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Title: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: rinswun on September 16, 2015, 10:06:33 PM Inspired by the Later... thread, this is a thread for you to help others discover smaller bands/acts that you might not otherwise have come into contact with. The bands/acts can be any era, any genre but should be small enough to not be a household name. Ideally, give a short description and a link to a track. Hopefully we can discover some gems.
I'll start with a couple of acts I became aware of this summer: Vintage Trouble Genre: Blues, Soul, Rock & Roll Similar to: Otis Redding, James Brown, Alabama Shakes Track: Run like the river http://youtube/UfvSie-7AHU Too Many Ts Genre: Hip Hop, Rap Similar to: Beastie Boys, Jurassic 5, Rizzle Kicks Track: Boom Bap http://youtube/cXc1XV6ZAVA Unfortunately I can't get either video to embed. If anyone can talk me through it (i've tried removed the 's' from https) or if a mod could do it, it'd be great. EDIT - Tried to sort You Tube Links FAILED. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: tikay on September 16, 2015, 10:13:44 PM These were the two links. http://youtu.be/UfvSie-7AHU http://youtu.be/cXc1XV6ZAVA Apologies, made a bit of a pig's ear of that. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: RED-DOG on September 16, 2015, 10:20:43 PM (https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxi6q_fc2k-GFn_RzMqDsGR1U8FjAUIUZg9nCU_3Y5nVrV4VTz2g)
Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: rinswun on September 16, 2015, 10:33:08 PM Haha, thanks for trying Tikay!
Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Tal on September 16, 2015, 11:47:38 PM Here you go, rinswun:
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfvSie-7AHU YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXc1XV6ZAVA (You just need the nonsense after the last slash to be in the youtube brackets and you're away) Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: rinswun on September 17, 2015, 12:06:39 AM Thanks Tal!
Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Tal on September 17, 2015, 12:19:13 AM MC Solaar. Well known in France but not here. Been going a few years.
I think French is one of the best languages for the flow of hip hop. And the French love hip hop back. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDtqGdtLkTc Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: bergeroo on September 17, 2015, 12:31:12 AM Big MC Solaar fan. Good call. Used to listen to him a lot when I was studying French. Agree that French is a great language for rap/hip hop
Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Doobs on September 17, 2015, 01:05:05 AM New Fads were hampered by a singer who couldn't sing and a band who weren't that good with their instruments. Scored very highly on quirkyness though
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxrFvy3lyg8 why have only 59,000 watched this? Sure it was their best song by a mile YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ibr6l6cnGc Miki Beryani <3 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKrw5wOlSng 71,000 what is wrong with people, 10 x that would tune in to watch Miley Cyrus burp Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: muckthenuts on September 17, 2015, 01:33:21 AM MC Solaar is superb. Huge rap fan and he has been one of my favourites for a long time.
Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: mulhuzz on September 17, 2015, 07:36:03 AM MC Solaar is superb. Huge rap fan and he has been one of my favourites for a long time. You might like Xavier Naidoo, in that case. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: AdamM on September 17, 2015, 08:35:50 AM The Greatest Cover Band In The World - ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBoTwOTKw0I YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL_uD5vh8_a Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Longines on September 17, 2015, 10:00:50 AM Couple of earworms thanks to my teenage son.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3l_x0zVufo YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW_HMJLKHso Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: DaveShoelace on September 17, 2015, 10:17:45 AM This fella
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iAYhQsQhSY Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: booder on September 17, 2015, 10:48:51 AM Mandolin Orange ,mostly a mix of bluegrass, country and folk
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6VlrwnlYHE Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Sheriff Fatman on September 17, 2015, 12:02:14 PM My favourite band over the last couple of years or so are The Airborne Toxic Event. Immensely talented group of musicians, as I've always been a sucker for bands incorporating string sections into their music.
All 5 of their albums are excellent, and they've varied the style of each so you never quite know what to expect from each release. Brilliant live band too. "All I Ever Wanted" - guitars and string quartet, a real 'full sound' YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz1xIhq1Fh4 "California" - mellower sound, more synths and drum machines YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RflGi-8PlaU "A Certain Type Of Girl" - from their acoustic album. Reminds me of listening to my Dad's country albums when I was a child. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1rrdzST5zg "Goodbye Horses" - live cover of Q Lazzarus' song (remember the original from Silence of the Lambs?) YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ikVOOxxtc Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: KarmaDope on September 17, 2015, 04:54:15 PM I could be here for days...
Voodoo Vegas - good old school rock. Kinda like Aerosmith etc. Really good, and sound just as good live. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRhVajMtnns Revoker - Heavy. Very heavy. Yet very very good. Especially considering their handicap, they're Welsh. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qjKDv_JMoY Hayseed Dixie - These guys are interesting. And when I say interesting, I mean interesting. They invented their own style, called Rockgrass. To sum it up, they play mainly covers (and some of their own stuff) of heavy metal songs. Hillbilly style. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNj_neEMMCE Leo Moracchioli - This guy owns his own studio, and takes famous pop songs, transposes them and turns them into metal hits, playing all instruments involved (and singing) alone. Some of them are ok at best but some sound amazing, as shown below. Personal recommendations here include the one below, plus Moves Like Jagger, Let it Go and Money Money Money. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF39e_hnFb8 Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: baldock92 on September 17, 2015, 05:37:47 PM Might be a good place to ask:
What are some good Country and Western bands? I worked in America for a summer a few years back and heard a few country songs (such as by the Zak Brown Band) and always meant to do a bit of research into groups to listen to. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: The Camel on September 17, 2015, 06:09:32 PM Two of my favourite bands when I was a kid
The Farmers Boys YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnT0d_zBBFo The Mighty Wah YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnUotdp_YHY Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Tal on September 17, 2015, 07:07:57 PM Hayseed Dixie. Mighty Wah. Great shouts.
