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Listen to 26 bands I’ve never heard of, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet
 
       
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On 670 lists and 40 people have done it.
 
A - Anouar Brahem - fantastic jazz musician
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D - Danheim - Danish Viking band, extremely cool
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I - International Bad Boys Inc. - Korean Goth Band
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K - Klezmer Nova - alternative French jazz band with many songs in Yiddish
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M - Maximum the Hormones (Japanese metal band, great energy)
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O - Oathean - Korean Metal band (Black Metal but weith very interesting twists and intros)
P - Panteón Rococó - Mexican Ska band that opened for the Ärzte concert in Berlin August 2024.
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T - Troi Cafés Gourmands- French good mood band
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V - Vulfpeck - Fun american funky band. They kinda get on my nerves but also can't stop listening
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Y - Yousei Teikoku - Japanese rock band mixing in some goth and metal elements with a female lead
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https://kirstywhite33.wordpress.com/2022/07/28/finding-new-music/

I ran through some of the challenges in my last blog with my DJ son and he’s come up with enough bands to complete both the A-Z of new music and 31 days of new music. Every day in August I am going to listen to a minimum of 1 song. Not the most taxing of challenges but it’s fun, it’s something new and I’m really pleased one of my family joined in. He’s now trying to do something similar for his radio show. This makes me so happy. All the bands are a variation of roc & metal. I’ve listed them below in case anyone wishes to listen to something new themselves. There are 2 or 3 to choose from in each alphabet category:

A – Asking Alexandria (Alter Bridge, Architects, Amaranthe)
B – Breaking Benjamin (Bullet For My Valentine, Bowling For Soup)
C – Children of Bodom (Coheed and Cambria, Clutch)
D – Dream Theater (Dead Sara, Digital Summer, Dead by April)
E – Enter Shikari (Extreme, Eyes Set to Kill, Electric Callboy)
F – From First to Last (Fozzy, Faith No More, Fever 333)
G – Ghost (God Forbid, Gojira)
H – Halestorm (The HU, HammerFall, Hardcore Superstar)
I – Ice Nine Kills (In Flames, I Am Ghost)
J – Jinjer (Judas Priest, Jupiter Falls)
K – Kill Hannah (Kontrust, Killswitch Engage, Killer Be Killed)
L – Love and Death (Lamb of God, Light the Torch)
M – Mastodon (Mudvayne, Machine Head, Machinae Supremacy)
N – Nightwish (New Found Glory, Nekonomicon)
O – Of Mice & Men (Opeth, ONI)
P – Parkway Drive (Powerwolf, Periphery)
Q – Queensryche (Queens of the Stone Age, Quiet Riot)
R – Rivers of Nihil (Rammstein, Rush, Rise Against)
S – Sixx:AM (Sabaton, Sevendust, Seether)
T – Tyr (Trivium, Tremonti, Taking Back Sunday)
U – Udo Dirkschneider/U.D.O. (The Used, Underoath)
V – Vains of Jenna (Volbeat, Van Canto)
W – W.A.S.P. (Within Temptation, The Wildhearts)
X – X-Japan (The xx)
Y – Yngwie Malmsteen (Young Guns)
Z – Zebrahead (Zac Brown Band. ZZ Top)

That’s the 26 letters of the alphabet. For the remaining 5 we are using bands with numbers in their names and will choose from these:

