Modern Rock - what do you like???

[Shawn]

Josh Homme - Guitar, Vocals (Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age)

John Paul Jones - Bass (Led Zeppelin)

Dave Grohl - Drums (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)

[sal]

I've listened to Them Crooked Vultures once through. I'm not a huge Queens of the Stone Age fan and this album kind of sounds like one of their albums. I'll give it a few more listens though before ultimately making up my mind.

[sal]

Speaking of "super groups", Jack White's project from earlier this year called The Dead Weather put out a nice album that remains one of my favs from this year.

[clifford_thornton]

Saw Blues Control the other night - I think they've come a long way since 2006/7, when I saw them last.

The new album, on Siltbreeze, is excellent if you like a contemporary art-damaged-rock spin on Cluster/etc.

[Norm]

My meagre attempt to keep abreast of whats going on in the here-and-now world of music has resulted in interest in the following two groups who have releases this year, probably my favorite records that I've heard by up-and-coming artists in 2009:

Animal Collective - Merriweather Postpavilion

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

But these acts seem almost post-modern or alt-modern, if such a term existed. The release by Animal Collective, for example, (the first I've heard of their's, though I know they have a dedicated following) has shades of Pet Sounds, psychedelic electonica, world dance beats, jungle rhythms and trance-like harmonies. I'm guessing they would be a lot of fun to see live. In particular, "My Girls," "Summertime Clothes," and "Brother Sport" send me to a far-out mental zone. I'm not a raver -- neither in the Floydian sense nor in the late '80s Manchester-Stone Roses-Happy Mondays sense -- and not into rave music but these guys bring something unique and captivating to the table.

Edited November 25, 2009 by Norm

[BruceH]

Starting in about July of this year I've really gotten into Yo La Tengo.