50 Best Band Names of 2011 (So far…) (26-50)
Whether you listen to an artist because they sound good or because you’ve been attracted by their name, either item always seems to be one of two reasons you’ve discovered any number of songs in your music library. Remember the old days before iTunes when you would look at the album cover and say, “Yup, I’m going to buy this”. Now that times have changed and music is so readily available to us, it still comes down to the band name itself that can either make or break our decision to even listen to the artist.
The list below represents the first half of our top 50 band names of 2011. These are actually band names and were noteworthy enough that we listed them either on our New Releases or Daily Download. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
Continue your journey and check out our top 25 of our 50 Best Band Names of 2011.
50. Religious Knives [Artist] – Because you never know when you’ll need a blessed blade to do an act of kindness. Smokescreen
49. Professor Calculus [Artist] – Math rock? Most people who don’t pay attention in this class probably refer to their teacher by this name already.
48. Friendly Fires [Artist] – We’re a bit biased here since we consider ourselves friendly and we play with fire on a daily basis. Pala
47. Glass Gifts [Artist] - Crystal would be nice, but these will do. Tabletension
46. Motopony [Artist] – A high-tech horse comes along every so often and you just have to ride with it. Motopony
45. Tennis [Artist] – The preppiness and the simplicity drew us in. Cape Dory
44. Tigers That Talked [Artist] – Brits Holy Saturday, Gloomy Sunday
43. Seefeel [Artist] – When our two senses combine. Seefeel
42. Vacation Dad [Artist] – Taking a vacation with dad to the experimental side. “Miss You”
41. Cage the Elephant [Artist] – I guess you would need a monkey who knows karate to do this. Thank You Happy Birthday
40. Botanical Bullets [Artist] – TheSomething soft with something hard. We Bleed Fluorescent
39. Morning Fuzz [Artist] – Starting out the day with cobwebs from the night before stirs interest in what went down. “Sever The Range”
38. Aquabats! [Artist] – Punk superheroes kick some serious butt in underwater supersonic ways. Hi-Five Soup
37. Six Organs of Admittance [Artist] – Can you name the six organs of admittance? It got us poking around. Asleep on the Floodplain
36. Man Man [Artist] – Thank goodness they changed from Magic Blood to Gamelon to this current name. Street cred, not wizard world cred, man. Life Fantastic
35. Ponytail [Artist] – Much more appealing than mullet, rat tail, mohawk (not Mohawk Lounge though), buzz, perm, fro, Jheri curl, beehive or any other hairstyle. The album name says it all, too. Do Whatever You Want All the Time!
34. One in a Googolplex [Artist] – How can you not like a name that stems from Back to the Future? Good job, Sebastian Zimmer. “Lilly”
33. Carolina Chocolate Drops [Artist] – This quartet sounds delicious. Carolina Chocolate Drops
32. Under the Elephant [Artist] – It seems that band names with elephant are gaining steam on tigers and wolves. “Red Light Green Light”
31. St Ranger [Artist] – Not ‘Stranger’, St Ranger could be the patron of indie artists everywhere. Ohnowoe
30. I’m From Barcelona [Artist] – I’m from Mumbai doesn’t spark conversation quite the same way. Forever Today
29. Architecture in Helsinki [Artist] – The abstract and unknown of Finland’s capital has us all wondering what can we learn from this. Moments Bends
28. Bloody Beetroots [Artist] – Dance/electronica for a ‘bloody’ good time. Best of Remixes
27. Beast Make Bomb [Artist] – Think of Thom Yorke’s side project Atoms for Peace and this blows it away.
26. Be Good Tanyas [Artist] - Named after a Obo Martin song titled “Be Good Tanya”, this female threesome is better than Tanya. Blue Horse
Honorable Mention
Art Department [Artist]
Dinosaur Bones [Artist]
Dirtbombs [Artist]
Dum Dum Girls [Artist]
Eulogies [Artist]
In Tall Buildings [Artist]
Meat Puppets [Artist]
Men [Artist]
Middle Brother [Artist]
Morning Claws [Artist]
Panda Bear [Artist]
Parts & Labor [Artist]
Protest The Hero [Artist]
Red Wanting Blue [Artist]
Seapony [Artist]
Sleepy Rebels [Artist]
The One AM Radio [Artist]
The Pretty Reckless [Artist]
TV on the Radio [Artist]
Yuck [Artist]
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