God Bless Henry Rollins. Via his show on KCRW, I was introduced to a band called Snail, and I gotta say I'm really into what I heard. The band is made up of former members of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Gene Loves Jezebel, and the Soft Boys (Robyn Hitchcock's old band). As a side note, if you haven't heard these bands I suggest you check them out before you read any further.
Anyway, they kind of sound like you might expect them to sound--savory dashes of heavy post punk (a la Buzzcocks or like a hi-fi Swell Maps) with sprinkles of Industrial here and there and the softer moments informed by Syd Barrett (gasp!). Check em' out, I don't know why people haven't been talking about these dudes, they've been around a while now.
Another band I really like right now is San Francisco's The Fresh and Onlys. They're a bit like if Bauhaus and Joy Division got married to the Velvet Underground and moved to the west coast instead of the U.K. It's gloomy, lo-fi psych, goth and anybody who knows me knows I love goth--the Birthday Party is my favorite band of all time.
And just as a bonus, there's this band that features ex-members of The Fresh and Onlys called the Sandwitches that are really rad. Thanks very much to Gorilla Vs. Bear for the heads up. They've got an extremely twisted girl-group vibe minus the shitgaze. Like lo-fi meets Motown...I just invented a new genre: "Lo-town!" Well I'm officially cooler than Ultragrrrl now.
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