Favourite band discovery of 2023

[SteveXFR]

What has been your favourite band discovery this year? New or old band but new to you.

 

For me it's Brutus. I saw them at Arctangent festival and they blew my mind. Interesting and original metal music. The singer/drummer is one of the most talented people I've ever seen live and the rest of the band are great as well. 

 

 

[Doctor J]

Brutus are cool. For me it's Matteo Mancuso. This kid is extraordinarily gifted. I might have to try to schedule a trip to see the wife's family if ever he plays down Sardegna way.

 

 

[ezbass]

16 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

For me it's Matteo Mancuso.

Yeah, he’s phenomenal.

[BassBunny]

Tom McGuire and the Brassholes. Awesome band with a really tight brass section.

https://youtu.be/Ds76T0AT93I?si=G5A2QA-8VfvZanIZ

Edited December 24, 2023 by BassBunny

[Chris2112]

Definitely stop.drop.rewind for me. I first saw them when Facebook showed me their 'we write a Midwest Emo song in 60 seconds' video, a very funny and clever little insight into a quickfire writing process that actually turned out a great song. Having followed that, I saw some of the short videos that bassist Kris Lohn had made where he was showing off some Geddy Lee parts from tunes like 'Red Barchetta'. I was inspired to look more deeply into their music and found their brand of 'nerd rock' to be much to my liking. It's uniquely complex and yet simple at the same time, because the sense of melody in each of their songs is so strong. When you start to look a little more closely you'll see the intricacies in the music; all shifting time signatures, counterpoint basslines, amazing harmony and big hooks. I think they're absolutely awesome, just an insanely good three-piece making something really fresh and cool. 

 

 

[KingBollock]

Probably Neperia. Quite a recent discovery for me.

 

Sort of like a cross between early Nightwish and early Opeth.

[miles'tone]

My fave discovery is Ren. Pure talent imho.

He's created a smart blend of music, theatre, indy film, philosophy and self help and...

I don't know quite what to call it except, It's Ren. 

All done independently too.

 

Start here, then look into The Money Game (parts 1, 2 and 3) 😙👌

 

 

 

 

[Jason Karloff]

Full marks for Brutus

My fav band. Seen them 5 times this year. 

[SteveXFR]

52 minutes ago, Jason Karloff said:

Full marks for Brutus

My fav band. Seen them 5 times this year. 

 

They are amazingly good live.

I have never seen anyone else play drums and sing to such a high standard. I will definitely see them again next chance I get

[Jason Karloff]

Yes i wouldn't of thought it was possible for anyone to play to a technical level of a Neil Peart and sing at the same time. And have one of the best female rock voices....

 

And possess some incredible material.  "War" the obvious example. A top ten song written in any genre of music. 

[Graham]

Allfather - more riffs than you can shake a stick at from Kent

 

Really good stuff, was number four of my albums of the year list

 

https://youtu.be/o4R1yXSraIs?si=SWkfg0cM48peuJ7P

 

Edit: am I doing something wrong to imbed the YouTube link?

Edited December 26, 2023 by Graham

[SteveXFR]

55 minutes ago, Graham said:

Allfather - more riffs than you can shake a stick at from Kent

 

Really good stuff, was number four of my albums of the year list

 

https://youtu.be/o4R1yXSraIs?si=SWkfg0cM48peuJ7P

 

Their riffs are filthy. 

Are sticks in Kent different to sticks from elsewhere?

[Graham]

8 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

 

Their riffs are filthy. 

Are sticks in Kent different to sticks from elsewhere?

Now that depends which side of the Medway you're from 😁

 

And bravo, I do love a dangling modifier joke

[BreadBin]

Hands down has to be Gaupa for me. I had no idea how much room I had in my life for the sound of Bjork does stoner rock.

[Bolo]

In Metal I stumbled upon Tribulation this year, Swedish metal but very catchy! 

 

 

In Non-Metal I realised that many awesome tracks in cool movies were credit to The Heavy, catchy soul kinda stuff!

 

[Old Horse Murphy]

Warpaint. Saw them on the BBC Glastonbury coverage and oh my. Some beautifully crafted bass lines and some wonderful drumming all interwoven with some gorgeous ethereal guitars and vocals. 

[SteveXFR]

27 minutes ago, BreadBin said:

Hands down has to be Gaupa for me. I had no idea how much room I had in my life for the sound of Bjork does stoner rock.

 

I had not heard this before but just had a quick listen. I like it and requires further listening. 

[Quatschmacher]

These for me:

 

L’Impératrice:

Hazel Mills:

Alexi Tuomarila:

 

Aki Rissanen:

 

Edited December 25, 2023 by Quatschmacher

[fretmeister]

High Fade.

Love a bit of good funk.

[Quatschmacher]

5 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

High Fade.

Love a bit of good funk.

Definitely the harder edge of funk. Will check them out. 

 

Do you know this one?

 

Edited December 25, 2023 by Quatschmacher

[Mykesbass]

Only one that is really new to me this year is Welsh band Church Village Collective (CVC). Lovely first single, looking forward to listening to the album I got today (yes, I'm old fashioned and like listening to physical sound carriers)!

 

[KingPrawn]

Two bands stand out for me this year.

 

Geese:

 

Lankum

 

 

[Graham]

10 hours ago, KingPrawn said:

Two bands stand out for me this year.

 

Geese:

 

Lankum

 

 

I've heard nothing but good stuff about Lankum, must check them out

[Leonard Smalls]

Discovered these Oz rockers at Rebellion this year...

 

[jonno1981]

On 24/12/2023 at 21:58, SteveXFR said:

What has been your favourite band discovery this year? New or old band but new to you.

 

For me it's Brutus. I saw them at Arctangent festival and they blew my mind. Interesting and original metal music. The singer/drummer is one of the most talented people I've ever seen live and the rest of the band are great as well. 

 

 

Thanks so much for this. Sounds like a non-crap paramore! Will delve further.