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Bands all Beatles fans should listen to?

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Revolution number one

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SalsaShark said:
Lyrics probably break it for me. Their songs just dont make sense. I guess they can be fun for a while, but thats where they fall short when comparing them to the beatles. (well they fall short everywhere when comparing them to the bea.. you get it)
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That's why I posted Pet Sounds :D
 
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alex chilton

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see5harp

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I don't really think Oasis is anything more than a modern band influenced by The Beatles but that doesn't really take anything away from them. I just think that's a great album.
 
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ShineALight

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Ducky_McGee said:
Back on track though... I'm glad to see the Elephant 6 collective groups getting a nod. Of Montreal, The Apples in Stereo, and Olivia Tremor Control are all very good indie pop groups. Ladybug Transistor is pretty cool too. Sometimes I think these bands are too hip for their own good though. I kinda hate the ultra random nature of their band, album, and song names. Olivia Tremor Control is especially guilty of this.
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Great OP, this thread is one of them most personally exciting I've seen in a few years of lurking OT. I can see what you mean about some of the E6 people, but everything I've read or heard most of the guys (outside of modern Kevin Barnes) is that they're some of the sweetest, most sincere dudes. I think their naming convention has more to do with wanting to preserve what's their idea of a tradition of psych-pop weirdness and engaging in things in a way that feels real and fun to them, not a desire to be hipper than thou. Maybe I'm an apologist, but again, heard nothing but good things about 90% of those people.

Anyway, love this kind of music and could probably dig up a few bands that some of you guys could get into. This might get a little bit long but, eh, why not, I'm not sleeping anytime soon.

As far as E6 stuff goes, The Minders and Circulatory System deserve a mention.

The Minders - Hooray For Tuesday - "Yeah Yeah Yeah":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzqN_gp0644
Unfortunately, this is kind of a "minor" Minders song, but there's really slim pickings on YouTube. The albums Hooray For Tuesday and Bright, Guilty World are both solid 60s pop through and through, though.

Circulatory System - Circulatory System - "Joy":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_jidcdzXuU
This is Will Cullen Hart's (of OTC) new band. It's a little darker and more blatantly psychedelic than most of the things talked about so far, but this album is amazing and unlike anything else I've heard. It takes some time to reveal it's charms, though.

XTC - Skylarking - "Ballet For A Rainy Day":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a11mwm0rXX4
This album is one of the best strongly 60s inspired albums of the 80s. Produced by Todd Rundgren. Check out their side project The Dukes of Stratosphear for even more Beatles-esque tunes.

Bikeride - Morning Macumba - "Knees on Top":
http://www.myspace.com/bikeride
I urge anyone interested in well-crafted 60s/psych/whatever pop to check out this tune. They were a band that were never really given their due and their singer quite tragically passed away in 2008. Their earlier stuff borders on twee but their last few releases are very accomplished Beach Boys-esque pop.

Chris Stamey - DIY Come Out and Play - "The Summer Sun":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84_uiSGcin0
This is Chris Stamey of The dB's, who have more in common with Big Star than the Beatles, but this is just a perfectly constructed pop song, definitely Anglophilic and a shining moment for power pop.

Beulah - Yoko - "Landslide Baby":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8S3k2TWaJo
Another great E6 band, but mostly only by association, they were very little involved in any real collective. They had three albums of sunshiney, expertly-crafted pop before releasing their final album, Yoko, which was darker but also their most accomplished work.

Butterfly Child - Soft Explosives - "Drunk on Beauty":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BorhEgWMOog
To be honest, I'm no expert on this band. I found out about them on some likely now extinct music website almost a decade ago, and have never fully explored their catalog. There's a few tracks by them that I go back to, though, and this is one of them.

Ambulance LTD. - Ambulance LTD. - "Stay Where You Are":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plARzmiX5k
Honestly, I'm not sure how Beatles-influenced this is, but it's some great guitar pop and one of the dudes worked with John Cale for a while so that gives them some 60s pop cred. I sat on this album for a while before getting into it but it's indispensable now.

The Deadly Snakes - Porcella - "Gore Veil":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj2vSLRpYj4
This band has more in common with The Rolling Stones than the Beatles, but I don't think that that warrants their exclusion from this thread. One of the best garage rock albums I've heard in the past few years.

