List uknown music artists or bands that everyone should know about

[The Night Owl]

Scott Walker
David Spero Peligro
E Pak Sa
Circle
The Scientifics
Thexelectrix
Paik
Carbon Based Lifeform
EHMES
Edward Artemiev
Stephen Millard

[arcos]

1. Lemon Jelly n/t

[vi5]

8. Great band!....er...duo?....err artist?

I forget what their exact deal is, but Lost Horizons is a phenomenal album that always puts me in a happy mood.

[arcos]

11. wow, glad to see someone else knows about them!

They're a duo, and their new album will be out in January, with a new single coming up Nov 22nd.

[reprehensor]

2. Morphine

[salvorhardin]

3. Bob Dorough

[GOPisEvil]

4. Centro-Matic, The Long Winters, Scott H. Biram, to name a few...

[GOPisEvil]

15. Summer Hymns, Spoon, Drive-By Truckers and Elf Power to name a few more.

[vivalarev]

5. Alkaline Trio

Muse
Interpol
The Stills
The Shins

[St. Jarvitude]

36. Totally agree on Muse, Interpol, and The Shins

I've heard good things about Alkaline Trio, but I've never actually listened to any of their stuff.

[Drifter]

6. Hello Frank Zappa

Hardly unknown ... but should never be forgotten.

Cheers
Drifter

[Lautremont]

7. Christine Fellows

[WilliamPitt]

9. Robert Randolph

[SnowGoose]

16. Did you watch Austin City Limits this weekend?

Sssssssmokin' hot.

[WilliamPitt]

35. We don't get it up here in Boston

[whattheheck]

10. my current top five...

laura veirs
karl blau (his kelp monthly cd is too awesome)
little wings
the graves
m. ward

[Ron Green]

12. Britney Spears...

Hey, that gal is cute! And you know, she sings pretty good, too, but not so good that you get distracted or anything.

[The Night Owl]

27. Are you experimenting with time travel again?

:crazy:

[Zensea]

13. Five Eight

currently living in Athens, GA.

[jpgray]

14. Three letters--CAN

So incredibly innovative and influential--no music library is complete without at least all the Damo-era albums.

[Squeech]

25. Damo is still working

The drummer in the band I play in got to tour Europe as his drummer last year. I was pretty jealous... I'm better than that bass player!

[SnowGoose]

17. Camel !!!!

Besides Camel (www.camelproductions.com),
Djam Karet,
Art Zoyd,
Univers Zero,
Merideth Monk (Book of Days...mmmmm....),
oophoi,
Robert Rich,
Lustmord,
Tiny Lights,
Midwest Product.

[jpgray]

18. I never really got into Camel

Talented guys, though. I do like Caravan, however.

[Forkboy]

21. Is this the same Lustmord that's on the new Melvins CD?

[Squeech]

24. I see by your handle who your favorite band is

But I agree with jpgray-- Caravan was better. (I have the first five Camel records.)

However, Univers Zero is amazing! Vampire soiree music, perfect for the 2004 campaign season...

[Rooktoven]

19. Scott Walker is so cool!

Find a CD with him singing Jacques Brel's Jackie...

[Magrittes Pipe]

20. Ego Summit.

[Beware the Beast Man]

32. Mr. Monster, Solar Radio, the Kip Dillinger Trio,

Piper Precario, the Crucks, Peppermint Crutch, Nixon Stockade, Attitude Christ, the Federals, King Pocket, Turnbuckle, Ivan Drago Project, the list goes on and on.

[no name no slogan]

22. Comsat Angels

U2 nicked their sound and became superstars. The Comsat Angels lingered in relative obscurity for 17 years before finally breaking up for good in 1996.

"Sleep No More" is one of the lost classics of the post-punk era. Nearly every tune is guaranteed to make your hair stand on end-- and wonder why the hell you've never heard of them before.

The 'Sats guitarist, Steve Fellows, now manages UK superstars Gomez, and has played on their albums as well.

[Forkboy]

23. I got bunches

Pig Destroyer
Opeth
Old Man Gloom
5ive
Neurosis
Witchcraft
Reverend Bizarre
Isis
Khanate
Sunn 0)))
Fantomas
Melt Banana
Nile
Angels of Light
Swans
Jarboe
Agorophobic Nosebleed
Lamb
Laika
Cop Shoot Cop
Firewater
NoMeansNo
Pelican
Mastodon
Against All Authority
Peccatum
Emperor
Zyklon


That should get you all started :)

[The Night Owl]

26. I forgot all about Cop Shoot Cop

I like Cop Shoot Cop and saw them live once.

[ronnykmarshall]

28. Cindy Alexander

http://www.cindyalexander.com/

[The Night Owl]

29. The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party was Nick Cave's old band.

[leftofthedial]

30. I never know how "obscure" to get

so I'll stick with someone you *could* hear about

Walt Wilkins
Irene Kelley
Mark Selby
Bob Rea
Jonell Mosser
Ray Wylie Hubbard
James McMurtry
Allison Moorer

[bo44]

31. Anthony Hamilton and Tower of Power

[Beware the Beast Man]

33. Beware the Beast Man!!!!

plug plug plug! (link in my sig line)

[Texasgal]

34. Ben Harper! n/t

[mitchum]

37. Box Devils, Desk Pussy, Garbage Island, Vulcan Brothers, Exploding...

Sonic Rangers, Jucifer, Hopeforagoldensummer, Only Love Is Real
all Athens, GA

[Dukkha]

38. Mojave 3

http://www.mojave3online.com

Check Them Out!

Ask Me Tomorrow: the best cry in your beer album ever!

[T Town Jake]

39. Pinky & the Snakeshakers. (n/t)

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

40. Beeb Birtles

http://www.birtles.com/

and Mississippi

http://www.geocities.com/soho/square/8216/mississippi.htm

Later to be known as The Little River Band

[flamingyouth]

41. The Bats

A great band from New Zealand from the late '80s, early '90s.

[GRLMGC]

42. Utada

Big time JPop singer just released an English album. It's poppy for sure, but its pretty cool and interesting.

[Inulro]

43. European Metal

The European Metal scene is awesome.Light years ahead of American metal. Very talented musicians,complex arrangements, soulful/meaningful music...IMO the best music in the world. If you like heavy metal and music that rocks check out these bands. It is the perfect blend of beauty and darkness.

*OPETH (My favorite band ever.This is the band got me into European metal and pretty much changed my musical taste entirely)

Katatonia
Dargaard (Not metal)
Dead Can Dance (Not metal)
Vintersorg
Empyrium (Not metal)
Edge of Sanity/ Dan Swano
Orphaned Land
Diabolical Masquerade
Summoning
Agalloch
Amorphis
Tristania
Arcturus
Dimmu Borgir
Moonsorrow
Borknagar

[jdj]

44. Diamanda Galas, she'll scare the hell out of you, and thrill

you too.

The "naked woman on the cross" that got so much play from the religious right a few years ago was none other than a naked Diamanda, this woman is a devi, a force of nature.

http://www.diamandagalas.com

"She plays the piano like driving rain slapping on concrete, and she sings like a demon going to war, a valkyrie scatting, a lizard queen seeking revenge for the dead...Galas is profound, rigorous, vocally unlimited, terrifying and utterly compelling. To hear her is to have your soul scoured clean.”
-THE AGE AUSTRALIA 2001