Best band that only you seem to know about?

[gopunk]

suburban legends

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Feanor727
The Postal Service

Hmm, they've been on the radio around here lately.

 

[Atlantean]

Originally posted by: ArmenK
Opeth
In Flames
dredg

In Flames is good. Ever heard of Hopesfall?

 

[ScottyB]

Edgar Winter's

 

[BigPoppa]

Originally posted by: ArmenK
Opeth
In Flames
dredg

dredg blows my mind.

I would say Finger Eleven, but they've hit platinum in Canada i believe...

 

[Allio]

Orbital, which everybody SHOULD know about.
And Regurgitator, which nobody does know about.

 

[FuZoR]

Originally posted by: ArmenK
Opeth
In Flames
dredg

Opeth and In Flames are awesome!

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Anberlin - great Goo Goo Dolls-type band with a great lead singer
SR-71 - they're more well known, but they sort of fell off the face of the earth after "Right Now," their first single

i love that sr71 song last man on the moon friggin awesome

and uhh...

audio karate and straylight run. awesome bands.

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: djplayx714
Reggie and the Full Effect
The Postal Service
Yellowcard

i saw reggie at the alkaline trio show. they were nuts. and get up kids are playing in nyc this coming monday, im gonna need to find tix....

postal service is also going on tour pretty soon..w00t.

 

[LiQiCE]

Originally posted by: AlexWade
A group called Splendid from Australia is awesome. The leader singer from Frente, another good but hidden band, started this group. I had to buy my CD from Australia, but it was well worth the money, and it was cheaper than most store bought CD's with shipping.
www.splendidtheband.com

Marvelous 3's first album, Math and Other Problems, was the best of their three awesome albums. This band was special and good, which is why they never made it on radio except for "Freak of the Week" and "Sugarbuzz".

Some other choices: Propellerheads, Gerty (www.gerty.org), Anet (www.anetmusic.com), Evoka (www.evokamusic.com), The Flaming Lips, Lush, Cibo Matto, They Might Be Giants.

You can hear a ton of small-time really good bands on XM radio. There is this station, Unsigned, that plays nothing but this type of music. http://unsigned.xmradio.com . The website has a non-live sample feed.

Another vote for the Marvies (aka the Marvelous 3). If you like the Marvelous 3, checkout Butch Walker's solo album (was the lead singer for the Marvelous 3). Absolutely one of my fav. bands ... He also puts on a great live show.

Also a fan of Oleander (I guess they're sortof well known), and Shades Apart (had one song in American Pie I think) ... but definitely checkout the Marvelous 3 and Butch Walker if you're into Rock 'N Roll!

 

[PrinceofWands]

Vienna Teng

 

[attahoova]

alkaline trio, everyone I know looks at me like I'm nuts when I mention them.

 

[knivox]

dredg and the postal service are awesome. I've also been listening to Anberlin's CD nonstop for the past month.

I really like Matthew Good's stuff too, but hardly anyone here in the US has heard of him.

 

[SaigonK]

Nuclear Valdez - they were pretty damn good on their first album.

Nuno Bettencourt - He kicks arse on the guitar babay!

 

[GuessAgn]

I agree with bigpoppa, I Have 2 of Finger Elevens albums, and going to go see them, Trapt and Smile Empty soul (and one other band I cant think of) in may. Also Saw Breaking Benjamin, I wanna say they opened for godsmack at the Santa Barbara bowl, but its been a while and I cant remember.

 

[Ns1]

The Flaming Lips

i think the flaming lips are wack, but that's just a personal opinion

 

[mpitts]

I like a lot of the bands mentioned here - Mest, Unwritten Law, Reggie and the Full Effect, etc.

Mine would be Midtown. I always thought that they would hit it big, not Good Charlotte (ugh).

 

[vi edit]

Soil - Metal. They had one semi-hit (at least here) a couple years ago titled Halo. No, not the game The rest of the Scars album is great though. I'd liken them to Drowning Pool. Not quite the same but the closest I could come up with.

Down - Side project of Phil Anselmo, formerly of Pantera. GREAT stuff. Hard rock/metal with a lot of southern rock/blues influences. They have two albums. NOLA and Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow. Pick them both up. They're both exceptional.

First band I thought of before even clicking on the link was Soil. Awesome hard rock band. Halo is probably one of my favorite songs to come out in the last couple years.

Down is an awesome conglomerate of metal superstars. I'm not as fond of their second album as I am of their first though.

 

[kenshorin]

Nevermore. FANTASTIC metal band from Seattle. Been around forever too, but no one seems to have heard of them.

 

[slpaulson]

Horror Pops
Tiger Army
Nekromantix

 

[Xionide]

aphex twin

 

[Kadarin]

Clan of Xymox
Skinny Puppy
Front242
Amethystium
Pop Will Eat Itself
Peter Murphy

 

[MustangSVT]

Home and Garden, featuring Nkemdi - "An Invitiation" (Osunlade Yoruba Soul Remixes.) New York Lounge CD2


this thing can not be found

 

[BigPoppa]

Originally posted by: GuessAgn
I agree with bigpoppa, I Have 2 of Finger Elevens albums, and going to go see them, Trapt and Smile Empty soul (and one other band I cant think of) in may. Also Saw Breaking Benjamin, I wanna say they opened for godsmack at the Santa Barbara bowl, but its been a while and I cant remember.

The other band is Strata, I believe. They toured with dredg(yes, all lower case!) over the fall.

 

[bdjohnson]

Avalanches