What are some great alternative/alternative rock bands?

Question

I haven't really listened to the most popular bands in the alternative section at the moment, such as Mumford & Sons, because of laziness :P. (1) Are these new, popular alternative bands worth listening?

(2) I'm interested in discovering bands that have a similar style/sound to The Beatles, Modest Mouse, The Shins, No Doubt, Garbage, CAKE, Tegan and Sarah, and/or The Killers. (3) Also, any song or album suggestions by these bands would be great. I have all of the No Doubt songs, almost all of the Beatles songs, 3 CAKE albums, and the Good News for People Who Love Bad News album. I have 4 or less songs of the other bands I listed. (ex: Walking With a Ghost + Living Room by Tegan and Sarah)

I'm not interested in punk bands like All Time Low or Forever the Sickest Kids. My tastes have grown away from that genre over the past few months.

(4) In addition, what are the best MGMT songs? I only know Electric Feel.

Thank you!

Update:

I also meant to add that I like the Foo Fighters, but I only know Everlong, The Pretender, and My Hero.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Favorite Answer

1. Yes.

Cage the Elephant - "Around My Head", "Shake Me Down", "Ain't No Rest For the Wicked"

Mumford & Sons - "The Cave"

Hugo - cover of Jay-Z's "99 Problems"

The Pretty Reckless - "You", "Miss Nothing", "Just Tonight"

2:

Hole - "Celebrity Skin", "Doll Parts", "Violet", "Malibu", "Petals", "Teenage Whore"

Bush - "Glycerine", "Little Things", "Machinehead"

Beck - "Loser", "Girl", "Where It's At"

The Melvins

Japanese Voyeurs - "Dumb" and "Milk Teeth"

Regina Spektor - "Hero" and "Samson"

Horrorpops - "Miss Take", "Ghouls", "Emotional Abuse", "Walk Like A Zombie", "Keep My Picture", "Heading For the Disco?"

Pixies - "Where Is My Mind?"

Neutral Milk Hotel - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" and "Naomi"

Vampire Weekend - "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" and "A-Punk"

The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army", "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself", "Fell In Love With a Girl"

Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"

The Whitest Boy Alive - "Burning"

Porcupine Tree - "Trains"

The Doors - "Indian Summer", "The End", "Alabama Song", "Spanish Caravan"

Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here", "Comfortably Numb", "Another Brick in the Wall", "Young Lust"

Cream - "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room"

Nirvana - "On a Plain", "Lake of Fire (unplugged)", "In Bloom"

Dr. Dog - "The Rabbit, the Bat, and the Reindeer"

Radiohead - "Karma Police", "Nude", "Creep"

The Cranberries - "Zombie" and "Dreams"

Butthole Surfers - "Pepper"

Brad Sucks - "Fixing My Brain"

Sublime - "Burritos", "Santeria", "Greatest-Hits", "Steppin' Razor", "Garden Grove"

Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated", "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker", "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down", "Blitzkrieg Bop"

Band of Horses - "The Funeral"

David Bowie - "Space Oddity"

She & Him - "Black Hole" and "Sweet Darlin"

Boys Like Girls - their cover of Frou Frou's "Let Go"

3. Modest Mouse - "Dramamine", "Trailer Trash", "Gravity Rides Everything", "Fire It Up", "Dashboard", "Misse the Boat", We've Got Everything", "Education"

The Shins - "Australia", "New Slang", "Kissing the Lipless"

Tegan and Sara - "Back In Your Head", "Nineteen", "Hell", "The Con", their cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing In the Dark"

The Killers - "Human", "Spaceman", 'Mr. Brightside", "Smile Like You Mean It", "Somebody Told Me"

4:

Kids

The Youth (very Beatles-esque)

Time To Pretend

Song for Dan Treacy

Flash Delirium

Of Moons, Birds, and Monsters

Love Always Remains

It's Working

Brian Eno

:D

Answer 2

Modest Mouse's better stuff was released in the 90's.

Jawbreaker

Les Thugs

Kudzu Wish

Seaweed

The Prids

Flogging Molly

Rock*A*Teens

The Epoxies

Erase Errata

Mekon's

Pretty Girls Make Graves

Motormark

Sleater-Kinney

The Thermals

Wipers

Misfits

Die! Die! Die!

