Best Ever Albums

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Anonymous — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:32:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/16/2013 07:32

Voxtrot are a fairly obscure indie pop band that I happen to love. They're like a fusion of the smiths and belle & sebastian. Witty lyrics, catchy melodies, damn good stuff. Check 'em out

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

HoldenM — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:24:57 GMT

Author: HoldenM

Posted: 03/16/2013 07:24

Velveteen - Imagine if Death Cab for Cutie remade We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes and The Photo Album over and over, but it was really quite awesome.

Hey Champ! - A great electro-pop group from Chicago. Catchy as chlamydia.

Lost in the Trees - Maybe these guys aren't the most obscure, but they should be getting more exposure, especially among the same people who love very meticulous, very gothic baroque music.

The Split Infinitives - Kind of like Lost in the Trees, but less amazing, and one guy instead of six or seven. Found them while meandering on Bandcamp. I like them.

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Mercury — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:01:08 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 03/16/2013 02:01

It used to be Tallest Man On Earth for me. Now maybe AA Bindy. Especially Bondy's debut. Deserves more attention I think.

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:06:44 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/15/2013 23:06

Not really a secret but Robert Prince's amazing Doom soundtrack.

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:05:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/15/2013 23:05

lethalnezzle wrote:

notsureifserious

notserious

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:06:30 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/15/2013 22:06

You know, for those who haven't already check out King's X.

Start with their album Gretchen goes to Nebraska if you do.

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

GeevyDallas — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:15:57 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 03/13/2013 12:15

My favorite artist not in any of my charts is Elan Tamara,she has released 3 eps,none of which fit the criteria as an album for BEA.She's great,I would do a disservice to her saying anything else,go check her out.Here's the only bit of information/description of her I could find about her online after a quick search.

Quote:

Fascinated by Balinese Gamelan and Steve Reich, Elan Tamara makes music as uncategorisable, as heartfelt and beautifully otherworldly as anything you’re likely to hear. Over three EPs (Gold Fishes, Shadows and Organ) she has carved out a space so unique and unclassifiable that people have fallen back on namechecking other female artists with a distinctive aesthetic and outlook – Nina Simone, Bjork, Laura Nyro and their ilk. Needless to say, she doesn’t sound like them, either.

Two of her eps are on her soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/elantamara

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

thursdayeno — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:21:40 GMT

Author: thursdayeno

Posted: 03/13/2013 11:21

Link

Link

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

ButterThumbz — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:05:45 GMT

Author: ButterThumbz

Posted: 03/13/2013 11:05

I wouldn't say they were a secret but there are few artists who I've had to add to the site:

Yppah
Manitoba (who went on to become Caribou)
The Electric Soft Parade
Funkstörung
Kid Koala
I-F

Plus a couple of great, yet somehow forgotten, albums by Shack (...Here's Tom With The Weather and ...The Corner Of Miles And Gil).

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

videoheadcleaner — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:28:36 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 03/13/2013 08:28

80s obscure

Modern Eon
China Crisis
Negativland
And Also The Trees

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Charicature — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:11:16 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 03/13/2013 08:11

Secret? Nah. Band? No, solo artist. Under the radar? He was on every preschooler's radar at one time, but then went under it with his music career. He's dropped off it completely now, so who knows what he's up to.

Link

Link

Link

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:44:08 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/13/2013 02:44

Ochurch25 wrote:

The Roots are pretty underground.

notsureifserious

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:46:53 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/12/2013 22:46

Happymeal wrote:

Modest Mouse

You've probably never heard of them, they're underground.

The Roots are pretty underground. Pun intended.

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:08:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/12/2013 22:08

GW62 wrote:

Pond from Australia.
I guess they're not a 'relatively unknown' band but criminally overlooked at any rate.
Same with Canadian artist Jenn Grant. A true treasure that not a lot of people know about.

I love Pond

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

GW62 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:06:21 GMT

Author: GW62

Posted: 03/12/2013 22:06

Pond from Australia.
I guess they're not a 'relatively unknown' band but criminally overlooked at any rate.
Same with Canadian artist Jenn Grant. A true treasure that not a lot of people know about.

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:20:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/12/2013 20:20

There aren't any bands I keep secret.

But I keep my music to myself unless people ask. I hate it when people go on about their music and how I should listen to this and that - I know they're not trying to be intrusive, but it's irritating - music is something personal. If someone once dropped "Hey, try this, it's the sort of thing you'd like" then no problem, but when people are like "Oh, you haven't heard this song? Here, let me play it on my phone so we can awkwardly sit here for two minutes whilst I stare at you to see your reaction", I don't know how people expect me to act whilst not fully digesting the song, I usually just say that I'll listen to the whole thing at home a couple times. For that reason I don't share music, unless people are asking it of me, I don't want to put anyone through that.

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

SXV — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:13:58 GMT

Author: SXV

Posted: 03/12/2013 20:13

I'm also an Ash Grunwald fan but I prefer his debut: Introducing Ash Grunwald to his other albums.

Other bands I feel are underrated:

Tiger Lillies
Clinic
David Cronenberg's wife
Sunset Rubdown

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:48:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/12/2013 17:48

Modest Mouse

You've probably never heard of them, they're underground.

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:36:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/12/2013 17:36

lethalnezzle wrote:

Not sure they're quite obscure enough for this thread.

Damn! They're still good 😄

Re: Band that is your best kept secret

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:09:06 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/12/2013 13:09

Ochurch25 wrote:

The Bees

Not sure they're quite obscure enough for this thread.