The Delgados - Hate - "All You Need Is Hate":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSMLx44DqFc
No need to explain the Beatles connection on this one, it says it all right there in the title. I have to say though, as great a song as this, you're doing yourself a disservice by listening to it on YouTube. It's bombastic and rich, aided by the production of David Fridmann, probably best known for produced a lot of the best Flaming Lips albums.

The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic - "Sleeping Aides and Razor Blades":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1rS5V9mZHA
Probably the most rocking song I'll include in this post. It's a few degrees removed from pure Anglophilic, Beatles-esque pop, in that The Exploding Hearts are more of a direct descendant of power pop bands like Big Star, The dB's, The Replacements and the Nerves, but anyone who likes loud guitar, big hooks and a bit of a punk attitude should feel at home with this. Another sad story here, all but one of the members died in a car accident while on tour and they only managed to put out one proper album in their career.

The Glands - The Glands - "Swim":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn-Ip7HwWLE
I hate to reference a Pitchfork review, but they were right when they identified The Glands as a band of enthusiastic music nerds whose record collections probably outweighed their ambitions or proficiency, but regardless, their self-titled album is an eclectic, top-notch pop album.

Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes - "Game of Pricks":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlZlst4NBVw
Hands down my favorite band. Some people just don't "get it", maybe because of their endless catalog, or maybe because of their often primitive sound quality, but Robert Pollard has serious songwriting chops. "Game of Pricks" wouldn't sound out of place on an early Beatles album, and I mean that in the best possible way. That being said, their catalog does go in a lot of different directions, not all of them immediately accessible.

The Heavy Blinkers - The Night and I Are Still So Young - "The Night and I Are Still So Young":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEaz_Z7sZuA
This is richly orchestrated, compositionally nuanced pop in the vein of Pet Sounds or The Carpenters. Just like the Carpenters, they can get a little bubblegummy at times, but usual lead vocalist Ruth Minnikin has a voice to melt glass, and it's so well put together. Another band/song/album that is not best enjoyed via YouTube.

The Green Pajamas - All Clues Lead to Megan's Bed - "Death By Poisoning":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyf4-qsjTfs&feature=related
While not an hugely well-known band, I've always had the impression that there's a small, dedicated fanbase that believes that The Green Pajamas have made some of the finest psych-pop for at least a couple decades now. I don't know if I'd go that far, but this album is definitely worth a spin.

Lawrence Arabia - Chant Darling - "Apple Pie Bed":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgM74NERL_s
This is actually one of my favorite albums of the year. Definitely for fans of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci or Super Furry Animals, slightly off-kilter, fun, warm pop music.

The Left Banke - There's Going to Be a Storm - "Walk Away Renee":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAh1dQu_pg&feature=related
The Left Banke has always been one of my favorite "B-tier" 60s pop bands. They were definitely onto something. Posting this song might be redundant, as it's rightfully considered a classic, but I'm sure a lot of GAFers have let it slip by them, until now.

Love - Forever Changes - "Alone Again Or":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yVBMUXr4xo
Maybe I'm straying a little too far, as this song is pretty far from Anglophilic. But it's pretty contemporary with the Beatles, and takes things in an entirely different direction. This song should serve as an introduction to what is now considered an essential album

The New Pornographers - Together - "Crash Years":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KZANuDcRO4
There are probably plenty of New Pornographers songs I could pick that are more appropriate for this thread, but the real point is that the New Pornographers (Neko Case, Destroyer's Dan Bejar and ringleader A. C. Newman) are a modern pop factory. Maybe what they most share with the Beatles is a professional-like commitment to crafting a perfect song without ever allowing it to come off as artifice or impersonal.

The Only Ones - The Only Ones - "Another Girl, Another Planet":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvO7HNQPFRI
I carry this band's torch with a dedication that really knows no match. Think Replacements or VU and you're on the right track. Their three albums are not to be missed, great guitars, great vocals, great writing, everything.

Pernice Brothers - Overcome by Happiness - "Overcome by Happiness":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF02KEfUCtc&feature=related
A little bit of a modern indie rock sheen with tinges of alt. country (hints of Joe Pernice's earlier band, The Scud Mountain Boys), The Pernice Brothers mostly traffic in shimmering but incredibly depressing guitar pop.