10 Years,

12 Stones,

36 Crazyfists,

38 Special,

3 Inches of Blood,

311,

+44
A - A pale december (atmospheric black metal band from Italy)
B - Bauda (Postmetal/folk metal band from Chile)
C - Cadaveric possession (black/death metal band from Poland)
D - Daemon of Oa (black metal band from Greece)
E - Enslaved (Progressive black metal from Norway)
F - Frekkr (Pagan metal band from France)
G - Game over (Thrash metal band from Italy)
H - Hell gun (Heavy metal band from Brazil)
I - icon of phobus (black metal from US)
J - Joe Thrasher - (thrash metal from Canada)
K - K-octave - (power metal from US)
L - Lanterni - (atmospheric sludge metal from Hungary)
M-Madwork (atmospheric metal from Italy)
N-Necrophagia (death metal from USA)
O - Old mans child (melodic black metal from Norway)
P - Path of debris (Melodic death metal from Germany)
Q - quantum twilight (power metal from USA)
R - Rageflower (death metal from Australia)
S - sanitarius (thrash metal from USA)
T- tenspeed warlock (sludge metal from USA)
U- under that spell (black metal from Germany)
V - Van arx (glam metal from Germany)
W - Wardaemonic (black metal from Australia)
X-xisforeyes (symphonic deathcore from uk)
Y - yashira (atmospheric sludge metal from usa)
Z - zombie eater (sludge metal from Finland)
A - Ajda Pekkan
B - Bad Wolves, Burning Witches
C - The Cars, Credence Clearwater Revival
D - Dio
E - Epic Covers, Echo and the Bunnymen
F - FirstToEleven, 5 seconds of summer
G - Grandmaster Flash (& Furious Five)
H - Halocene
I - In This Moment
J - Jessie Ware
K - Kings of Leon
L - Led Zeppelin, Little Big, Lola Blanc
M - Minniva
N - Nostalgia
O - Owl City
P - The Pointer Sisters, Poco
Q - Queens of the Stone Age
R - REO Speedwagon
S - St. Vincent, Sex Pistols, Santana
T - Type O Negative, Toto
U - Urban Dance Squad
V - Voltaire
W - The Whispers
X - X Japan
Y - The Young Rascals
Z - ZZTop
A - Athlete
B - Bayside
C - Candlebox
D - Derek & The Dominos
E - Editors
F - Foals
G - Gin Blossoms
H - Home Grown
I - Idlewild
J - Just Surrender
K - Kids In The Way
L - Local Natives
M - My Morning Jacket
N - Northstar
O - Ocean Colour Scene
P - Park
Q - Quicksilver Messenger Service
R - Run Kid Run
S - Sundara Karma
T - TRUSTcompany
U - Ugly Casanova
V - Valencia
W - Wire
X - X
Y - YAM YAM
Z - Zebrahead
I started with the letter 'a,' and I listened to a group called The Apples in Stereo (ignore the 'the'). I'm only listening to an album for now, but what I heard I liked pretty well! Don't know how often I'd listen to them, but I definitely would if it came on!
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A - Avenged Sevenfold, Alpines

B - BANKS, Bic-Runga, Bat for Lashes

C - Catharsis, Conjure One

D - Drowning Pool

E - Eagles. Epica

F - Florence and the Machine, Fleetwood Mac

G - Gossip

H - Hurts, Hey Violet

I - Iron Maiden

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K - Kansas, Kadebostany, Kings of Leon

L - Laam, Latin Lovers, Late of the Pier

M - Marina and the Diamonds

N - NF, The Neighbourhood

O - OOMPH!, Oonagh, One-Eyed Doll

P - Pink Martini, Porcelain Black

Q - Quincy Jones and His Orchestra

R - Royle Deluxe

S - SYML, Stereophonics, State of mine, St Vincent

T - Tarantella, Trillium

U - Unlike Pluto

V - The Vaccines, Vangelis

W - Woodkids

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Y - Yoav

Z - 2WEI, Zaz
x1 Classic VK version

x2 Electro/Industrial version
A - Alabama 3, Adam Ben Ezra, Annalisa, Alessandra Amoroso, Adriano Celentano, Asaf Avidan

B - Buena Vista Social Club, Beth Hart

C - Chris Brann, Curtis Harding, Chayanne, Clint Mansell, Christian Willisohn

D - Diana Krall

E - Eros Ramazzotti

F - Nacho & Francisco Sotomayor, Francesca Michielin, Flaer Smin, Foy Vance

G - Gov't Mule, Gipsy Kings

H - Haley Reinhart

I - Il Volo, Iyeoka

J - Юрий Шатунов, Janis Joplin, Julia Westlin, Joe Bonamassa, Jim Rolland

K - Ken Hensley, Kosheen

L - Lhasa de Sela, La Rumba, Lara Fabian

M - Manu Chao

N - Nacho Sotomayor, Noora Noor, Nu, Nicolas Jaar,

O - Ojos de Brujo

P - Peter Pearson

Q

R - Ramazan Kubat, Rag'n'Bone Man

S - Shapla Salique

T - The Verve, Toto Cutugno, The Carpenters

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V - Vaya Con Dios, Villagers, Van Morrison

