Recommend me something that's dirty, raucous, and fun... but also arty, melodic, and memorable

Having real trouble finding anyone what I'm looking for. Maybe something sort of like Brainiac or Polvo, but with the weirdness toned down a shade and more song oriented. "Fun" and "arty" (or at least non-formulaic) at least seem hard to find in the same place, and I'm often finding that music that is the least bit challenging is rarely melodically memorable. Want your suggestions!

shoot up at a godspeed you black emperor! show

I wouldn't know anything about this

Do I have to be the guy who says CARDIACS

Adam & the Ants: Ant Rap

ultros, you ruined it!

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Adam & the Ants are SO MUCH BETTER than Cardiacs, geez

Or idk there's always Natsumen. Their rhythms can get quite knotty and complex but the approach to melody/harmony is usually fairly simplistic so they're pretty catchy. Way more fun than instrumental jazz-rock has any right to be anyway.

It's true, but is he better than Deep Turtle? xp

I'm not kidding, btw. There's A Vomitsprinkler In My Liverriver is literally the one album from anywhere ever that lies at the grimy joyous heart of this request. Hear it right now.

Deep Turtle were great! I think I probably first heard of them because of you a while back ago. If anything I like the singles collection Rip-Off Dokumento even more than their album

Shit, I need to hear that! Thanks for the tip-off...

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I flipped through a couple Cardiacs albums and the Deep Turtle album, and both seemed to me almost as spastic, weird, and phantasmagorical as Mr. Bungle. I think I could get into the Cardiacs, but right now I'm looking for the weirdness to be toned down even more than either of those bands. Like maybe 20% weird. These bands are like 75% weird.

Do you like Mew? They're more "pretty" than "dirty and raucous" though.

Just listened to a Mew song, and the production is far too clean/sterile/modern for me. Also, yeah, not very raucous. I like stuff that sounds a little (or a lot) uncontrolled.

Any number of Royal Trux albums might fit the bill, if you're unfamiliar (Accelerator is maybe closest to what you're asking for). Latter-day Melt Banana brings a bit of melodicism to the table of crazy (like Bambi's Dilemma).

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, mayhaps?

Eddie Shit meets most of the thread's criteria, but also farty

My answer this year would be Major Games

https://majorgames.bandcamp.com/

...who are strike me as ELO mugged by a In the Red band.

Ten years ago, my answer would have been The Pony's Celebration Castle.

Laddio Bolocko?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vI-dbV4D9k

Gezan? (skip intro btw)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsY7gCSygFs

Gang Gang Dance maybe? I find their singer annoying, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPGXFZpBtlY

http://st37.bandcamp.com/album/glare

http://st37.bandcamp.com/album/spaceage

https://youtu.be/6o4Z5qBjY-E

(Though Black Bananas' 2nd album, Electric Brick Wall, is probably more melodically memorable)

Gorilla Toss?

https://guerillatoss.bandcamp.com/

Horse Lords?

https://horselords.bandcamp.com/

Oneida has a ton of melod9cally memorable songs, check out Secret Wars, Happy New Year, Each One Teach One, Rated O

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqkqxRd9_pk

Life Without Building?

.....s?

smashing temple jam

for real though,

DO YOU LIKE ME? by Goblin Mold
http://goblinmold.bandcamp.com

also Deerhoof, duh

Fastbacks song is nice! Very very nice! Lovely pop-punk.

I'm reluctant to venture too far from Cardiacs or the 1990s for this...so here's Sidi Bou Said

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1sVJ1SqD40

Patagonian Rats by Tera Melos might just fit the bill, earlier stuff's more generic math-rock and later more pop, that particular record is a goo dbalance of both w/ some noisy freakouts here and there.

http://teramelos.bandcamp.com/album/patagonian-rats

It's hard to think of things that are complex, hooky AND noisy without being a bit weird.

I mean there's Tatsuya Yoshida's band Ruins and Koenji Hyakkei as well but they may again be too odd for what you're looking for right now.

looool Koenjihyakkei will send poliopolice into a stupor

actually no that's a lie, they're really straightforward, maybe not even 20% weird, let's call it 18%

this is a pretty little ditty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b103w4JysI

god I should really proof-read my posts

deerhoof

Also, I've never heard Sidi Bou Said before and I thought I'd heard everything Cardiacs related (that's been officially released). I'll have to give them further listens.

On that tip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kMjAF0nF98&ab_channel=Typhareth

I should probably stop now

jeez, the bands listed here are all weirder than brainiac. you should listen to, like, the music from katamari damacy. or maybe some polysics or something. here's a styx cover. if it's too weird for you, i don't know, maybe just listen to some beck or something:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEcx-S69bWE

^thought of this band as well, poliopolice you should check out the album, stuff like the opening track ('the king of evil') is exactly what you're after i think

xpost to the monsoon bassoon

rushomancy probably otm

also, this song was featured on john oliver's show a couple months back, and i like it. i have no idea if this is at all representative of contemporary thai rock. if goofy east asian takes on national socialism offend you, though, maybe give it a miss:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydRxCUZp8Bg

also, have you heard vertical scratchers? i think schmersal from brainiac is one of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Ob8Io8i88

I'm still going through this list. Thanks for the suggestions so far.

Any number of Royal Trux albums might fit the bill, if you're unfamiliar (Accelerator is maybe closest to what you're asking for).

Out of everything I've had a chance to listen to, I'd say this is the closest so far. It rocks, and things go in unexpected directions but it's not masturbatory and weird-for-weird's-sake. Still making my way through the list though. The Fastbacks song is cool, and I'm actually a big fan of theirs, but I wouldn't have said they pushed any envelopes for weirdness, though they hit on a lot of the other pieces I'm looking for. I listened to a couple Goblin Mold songs, and liked the general vibe, but not really raucous and fun to my ears.

Will update on the full list when I get the chance. Thanks again for the suggestions, and keep 'em coming if you have others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Gry91znr8

:D

X. The blend of John Doe & Exene's voices gives the artiness. Hungry Wolf below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLzQ-v0C8CA

field music

I was thinking maybe check out some Six Finger Satellite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5FqS4XFOto

Steel Pole Bath Tub - Butterfly Love

(not much of a fan of the rest of their stuff, but that one album is perfect)

First thing I thought of was James Chance- Dish It Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re6uN1lOTQw

^ my favourite neanderthal bassline, brilliant

Another good one is House Of Jealous Lovers by The Rapture

Might be barking up the wrong tree here but how about Les Savy Fav?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT9hswfr_os

https://youtu.be/UPt2sSXEFzc

I dug this Girl Band performance when I watched it. Maybe not so melodic but there are hooks. https://youtu.be/mxC2-VpIkcg

It's not very raucous at all but a couple of people here might get a kick out of this very early Sidi Bou Said demo. Not sure if it's ever done the rounds.

https://www.mixcloud.com/distantdrums/sidi-bou-said-demo/

The Ex, NOMEANSNO, Hey Colossus.

"Just a bit of fun"

Daisy Chainsaw
Times New Viking

I know exactly what you're looking for. Check out Cake Like and Chinchilla's 101 Italian Hit. And Xenia Rubinos' Magic Trix if you want more recent stuff.

101 Italian HitS, sorry

Dead Rider. The weirdness might not be tuned back much but these guys have all your boxes checked, and they do it even better live. One of the coolest bands doing it today. Check 'em out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axyk-E9xODw