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I went to a buddy's house and he threw a few records on his turntable last weekend. One Smashing Pumpkins album and another from an underground grunge band I had never heard of. Both were of stellar production and the sound was surprisingly awesome for 45's. Nothing was overproduced, the bass sounded like a fucking bass, and the singers sounded like fucking singers and the guitars were layered the old fashioned way for thickness.

I am looking for a newer solid heavy grunge band, somewhere between Smashing pumpkins to Nirvana.. looking more for something with intelligent writing and riffs vs cookie cutter catchy tunes.

Thanks in advance

The exies fit that bill. Although, Not a grunge band, they are a bit on the melodic side but great songs, great vox and great hooks. For sure one of my favorite bands from the last 20 years.

Friends don't recommend friends indie.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Take them On, On Your Own and Eponymous
Hot Hot Heat - Make up the Breakdown
Phantom Planet - The Guest
The Dandy Warhols - 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World, Chutes Too Narrow
Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life
Spoon - Girls Can Tell, Kill the Moonlight, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Gimme Fiction
Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed the Fish?
Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
The New Pornographers - Electric Version, Mass Romantic, Twin Cinema
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan, Illinois, Seven Swans
Eels - Blinking Lights and other Revalations
Built to Spill - You in Reverse
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin, Everything All The Time
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive, Seperation Sunday
Metric - Fantasies
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I am, That is what I am Not
Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math, Mean Everything to Nothing
Portugal, The Man - The Satanic Satanist
The Postal Service - Give Up
Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas..
Tegan and Sara - The Con
. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – Source Tags & Codes
Fleet Foxes - Eponymous
Passion Pit - Manners
At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves, At Dawn
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Ween - Quebec

Sweet, thanks buddy I will check those out. Probably with beer on friday lol.

CrunchBerries wrote:Sweet, thanks buddy I will check those out. Probably with beer on friday lol.

You're welcome. Start with The Dandy Warhols, Fountains of Wayne, Eels, and The Hold Steady.

Ferment and Chrome by Catherine Wheel are great albums.