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Aquilo

Bear Hands

Cub Sport

Districts, The

EL VY

Foy Vance

Group Love

Henrique & Juliano

Imogen Heap

Japanese Wallpaper

K. Flay

Last Dinosaurs

Methyl Ethyl

New Politics

Oh Wonder

Pabllo Vittar

Quinn XCII

Ra Ra Riot

Swimming with Dolphins

Thirteen Senses

Urban Cone

Vallis Alps

We Are Scientists

Xavier Dunn

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Zella Day
A Day to Remember ★★★☆☆

Breaking Benjamin ★★★★☆

CashMo ★★★☆☆

Dame ★☆☆☆☆

Eskimo Callboy ★★☆☆☆

Fall Out Boy ★★★★★

Garbage ☆☆☆☆☆

Hoobastank ★★★☆☆

Itchy Poopzkid ★★★☆☆

Jin Akanishi ★★★☆☆

Kontra K ★★★☆☆

L'Arc~en~Ciel ★★★☆☆

Morning Musume ★★★★☆

Nine Inch Nails ★★★☆☆

Obscura ★★☆☆☆

Perfume ★☆☆☆☆

Querbeat ★★★★★

Rob Zombie ★★★☆☆

Sylabil Spill ☆☆☆☆☆ / Spielbann ★★★★☆

The Raven Age ★★☆☆☆

Underworld ☆☆☆☆☆ / Unleashed ★☆☆☆☆

Vanish ★★★★★

While She Sleeps ★★★★★

X Japan ★★★☆☆

Young Thug ★★☆☆☆

Zoo Army ★★★☆☆
A - Angur, Ashes Remain, Alt-J, Angus & Julia Stone, Abney Park, American Authors, All Time Low, Andy Black, Ava Max
B - Bathery, Bright Eyes, Bad Wolves, Bring Me The Horizon
C - Coronatus
D - Digital Daggers, DIAMANTE, Dove Cameron, Dua Lipa
E - Editors, Elle Goulding
F - FreaKings (live), Florence + The Machine, Foals, Fleetwood Mac, Five Finger Death Punch, Fall Out Boy
G - Ganaim,
H - Halestorm, Hollywood Undead
I - Incordia (live), Icon For Hire, In This Moment
J - José Gonzáles, Juniper Vale
K - Kyoll, Kodaline, Koethe
L - Lisa Mitschell, Local Natives, Nightcall
M - Message to Bears, Mud Flow, Mogwai,
N - Nicole Cross, Nural,
O - Onnce Human, OMI, Overkill
P - Palodine, Panic! At The Disco, Phildel
Q - Qntal, Quietdrice
R - Ruelle, Ravenscode, RUNAGROUND
S - Spielbann (live), Sia, Starset, Sparklehorse, Syd Matters, Set It Off, Shinedown
T - The Brother Bright, The Pretty Reckless, Three Days Grace
U - Unheilig
V - VUKOVI, VNV Nation, Von Wegen Lisbeth, Vian Izakl
W - Witchfinder, Walking on Cars, Why Don't We
X - X Ambassadors,
Y - Yiruma, Yan Tiersen, Yours Truly
Z - Zayde Wolf,
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B - Baths

C - Crosa Rosa

D - De La Cruz

E - Eaves

F - Fate

G - Girl Friend

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The Zutons - Valerie
Yo La Tengo - I'll Be Around
Xavier Rudd - Follow the Sun
White Lies - Unfinished Business
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You
Throwing Muses - Not Too Soon
Said the Whale - Camillo - The Magician
Rival Blood - Careless
Quietdrive - Time after Time
Pedro the Lion - Options
O. Children - dead disco dancer
Working List - Title - Genre - Rating

A. Angelle, Lisa - Country - ***

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Nneka - Heartbeat
M. Ward - Let's Dance
Kungs - This Girl
Jack Johnson - Better Together
C - Cat Stevens ... went hippie today :)
B - Babylon Bombs - Glam Metal from Sweden
A - The Allman Brothers Band... NICE!! got my blues on today!!
A - Atlas Genius