Phantom Buffalo - Take to the Hills - "Mrs. Connelly":
http://www.myspace.com/phantombuffalo
In my estimation they're one of the most criminally overlooked bands around. Not too dissimilar from the aforementioned Pernice Brothers in terms of sound (though they sometimes evocate Love), they rarely veer outside of a classically weird, psychedelic zone area that suits them just fine.

Sagittarius - Present Tense - "My World Fell Down":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU0Tfaluna0
A studio project of Gary Usher, Sagittarius is closest to the Zombies or the Beach Boys. I wish I could have found "You Know I've Found a Way" but this is more popular anyway. Great studio pop.

Sonny & The Sunsets - Tomorrow is Alright - "Too Young to Burn":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2xYzvAqhw
This song is a recent obsession. Probably closest to The Violent Femmes or Johnathan Richman but I saw it in my iTunes and felt like anyone with an interest in any of the other stuff mentioned in this thread might get something out of it.

Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque - "The Concept":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqYibZeafg8
This is an early 90s album, pretty reminiscent of the Byrds and (at other parts of the album) Big Star. I'm kind of running out of ways to say "pop music" at this point, so I'm going to call it good and try to better adhere to my policy of not talking music on GAF.

EDIT: But if anyone is interested I can go through some Nuggets comps, etc., and post some of them best tracks in the next few days.
 
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Revolution number one said:
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Came to post this, also this song by Liam has a Lennon aura over it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJgBkreAuw
 
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Revolution number one said:
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I thought their second album sounded more Beatles-esque than the first.

Could be though because I never listened to ANYTHING Oasis until last year, and their second album 'What's the Story Morning Glory' was the first one I listened to from beginning to end. After listening to it from beginning to end, the first comment that I made was that those guys sounded like a late 1990s version of the Beatles.
 
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DeathbyVolcano said:
No.

George Harrison's solo career >>>>>>> any respective Beatle solo career.

All Things Must Pass is incredible.
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I disagree.

John Lennon's solo work is incredible. You would think the only good thing he came out with was Imagine since that's almost the only song that gets played on the radio.

#9 dream
Watching the Wheels
Love
Mind Games
imagine
Mother

long live lennonism!
 
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Tim-E

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I love you for this thread, OP.

KS Seven X said:
I disagree.

John Lennon's solo work is incredible. You would think the only good thing he came out with was Imagine since that's almost the only song that gets played on the radio.

#9 dream
Watching the Wheels
Love
Mind Games
imagine
Mother

long live lennonism!
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Plastic Ono Band is a better album than Imagine. All Things Must Pass is better than both of them.
 
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This thread needs a lot more of Montreal love.

Try their albums like "Satanic Panic in the Attic", "Aldhils Arboretum". Lots of their other tunes could be considered Beatles-like too.
 
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Revolution number one

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bill0527 said:
I thought their second album sounded more Beatles-esque than the first.

Could be though because I never listened to ANYTHING Oasis until last year, and their second album 'What's the Story Morning Glory' was the first one I listened to from beginning to end. After listening to it from beginning to end, the first comment that I made was that those guys sounded like a late 1990s version of the Beatles.
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Better singles off the second album but as an album itself it's kind of a mess
 
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DeathbyVolcano said:
No.

George Harrison's solo career >>>>>>> any respective Beatle solo career.

All Things Must Pass is incredible.
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Ram by McCartney is pretty sweet but I do agree that All Things Must Pass is incredible.


Response the thread, I say Apples in Stereo.
 
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Mineshaft_Gap

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Tetra-9 said:
This thread needs a lot more of Montreal love.

Try their albums like "Satanic Panic in the Attic", "Aldhils Arboretum". Lots of their other tunes could be considered Beatles-like too.
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Those are two of their more disco inspired albums. The Gay Parade and Asleep in Poppies are their two most heavily Beatles/Beach Boys inspired albums in my opinion. The two you listed are both excellent I'll admit. I would encourage someone seeking a Beatles fix to check out Gay Parade and Asleep in Poppies first and expand into their other albums later on. They've got a ton of material and those two albums are the starting point.

To the guy who mentioned Love - Forever Changes and Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque.

Forever Changes is an album that should be listened to by everyone regardless of any sort of Beatles influence. They were much more San Fransisco psychedelic/folk than anything else but they were the best of that type of music bar none.

