Quote Originally Posted by Rae
... or really, now that it occurs to me, how about Modest Mouse? I don't mean "Float On," but they can get into some strange sonic territory and Isaac Brock's lyrics will never be accused of being overly direct...

~Rae
Yeah, although I tend to think of Modest Mouse as a 90s band, and the Pixies were probably their main influence, along with a bit of Talking Heads and some other rhythmic quirkiness. Pixies were such a great guitar band, though. Modest Mouse, though I do often love em, just doesn't rock very hard, at least not very often. But good pick, probably close as anyone, though MM is getting to be kind of safe and inoffensive when compared to something like Surfer Rosa or Doolittle, even accounting for the time-shift. Not only that, but the Pixies could really knock the cobwebs off a joint like in that gouge away video.

Early on I thought maybe Idlewild or some of those other hot young Brit bands (recently the Libertines and Bloc Party) could take it there, but they all seem to mellow out, and play it safe, and dumb it up (or self-destruct like our Pixies loving D-Plan) as soon as they start to get attention. Too much industry pressure these days I imagine, even if you aren't directly controlled by the industry. Enon had some moments, but never threatened to break through to a bigger audience. Don't you get the feel that the music world is just about ready for another Smells Like Teen Spirit? Something to put the shame back into crappy bands like Panic! at the Disco and Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance