So today a friend of mind told be about too indie rock bands the first being Vampire Weekend who describe there sound as Punk / New Wave / Classical there sound is similar to The Shins with a classical twist there sound is quite impressive. The Next Band is the one that really stands out Nouvelle Vague Nouvelle Vague is a band from France that does 1960's style bossa nova covers of 80's Punk Rock and New Wave songs. Check out there cover of too dunk to fuck by the dead kennedys it will totally blow your mind. There Influences Include the following and the diversity in there Influences really shows
POST PUNK BANDS: Joy Division, the Cure, Human League...
60's BOSSA NOVA: Jobim, Sergio Mendes, Gilberto...
60's & 70's JAZZ: Miles Davis, Hancock, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Don Cherry...
AVANT GARDE ARTISTS: Luc Ferrari, Parmegiani, Stockhausen, Xenakis, Cage...
SOUNDTRACKS COMPOSERS: J Barry, F. de Roubaix, Shiffrin, Morricone, Lgrand, Roy Budd...
FANTASTIC FEMALE SINGERS: Julie London, Dusty Springfield, Nancy Sinatra, Bobby Gentry...
AND Jamaican Roots Music, Mento, Ska, Rocksteady, Dub
Electronica, Autechre, Jackson, Matmos, Curtis Road...
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