I'm looking for new bands to discover and I'm having a huge amount of trouble. I'm a soft rock and rock n' roll fan, but today there are so many horrible bands out there today that I can't differentiate with the good and the crappy. It would be greatly appreciated if you could help. I love stuff like:

 

Coldplay (obviously :cool:)

U2

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Kooks

The Who

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Eagles

Sam Roberts

Snow Patrol etc.

 

I despise anything punk, emo, heavy metal and goth. They're just depressing "genres" of rock that doesn't make you feel happy at all. You know what I mean, right?

 

Thanks for your help. :)

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I've always said a Coldplay fan will usually like Keane, or The Fray

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmXY2MSrguE

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maKVPe677Jc

Osaka, Here is my list for the best albums of 2008... Maybe you will find something new out of it. I hope so! Our music tastes look to be very similar. You should really like the suggestions above as well.

 

Jeff

 

1 Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends (Strawbery Swing)

2 Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid (The Bones Of You)

3 Beck - Modern Guilt (Youthless)

4 Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns (The Lightning Strike)

5 The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead (Back To This)

6 James - Hey Ma (72)

7 TV On The Radio - Dear Science (Halfway Home)

8 The Music - Strength In Numbers [Japanese Edition] (Drugs)

9 South - You Are Here (Every Light Has Blown)

10 Tom Baxter - Skybound (Night Like This)

11 REM - Accelerate (Until The Day Is Done)

12 Nada Surf - Lucky (The Fox)

13 The Week That Was - The Week That Was (The Airplane Line)

14 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul (The Turning)

15 Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creations Dark (Purgatory Line)

16 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (Time To Pretend)

17 Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things (I Told You I Couldnt Stop)

18 Hey Rosetta - Into Your Lungs (New Goodbye)

19 Glasvegas - Glasvegas (Ice Cream Van)

20 Alanis Morissette - Flavors Of Entanglement (Torch)

21 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs (I Will Possess Your Heart)

22 Tracy Chapman - Our Bright Future (Thinking Of You)

23 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Oliver James)

24 Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things (Details In The Fabric)

25 The Killers - Day & Age (A Dustland Fairytale)

Hop on last.fm where you will find plenty!

I'm going to completely disregard the list and I'll just tell you what everybody should listen to.

 

Beirut, Gogol Bordello, and Final Fantasy.

 

There.

some aussie bands you might like

 

Birds of Tokyo - songs: Broken Bones, Wayside, Wild Eyed Boy

The Panics - songs: Dont Fight It, Cruel Guards, Get Us Home

The Grates- songs: Burn Bridges, 19-20-20, Sukkafish

John Butler Trio- songs: Funky Tonight, Good Excuse, Better Than , Zebra

 

hope you enjoy

Here are some Canadian bands I love.

 

Hey Rosetta!

Stars

Broken Social Scene

Feist

Brendan Canning

The most vital bands to include on your list are:

 

Radiohead

Sigur Ros

The Beatles

The Killers

Oasis

The Verve

 

Some other one's you might like:

 

Keane

Muse

Pink Floyd

The Shins

The Strokes

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But just so I don't cloud your head with a million things...

 

Definitely check out Radiohead, they're basically the 2nd most popular band among Coldplayers. Don't be turned off by songs like "creep" I almost promise you'll enjoy the albums "the bends" and/or "OK Computer"

 

Now... you emphasize happy. So if Radiohead isn't your cup of tea... (not that they're emo, far from it, just less happy-go-lucky.)

 

The Killers(hot fuzz or sam's town), Oasis(What's the story [Morning Glory]) and The Verve (Urban Hymns) are safe bets any day of the week. Great Stuff.

 

If you don't mind beautiful music in other languages... check out Sigur Ros. Really ethereal Stuff, but I promise you you'll love their latest album "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust" As it's full of warm, accessible and beautiful music.

I agree about Pink Floyd : mainly the 7O's era.

How about some Led Zeppelin ? Even The Smiths.

Maybe Electric Light Orchestra (album : Out Of The Blue)

Explosions In The Sky

Eels

The Hoosiers

...

 

John Butler Trio- songs: Funky Tonight, Good Excuse, Better Than , Zebra

 

AAAAAAAND Ocean ! I sooo love that song from JBT.

I agree about Pink Floyd : mainly the 7O's era.

How about some Led Zeppelin ? Even The Smiths.

Maybe Electric Light Orchestra (album : Out Of The Blue)

Explosions In The Sky

Eels

The Hoosiers

...

 

 

 

AAAAAAAND Ocean ! I sooo love that song from JBT.

ELO had some cool songs. I forgot all about them until you listed them. THANKS!

radiohead

muse

oasis

the verve

arcade fire

arctic monkeys

 

those are some of my favorites

I suprised you didnt mention Boston. AWESOME greatest hits album! I broke down and bought it in a bargin bin last week because you kept bringing them up in posts. Im glad I did, IT ROCKS!

Plus they're ruddy Americans!

ELO had some cool songs. I forgot all about them until you listed them. THANKS!

 

I'm glad I helped. Mr Blue Sky is a total masterpiece. To me it's Lynne's Bohemian Rhapsody

True, Electic Light Orchastra is awesome,