i am surprised that you haven't listening to:

Gogol Bordello.

The Decemberists.

MF Doom.

Ween.

but i do like Bright Eyes, i was unaware that any one else had heard of them.

i love Bright Eyes too i have all their recorderings and some Conor Oberst solo albums.

GREENSLIPPERS: I checked out the bands you recommended and I'll I have to say is thanks for expanding my music collection. The Decemberists are raw (which I like) but I especially like Ween. Very good.BreakTheseLinks

great, i have actually vastly expanded Weens fan base this year, most of my friends that i have told also like them.

Queens of the Stone Age

I've been listening to some Indie lately, not the mainstream you hear on the radio.

Portugal. The Man

Passion Pit

Two Door Cinema Club

Minus the Bear

There's plenty of bands out there, just keep looking

-Shooter-

I just clicked on your link for Portugal The Man in WAYLT and I really enjoyed that.

[QUOTE="-Shooter-"]

I've been listening to some Indie lately, not the mainstream you hear on the radio.

Portugal. The Man

Passion Pit

Two Door Cinema Club

Minus the Bear

There's plenty of bands out there, just keep looking

octoman115

I just clicked on your link for Portugal The Man in WAYLT and I really enjoyed that.

[QUOTE="-Shooter-"]

I've been listening to some Indie lately, not the mainstream you hear on the radio.

Portugal. The Man

Passion Pit

Two Door Cinema Club

Minus the Bear

There's plenty of bands out there, just keep looking

octoman115

I just clicked on your link for Portugal The Man in WAYLT and I really enjoyed that.

some other music you should try is:

dr. dog.

neutral milk hotel.

[QUOTE="octoman115"]

[QUOTE="-Shooter-"]

I've been listening to some Indie lately, not the mainstream you hear on the radio.

Portugal. The Man

Passion Pit

Two Door Cinema Club

Minus the Bear

There's plenty of bands out there, just keep looking

GREENSLIPPERS

I just clicked on your link for Portugal The Man in WAYLT and I really enjoyed that.

some other music you should try is:

dr. dog.

neutral milk hotel.

The Dr. Dog song was ok but I really really really enjoyed the Neutral Milk Hotel and it turns out I have one of their songs in my iTunes already and I didn't even know it. But that happens a lot when you have >10,000 songs.

I just clicked on your link for Portugal The Man in WAYLT and I really enjoyed that.

octoman115

[QUOTE="octoman115"]

[QUOTE="-Shooter-"]

I've been listening to some Indie lately, not the mainstream you hear on the radio.

Portugal. The Man

Passion Pit

Two Door Cinema Club

Minus the Bear

There's plenty of bands out there, just keep looking

GREENSLIPPERS

I just clicked on your link for Portugal The Man in WAYLT and I really enjoyed that.

some other music you should try is:

dr. dog.

neutral milk hotel.

[QUOTE="octoman115"]I just clicked on your link for Portugal The Man in WAYLT and I really enjoyed that.

-Shooter-

Thanks I'll listen to that when I've got enough time. I love listening to new bands :)

I always feel out of place in these music threads, I've never heard of 95% of the bands people mention :P

Anyways, the bands I've been listening to most recently and that I would recommend are Rise Against, Bad Religion and Green Day.

[QUOTE="-Shooter-"]

[QUOTE="octoman115"]I just clicked on your link for Portugal The Man in WAYLT and I really enjoyed that.

octoman115

Thanks I'll listen to that when I've got enough time. I love listening to new bands :)

[QUOTE="octoman115"]

[QUOTE="-Shooter-"] I posted this in the WAYLT thread, in case you missed it.

-Shooter-

Thanks I'll listen to that when I've got enough time. I love listening to new bands :)

Try this. It's from the movie Once. The soundtrack as well as the whole movie is fantastic.

Some good modern rock bands? A few that come to mind, in alphabetical order

Aloha

...And You Will Know us By The Trail of Dead

Arcade Fire

The Besnard Lakes

The Black Keys

Black Mountain

Broken Social Scene

The Constantines

Crippled Black Phoenix

The Dead Weather

Drummer

Elbow

Fang Island

Fleet Foxes

The Gaslight Anthem

Handsome Furs

Have A Nice Life

The Hold Steady

Kurt Vile

Lullabye Arkestra

Menomena

Midlake

Moscow Olympics

My Morning jacket

The National

A Place to Bury Strangers

The Protomen

Shearwater

Spoon

Superchunk

Surfer Blood

Tegan and Sara

Tokyo Police Club

TV on the Radio

The Twilight Sad

White Rabbits

Wolf Parade

The XX

Yeasayer

:)

Incubus (SCIENCE Is their best album IMO)BreakTheseLinks

Cage the Elephant

Muse

Them Crooked Vultures

Maximum the Hormone

Chevelle

[QUOTE="GREENSLIPPERS"]

[QUOTE="octoman115"]

I just clicked on your link for Portugal The Man in WAYLT and I really enjoyed that.

BreakTheseLinks

some other music you should try is:

dr. dog.

neutral milk hotel.

Hope you guys don't mind me leaving some Tokyo Police Club here.

My personal favorite band Avenged Sevenfold ( couldnt pick a song so went with this since its been stuck in my head, love the solo :P )

Bullet for my Valentine

Disturbed

Rise Against ( not rock but alternative? idk pretty good, again couple songs come to mind, hard to pick)

Breaking Benjamin

Coheed and Cambria

HURT

If you don't like this band then I don't like you. :evil:

Explore the realm outside of your local top 40 mainstream radio. This is not to say that all modern mainstream bands are bad. It's just that most of them these days all sound the same. And I would like to think it safe to assume that you're looking for something new and different to listen to.

worthyofnote

This is what I was going to say pretty much.

I quite often go on an Internet music delve, where I find links to similer bands to ones I like. Sometimes I use wikipedia and search for stuff like "List of aggrotech bands" and then use U-Tube to give me a sample ofa few of their tracks.

I have to do this because I am very much out of there in terms of mainstream music these days, I don't like the pop, R&B or rap one bit, plus I hate the 'alternative' they offer from bands such as Cold Play and Kasabian, even though they are good at what they do that style of music to me feels so generic, soul less and boring. By the numbers is a word I use a lot when talking about top 40 charts. 90's had so much more varity going for it's top 40 but I'm not going down that road again.

Why has not one person mentioned white stripes or The Strokes.

Im I missing something. Are they not rock?

Why has not one person mentioned white stripes or The Strokes.

Im I missing something. Are they not rock?

Wolfetan