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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 11:04 AM
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Name an obscure new music group you like.
Edited on Wed Mar-11-09 11:04 AM by bif
Mine is Azeda Booth. They remind me a little bit of Sigur Ros. You can download their EP for free at their web site. http://www.azedabooth.com/
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 11:27 AM
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1. Bedouin Soundclash
They're newer. I likes em lots.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 11:30 AM
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2. I've heard them!
They play them a lot on CBC.
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 11:33 AM
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4. I saw them on Warped Tour
Don't ask what a 30 year old man was doing at Warped Tour (free tickets from a band on tour)... Most of the day was boring but Bedouin Soundclash killed it.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 11:35 AM
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5. Hey I'm in my 50s and I went to a Justin Nozuka show
A while back. I think I was the only one over 25 at the bar. It was kinds strange, to say the least.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:08 PM
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49. that's an excellent band-name.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:12 PM
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51. It's actually a guy's name.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:25 PM
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54. no kidding. That's pretty wild.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 11:33 AM
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3. Boat Burning
Good friends of mine, and I play them on my show regularly:

http://www.myspace.com/boatburning
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:54 PM
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12. Nice stuff!
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 12:02 PM
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6. The High Dials
from Montreal, Canada.

http://www.myspace.com/thehighdials
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StrongBad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 12:05 PM
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7. Blitzen Trapper
Don't know if they count as "obscure" as one of their songs made the Rolling Stone "Best of 2008", but they're fairly unknown to most people.

Check out the song "Furr".
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 12:07 PM
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8. Scatterbrain
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 12:27 PM
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9. The Coconut Monkeyrocket
sample mp3:

The Accidental Beatnik

:D
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 12:35 PM
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10. The Marked Men, Past Lives, Jaguar Love, Fucked Up...
Edited on Wed Mar-11-09 12:38 PM by ghostsofgiants
Most bands I like are relatively obscure.

The Marked Men - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJG1HE6_aYo
Past Lives - http://www.myspace.com/pastlivesmusic
Jaguar Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwivuiXh0HE
Fucked Up - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGSSgPNMcvc

And for fun, a couple local bands that would definitely be considered obscure to you guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXgSZyQ950c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC0Ylxyy4vQ
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 09:52 PM
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48. Past Lives are great!
:thumbsup:
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:28 PM
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56. Past Lives and Jaguar Love formed out of the break up of Blood Brothers.
All very excellent bands. Jaguar Love's album was probably my favourite album of '08.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:13 PM
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52. I liked that Marked Men one- nice guitar sound
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:29 PM
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57. I love The Marked Men, they have a really fun early New York punk kind of vibe.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 11:18 PM
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60. what's the deal with those "F-ed up" folks?


they look like a trip... the one video with the guy basically wearing part of his underwear was bizarre, and then them playing in a men's room.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 11:40 PM
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62. Haha, they're a pretty odd band with an insane amount of output (yet only two full length albums)...
And they play some pretty killer hardcore punk in my books.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucked_up
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 12:48 PM
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11. moose. although they aren't really "new".
Edited on Wed Mar-11-09 12:50 PM by dysfunctional press
but they were fairly recently "new" to me.
i love their sound...
and they have great cover art:
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 02:45 PM
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16. Too bad they never made it.
I previewed some of the music on allmusic.com. Solid stuff. Maybe it was their name? Record company? Like one of my favorite groups that never made it--Bark Psychosis. Great band, Crappy name. Although it sort of described their music.
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ReliantJ Donating Member (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 01:55 PM
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13. MGMT
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 02:13 PM
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14. Beijing Blast.
Edited on Wed Mar-11-09 02:13 PM by madinmaryland


http://www.aor-fm.com/bands/1473_BEIJING_BLAST.aspx
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 02:14 PM
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15. Goldie Lookin' Chain.
http://www.youknowsit.co.uk/
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:29 PM
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17. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Crazy-ass progressive rock from San Fran. Almost anti-prog prog if you catch my drift.
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:31 PM
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18. Street Sweeper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjIvyk24kFM

they won't be obscure for long though.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:37 PM
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19. The Freakin' Hott
http://www.myspace.com/thefreakinhott


That's as obscure as I can go, because they're a local band. Probably my favorite local band, though. Certainly top 3.


As far as national acts, I guess that all depends on what you consider obscure. I'm amazed how many people haven't heard of The Hold Steady, and they're one of the best things happening in music right now. The Drive-By Truckers are kinda similar -- not sonically, but as far as a band that's put out a bunch of great albums but no one's every heard of.

I think Fleet Foxes may have had the best debut album of 2008.