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1. Anberlin

2. Brand New

3. Chronic Future

4. Death Cab for Cutie

5. East of Ely

6. Flight of the Conchords

7. Gym Class Heroes

8. HelloGoodbye

9. Interpol

10. Jack's Mannequin

11. Keane

12. The Limousines

13. Matt and Kim

14. The Neighborhood

15. Of Monster and Men

16. Passion Pit

17. Queen of the Stone

18. Radiohead

19. The Stokes

20. Third Eye Blind

21. The Used

22. Verite

23.Wolf Gang

24. X Ambassador

25. Yuna

26. Zella Day
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Avicii

The Bamboo's

Brandi Carlile

Django Django

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First Aid Kit

Ellie Goulding

Husky

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Kingswood

Lupa

Metric

Jeremy Neale

Owl Eyes

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Rodriguez

Shepherd

Tame Impala

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Vallis Alps

Pharrell Williams

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A: Amaran

B: Blaudzun

C: Corvus Corax

D: DreamTheater

E: Elvenking

F: Faun/Finvarra

G: Gwyllion

H: Haken

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L: Leaves' Eyes

M: Mono Inc.

N: Northern Kings

O: Orden Ogan

P: Pellek

R: Rastaban

S: Scrum

T: Turisas

U: Underoath

V: Valravn

W: Wintersun

X: Xandria

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A - Animal Collective
Hüsker Dü - I don't want to know if you're lonely
God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All is Bright
Fugazi - Waiting room
Emerson Drive - She's My Kind of Crazy
D. Danny and The Juniors - At The Hop
A: Avicci

B: Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals

C: Counting Crows/Capital Cities

D: Dan Croll

E: Erza Vine

F: Fun/Future Islands

G: Gotye

H: Husky

I: Imagine Dragons/Imelda May

J: Jack White/John Legend

K: Kodaline

L: Lily Allen

M: Macklemore

N: Nothern Kings

O: Olly Murs

P: Pentatonix

Q: Quetzal

R: Ryan Adams/Reigning Sound

S: Shaka Ponk/Sam Smith

T: The Cat Empire/The Ting Tings/The Jesus and Mary Chain/Thriving Ivory

U: Ulises Hadjis

V: Viniloversus

W: Wilco Johnson/Walk off the Earth

X: Xriz

Y: Yves LaRock

Z: Zoot Woman
Avicii
The Bamboo's
Brandi Carlile
Django Django
E^ST
First Aid Kit
Ellie Goulding
Husky
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Joy Division
Kingswood
Lupa
Metric
New Order
Owl Eyes
The Preatures
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Rodriguez
Shepherd
KT Tunstall
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Vampire Weekend
Pharrell Williams
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Tell us what you think of the bands!
I'm re-doing this and rather than just picking any old things. I'll find ones I actually like =]



A) Avicii

B) Bad Religion

C) Calvin Harris

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C. Cibo Matto - Sugar water
B. Badly drawn boy - once around the block
A. Axiome - Impreuna mereu
F - Fenech-Soler :)
T - Tonight Alive ♥
B-Bayside-Some punk Emo band from New York. Recommend by my co-workers. They are pretty good. Not very depressing so that is good.
A- Aiden- Some Seattle punk-rock band recommend by my roommate. They were OK. It is not really my type of music but some of their songs were ok Hysteria was a cool song.
A-Arab Strap

B-Bullet for my Valentine ( scream aim fire)

C-Chris Pureka (Dryland)

D-Down the line

E-Escape the Fate

F-Fancy Trash (three cheers for the cheated)

G-Gorillaz (Plastic Beach)

H-Hoku

I-I am Ghost (Lovers Requiem)

J-Jannes :)

K-Kimbra (Vows)

L-Lover (No Dreams Please)

M-Minmae le grand essor de la maison du monstre

N-Natalia Nazarova:Fashion

O-Olive (Extra Virgin)

P-Patty Brard & Ome Henk :)

Q-Quiet Drive (When all That's Left Is You)

R-Rusted Root (When I woke)

S-Solo Andata/fyris swan

T-Tally Hall (complete demos)

U-Underworld; (Oblivion with Bells)

V-Vampire Weekend

W-Wolf's Rain :)

X-Xavier Wolf (White Moth)

Y-Yorke,Thom (The Eraser RMXS)

Z-ZOEgirl (Different Kind of Free)
A -- All Caps - World of Warcraft Ruined My Life (Very funny song, will listen to more!)

