Egg.
edited 23rd Mar '10 2:13:33 PM by Hyardacil
3-man teenage jam band from Connecticut, achieved overnight internet semi-fame a bit over a year ago with a cover of Phish's "You Enjoy Myself". Disclosure: The guitarist is my first cousin, closest thing I have to a little brother. And yes, the singer (who is also the drummer) is not the greatest, but for a high school freshman and two juniors (I think...) you must admit they're pretty musically awesome, right?
Flora Segunda | World Made By Hand | Monster Blood Tattoo ^You should read these series.
Sayonara, Monty Oum
Masterplan
This one goes out to Spain Sun: Самое Большое Простое Число.
Well, I wouldn't say they're very obscure among Russian stoners, apparently, but...
edited 1st Apr '10 3:38:15 AM by Litis
Sapient Blob of Tofu
Vitro, don't even have their own fucking page on Wikipedia, they're that obscure.
An electronic band from the north of England who had one album and then sort of sputtered out and died. One of the members contacted me once on the comments of my blog, mainly because he was glad that someone remembered it. Apparently they split up because they got tired of being fucked over by their record label (Sony). He said he'd send me a copy of the master recordings of their unreleased second album if he could ever find them, but I never heard from him again.
Every time I listen to their one album (Distort) a part of me is sad that something this awesome died alone and unloved while T.A.T.U was topping the charts at the same time with inferior music because of the whole Russian Schoolgirl Lesbians gimmick.
Anyhow, here is my favourite track from the album, "Set it Down". Alas, being the single version, it lacks the full intro.
I should note that it's pretty much impossible to get this legally anymore so if you ever want a copy, let me know and I'll arrange something. Sony clearly couldn't give less of a shit about it.
Again with the data mining, dear Aunt?
Laugh it off, everybody
Well, I wouldn't say they're very obscure among Russian stoners, apparently, but... I'm not Russian.
But thanks for the song.
I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
Anyone here listening to :zoviet*france:? Great dork ambient. Devin Townsend from SYL pimped them, so I figure it's mostly Devy fanatics that listen to them.
Also, I'm trying to find anything by a band called Course of Empire on the interweb, but can't. Heard their stuff and it's amazing. Pretty surprising they didn't make it big, too. Anyone throw me a bone?
Aaaaaand Econoline Crush, a forgotten Canadian pseudo-industrial post-grunge band. The album the following song is from sucks, but their singles rule (like any self-respecting post-grunge band). If you ignore the typical lyrics, too. Strong singer, good riffs and production. If you view a couple in bed as NSFW, this video probably is.
Oh, and I discovered a netlabel called 20kbps. Being Exactly What It Says on the Tin, those of you on a 56k diet here (and those who are not, who are probably the majority) may uncover some good stuff here.
edited 10th Apr '10 2:45:53 PM by Litis
Laugh it off, everybody
Burning Playdeck.
Vinyl-only recording Indie Rap group.
I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
5th PROJEKT. I can't describe their sound well, aside from saying it's all Crowning Music Of Awesome.
Revolution of Ruin
World's End Girlfriend is the rather odd project of a solo musician that ends up sounding like a combination of classical, ambient, post-rock, and Massive Attack style electronic. It's good stuff.
You've lost. You're the Bomb Squad after the bomb's gone off. I'm the blast ongoing.
Laugh it off, everybody
The Evolution Control Committee are one of the best bands evar.
Yet nobody seems to have heard of them. I am prepared to remedy this.
Political commentary inbound.
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edited 5th May '10 12:56:14 PM by SpainSun
I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
Resident Hipster
^ Hellz Yeah! School Of Seven Bells! New album coming out soon...
On topic... errrrrm... let's go with Serena-Maneesh.
Laugh it off, everybody
Blood: Hm, so Ishkur isn't completely blind to good music.
