Best English bands?

[Aquaduct]

I was watching Jools Holland the other night, and really enjoyed seeing a great English band play called "Embrace".

They sang a fantastic song called "Ashes".

I am not really a follower of rock n'roll or pop, but I know there are some really talented English bands coming out. Used to really like "Verve", and friends go on about Radiohead.

Anyone else into Embrace or any other good bands?

[owensmom]

Eek, I'm just jealous you get Jools Holland! We only had him for a bit AFAIK... I have him as a tivo wishlist so I don't miss it if they put him on something again!

That said, I'll just watch this space, I love a lot of english bands. There is a really good Irish band called The Frames.

Just listened to Embrace on Rhapsody... not bad! That song is good, I started to listen to another that was so so...

[moonrosebud]

Muse is GREAT...
and also Turin Brakes

[Aquaduct]

What's Rhapsody? I think Ashes needs to be heard in good quality sound to be fully appreciated. Yeah, I didn't like so much some of the other songs I streamed off their website, but only listened to a few.

Jools Holland is great! On this one show they featured live, Jackson Browne, Anita Baker, the Cure, and KT Tunstall. It was so good.

[owensmom]

http://www.rhapsody.com/
It is a type of music service, I guess you'd say. My dh has us hooked up, all I know is I can go online and listen to a ton of cool stuff.

Oh man, the Cure. Dh calls them the ugliest band around.

[polka123]

I like yahoo music also

[KatherineNaomi]

Keane. I can't stop listening to them...

[LadyMarmalade]

Franz Ferdinand are Scottish, I think. But still very good.

Coldplay, of course

Travis.

Blur.

The Smiths.

The Libertines.

The Dandy Warhols.

Massive Attack.

Thirsty Merc and Evermore are Australian, but remind me of quite a few British bands.

The Darkness.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/page/...053432,00.html

http://www.misterpoll.com/485951592.html

[owensmom]

I think the Dandy Warhols are from Portland, OR....
Keane makes me want to stab myself in the eye. Dh thinks I'm weird.

[Holiztic]

James!!!! The singer, Tim Booth, is solo now.
The Smiths
The Psychedelic Furs
The Cure
New Order
The Clash

Okay, so apparently I don't know it is 2006, and to think, I was in elementary school when most of these bands were big!

But really--JAMES!!