Recommend your favorite obcure band

[1000possibleclaws]

The other thread had an extremely confusing title and got locked, I assume because people posted popular albums. :dry:


Post your favorite relatively unknown artist(ie not mainstream music or mainstream 'indie' music) and cover art for their best works. Tell us something about them and don't make a spammy 2 word post like "dre - chronic" or I may get pissed and warn you, cause you obviously don't read thread content and post for no reason.


I'll go first:

Polar Bear Club (http://www.last.fm/music/Polar+Bear+Club) - (Heavy melodic punk rawk)

The Redder The Better EP
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q149/flunk126/174_maxsize_300_300.jpg?t=1240063580 (http://www.punknews.org/review/5337)
My Highlights: Election Day, Most Miserable Life

Sometimes Things Just Disappear
http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh394/Finalpizzahut/PolarBearClub-SometimesThingsJus-1.jpg?t=1240063537 (http://www.punknews.org/review/7116)
My Highlights: Hollow Place, Heart Attack at Thirty, As 'Twere the Mirror, Burned out in a Jar, but pretty much the whole album actually



These guys are great punk/post-hardcore in the vein of Hot Water Music, but more melodic. There's a great balance of screaming and singing, but its not instantly accessible like The Gaslight Anthem are. These albums have kept growing on me since I've started to listen to the band. I'll recommend this to anyone with an open mind and curiosity, or if you like punk and want something a bit heavier but still very melodic and catchy.

[rupturedsk]

Steve Kimock's Crazy Engine

kimock.com

RIDICULOUSLY GOOD JAMMING!

[KFlint]

Malajube (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malajube)

They are performing worldwide now but it's still an underground success and I don't think it's meant to change. I heard it's very popular in some college radios in the US.

If you decided to give it a try, I would suggest starting with the album named Trompe-L'oeil

http://www.bonsound.com/store/images/cd/DTC023.jpg


They recently released another album :

http://dawn.cbcr3.com/nmc/14/14928/Images/Maljube - Labyrinthes.jpg


That's powerful stuff, watch out :)

[Celerystalksme]

Polar Bear Club are great...cant wait for some new stuff.

Gaslight Anthem is also pretty cool stuff...american rock mixed with punk and a bit of folk...its all good.

T.S.O.L. you arent on punknews.org by any chance...haha =D

[SoapBar]

Comets on firehttp://www.aversion.com/bands/cometsonfire/images/cometsonfire.jpg

[1000possibleclaws]

Polar Bear Club are great...cant wait for some new stuff.

Gaslight Anthem is also pretty cool stuff...american rock mixed with punk and a bit of folk...its all good.

T.S.O.L. you arent on punknews.org by any chance...haha =D

Wow never thought I'd meet someone with such obscure (yet awesome) music tastes as me here on FST :lol:. I just reg'd with the nick 'TSOL'. I've lurked punknews on and off for awhile but never registered. PM me ur nick there and I'll keep an eye out for you :P


Comets on fire

You couldn't even write ONE sentence as to why I should check them out? Damn my lack of mod powers in this section! :pinch:

[brotherdoobie]

Is obcure a genera of music, I've not heard of...

I've been enjoying Robot Has A Werewolf Hand, lately, mostly because I like their blend of howling, monkey fucking a football sound; not because of their rareness, lyke (that would be mental, and ghey, ffs)

Noobs.


-brotherdoobie :snooty:

[1000possibleclaws]

Is obcure a genera of music, I've not heard of...

I've been enjoying Robot Has A Werewolf Hand, lately, mostly because I like their blend of howling, monkey fucking a football sound; not because of their rareness, lyke (that would be mental, and ghey, ffs)

Noobs.


-brotherdoobie :snooty:

Was trying introduce people to good music they would not hear otherwise, not trying to be snobby. I've got a "Robot Has a Werewolf Hand" cd somewhere on my desktop, thanks for the reminder; I'll check em out tomorrow cause I've got a long train ride. Maybe start a 'popular music you should check out' thread and get bombarded with suggestions of trance and metallica?

-T :dabs:

[brotherdoobie]

Is obcure a genera of music, I've not heard of...

I've been enjoying Robot Has A Werewolf Hand, lately, mostly because I like their blend of howling, monkey fucking a football sound; not because of their rareness, lyke (that would be mental, and ghey, ffs)

Noobs.


-brotherdoobie :snooty:

Was trying introduce people to good music they would not hear otherwise, not trying to be snobby. I've got a "Robot Has a Werewolf Hand" cd somewhere on my desktop, thanks for the reminder; I'll check em out tomorrow cause I've got a long train ride. Maybe start a 'popular music you should check out' thread and get bombarded with suggestions of trance and metallica?

