Great Bands that aren't "well known"

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  • Deus ( A great belgium band, have had 4 albums out and released their latest last September, Should be bigger than they are, more originality in their little fingers than some so called great new bands of the last 5 years)

    Check out Their debut Worse Case Scenario, one review described it has a mixture of Captain Beefheart & Faith No More.

    Most famous Song Little Arithmetics off their 2nd album Bar under the Sea

    Seriously you should check them out!
  • InHiding80InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    Oingo Boingo - There's more to this band than Weird Science and Dead Man's Party.
  • UlalumeUlalume Posts: 48
    I'm sure people from Europe know these bands, but I doubt many Americans know of them. I only just learned about them a year ago, and they are some of my favorites.

    Entwine (Finland)
    http://www.entwine.org

    Turbonegro (Norway)
    http://www.scandinavianleather.com

    Svenia (Italy)
    http://www.svenia.org

    Machinae Supremacy (Sweden)
    http://www.machinaesupremacy.com

    Entwine and Turbonegro have been around a while, but they haven't toured the US, so not a lot of people know of them. You can download some Machinae Supremacy songs for free on their site.
    How dark a woe! yet how sublime a hope!
    How silently serene a sea of pride!
    How daring an ambition! yet how deep--
    How fathomless a capacity for love!
  • promitheuspromitheus Posts: 39
    The Dresden Dolls
    Burzum
    House of Capricorn (NZ)
    A small girl smiles...one eyelid flickers, she whips a pistol from her knickers. She aims it at the preacher's head. And run (run, bang) she shoots him dead.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    International Sex Park
  • I know one....

    PEARL JAM

    seriously... they were announced as headliners for Reading and Leeds festivals and on all the NME, Q, Efestivals and Virtu forums, a million and a half indie-kids went, "Who are Pearl Jam?"

    Makes you laugh, no?
  • WesternskyWesternsky Posts: 363
    I'm really digging these new-ish bands:

    Wussy - Funeral Dress . . I think the song Crooked is my fave today!
    Devotchka - Una Volta & Curse your little Heart EP. . .They are all over the place, but goodtimes!
    Dykehouse - Nostalga Radar EP. . . Hope She hears this sound is straight up Yo La Tengo, and I like it. :)

    I say new-ish because they are relatively new to me. I also can't stop listening to the *Frontin' on Debra* remix, Mos Def and Finley Quaye. I think I'm going through a twang/funk phase, is that possible?
  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    If you don't live in Canada odds are you don't own any Matthew Good Band or any of his solo stuff (and you really should).
    Which came first,
    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
  • InkdaubInkdaub Posts: 235
    Scout Niblett
    Jucifer
    Black Angels
    Spirit Caravan...actually all the Wino stuff(Obsessed, St Vitus, Hidden Hand, more probably) is pretty good.
    Earthlings?
  • Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
    Stewart And Winfield
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

    - brain of c
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    Wilco
    Okkervil River
    King of Leon
    Mexico City
    My Morning Jacket (well I guess they are well known here now)
    Augie March
    The Magic Numbers
    The Flaming Lips
    I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you

    Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl

    I love you forever and forever :)

    Adel 03 Melb 1 03 LA 2 06 Santa Barbara 06 Gorge 1 06 Gorge 2 06 Adel 1 06 Adel 2 06 Camden 1 08 Camden 2 08 Washington DC 08 Hartford 08
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    The Shins
    The Dears
    Acrade Fire
    Wolf Parade
    Wolfmother
    Little Birdy
    John Butler Trio
    The Sleepy Jackson
    I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you

    Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl

    I love you forever and forever :)

    Adel 03 Melb 1 03 LA 2 06 Santa Barbara 06 Gorge 1 06 Gorge 2 06 Adel 1 06 Adel 2 06 Camden 1 08 Camden 2 08 Washington DC 08 Hartford 08
  • InterfuseInterfuse Posts: 1
    Big Business is a mind blowing band. I think this band from Minneapolis called The Future, might just be from The Future. These Arms Are Snakes will rock your ear balls.