B -- Brooke Hyland - Summer Love Song (Could be a guilty pleasure... oh dear)

C -- Chameleon Circuit - Regenerate Me (Will probably listen to a few more of their songs)

D -- Dave Days - Nothing Like You (Pretty good...)

E -- Edwyn Collins - In Your Eyes (Good enough)

F -- Five For Fighting - 100 Years (Really nice song)

G -- Greyson Chance - Unfriend You (Too cheesy!!)

H -- Haim - Falling (Ok, but wont be listening to again)

I -- I Fight Dragons - The Geeks Will Inherit The Earth (Loved this, reminded me of 90's pop:punk!)

J -- John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar (Good, but not my cup of tea)

K -- Kevin Littlefield - Tell Her She's Beautiful (Nice track, not great)

L -- LP - Into The Wind (Didn't really like this much, but might listen again to make sure...)

M -- Megan Nicole - Live While We're Young (One Direction cover) (Good, might listen to again)

N -- The Nerves - Hanging On The Telephone (Not bad cover, but a bit amateurish)

O -- O - Unreleased Gravity (Not bad, thought it might kick in a bit more though)

P -- Parachute - The Mess I Made (A bit blue, but still a good choice)

Q -- Q Tip - Won't Trade (Not bad, would happily listen to more)

R -- Ross Copperman - Holding On And Letting Go (Like this, need to be in the right mood though)

S -- Sam Tsui - I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift cover) (Very good!)

T -- Tommy Reilly & Rachel Sermanni - Make The Bed (Nice, and will listen to them again)

U -- U Jean - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Alright, summery tune not bad)

V -- Villagers - My Lighthouse (Nice tune but probably wont listen again)

W -- Wakey!Wakey! - Dance So Good (Really liked this, chilled and catchy)

X -- X - Los Angeles (Good little tune, catchy)

Y -- Young Jeezy - R.I.P (I didnt enjoy this...)

Z -- Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried (Something to tap you feet to and made me smile)
A- Angels & Airwaves

B- Blitzen Trapper

C- Coconut Records

D- Dierks Bentley

E- Easton Corbin

F- Forever the Sickest Kids

G- God is an Astronaut

H- Heavens to Betsy

I- Imani Coppola

J- Jessie Ware

K- Kimbra

L- Lana Del Rey

M- Marcella Detroit

N- Nico Vega

O- Owl City

P- Pantera

Q- Queen Caveat

R- The Rescues

S- Selah Sue

T- Trampled by Turtles

U- The Used

V- The Veer Union

W- Wild Nothing

X- Xavier Rudd

Y- Yael Naim

Z- Zoot Woman

A. A Kiss Could be Deadly

B. Bear Colony

C. Cake on Cake

D. Dreamdate

E. Eisley

F. Forever August

G. Gas & Graves

H. Hotel Lights

I. Imagine Dragons

J. Japancakes

K. Kate Voegle

L. Language of Flowers

M. Milkshake

N. Never Shout Never

O. Oh Darling

P. Paper Heart

Q. Quieting Syrup

R. Run Kid Run

S. Secret Cities

T. Taken by Trees

U. Unicorn

V. Vanessa Carlton

W. Weeping Willows

X. Xenia

Y. Young Galaxies

Z. ZerO IllusionS
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Awolnation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaZMST-vHfM
A: Asking Alexandria



B: Balance and Composure



C: Callejon



D: Deas Veil



E: Escape the Fate



F: Falling in reverse



L: La Dispute



M: Memphis may Fire



O: Of mice and men



P: Pianos become the teeth



S: Senses fail



T: Touché Amore



W: Woe is me





The Adverts

Backyard Babies

Combat 84

Death Before Dishonor

The Effigies

Figure Four

Gallows

Heavens to Betsy

In My Eyes

The Joykiller

Kids Love Lies

Lana Del Rey

Marry Me In Vegas

Neck

Oi Polloi

PG. 99

The Quails

Rudimentary Peni

The Scarred

Teenage Head

The Undead

The Virus

Wisdom in Chains

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Youth Brigade

Zero Boys