I can’t believe you guys had NEVER heard of the bands I listen to. I mean, I’m hardly on the cutting edge, and these bands…

I can’t believe you guys had NEVER heard of the bands I listen to. I mean, I’m hardly on the cutting edge, and these bands aren’t that obscure…

Okay, backstory here for those who weren’t on Vent last night during our Veksar run. Rogbog was web-casting our Nostalgia night to the world (interest when it was us killing dragons: high. Interest when it was us grinding levels and AA: low). Anyway, he was running some music behind the video, I asked him who it was, he said

, I thought they reminded me of
and I happened to mention some of the bands I listened to, and nobody had heard of any of them… Now usually people make fun of my musical tastes because I like 70s bands like Jethro Tull and Blue Oyster Cult, but THESE bands aren’t old… so I was surprised.

Anyway, these bands are on heavy rotation on my Eee.

Portishead “Wandering Star”

The Hush Sound “Don’t Wake Me Up”

The Decemberists “O Valencia”

The Dresden Dolls “Coin-Operated Boy” (got into them when I lived in San Diego)

Undadogg “Butterfly Disease”

Ayreon “The Human Equation” trailer