Both great shouts. Hayseed Dixie were on Moyles's show, possibly when he was doing Saturday afternoons. Their covers of Roses, Centrefold and Omen are just glorious. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: TightEnd on September 17, 2015, 07:19:53 PM very under-rated 80s band
led by the great mark hollis YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbwz532EQw8 always though he would have been massive YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxccQcNQdwg possibly not obscure enough for this thread YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IS4VERpVjs RIP Billy McKenzie YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZSMDaewz2A Blancmange, anyone? YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L03PJeB38dI what about some furniture? YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JeEXP717T0 yes, a 1980s teenager! Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: tikay on September 17, 2015, 07:56:42 PM very under-rated 80s band led by the great mark hollis YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbwz532EQw8 always though he would have been massive At last, sanity. I knew if I read this thread often enough, there would eventually be a band worth watching. That is a wonderful track, too, & No Doubt (ooh, Gwen) covered it as well. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Sheriff Fatman on September 17, 2015, 08:04:12 PM Neutral Milk Hotel - they recorded one of the most weird and wonderful albums ever made with "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea".
It's often found somewhere in the minor places when the NME or similar do a greatest albums list, so I'd expect a few on here to have heard of them, but they're not exactly mainstream. I discovered them when they were on a long-term hiatus with a likelihood that I'd never get to see them play live. Then they re-formed and toured a couple of years ago, and were well worth the wait. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LULmbLlPvVk YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XvEZuekogA Found a fellow fan on 2+2 a few years ago who suggested that I'd probably also like The Decemberists. The Rake's Song is a live favourite - check out the lyrics of this little ditty (helpfully provided on screen by the poster of this on YouTube). YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM1NuFhXhgA Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: rinswun on September 17, 2015, 11:23:33 PM a lot to catch up on.
What was instrument was the fella in the yellow playing there Curtis? Inspite of the subject matter, I enjoyed the Decemberists track - reminded me of the Pixies for some reason. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: rinswun on September 18, 2015, 12:07:35 AM Two of my favourite bands when I was a kid The Farmers Boys YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnT0d_zBBFo The Mighty Wah YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnUotdp_YHY I love that Farmers Boys track Keith, got a really current sound even today. Great stuff. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Doobs on September 18, 2015, 12:24:53 AM a lot to catch up on. What was instrument was the fella in the yellow playing there Curtis? Inspite of the subject matter, I enjoyed the Decemberists track - reminded me of the Pixies for some reason. reminded me of Gigantic straight away. But it doesn't have that trademark quiet quiet loud pixes sound. Is just quiet quiet quiet. Pixies perfected that sound on Smells Like Teen Spirit ;whistle; Tighty missed a golden opportunity to play one of the best videos ever. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT3I_dlnNHE The song and video were inspired by a book that was big when I was young. Sure some gamblers have been inspired by it too. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Sheriff Fatman on September 18, 2015, 02:29:51 AM a lot to catch up on. What was instrument was the fella in the yellow playing there Curtis? Inspite of the subject matter, I enjoyed the Decemberists track - reminded me of the Pixies for some reason. He's playing a saw. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Sheriff Fatman on September 18, 2015, 02:42:56 AM Interesting to read the comparisons to the Pixies, who are one of my favourite bands. I've never associated them with The Decemberists' sound at all, but now that it's been pointed out it seems quite obvious (from that track at least) now.
Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Ransom on September 18, 2015, 07:30:40 AM The Greatest Cover Band In The World - ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBoTwOTKw0I YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL_uD5vh8_a 100% on this. Have loved Me First and The Gimmie Gimmies for a long time. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: tikay on September 18, 2015, 09:00:47 AM a lot to catch up on. What was instrument was the fella in the yellow playing there Curtis? Inspite of the subject matter, I enjoyed the Decemberists track - reminded me of the Pixies for some reason. He's playing a saw. Winner of the weekly "Most Unexpected, Quirky & Deadpan Answer" trophy. Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: nirvana on September 18, 2015, 09:50:49 AM Yuh, yes please
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWY08zNYQvc YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODVt3XQUG3Y Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: nirvana on September 18, 2015, 09:59:04 AM Don't even know if these chaps qualify as small or little known but I rarely see/hear mention of them
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1aT8fNBts8 Again, don't get out much or listen to radio so may be huge, daht it tho YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HfHGURWVnU YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLr0JJQX6Ts Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: nirvana on September 18, 2015, 10:39:28 AM Mandolin Orange ,mostly a mix of bluegrass, country and folk That was good Boo Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: Nakor on September 18, 2015, 12:48:28 PM Black Mountain - Melodic Rock
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgo9VXY8PCc The Battles - Where Muse steal their hooks from. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU Operator Please - Australian teen rockers who grew up YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWEeWBGMaWs Serj Tankian - The front man of the best metal band in the world, changes direction. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnGeCkouysU Public Service Broadcasting - The best new live band in the world today (well they were last week). YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY-kAnvOY80 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnGeCkouysU EDIT - fixed one bad link. I hope. ;) Title: Re: Small or little known bands/acts Post by: The Wycher on September 27, 2015, 03:03:01 PM This fella YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iAYhQsQhSY Got the album for my Birthday very good, my 9 year old son likes it as well, although his music preferences range from Folk, Tom Jones to Pirate Rock. (in fact I quite like the Pirate Rock Band, they are called Captain Bogg and Salty) YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdSkDXs00xg EDIT - fixed link. |