I think Neko Case has the best album (so far) of 2009.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:39 PM
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21. I'm all over the Fleet Foxes
Excellent vocals
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:49 PM
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25. Right on. Check out that MySpace site I linked...
The Freakin' Hott are nothing like Fleet Foxes, but as far as sleazy garage rock goes, I haven't heard much better.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:51 PM
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26. Oh yes, Neko Case does have one of the best
Edited on Wed Mar-11-09 04:51 PM by mvd
Still haven't gotten the Fleet Foxes yet. It's hard to do, but I have to space out my purchases.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:52 PM
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27. Hell, I even approve of that final, 32-minute "song."
It's at least pretty nice to go to sleep to.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:38 PM
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20. Blitzkid
Horror punk band from (WV?).
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:42 PM
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22. Hi, bif!
Are solo singers also ok? Here are some of my discoveries of late:

Fransisca London (pop/rock artist, though more lo-fi than what you hear on the radio)
Molly Jenson (generally singer songwriter, but surprisingly hard rock at times)
The Love Willows (slightly retro-pop/rock)
Oh, Alexis! (folk, alt/country)
Beautiful Small Machines (new duo featuring Bree Sharp - it's new-wavey pop)
Rosi Golan (singer/songwriter)
Karmina (singer/songwriter, power pop)
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:44 PM
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23. Hey there!
I'll have to look into those. The only ones I'm familiar with are Molly Jenson and Karmina.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:46 PM
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24. I haven't found many new, obscure ones on the male side
Edited on Wed Mar-11-09 04:47 PM by mvd
I could use suggestions for those - LOL. I think most all of them go over a couple years back.

I also like Sigur Ros, and you can try Laura Barrett if you like them. :hi:
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 05:00 PM
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29. Newton Faulkner, Justin Nozuka...Sea and Cake, City and Colour,
Sam Roberts, Phoenix,Matthew Barber, Sea wolf, Lambchop, Jeremy Fisher, Jaymay, Yeasayer, The Guggenheim Grotto, Andrew Bird, Angus & Julia Stone (incredible stuff), Bon Iver, and Shearwater.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 06:04 PM
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32. Sent you a PM back
Again, thanks for the suggestions!
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 09:20 AM
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69. Strange. I never got it!
Must have gotten lost in the mail.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 11:35 AM
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75. I sent you another one just now
Did you get that one?
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 04:59 PM
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28. Beirut. Or are they obscure and new enough?
I know I hadn't heard of them till recently, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 05:43 PM
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31. His stuff reminds me of Devotchka
Not that it's a bad thing. I've heard about him for about 6 months.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 05:04 PM
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30. Shearwater
:)
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:09 PM
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33. They're pretty cool.
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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 09:56 AM
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73. Rook was my top album of 2008
That album and that band just destroy my soul (in a good way) every time I hear them.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:13 PM
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34. Zero 7.
The music has great atmosphere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUQE3m3wGVY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INn1C6ImJKg
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:30 PM
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37. I love them!
Have you heard of Joy Zipper?
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 09:47 PM
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46. Now I have!
I will have to look into them.

:hi:
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LSdemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:15 PM
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35. No idea if they're obscure or new enough, but Chromeo
I especially like Bonafide Lovin and Momma's Boy
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Mike 03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:22 PM
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36. The Jesus & Mary Chain. I always love to hear from people who know who they were.
Edited on Wed Mar-11-09 07:24 PM by Mike 03
They were big in 90s (although they had releases in the 80s) and I think had a release in early 2000s.

One of the greatest under-appreciated bands ever. Although, they were a bit out of control at times.

If you ever saw them live, you were in for a treat--or at least a shock.

Damn I miss them.
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nomorenomore08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:40 PM
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38. Yeah! I wouldn't consider them *that* obscure, but they are underappreciated.
'Psychocandy' and 'Darklands' are probably two of the best albums of the 80's, and 'Honey's Dead' and 'Stoned and Dethroned' aren't far behind for the 90's. And I just can't get enough of their sex/drugs/hungover/brokenhearted lyrical iconography.

"Cherry Came Too" (Beach Boys melody + awesomely dark (but somehow hopeful) lyrics + suggestive (deliberately, I'm sure) title = genius!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OZjsrDvwgI
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 08:36 PM
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44. 95% of the population has never heard of them, trust me
I'm not knocking them; I was one of the college radio DJs who played Psychocandy when it came out. But let's remember that even the biggest underground bands are relatively obscure
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 09:51 PM
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47. "Just Like Honey" is a classic
Psychocandy is one of the great records of the 80's; I saw them and Chuck Berry (in 2 different shows) on the same night in 84 or 85 and it was awesome.

