Hi all, I am interested in listening to music for more countries around the world. Does anyone have some neat tunes they could recommend that come from their homeland? I prefer rockish and punkish music I guess (stuff with guitars, drums, etc., not too familiar with specific sub-genres)
For context, I have already got a bunch of suggestions from browsing different forums, Reddit, etc. These are some artists that have already been suggested, and could be a basis for what kind of music I like I guess. All of these are Central/Eastern European or Balkan (what can I say, they make great music): BTR and Ahat (Bulgarian), Kino (Russian), Myslovitz, Lady Pank, Kult, and Republika (Polish), Bi-2 (Belarussian), Vennaskond (Estonian), Emir & The Frozen Camels (Bosnian)
For German you may also want to check out !linkemusik@feddit.org
Female fronted Doom from Japan:
https://magdaleneju-nen.bandcamp.com/album/jingai-kitan
Female fronted stoner from Italy:
https://frayle.bandcamp.com/album/the-white-witch-ep
First nation’s Yolnu Surf-Rock from Australia (English and Yolnu matha):
https://kingstingray.bandcamp.com/album/king-stingray
Argentinian punk:
Operation Ivy
Dead Milkmen
Rancid
(US)
Operation Ivy and Rancid have more members in common than some bands that keep the same name over a couple decades.
Funny you said Dead Milkmen. Can’t say I’ve ever met anyone outside of Philly who considers them more than a one hit wonder
We are few, but we exist. And Rodney is on fedi too @rodneyanonymous@mas.to. Always good to follow.
From Canada, in fact from my city, The Dreadnoughts! Their first three albums are punk gold. (Later stuff, they started having fun and doing polka etc. But whenever I see them in concert, they mostly rock from the first 3.)
If you’re only going to listen to one, Polka’s Not Dead would be my recommendation.
(Full credit to the Real McKenzies for paving the way, Chip would be their most famous song.)
SNFU and Propagandhi.
Here’s some Aboriginal Australian metal
Swedish punk:
- Björnarna
- De Lyckliga Kompisarna
- Mimikry
- Västerbron
- Asta Kask
- Ebba Grön
- Charta 77
- Lastkaj 14
Forgetting a bunch because it’s 05:00 here and I’m tired, but these are the ones that first come to mind.
Man, listened to a few of these and they are great. I’m not the OP, but i appreciate these recommendations, thanks!
All those are great, thanks person!
Links to some songs, by no means an exhaustive list, just songs that I enjoy and quickly find on YT.
Ebba Grön:
- Staten Och Kapitalet https://youtu.be/Jy2Ce1Wpl-4
- 800 Grader https://youtu.be/a3UC7dWBDvg
- Die Mauer https://youtu.be/8vI56ZaAr4M
- Alla Visa Män https://youtu.be/MapMGmQQr2s
- Heroinister & Kontorister https://youtu.be/PuwWUrp8ya4
De Lyckliga Kompisarna:
- Ishockeyfrisyr https://youtu.be/oKlyamsftHQ
Docenterna:
- Solgasögon https://youtu.be/fMzqUyb6fnk
From the Netherlands: HANGYOUTH . One of their big hits is translated as “You don’t hate mondays, you hate capitalism”.
Leg de Zuidas in de as! 😈
Nice, I’ll add that to the playlist
From Germany Die Ärzte are great and their hit from the 80s or 90s Schrei nach Liebe is pretty much on topic.
Die Toten Hosen are their long time “rival”. Die Ärzte got a pretty good start when they were the first act at a Tote Hosen concert.
Nice
Ku de Judas, from Portugal. They were a cult band in the 1980’s. Most members have already died.
Mata-Ratos is another. They still exist today.
Any particular tracks from either that you would recommend?
+1 for Mata-Ratos, probably my favourite punk band from Portugal.
I’ll also add:
And even though they’re not punk, you might also like Mão Morta.
Give a listening to Ornatos Violeta, then. Definitely not punk but they have this very unique sound profile to their music.
And for what it may be worth, look up Comme Restus. Project group, a single album ever produced. Lyrics are… Questionable.
From Germany: Die Ärzte
From Austria: Frei WildI see Belgium is missing, let me add a few bands / songs off the top of my head:
- The Kids (Fascist Cops)
- Belgian Asociality (Morregen)
- De Mens (En In Gent)
- Channel Zero (Black Fuel)
- SardoniS (Entering The Woods)
Well for the US, at least the industrial inland rust belt part, I think it has got to be The Armed.
I’d say G.O.A.T. And Your M.O.M. is the most USian punk band. (Mildly nsfw.)
Kind of fitting the punk attitude and rock-ish in sound is a Finnish band called Ursus Factory. I love them, seen them live a few times, such energy. And it’s just two blokes, nothing more. It’s so surprising they make it work live too, since in studio releases they tend to have some backing tracks, but it just somehow works.
Bio in eng: https://ursusfactory.net/ENG-Bio
Not sure if it’s as good if you can’t pick up the lyrics, but here’s a few of my favorites:
- Sadetakin pintaan: https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=Jrvlp6oSsvE
- Mitä luolassa on: https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=3vAxM_1XHW8
- Oletko siellä: https://lordag.ffm.to/oletkosiella
- Tuun tuun tuun: https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=E0B0mzOxcc4
- Mitä mies mitä äijä: https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=EcbO3SBrxbY
Seriously suggest checking out!
Edit: For tidal users, I made this playlist to quickly check those five out: https://tidal.com/playlist/545e800a-1f64-4a2d-a536-1de2267ec40f
Danish person here. I see the other Dane in the thread recommended some old goodies, I will give you some young guns:
And although they are not Danish (they’re belgian) i highly recommend Maria Iskariot. I recently saw them warm up for Tropical Fuck Storm, and they blew the roof off the venue.
Alien weaponry is a metal band from New Zealand that has a lot of songs at least partially in Maori