I would have mentioned Teenage Fanclub. Awesome band. I didn't mention them, Matthew Sweet, and The Posies because I think the audible Beatles influence is twice maybe third removed. They're closer to Big Star than they are The Beatles. I know I sort of have to grow into music over time.

Straight after coming out of my Beatles stupor I wouldn't have appreciated Teenage Fanclub, Matthew Sweet, and the Posies as much had I not discovered Big Star and others first. Don't know if that makes sense...

Cheap Trick!

Cheap Trick probably fall into The Who camp just as much as they fall into the Beatles camp. It's funny because they also fall into the Big Star camp! Fucking amazing band that's at their peak not in the studio.... but live. Cheap Trick are one of the most underrated bands of the 70's. MONSTER musicians and an incredible singer. Beatle esque hard rock.... what more can you ask? More than their fair share of Beatles covers too. In fact they put out an entire album covering Sgt. Peppers. Their first album features a song I'd almost consider a sequel to Taxman off of Revolver. It's called Taxman, Mr. Thief. Cool song! Killer band!
 
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The last Panic at the Disco album was so heavily Beatles influenced that McCartney should be getting royalties.


Really good album though.
 
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I would contribute to the Paul/George solo discussion from earlier but it's been done.

Instead, I'll offer this song by Gene Clark. Clark was one of the founding members of the Byrds and their primary songwriter (besides Dylan hawhaw) until his departure after their second album. His contributions to the Byrds were already heavily influenced by the Beatles ("I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better") but his first solo album, Gene Clark with The Gosdin Brothers, outdoes it with "Elevator Operator" (and the rest of the album is a good mix of the Byrds/Beatles).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxeOpCIIc60
 
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Ducky_McGee said:
Straight after coming out of my Beatles stupor I wouldn't have appreciated Teenage Fanclub, Matthew Sweet, and the Posies as much had I not discovered Big Star and others first. Don't know if that makes sense...
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Oh yeah, I even used the phrase "two or three degrees removed" from the Beatles in my description, but I figured power pop was made fair game since Big Star and Badfinger made up a lot of the first post. I was also writing more toward the enthusiastic pop fan who wanted to go into it and its descendants a little deeper as opposed to another post about Oasis.
 
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Mineshaft_Gap

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Not dissing your suggestions by any means! I'm just saying I personally appreciated them more because I of how I was introduced to them.

Power pop is absolutely fair game. Power pop <333333333

Thought of another person who's a must listen.

Chris Bell!

He was the other half of Big Star... and he left after the first Big Star album. His album I Am The Cosmos was released post posthumously and guess what... it's a masterpiece. Chiggity check it.
 
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Mineshaft_Gap

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Sorry to bump my old thread but I thought this was relevant information.

Someone recommended Emitt Rhodes before. Thanks a ton! This guy is awesome! I bought a 2 CD collection on amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002CPD5K8/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Bought it after I realized the albums by themselves are IMPOSSIBLE to find. This set has the first 4 albums he made and it's great... and it's $30!

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He's also adorable.
 
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Mineshaft_Gap

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ShineALight said:
Great OP, this thread is one of them most personally exciting I've seen in a few years of lurking OT. I can see what you mean about some of the E6 people, but everything I've read or heard most of the guys (outside of modern Kevin Barnes) is that they're some of the sweetest, most sincere dudes. I think their naming convention has more to do with wanting to preserve what's their idea of a tradition of psych-pop weirdness and engaging in things in a way that feels real and fun to them, not a desire to be hipper than thou. Maybe I'm an apologist, but again, heard nothing but good things about 90% of those people.

Anyway, love this kind of music and could probably dig up a few bands that some of you guys could get into. This might get a little bit long but, eh, why not, I'm not sleeping anytime soon.

As far as E6 stuff goes, The Minders and Circulatory System deserve a mention.

The Minders - Hooray For Tuesday - "Yeah Yeah Yeah":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzqN_gp0644
Unfortunately, this is kind of a "minor" Minders song, but there's really slim pickings on YouTube. The albums Hooray For Tuesday and Bright, Guilty World are both solid 60s pop through and through, though.

Circulatory System - Circulatory System - "Joy":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_jidcdzXuU
This is Will Cullen Hart's (of OTC) new band. It's a little darker and more blatantly psychedelic than most of the things talked about so far, but this album is amazing and unlike anything else I've heard. It takes some time to reveal it's charms, though.

