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Ariel Pink is a very talented modern artist.
Here's one more current band in the retro prog/psych vein, but who are definitely more popular and perhaps more appealing to a wider audience. Dungen:
These guys are one of the only prog/psych groups who have gotten a bit of mainstream media attention/airplay in recent times, and they've been consistently excellent. They have real "prog nerd" bona fides, too. Guitarist Reine Fiske came from one of the original early '90s Swedish prog-revivalists, Landberk, and has recently played with cool Norwegian prog/fusion group Elephant9. I still remember when me and my prog geek friends almost keeled over when they actually got to perform on Conan O'Brien a number of years back!
Even if you think you don't like progressive or psychedelic rock, you should really give these guys a chance. Just beautiful music and atmosphere.
Another from their new album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bLRsxgNK2A
when you mentioned elephant9 it reminded me i really like the bands on elephant6 records
olivia tremor control
neutral milk hotel
apples in stereo
beulah
the lilys
^^ Hell yes. Although I don't recall Lilys being on Elephant 6, Slumberland and SpinArt. Recently just got the "Eccsame The Photon Band" colored vinyl reissue. Still have the original CD.
Haha - I'm a bit younger, so the very first album I bought with my own money was "So". I loved that album - and I also loved Collins - and at that time I had no idea there was a connection between them.
I don't think Gabriel works as well for proof of my lame tastes, because I think he holds up a lot better. I don't think he's "cool", but I still think "Security" is a great album. Some of the production and the world music influences sound dated, but it's still a dark and interesting pop album. I think I still have my cassette copy of the german version someplace.
Yeah Gabriel was more of a "city limits" artist and I really liked how different he was in his first two records. Oddly, "So" was the first album that ever horrified me for being too commercial, that whole "I hate it when bands I like get big" syndrome we do when we're young.
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Here's a hand full of Canadian bands I'm into:
TOPS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBXI9_-sRMc
King Khan and BBQ Show - https://vimeo.com/16977379
Teenanger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoPco0lGyXI
CATL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0ZnUyWEIUo
Soupcans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SbRg7ixt4M
TV Freaks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDMysCSVw6E
Surinam - https://surinamband.bandcamp.com/
Slim Twig - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K16FacbIi4
METZ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqbbPzmvuoE
Grimes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtH68PJIQLE
Viet Cong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdMz7BUtOvk
Eric Chenaux - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxK_snZ2rHQ
Alvvays - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAn3JdtSrnY
US Girls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9IMOrF_6EE