The Best Bands On Myspace
Written by Rory Walker

Shut Your Eyes And You’ll Burst Into Flames
Myspace.com/ShutYourEyesOrYoullBurstIntoFlames
Hardcore-funk five-piece from Leeds.
Sounds like: ¡Forward, Russia!, !!!
Best Tracks: “Drop The Decade”, “Signal Noise”
*****


Damn Arms
Myspace.com/DamnArms
No-wave/electro-indie four-piece from Melbourne, Australia
Sounds like: Test Icicles, Klaxons
Best Track: “Please Pass Me My Anti-robotics”, “Test Pattern”
*****


Bullet Train To Vegas
Myspace.com/BulletTrainToVegas
Californian punk foursome
Sounds like: At The Drive In, The Blood Brothers
Best Track: “Cut The Party To Pieces”, “RFLCTR BTZ”
*****


Protokoll
Myspace.com/ProtoKoll
Steve Lamacq’s favourite four-part indie outfit from Allston, Massachusetts
Sounds Like: Interpol, New Order
Best Tracks: “DNR”, “Sunken”
***


Moneen
Myspace.com/Moneen
Toronto’s finest emo band
Sounds Like: Funeral For A Friend, Alexisonfire
Best Tracks: “Don’t Ever Tell Locke What He Can’t Do”, “If Tragedy’s Appealing, Disaster’s An Addiction”
*****


Blood Red Shoes
Myspace.com/BloodRedShoes
Couple of Brighton teens that are now supporting Maximo Park on a European tour.
Sounds Like: The Rakes, Hole
Best Tracks: “It’s Getting Boring By The Sea”, “You Bring Me Down”
*****


The Boxer Rebellion
Myspace.com/TheBoxerRebellion
London-based Indie outfit
Sounds Like: The Verve, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Best Tracks: “Code Red”, “Watermelon”
****


Sluts Of Trust
Myspace.com/SlutsOfTrust
Glaswegian garage/stoner rock. Bloc Party’s Gordon Moakes is a fan.
Sounds Like: Queens Of The Stone Age, The Strokes
Best Tracks: “Crowd Pleaser”, “Psycho Killer”
*****


Architecture In Helsinki
Myspace.com/AIHMusic
Australian indie-pop with a Mighty Boosh-esque twist
Sounds Like: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, CSS
Best Tracks: “Heart It Races”, “Do The Whirlwind (Halma’s Remix)”
****


Secta Rouge
Myspace.com/SectaRouge
Experimental metal band from Edinburgh
Sounds Like: System Of A Down, Slipknot, but better
Best Tracks: “One Small Hand”, “Time Needs A Skeleton”
****


Killing Angels
Myspace.com/KillingAngels
New band of LeCain, who was formerly of The Don’t Wake Ups, and has always been a dark indie type.
Sounds Like: Joy Division, The Strokes
Best Tracks: “Suffocate Me”, “Rough Rider”
****


Circuits
Myspace.com/Citcuits
Reggae-ska infused indie band from London, very good live.
Sounds Like: Bedouin Soundclash, We Are Scientists meets Bob Marley
Best Tracks: “Young Enough Not To Care”, “Pistols At Dawn”
****


Mother Mother
Myspace.com/MotherMotherSpace
Vancouver-based indie-chillout five-piece
Sounds Like: Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade
Best Tracks: “Touch Up”, “Dirty Town”
****


Dananananaykroyd
Myspace.com/Dananananaykroyd
Jittery indie-punk outfit from Glasgow
Sounds Like: Hot Club De Paris, DARTZ!
Best Tracks: “Song One Puzzle”, “Some Dresses”
*****


Mother Vulpine
Myspace.com/MotherVulpine
Leeds-based rockers, have supported Eagles of Death Metal ,absolutely amazing live, and have worked with Yourcodenameis:milo on the new single
Sounds Like: Queens Of The Stone Age,
Best Tracks: “Keep Your Wits Sharp (Her Words Are Quick)”, “We’ll Be Detectives”
*****


The Haze Myspace.com/TheHazeBand
Indie-rock band from Glasgow, also supported Eagles of Death Metal
Sounds Like: Kasabian, Kings Of Leon
Best Tracks: “Ghostdancer”, “Get Up Go”
****


RAT:ATT:AGG
Myspace.com/Rararragg
New band or Rory B.R.Attwell, a.k.a. Raary Deci-hells, formerly of Test Icicles
Sounds Like: Test Icicles, Semifinalists
Best Tracks: “Can We Fix It?”, “Throw It Away You Fool”
****


Naked Babes
Myspace.com/NakedBabes
A band created “just to party” by Dev (Test Icicles), along with two Semifinalists and one Tom Vek, and they’re awesome
Sounds Like: Test Icicles, Tom Vek
Best Tracks: “Fuckin’ Dumbell Party”, “Centurion Hard On”
*****


Dance Lazarus Dance
Myspace.com/DanceLazarusDance
Glaswegian electro-punk thrashers
Sounds Like: ¡Forward, Russia! playing Daft Punk
Best Tracks: “Jump Pony Jump”, “Fun In Fundamentalist”
****


Chumley’s Toy
Myspace.com/Chumleystoyrocks
Tampa rockers trying to bring out the softer side of Tampa’s metal scene
Sounds Like: Evanescence, Incubus
Best Tracks: “Surface Of Me”, “The Silence Sinking In”
****


Get Crucial Myspace.com/GetCrucialBand
Unusual but attention-grabbing London three-piece
Sounds Like: Damn Arms, RAT:ATT:AGG
Best Tracks: “Charms”, “Shine”
***


Far From The Dance
Myspace.com/FarFromTheDance
Electro-rock sextet from Huddersfield
Sounds Like: The Killers, Test Icicles gone soft(in a good way)
Best Tracks: “Don’t Give It Up”, “Greed”
****


Fake Shark – Real Zombie!
Myspace.com/FakeSharkRealZombie
Vancouver-based techno-punk-metal
Sounds Like: The Blood Brothers, Limp Bizkit (that sounds bad…)
Best Tracks: “Unusual Dorsal Features”, “Designer Drugs”
****


The Astro Firs
Myspace.com/TheAstroFirs
Falmouth-based garage-rock band
Sounds Like: The Pigeon Detectives, The Rakes
Best Tracks: “Battery Power 0”, “The Same Again”
****


The Special Relationship
Myspace.com/TheSpecialRelationship
Mellow indie-rock with occasional explosions
Sounds like: Arctic Monkeys playing Death Cab For Cutie
Best Tracks: “Tearing Yr Heart Out”, “Doughboy and Fruitcake”
****


Welcome The Tourist
Myspace.com/WelcomeTheTourist
Fresh indie-pop from Norwich
Sounds Like: Hot Club De Paris, DARTZ!
Best Tracks: “The Guardian”, “Battlements”
***


Our Fold
Myspace.com/OurFold
Bolton-based indie-rock foursome
Sounds like: Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes
Best Tracks: “She Goes On”, “Victim Of Lies”
****


You Remind Me Of Rasputin
Myspace.com/YouRemindMeOfRasputin
Alt-indie with a touch of electro
Sounds Like: early Panic! At The Disco, The Automatic
Best Tracks: “Dinosaur”, “Speak Up”
*****


By Rory Walker


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