XTC - Skylarking - "Ballet For A Rainy Day":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a11mwm0rXX4
This album is one of the best strongly 60s inspired albums of the 80s. Produced by Todd Rundgren. Check out their side project The Dukes of Stratosphear for even more Beatles-esque tunes.

Bikeride - Morning Macumba - "Knees on Top":
http://www.myspace.com/bikeride
I urge anyone interested in well-crafted 60s/psych/whatever pop to check out this tune. They were a band that were never really given their due and their singer quite tragically passed away in 2008. Their earlier stuff borders on twee but their last few releases are very accomplished Beach Boys-esque pop.

Chris Stamey - DIY Come Out and Play - "The Summer Sun":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84_uiSGcin0
This is Chris Stamey of The dB's, who have more in common with Big Star than the Beatles, but this is just a perfectly constructed pop song, definitely Anglophilic and a shining moment for power pop.

Beulah - Yoko - "Landslide Baby":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8S3k2TWaJo
Another great E6 band, but mostly only by association, they were very little involved in any real collective. They had three albums of sunshiney, expertly-crafted pop before releasing their final album, Yoko, which was darker but also their most accomplished work.

Butterfly Child - Soft Explosives - "Drunk on Beauty":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BorhEgWMOog
To be honest, I'm no expert on this band. I found out about them on some likely now extinct music website almost a decade ago, and have never fully explored their catalog. There's a few tracks by them that I go back to, though, and this is one of them.

Ambulance LTD. - Ambulance LTD. - "Stay Where You Are":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plARzmiX5k
Honestly, I'm not sure how Beatles-influenced this is, but it's some great guitar pop and one of the dudes worked with John Cale for a while so that gives them some 60s pop cred. I sat on this album for a while before getting into it but it's indispensable now.

The Deadly Snakes - Porcella - "Gore Veil":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj2vSLRpYj4
This band has more in common with The Rolling Stones than the Beatles, but I don't think that that warrants their exclusion from this thread. One of the best garage rock albums I've heard in the past few years.

The Delgados - Hate - "All You Need Is Hate":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSMLx44DqFc
No need to explain the Beatles connection on this one, it says it all right there in the title. I have to say though, as great a song as this, you're doing yourself a disservice by listening to it on YouTube. It's bombastic and rich, aided by the production of David Fridmann, probably best known for produced a lot of the best Flaming Lips albums.

The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic - "Sleeping Aides and Razor Blades":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1rS5V9mZHA
Probably the most rocking song I'll include in this post. It's a few degrees removed from pure Anglophilic, Beatles-esque pop, in that The Exploding Hearts are more of a direct descendant of power pop bands like Big Star, The dB's, The Replacements and the Nerves, but anyone who likes loud guitar, big hooks and a bit of a punk attitude should feel at home with this. Another sad story here, all but one of the members died in a car accident while on tour and they only managed to put out one proper album in their career.

The Glands - The Glands - "Swim":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn-Ip7HwWLE
I hate to reference a Pitchfork review, but they were right when they identified The Glands as a band of enthusiastic music nerds whose record collections probably outweighed their ambitions or proficiency, but regardless, their self-titled album is an eclectic, top-notch pop album.

Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes - "Game of Pricks":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlZlst4NBVw
Hands down my favorite band. Some people just don't "get it", maybe because of their endless catalog, or maybe because of their often primitive sound quality, but Robert Pollard has serious songwriting chops. "Game of Pricks" wouldn't sound out of place on an early Beatles album, and I mean that in the best possible way. That being said, their catalog does go in a lot of different directions, not all of them immediately accessible.

The Heavy Blinkers - The Night and I Are Still So Young - "The Night and I Are Still So Young":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEaz_Z7sZuA
This is richly orchestrated, compositionally nuanced pop in the vein of Pet Sounds or The Carpenters. Just like the Carpenters, they can get a little bubblegummy at times, but usual lead vocalist Ruth Minnikin has a voice to melt glass, and it's so well put together. Another band/song/album that is not best enjoyed via YouTube.

The Green Pajamas - All Clues Lead to Megan's Bed - "Death By Poisoning":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyf4-qsjTfs&feature=related
While not an hugely well-known band, I've always had the impression that there's a small, dedicated fanbase that believes that The Green Pajamas have made some of the finest psych-pop for at least a couple decades now. I don't know if I'd go that far, but this album is definitely worth a spin.

