New Band of The Week

Ahead of the release of their debut album, Sprints are having a listening party on bandcamp this Thursday at 9pmCET.

VENUS GRRRLS

Sometimes just really forking loud guitars & thunderous bass is all you need

I have been quite detached from new music in the last 15 years or so, at least. I haven't payed much attention to new bands and have been content with listening to familiar old favourites for the most part.

I also listen to music much less than I used to (much less free time, but also other hobbies have taken a more central role in my life, in particular reading).

All this preamble to say: would you guys point me to what you reckon the top 3 bands of the last 15 years or so are (specifically bands that you'd expect a Cure fan may like)?

As the prospects of a new album from The Cure look dimmer and dimmer, I think I need to make an effort to start "seeing other people"... :-)

Thanks in advance.

I hope this thread is suitable for this request. If not, Big Hands, feel free to move as appropriate.

Thanks.

i can relate to this. My husband and I have fairly different musical tastes, so what I hear him play (and most of it isn't that new, anyway), I often don't care for. 

I don't know if I can distill any recommendations down to a Top 3 in the past 15 years, but I think I understand the sentiment. One band I would recommend and regard highly is ACTORS from Canada. I won't try to describe them suffice to say I've never been even slightly disappointed by anything I've heard from their catalog. I believe they're fairly likely to be enjoyed by fans of TC, but YMMV.

FWIW, Bandcamp has been instrumental in helping me break out of a musical rut. I don't like the idea of algorithms curating everything we're exposed to but somehow Bandcamp makes it easy(ier) to branch out and it's very good for artists compared to a majority of streaming platforms. 


I'm interested to see what other people recommend.  

ETA: See also, Soft Kill.