    Oh and check out Interfuse who is on tour in July
    http://www.interfusenoise.com
    http://www.myspace.com/interfuse

    July 3 - Sylvie's Lounge - Chicago, IL
    July 4 - Cattle Club Collective - Sioux City, IA
    July 5 - 3 Kings Tavern - Denver, CO
    July 6 - Mojo's Caffe - Ogden, UT
    July 7 - Total Fest V - Western Montana Fairgrounds - Missoula, MT
    July 8 - Total Fest V - Western Montana Fairgrounds - Missoula, MT
    July 11 - Hexagon Bar - Minneapolis, MN
    July 12 - Vnuk's Lounge - Milwaukee, WI
  • new order :D
    2006 - Astoria, Dublin, Leeds
    2007 - London
    2009 - London, Manchester, London
    2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London
    2011 - Alpine Valley x2
    2012 - Isle of Wight, Manchester x2
  • darthdarth Houston, TX Posts: 139
    Dredg
    9/16/95; 10/14/00; 10/15/00; 10/17/00; 4/5/03; 4/6/03; 10/04/09; 11/12/12 (Ed); 11/16/13; 10/12/14
  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    I think this guy's sound is really cool, check out the song cc you set the fire in me:

    Tom Vek - http://www.myspace.com/tomvek
    People say im paranoid. Well, they dont say it, but i know that's what they are thinking.
  • Eighties Matchbox B Line Disaster!
    http://www.myspace.com/eightiesmatchboxblinedisaster
    What a band!
    Tommo
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    i checked out the last two artists posted, thanks for sharing..

    some bands that i think aren't too well known but are awesome are xtc, twilight singers, love, television, the lemonheads, robert pollard, red house painters, supergrass.... etc.
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • I'm really impressed with this local band, they're called Ill Scarlet. They have a Sublime feel to thier music and this one tune, I think it's called, Police State--man, it kicks!

    http://www.purevolume.com/illscarlett

    :)
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    ya can't go wrong with any of the following bands:

    Wilco
    Built to Spill
    Dinosaur Jr
    Lemonheads
    Guided by Voices/Robert Pollard
    Tom Waits (can't stress this one enough....he's a genius)

    the new Scott Walker record is incredible as well.
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • pjhabitpjhabit Posts: 211
    Wow, forgot about this thread! I'm gonna check out all those who left links :)
    Boise 11/3/00~Fargo 6/15/03~Winnipeg 9/8/05~St. Paul 6/26/06~6/27/06
  • Bell X1
    Republic Of Loose
    22-20's (sadly split up this year, but what a debut album!)
    BRMC
  • Afghan Whigs - about time the made a come back. Twilight Singers are ok but not a patch on the Afghan's.
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    going to see okkervil river this weekend... awesome band.
    I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you

    Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl

    I love you forever and forever :)

    Adel 03 Melb 1 03 LA 2 06 Santa Barbara 06 Gorge 1 06 Gorge 2 06 Adel 1 06 Adel 2 06 Camden 1 08 Camden 2 08 Washington DC 08 Hartford 08
  • peepingtom wrote:
    Bell X1
    Republic Of Loose
    22-20's (sadly split up this year, but what a debut album!)
    BRMC

    ohhh i didn't know that about the 22-20s! that was indeed a great record.
    www.candleboxrocks.com
  • KENT (band) Isola (Album) = Wow!

    "isola" was a great record. they never really seemed to recapture that magic on other releases imo, but that one was sweet.
    www.candleboxrocks.com
  • ISIS, but they will be better known after playing with TOOL this Fall.
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    I wouldn't say these are great bands but maybe you'll like 'em:

    http://profile.myspace.com/sioentheband
    (I kinda like the song cruisin')

    http://profile.myspace.com/balthazarband
    (haven't you got)

    http://profile.myspace.com/deusbe
    (suds & soda)

    http://profile.myspace.com/admiralfreebee1


    They're all Belgian by the way...
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    Dredg
    Flogging Molly
    Gomez
    Snow Patrol
    Nada SUrf
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