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Nodrog · 31 May 2007, 12:13

Its pretty much an NME wankfest and most of those bands are terrible, but the few decent ones include Rodrigo y Gabriela (get the Refoc album), The New Pornographers (get Twin Cinema), and Koop (Waltz For Koop),

Koop are a really laid back acid jazz band so that doesnt really fit into your jazz preference, but you could give it a shot anyway. The New Pornographers are straight up catchy pop but one of the best examples of the genre since the Kinks. Rodrigo y Gabriela are the best of the 3, an acoustic instrumental-folk duo that do some really nice stuff.

edit: Out of the indie bands, the Arcade Fire are the only ones worth going anywhere near. Maybe the Manics too for retro sake.

31 May 2007, 12:13	#10
Nodrog Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 8,476	Re: Help me Obi-GD, you're my only hope! Its pretty much an NME wankfest and most of those bands are terrible, but the few decent ones include Rodrigo y Gabriela (get the Refoc album), The New Pornographers (get Twin Cinema), and Koop (Waltz For Koop), Koop are a really laid back acid jazz band so that doesnt really fit into your jazz preference, but you could give it a shot anyway. The New Pornographers are straight up catchy pop but one of the best examples of the genre since the Kinks. Rodrigo y Gabriela are the best of the 3, an acoustic instrumental-folk duo that do some really nice stuff. edit: Out of the indie bands, the Arcade Fire are the only ones worth going anywhere near. Maybe the Manics too for retro sake. Last edited by Nodrog; 31 May 2007 at 12:24.