Taste of the Midwest

[spritelybrin]

Hey just curious what people from the Region are listening to.....if theres are bands that are more commonly listened to then other parts of the states.....whats out there?? are there bands in your hometown that everyone there really loves...but havent really gotten their names out there yet?? kids you went to school with?? id say an example out here is Asteria from CP,indiana.....

anyways...being from Indiana...its not all country music...lets make that known in this thread lol.....

[Nathan Lint]

Probably our staple bands are becoming Fireworks and The Swellers but bands like Take Notice, The Injured List, and Your Best Friend are really starting to get some love.

[llwilliamsll]

search tim or mike kinsella. Then appreciate.

[kemichels]

In Madison, WI ...a lot of people listen to Death Cab and Jack Johnson. Probably Dave Mathews too. Unfortunately we don't have a really great music scene around here (which is why I'd like to end up in Chicago). I have gathered a successful following for Chicago bands such as The Felix Culpa (take notice, whether through myspace or purevolume...they are so ridiculously good. Also decent friends and awesome guys), Dr. Manhattan, and Empires though. There's really not a huge hip hop seen here. The only noteworthy artist coming around is Del the Funky Homosapien (this summer), which I'm absolutely stoked for and I have no fucking clue why he'd come to Madison, WI. Either way, I'm satisfied.

[kemichels]

Probably our staple bands are becoming Fireworks and The Swellers but bands like Take Notice, The Injured List, and Your Best Friend are really starting to get some love.

Your Best Friend seems to be blowin' up. I like their stuff, from what I've heard.

[kemichels]

bunch of my friends from high school are also in the band Waking Misery (http://www.myspace.com/wakingruins). Harder shit than what I usually listen to, but they're decent at what they do.

[sidekicksuicide]

-Minneapolis area has Motion City Soundtrack and a healthy indie/pop scene
-The Get Up Kids
-We Are the Union and La Dispute are from MI
-every Chicago punk band like The Lawrence Arms
-The Graduate is from Illinois
-and then I can tell you whatever you want to know about the Iowa scene

[Neo Cassady]

Liar. It's all country music.

[imahoodlum]

For a while in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, electronic music started becoming really popular. To name a few bands that have come out the scene: PlayRadioPlay!, The Secret Handshake, Forever The Sickest Kids, Sky Eats Airplane, Scenes and Sirens, Artist vs. Poet. It was just got really huge for reasons unknown. It's died down significantly the last couple of months, thankfully.

[spritelybrin]

hmmm ive heard a few of these bands and some i havent..soo thanks so far guys....i also wanted to throw out my good friend William's band Danger Is My Middle Name....check em out...they are good guys and are from all over...my buddy originally from Hobart IN and now all in Chicago..which is where i hope to be in the next few years..when i come back from Indy

[Jefferson Rank]

Story of the Year and The Offspring seem to be some big things around here, but nobody can agree mostly.

[sidekicksuicide]

since when has Texas been the midwest?

[imahoodlum]

since when has Texas been the midwest?
Oh, I totally misread what it said. My bad....