Bands You Give the Benefit of the Doubt
 

For me, there are just some bands i can trust on blind faith. I'll buy the new record without hearing any of it because I know the band will release something good. I just trust the band's musical abilities.

My list:
sonic youth
built to spill
melt banana
white stripes
lightning bolt
Mission of burma

which bands do you give the priviledge?

bands who's releases have never disappointed me that i'd probably just pick up and buy (still-active bands only):

lightning bolt
melt banana
omoide hatoba
radiohead
shellac
thinking fellers union local # 282 (well, it's debatable if they're still together or not...)
venetian snares

that's all i can think of right now. but those artists are all fairly consistant...

Nurse With Wound, Legendary Pink Dots, Current 93, any Timothy Renner project, Jack Rose, Overhang Party.

Sonic Youth, Radiohead... Thats probably about it actually.

Whitehouse.

Hmmm not so sure about Built to spill.

Sonic Youth
Radiohead
Unwound
Xiu Xiu
Television

That's it I guess.

None.

So far as bands still in existence, hmmmm.....

I tend to buy stuff by current bands more because I want to see where they're 'at' at a certain point in their progression. So I don't mind if they have as dip in form or a change in style.

That said, I totally trust The Howling Hex.

Mary Timony
Deerhoof
Melt Banana

and oh yeah that band, you know, the one with the tall guy in it

I don't do this to specific bands, I could give any old group a go.

Haven't bought much recently, but just a few bands whose albums I recall buying without hearing:
Current 93
OOIOO
Melt-Banana
Sonic Youth
Kayo Dot
Boredoms

etc. etc.

Sonic Youth
Radiohead
The Strokes
Pixies (when)
MBV (if)
Smashing Pumpkins (fingers crossed)

sonic youth
neurosis

i doubt alot of bands are bands and they probably benefit for that cos they dont give a crap... nor do i

the fall

Sonic Youth
Xiu Xiu
Animal Collective
Deerhoof
Flaming Lips (probably)
Pavement (if I were a functioning human when they were releasing music)

so far bands that have surprised me a little by their much appreciated consistancy in quality album outputs:

Times New Viking
six organs of admittance
Fennesz

Sonic Youth
Dinosaur Jr (LOLZ :fuckyou:)
Yo La Tengo
Melvins
Melt-Banana

Lou Reed
Iggy Pop
Tom Waits
Morrissey

Radiohead
Björk
The Notwist

That was also the case with Laura Veirs until she released Saltbreakers :( and SY until they released Rather ripped :(

sonic youth
polyphonic spree
modest mouse
white stripes
pearl jam
Tom Waits