I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
Seconding the Evolutionary Control Committee. That shit's amazing. I also second Cibo Matto, since they're pretty obscure (even though some of their songs were in Jet Set Radio Future and Buffy). "Birthday Cake" and "Know Your Chicken" are their best songs, in my opinion.
edited 8th May '10 6:24:09 PM by troperwithoutaname
I guess they're not "really" obscure, but I'm crazy for The World/Inferno Friendship Society.
None of my friends have heard of them though. I should get new friends.
Neal Cassady died for your sins!
Well, I'll be...
It doesn't get any obscure... r than this \/ Both bands do not exist anymore, though the members are still (?) alive.
La Ruta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxtHCJBBLTU&fmt=18
Cook Da' Books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe3NQF4QC_Y&fmt=18
I'm sure I'll be back for more, but:
Drunken Boat. There's a Drunken Boat that formed in the 00's and still exists, and a completely different Drunken Boat that broke up in the 90's, and the latter is who I'm talking about. They were kind of an arty indie rock band. Sometimes they remind me a bit of Sonic Youth, Slint, early Modest Mouse *, and maybe The Fall. Sometimes they're just indescribably weird - the song "Dream Boat" is two minutes of an old couple reciting dadaist dialogue and one minute of the band playing one herky jerky measure of music over and over like a broken record, for instance. Here's a live performance of "Skull Crusher", and a fan video for "Home".
Jenny Dee And The Deelinquents. They're actually pretty popular locally. Very retraux soul/girl group music. They're lots of fun live, and do an awesome motown-ized version of "Shake Some Action" by The Flamin' Groovies.
Super Time Pilot. The male half of this duo, Rob Potylo, is a pretty prolific solo artist too, but this is possibly the most polished, accessible thing he's been involved with so far. The female half, Nikki Dessingue, has a couple of projects of her own I really ought to finally check out. Playful indie folk with male and female vocals. They broke up pretty quickly but still got an album out, and said album is finally available on itunes if you look it up. There's more on their myspace, but here's a song called "Real Nice Rock"
edited 7th Jul '10 2:08:46 PM by MikeK
Phonomancer
There's an awesome scene in my hometown of San Francisco, I guess the best way to describe it is a kind of psychedelic garage rock. Girls is the band that's achieved the most fame, but there are a ton of other cool ones.
Resident Hipster
^ Girls and Thee Oh Sees are both pretty cool.
edited 11th Jun '10 9:12:00 AM by Saeglopur
Listen to Music with Tropers at The Troper Turntable!
Zeehas; 12 Wait. They're kind of their own weird combination of synth-pop and avant-garde noise. They only had one self-released album that's out of print, but it is apparently still acquirable from interweb sources if you look hard enough. Here is a youtube video that's kind of a medley of a few of their songs:
Fun fact: while I knew they were a duo to begin with, until I found this video I had no idea they were trading off vocals on songs.
edited 7th Jul '10 2:07:13 PM by MikeK
Kick some fin
The most obscure band I listen to literally only has one song, as far as I know. When I used to frequent Game FA Qs a lot, I was on one of the social boards and a user posted a song by his band, and it was pretty damn good. It was called "Falling in Reflection" by Spoken by Ghosts. Here's a link if anyone wants to listen.
Kount
- The Angelic Process
- Worm Ouroboros
- Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses
- Derma-Tek
- De-Tached
- Cogsucker
- Klimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
- Orbis Mundi
- Les Secrets de Morphee
- Nachtreich
- Lethian Dreams (though Aythis, a side-project spawning from it, is sorta known)
- Across the Rubicon
- Rosa Crux
- Access to Arasaka
- Starofash
- My Friend Skeleton
- Blue Stone
- Erik Truffaz
- Deep in Thought
- Au4
- Les Fragments de la Nuit
edited 12th Nov '10 12:50:40 PM by Kount
Each line spirals unto itself.
Bull of Heaven (http://www.bullofheaven.com/) is a drone and ambient band with insanely long song lengths. Makes for good background music, if you're interested in that kind of music.
edited 31st Jul '10 10:46:03 PM by Confus
lolthreadnecro.
Because! I fell that those tropers not into the scene should check out Negativland, who take sampling up to eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen before stopping.
I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....