The New College Rock

(those guys are The Whigs) As someone who's always looking for new good music, I found this article interesting. Although I can't stand Vampire Weekend...

(MetroMix) Back in the ‘80s, in those dark days before the Internet, “college rock” referred to bands that got played on college radio—R.E.M., the Pixies, the Replacements and their scruffy brethren. But these days, bands like Vampire Weekend are at the forefront of a new kind of college rock—the kind made up of actual college kids, whose careers take off before they’ve barely had a chance to graduate. Here are 15 of the hottest bands in America that got their start playing student unions and frat parties.

1. Vampire Weekend (they wear Bill Cosby sweaters for God' sake...)
   
2. Chester French
3. Ra Ra Riot
4. Tally Hall
5. Walter Meego
6. MGMT
7. The Whigs (these guys rock)
   
8. Ponytail
9. Morning Benders
10. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (I ain't buying it)
11. 3OH!3
12. The XYZ Affair
13. Sherwood (my mother-in-law used to live on Sherwood Lane)
14. The Sinister Turns (sorry, the only female fronted bands I dug are The Pretenders and Lone Justice. The Plasmatics always scared me.)
15. Deas Vail

For the complee article and info about each band, check here.

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