I think I'm going to put "The Hardest Walk" on my show tonight..
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:24 PM
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53. I still have one of their t-shirts from back in the day....
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 12:38 PM
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76. I like The Mary Chain a lot.
I like to add "The" to things so I sound really old and out of touch. :)
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-13-09 09:01 AM
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85. saw them live many years ago in Houston at Numbers.
:-)
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:41 PM
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39. The Early Evening
Two of whom are my friends. If you're ever in Hillsboro Village in Nashville, go to Fido and buy one of their CD's.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:47 PM
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40. Evile
Good new British band doing Thrash in the old style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=924bRfmiJ20
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:53 PM
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41. Blue Turtle Seduction,
From Lake tahoe. Gypsy, bluegrass punk. The dancingest band anywhere. Got some fiddle, guitar, pan flute, harmonica all mixed together with odball lyrics. Great vocals too.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=37084774
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:53 PM
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42. i don't suppose that morcheeba is considered new or obscure?
Edited on Wed Mar-11-09 07:55 PM by dysfunctional press
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-BfVzjHQCo

although they'll likely become moreso, now that they've parted company with skye.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:30 PM
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58. Definitely not new, but probably obscure.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 11:37 PM
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61. i've listened to a lot of obscure bands...just not all that lately.
flunk is probably one of the newest bands i listen to, and it's getting to where they've already been around awhile.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 11:42 PM
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63. I ignore mainstream music to the point where I have no idea if a band I like is obscure or not.
Though I usually assume they are.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 12:45 AM
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65. when i started listening to r.e.m. and u2, they were still obscure bands...
and it kind of disappointed me when they each got super huge later.

i felt betrayed.

at least catherine wheel had the courtesy not to 'make it' too big.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 12:49 AM
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66. Haha, I know what you mean.
I'm always the first one to like a band then a few years later, they blow up and every wanker and their dog is like "Oh man, best band ever!" even though they only know their radio singles. x(
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 08:03 PM
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43. The Long Winters, Centro-Matic and Okkervil River.
For three.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 08:37 PM
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45. Binarpilot.
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RiffRandell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:12 PM
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50. Glasvegas.
I love satellite radio.
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midnight armadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:26 PM
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55. Antibalas
Maybe not totally new, but hardly well-known. Great afro-beat style music.
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 10:59 PM
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59. Johnnie Bassett and the Blues Insurgents
Great voice, lyrics, guitar work.

Who could ask for more?
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-13-09 08:27 AM
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84. He's/they're from my hometown--Detroit!
Of course I've heard of them.
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Tommy_J Donating Member (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 12:00 AM
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64. White Stripes
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 12:50 AM
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68. Maybe if this was the late '90s.
But they are definitely not new or obscure at this point.
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Tommy_J Donating Member (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 08:41 PM
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80. Oh. They were new to me.

May be I should get out more.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 10:28 PM
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83. Haha, perhaps.
They've been around for a little while and are pretty big. My favourite song of theirs is from 7 years ago, haha.
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rcrush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 12:49 AM
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67. Obscure in the US?
Within Temptation.

Dutch metal group with pretty bad ass chick singer.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 09:24 AM
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70. Silversun Pickups.
Not so incredibly obscure not to get some radio play, but still not really a household name.
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 09:40 AM
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71. Crescent Shield
I haven't picked up an album by a new metal band in more than fifteen years--but think I'm gonna go get this.

This might be enough to make me re-read my old novels by Eddings, Chalker--and then when I'm done with the warm-up, Tolkien!

http://www.crescentshield.com/98/crescent-shield-complete-new-album-and-stream-new-song/

Via:

http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/03/09/i-defy-you-not-to-rock-out-to-crescent-shields-lifespan/
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Lost in CT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 09:54 AM
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72. Violent Femmes.... they have gone back to obscure esp among the youngins.
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 09:22 PM
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81. For 20 years they were a staple for teenagers
And what was cool about it is that every 15 year old thought they'd discovered them all on their own. The last few years the teenagers have moved on, though. Oh, well -- maybe this 80s retro thing will bring them back.
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 10:42 AM
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74. I found out about this band a couple years ago...BLK JKS...
they are from South Africa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oUI02eK3SM
BLK JKS


Tikki
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 12:39 PM
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77. All you people are making up these names, right?
Well, except for Jesus & Mary Chain and Violent Femmes.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 12:51 PM
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78. Nope. that's why they're obscure.
And will probably never earn any money in music.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 12:51 PM
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79. Wolves in the Throne Room.
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4lbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-12-09 10:13 PM
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82. Perpetual Groove.
You can even download, for FREE, their LIVE concert music from Archive.ORG in MP3 format.


http://www.archive.org/details/PerpetualGroove
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-13-09 09:04 AM
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86. Ghostland Observatory
I miss Austin, Texas.
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-13-09 09:13 AM
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87. Straight outta Dayton, Ohio: drexel.
Performing "Urban Girl": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1l061m85VU&feature=channel_page
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