Will's Band Recommendation: Steel Train

I was introduced to Steel Train through their tour supporting Tegan and Sara (another band with which I was unfamiliar before then). Amber invited me to the concert and told me that I might like one of the openers considering their "psychedelic" tag on last.fm. While I didn't find it especially psychedelic, I was very interested as soon as she played "Dig" for me, and I obtained copies of all their albums at my first chance.

Steel Train performing in 2009

Will's Band Recommendation: The Young Veins

As far as musical taste goes, I was stuck in the 1960s until very recently. Sure, music had developed a lot since then, but nothing could really compare to the beginnings of what one might call rock. From the vocal harmonies, catchy melodies, and driving yet chiming guitars of beat music to early psychedelia's effects, and instrumentation, I almost felt that all the innovation that was really necessary had already been done. While I've come to accept that this definitely isn't the case, I still very much like that kind of music, and I have a sort of fondness for music that takes much of its influence from it.