Lawrence Arabia - Chant Darling - "Apple Pie Bed":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgM74NERL_s
This is actually one of my favorite albums of the year. Definitely for fans of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci or Super Furry Animals, slightly off-kilter, fun, warm pop music.

The Left Banke - There's Going to Be a Storm - "Walk Away Renee":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAh1dQu_pg&feature=related
The Left Banke has always been one of my favorite "B-tier" 60s pop bands. They were definitely onto something. Posting this song might be redundant, as it's rightfully considered a classic, but I'm sure a lot of GAFers have let it slip by them, until now.

Love - Forever Changes - "Alone Again Or":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yVBMUXr4xo
Maybe I'm straying a little too far, as this song is pretty far from Anglophilic. But it's pretty contemporary with the Beatles, and takes things in an entirely different direction. This song should serve as an introduction to what is now considered an essential album

The New Pornographers - Together - "Crash Years":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KZANuDcRO4
There are probably plenty of New Pornographers songs I could pick that are more appropriate for this thread, but the real point is that the New Pornographers (Neko Case, Destroyer's Dan Bejar and ringleader A. C. Newman) are a modern pop factory. Maybe what they most share with the Beatles is a professional-like commitment to crafting a perfect song without ever allowing it to come off as artifice or impersonal.

The Only Ones - The Only Ones - "Another Girl, Another Planet":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvO7HNQPFRI
I carry this band's torch with a dedication that really knows no match. Think Replacements or VU and you're on the right track. Their three albums are not to be missed, great guitars, great vocals, great writing, everything.

Pernice Brothers - Overcome by Happiness - "Overcome by Happiness":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF02KEfUCtc&feature=related
A little bit of a modern indie rock sheen with tinges of alt. country (hints of Joe Pernice's earlier band, The Scud Mountain Boys), The Pernice Brothers mostly traffic in shimmering but incredibly depressing guitar pop.

Phantom Buffalo - Take to the Hills - "Mrs. Connelly":
http://www.myspace.com/phantombuffalo
In my estimation they're one of the most criminally overlooked bands around. Not too dissimilar from the aforementioned Pernice Brothers in terms of sound (though they sometimes evocate Love), they rarely veer outside of a classically weird, psychedelic zone area that suits them just fine.

Sagittarius - Present Tense - "My World Fell Down":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU0Tfaluna0
A studio project of Gary Usher, Sagittarius is closest to the Zombies or the Beach Boys. I wish I could have found "You Know I've Found a Way" but this is more popular anyway. Great studio pop.

Sonny & The Sunsets - Tomorrow is Alright - "Too Young to Burn":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2xYzvAqhw
This song is a recent obsession. Probably closest to The Violent Femmes or Johnathan Richman but I saw it in my iTunes and felt like anyone with an interest in any of the other stuff mentioned in this thread might get something out of it.

Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque - "The Concept":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqYibZeafg8
This is an early 90s album, pretty reminiscent of the Byrds and (at other parts of the album) Big Star. I'm kind of running out of ways to say "pop music" at this point, so I'm going to call it good and try to better adhere to my policy of not talking music on GAF.

EDIT: But if anyone is interested I can go through some Nuggets comps, etc., and post some of them best tracks in the next few days.
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I wanted to quote this post for it is the best I've ever seen posted here on NeoGAF.

I went out and bought XTC Skylarking as a result of this post. Went out and bought Oranges and Lemons and Nonsuch later the same day after listening to it.

A few of the bands you listed I'm already a fan of. Most of them I've never heard before. I'm going to listen to each and every one of these bands.
 
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brianjones said:
the beatles are over credited with so much it's gross

people act like they invented song itself
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How about you go to hell and you die!

You can post a thread for whatever shitty band YOU like and I'll leave you to your devices.
 
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Check out White Pepper from Ween. Other than the title being a clever Beatles pun, some of the songs seem very beatles-esque. The songs are really good too, if a little nonsensical :p
 
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I read this quote somewhere:

Reporter to Paul McCartney: "Are you still the greatest songwriter who's ever walked the earth?"

Macca: "Not so long as Neil Finn is still walking the earth."

And I have to say, McCartney has fucking awesome taste!

Go out and buy "Try and Whistle This" and thank me later!
 
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