Progressive pop bands?

[gunslinger_burrito]

So I'm listening to Of Montreal's Skeletal Lamping and it's, you know, really good. And I feel like it's pretty progressive and unique among the pop I've been exposed to.

Does anyone know of some music along the same lines? Poppy, dancey, whatever....but kind of progressive and experimental? I like St. Vincent pretty good too....

thoughts?

[kbit]

Progressive pop makes me think of Tricot.

[eggy in a bready]

New Pornographers?

[eggy in a bready]

The Dodos write some catchy stuff. the drummer has a degree in african tribal drumming or some shit so a lot of their songs have this sick polyrhythmic slant to them

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI3QD7rZok4[/youtube]

[D.o.S.]

thoughts?

LOL. Just troll old myspace lists that include the Garden State soundtrack.

[neonblack]

Buke and Gase have been doing it for me lately.

The Velvet Teen is always good.

Maybe Viet Cong counts?

I'll try to think of some more.

[WeHuntKings]

Buke and Gase have been doing it for me lately.

Yeah they are killer, saw them open for Battles here and it was seriously good. One of those bands that keeps you guessing about where the song is going, but still very catchy.

[Twangasaurus]

The new Chk Chk Chk or Toro Y Moi or Julia Holter or Perfume or Connan Mockasin or something? Dunno.

[OddKnowledge]

The Velvet Teen is always good.

You're a TVT fan too? I knew i liked you for a reason neonblack.

i have a few suggestions

Foals
The Dismemberment Plan (and the Travis Morrison Hellfighters album All Y'all, its pretty darn close to sounding like DPlan)
Everything Everything
i guess Minus The Bear would count.

[gunslinger_burrito]

The Dodos write some catchy stuff. the drummer has a degree in african tribal drumming or some shit so a lot of their songs have this sick polyrhythmic slant to them

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI3QD7rZok4[/youtube]

I DO like the drumming in this.... Checking out some more stuff now.

[neonblack]

The Velvet Teen is always good.

You're a TVT fan too? I knew i liked you for a reason neonblack.

i have a few suggestions

Foals
The Dismemberment Plan (and the Travis Morrison Hellfighters album All Y'all, its pretty darn close to sounding like DPlan)
Everything Everything
i guess Minus The Bear would count.

And yes to all these. D Plan is one of my favorites. Uncanny Valley wasn't as good as their older stuff but its still solid. Change is my favorite album, followed by Emergency & I.

[More_Divebombs]

Rx Bandits - And the battle begun. ProgPop with horns.

Think they ditched the horn section after this record and went full-tilt prog.

[gunslinger_burrito]

hmmm I'm liking chk chk chk so far. They make cool videos

I forgot about RX Bandits!
Have to look at D plan.

[futuresailors]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XRgHlxVAWA[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESZSKERJmwg[/youtube]

[casecandy]

I'll come back with a massive list (90% of Canadian music falls under this umbrella), but for now, know that if you like Skeletal Lamping, you will shit your pants for Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? which is just flawless from any angle you care to look. One of the best records of the 2000s, hands down. Hilarious, fucked up, and incredibly musical.