-T :dabs:


I never said you were being snobby. You inferred that I was referring to you, lass. :emo:



-bd

[cinephilia]

Amancio D'Silva

Listen - A street in Bombay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ-P9qZVsjo)

Konkan Dance
http://i40.tinypic.com/2z9id90.jpg

[The Flying Cow]

Good music?

Madlib, Madvillain, Jaylib, The Beat Konducta, Quasimoto, Jay Dee (or J Dilla), Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Deltron 3030, Canto I is alright, Strange Fruit Project, Funky DL, Kero One, Pete Rock, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, The Pharcyde, Main Source, DJ Cam, Exile, DJ Shadow, Brand Nubian, Leaders of the New School, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Crown City Rockers (only heard one song so far but seemed solid), Pete Philly & Perquisite, Azzurro, Black Sheep, Craig Mack, Common, Digable Planets, Dream Warriors, Dulcet, Lootpack, Slum Village, Specifics, Us3, Symbolyc One & Illmind, etc.

Taste is subjective, and if you don't like old school/jazzy hip-hop then my list is useless to you. If you do like poetry though, or at least music that isn't comercialized or heavily dependent on swear words and the mention of guns, glocks and bitches, then go for it.

[mol3culez]

Future Rock.

If you like electronic music these guys do it proper.

http://fr.libsyn.com/ <--- some great podcasts

Also check out some of their utube videos. I promise you will not regret.

Conspirator are another great livetronica act I'd recommend to anyone into electronic music.
Myspace link: http://www.myspace.com/conspiratorofficial

[cinephilia]

Good music?

Madlib, Madvillain, Jaylib, The Beat Konducta, Quasimoto, Jay Dee (or J Dilla), Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Deltron 3030, Canto I is alright, Strange Fruit Project, Funky DL, Kero One, Pete Rock, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, The Pharcyde, Main Source, DJ Cam, Exile, DJ Shadow, Brand Nubian, Leaders of the New School, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Crown City Rockers (only heard one song so far but seemed solid), Pete Philly & Perquisite, Azzurro, Black Sheep, Craig Mack, Common, Digable Planets, Dream Warriors, Dulcet, Lootpack, Slum Village, Specifics, Us3, Symbolyc One & Illmind, etc.

nice list, i like most of the groups you posted.
you can also add some groups/artists like:
Slum Brothers, Paul Ray, Brother Arthur, Labtekwon, One Deep, Jedi Mind Tricks, Black Moon, Count Bass D, Benefit, Obscure Disorder, Lords of the Underground, Crooklyn Dodgers, Smif N' Wesson, Blakmajik, Micranots, Binary Star, Jazz Liberatorz and so on...

[1000possibleclaws]

Except Jedi Mind Tricks relies almost solely on swear words and weapons talk, which is what The Flying Cow is trying to avoid. Paz and his AOTP are Wu-Tang wannabes, and Jus Allah seems to be washed up if you listen to him on the latest JMT release.

Some of their stuff is pretty damn catchy either way though.

[The Flying Cow]

What I was about to say exactly, T.S.O.L.

Don't fancy Jedi Mind Tricks at all. Waay too aggressive for my taste.

Haven't heard any of those you mentioned Cinephilia, though I have heard of Smif N Wesson and Black Moon.

[cinephilia]

i agree about jedi mind tricks but some of their instrumentals are really awesome and even a bit jazzy sometimes.

ps: listen to those two songs and tell me what you think, you can't dislike them ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nSw56r2DnQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ninJU4KMNMM

dope!

[1000possibleclaws]

Yeah, Stoupe is amazing, no doubt about it. Downloaded his first solo release awhile ago and forgot about it, think I'll check that out sometime soon.

[Louie]

Don't fancy Jedi Mind Tricks at all. Waay too aggressive for my taste.

I like them its like some fun aggressive not real shit,at least older albums

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ7w-z4BvMo

[1000possibleclaws]

its like some fun aggressive not real shittouché

[cinephilia]

a great jazzy hip hop tune:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DON-EjNa7gM

[The Flying Cow]

Forgot to add Luniz to the list, and Binary Star. Great shit out there, fuh real.

[1000possibleclaws]

This isn't list your favorite bands, or recommend bands to other members who posted here. Do that via pm, let's get this thread back on track with quality recommendations instead of name dropping.

[Louie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H69PoZWNgzE