Obscure Band Appreciation Thread

[Sonorous]

So guys post some weird bands that you listen to, maybe give an explanation and some good cds to listen to. This way we can help spread the word about our favorite bands. I'll go first.

EDIT: Yeah, this probably belongs in Misc. but OT has cooler people in it.

(BIG LIST)

Aloha
Bright Eyes
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists
Portishead
Cursive
Death Cab For Cutie
Sunny Day Real Estate
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Son Ambulance
Radiohead
The Postal Service
Cake.
Spoon
Wilco
Desaparecidos
Commander Venus
Mars Volta
Ben Folds Five
Braid
Belle And Sebastian
Sea And Cake
Breaker! Breaker!
Burnside Project
Tortoise
The Faint
The Flaming Lips

[Against Will]

Could have saved the Mods the trouble and just put it in Misc.

Bands:
-The Plot To Blow Up the Eiffel Tower (EVERYONE MUST HEAR THEM!)
-This Is My Fist (incredible!)
-Dillinger Four (FRESH!)
-Against Me! (reason punk rock doesn't suck yet)
-Ghost Mice (heartwrenching)
-Saw Wheels (ditto)
-The Bananas (most of the groups mentioned are on Plan-It-X records, which is a phenomenal label: www.plan-it-x.com)
-Team Dresch (Lesbians playing hardcore punk with fire, conviction, rage and honesty. Criminally overlooked)
-Erase Erratta (weird and fun)
-Lightning Bolt (hometown heroes)
-Daughters (Providence grindcore kings. <3)
-Sex Positions (Boston fresh hardcore band)
-Mclusky (shut up and get their latest two albums!)
-Les Nubians (wonderful voices, in french...some english)
-Sage Francis/Non-prophets (RI MC/duo. Vicious and hilarious)
-Grand Buffet (great hip-hop duo. awesome live show)
-Aesop Rock (Cerebral)
-Cannibal Ox (aggressive and dangerous duo)
-Lifter Puller (no one likes his voice...I still think he's great though)
-Mastodon (hurt people and love Mastodon)
-Lungfish (The musical equivalent of reading James Joyce)
-Nation of Ulysess (old school)
-Make Up (Who T(I)NC wishes they could be...weirdos)
-Discount (greatest pop-punk band ever? possibly)
-The Gits (rule)
-the Constantines (desparate but determined)
-the chinkees (wonderful, honest, catchy, experience)


and I'm spent.

[LukeRazor]

One of my alltime fave records (and I do mean vinyl ) is

Genital Deformities - Shag Nasty! Oi!

Never seen it before or since but great.

[Benjamin Strange]

Course of Empire - artsy metal stuff with two drummers and a serious Persian influence. Check them out.

[leanne]

Cymande -
Pretty cool funk band from London in the early 70's. Sort of make me think Meters/Curtis Mayfield/Mandrill.

[JimK]

Cool stuff, Leanne.
Definite Meters meets Mandrill vibe.

[ironmaidenisgod]

Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange

Course of Empire - artsy metal stuff with two drummers and a serious Persian influence. Check them out.

Great band.

Also recommend Pegazus for fans of Maiden/Priest like metal.
Hatebreed,Blistered Earth,Glenn Tipton(solo stuff rocks),Pure Rubbish,Otep etc.

[Woodchuck]

Osibida
Doxy's Kitchen
Quasar
Brother to Brother
Spannerman
Blackperl

[robb.]

hum
failure
far
the dears
year of the rabbit
ultrababyfat
papa vegas

robb.

[Ívar Þórólfsson]

Originally Posted by Sonorous

So guys post some weird bands that you listen to, maybe give an explanation and some good cds to listen to. This way we can help spread the word about our favorite bands. I'll go first.

EDIT: Yeah, this probably belongs in Misc. but OT has cooler people in it.

(BIG LIST)
Portishead
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Radiohead

Durr.. Radiohead is an obscure band? and Portishead?
Don´t know about Godspeed, I´ve seen plenty written about them etc.

[BustinJustin]

Originally Posted by Ívar Þórólfsson

Durr.. Radiohead is an obscure band? and Portishead?

yeah man the videos only ran for like 4 months on MTV... I'd call that obscure!

[3 crotch grabs]

compomicrodexall
good for cows
lower48
flattbush
theory of ruin
merzbow
hoor par kraat

[Edwcdc]

Some of my faves

The Gigolo Aunts
Catherine Wheel
Hum
Neds Atomic Dustbin
Stroke 9

Maybe not so obscure for some but the guys in my band never heard of any of these.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by Woodchuck

Quasar

Woods-
...is that the band from the '70s that had a hit with "Funk 'N' Roll(Funkin' In The Sunshine)"?
I just stumbled onto a bunch of my old 45rpms from that era. Sounds like Bootsy...











...or maybe even David Hungate.

[BustinJustin]

Shuggi Otis!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[i like tictacs]

It saddens me that this board doesn't even mention...

Bela Fleck and The Flecktones.


I mean come on now.

[Mon Rominee]

Swervedriver
Catchers
Kitchens of Distinction
Xymox
American Music Club
Uncle Tupelo
Suddenly Tammy!
Dambuilders
The Pills
Jack Drag (criminally underrated)
DJ Shame
Red Telephone
Burning Airlines

[xush]

H P Zinker
Dif Juz
the Czars
Gwei-lo
Kitchens of Distinction
Swell
Walt Mink
Failure
Rodan


Cocteau Twins is my fav 'obscure' artist, but I'm not sure just how 'unknown' they'd be considered anymore.

weird! I almost put Swervedriver, but I didn't think they'd qualify as obscure. KOD might not be either, I dunno... Strange that we posted pretty much at the same time.

[baba]

Originally Posted by i like tictacs

It saddens me that this board doesn't even mention...

Bela Fleck and The Flecktones.


I mean come on now.

Don't be sad. They are no where near obscure. Either are about 10 bands in the initial post. Obscurity is relative I guess..

[Matthew Bryson]

I'll second Radiohead and Cake from earlier on this list. (although I don't find either so obscure)
I've had people tell me at one time or another that they found these guys obscure: Frank Zappa, Les Claypool (Holy Mackeral / Frog Brigade) and They Might Be Giants
Again, I don't think any are all that obscure, but all are highly recomended listening.