Rocket From The Crypt

Die Mimmi's

Fugazi

Wire

Slant 6

Grade

X-Ray Spex

All Girl Summer Fun Band

Built To Spill

Minor Threat

Superchunk

Gang Of Four

The Raveonettes

The Gossip

Leatherface

Hot Water Music

Jawbox

Mates Of State

American Steel

Hutch(90's Portland)

Mission Of Burma

Dead Low Tide

Miss Derringer

Pogue's

Green Circles(00's Portland)

Scared Of Chaka

Blitz

The Queers

Small Brown Bike

Minutemen

Black Flag

You Say Party! We Say Die!

Friction(90's, "Hours Of Operation")

Les Savy Fav

Sissyface(90's Portland)

X

Screeching Weasel

Flamingo 50

Jets To Brazil(1st album)

Sham 69

Bikini Kill

The Hot Toddies

Roxy Epoxy & The Rebound

Undertones

Archers Of Loaf

Dirty Three

The Night Marchers

Bad Brains

Hot Snakes

Telephone(00's Portland)

Magnetic Fields

Fight Like Apes

This Is My Fist

Wet Confetti

The Minds

Talkdemonic

Avengers

Poster Children

Swingin' Utters

Selby Tigers

The Spits

Joy Division

The Clash

Cap'n Jazz

Ramones

Mean Jeans

Delta 5

LiLiPUT

Forgetters

Street Eaters

Answer 3

It depends on what popular Alternative bands you are talking about, some of them are good, some are not.

Personally, my favorite Mgmt songs are Kids, Love Always Remains, and Time To Pretend.

Muse

Broken Bells

Ra Ra Riot

Phoenix

Bloc Party

The xx

Death Cab For Cutie

Phoenix

The Whitest Boy Alive

Vampire Weekend

Two Door Cinema Club

Spoon

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Answer 4

All I can say, since it's getting late and my brain's beginning to explode,

Is Congratulations, Kids, Time to Pretend, Hot Love Drama, and Indie Rokkers are some good MGMT songs :)

Well Congratulations album is pretty much just pure amazingness.

ANYWAYS, check out The Strokes, Phoenix, or The Kooks.

I love them ^-^

Well, sorry if this was of no use.

I know, I suck.

Answer 5

1) Mumford and Sons are wonderful, in my opinion. They kinda bluesy sometimes, so as long as you like that garage-blues-soul feel, you'll like them. I think they're great!

2 and 3) I have a couple suggestions for you

-OASIS (sound very similar to the Beatles, but more modern)

-songs- "Wonderwall", "Supersonic", "D'you Know What I Mean?", "Lyla."

-THE PRETTY RECKLESS

-entire "Light Me Up" album

-THE RACONTEURS

-entire "Consolers of the Lonely" album; two songs called "Steady, As She Goes" and "Level"

-ARCADE FIRE

-entire "The Suburbs" album; songs called "Black Mirror", "Wake Up", "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)", and "Keep the Car Running".

-BRANDON FLOWERS (Lead singer of the Killers; not sure if you have listened to his solo stuff. It's quite good.)

-songs- "Crossfire", "Only the Young".

-BROKEN BELLS

-songs- "The Ghost Inside" and "October"

-REGINA SPEKTOR

-songs- "Eet", "Laughing With", "Aprés Moi", "Fidelity", and "Wallet".

-FLORENCE + THE MACHINE

- entire "Lungs" album

4) They have a song called Indie Rokkers from and older EP that's FANTASTIC. It's my favorite MGMT song.

Source(s): ME :D

Answer 6

You might like Beach House. They're fairly new, they just dropped an album last year called Teen Dream, and it's amazing. Here's their song Zebra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-wfb25WmV4

I would also recommend checking out this indie band called Low. Pretty awesome stuff they put out. Here's their song California. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ox-C4nb6-8

BA: As for the best MGMT songs, anything (literally anything) off of their album Congratulations.

Answer 7

Never Shout Never and The Ready Set

Answer 8

arcade fire

the strokes

interpol

the black keys

franz ferdinand

phoenix

Answer 9

my chemical romance,greenday,all american rejects, fall out boy all great bands!

Answer 10

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