Music Recommendations - Multiple/Complex Guitar Indie/Punk

[jpette]

So...anyone want to help me dig deeper? I am looking for some new music and specific band recommendations. I have identified a formula in indie/punk rock that really works for me, and is present in a lot of the bands I really like. Basically, if a band's songs contain 1) a main, powerful, driving guitar line with 2) a secondary, often complex guitar line dancing around it, it is generally a recipe for success with me. This can take several forms: finger picking, slide guitar...sometimes the effect is even achieved by an additional instrument, like the horns in Rocket from the Crypt songs. Anyway, I am now looking for band recommendations that fit this formula, and would love your suggestions.

 

Here are some examples of songs/bands that most closely demonstrate what I am talking about:

 

1. Archers of Loaf:

- Underdogs of Nipomo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZuq-KPN1QQ

- Fashion Bleeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd2xPHOxMCE

- Let the Loser Melt (the meat of the song, after it gets going) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdVyCw6jVSY

 

2. Pretty Girls Make Graves - mainly their second album:

- The Teeth Collector https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfFyTNN2g8c

- All Medicated Geniuses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al6tEB3onOg

- Chemical Chemical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9zUGVWv9ck

- Something Bigger, Something Brighter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7FfGUXHSyQ

 

3. Good Luck - this is more in the pop punk realm, but it fits the description:

- Public Radio https://wearegoodluck.bandcamp.com/track/public-radio

- Hey Matt https://wearegoodluck.bandcamp.com/track/hey-matt

- Come Home https://wearegoodluck.bandcamp.com/track/come-home

- Man on Fire https://wearegoodluck.bandcamp.com/track/man-on-fire

 

4. Rocket from the Crypt - as discussed above, fits less directly into the formula, but the effect is there.

- Killy Kill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTzCxD4EMqo

- If the Bird Could Fly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiVSUfTkyfM

- Shucks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04mIVtJoJpE

- Young Livers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5H8PuOl8Q

 

5. The Afghan Whigs:

- Honky's Ladder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByRNASIBQ2Y

- Summer's Kiss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5VG1WHETlQ

- Uptown Again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV0L5r8Rw8w

- Citi Soleil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIJOFF3aPFI

 

 

[Sidney Crosley]

Not exactly my genre, but I'd like to think one of my all-time favourite albums fits in this category: Dismemberment Plan's Emergency & I. Kind of a great blend of art-punk, noise-rock, and clever indie hooks, sometimes with dual guitars, other times with primitive synth mixed with the guitars.  Checkout the songs Gyroscope and The City.

[jpette]

Good call - that one does indeed fit. Weirdly, I was working in an office with the bass player when that album came out. 

[Tardcore]

Try Leatheface - Mush. Particularly songs like 'Not Superstitous'.  

 

Not sure I would call the second guitar "complex" but it is certainly dynamic.

[jpette]

Also a good call. Mush is my favorite of theirs.

[brandy]

The Fall Of Troy - Doppelganger (insane guitars)

Funeral For A Friend - Hours (their debut album is heavier and better imo, but this is more accessible and the twin guitar attack more obvious)

[Bronchitis]

Built to Spill...Drive Like Jehu, toe, Bedhead, Dilute

[Eliminator Jr.]

I'll back Dismemberment Plan, Drive Like Jehu and Built To Spill and throw in some Fugazi. Check out the following:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMLiFpecgVg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57muiovrSMk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eEb0SC6R0M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzCwXbakHQ0

 

[streetwaves]

Some of these bands may work for you.

 

Seam 

Bitch Magnet

Squirrel Bait 

Polvo

Rodan

Silkworm

Pell Mell

Helium

 

Slint

 

Edited August 28, 2017 by streetwaves