what is your favourite little known band? + Free single from girls

[DrScoobs]

so... Girls have announced a brand new mini album and are giving away a free track just for shits and giggles
http://www.nme.com/news/girls/53552

never heard of Girls? nor have the rest of the world. just thought i would spread the love let me know what you think!

anyway. what is your favourite band that no one else has heard of at the moment? would love to hear what cool bands there are out there.
my faves are:
girls,
death from above 1979
+ Elbow (dont know anyone outside of the uk who knows of them)

 

[Jedamethis]

Kingskin. Only small band I know...

 

[Talshere]

Demons & Wizards

 

[razer17]

I have a few that no one has heard of because it's a niche genre. Lots of DnB or dubstep artists no one has ever heard of, unless you listen to that sort of music.

I'd give Girls a try, but they are on NME. My general rule is to avoid anything within the NME. The NME is the music magazine equivalent of The Sun newspaper.

 

[Wardnath]

At the moment? Nivathe. The most crushing black metal I've heard thus far.

 

[Ultra_Caboose]

I'd have to say Brocas Helm and Anamanaguchi

 

[Polaris19]

Tie between Bedouin Soundclash and Faunts (though more people seem to know about them than I thought)

Both amazing bands.

check them out

Bedouin Soundclash

Spoiler

Faunts

Spoiler

 

[Rarhnor]

Lorene Drive

An interesting band, with a different take on the alternative genre.
There's hardly a good youtube vid, so I'll drop link to their myspace player [http://www.myspace.com/1767210/music-player?sindex=-1.0&shuffle=false&amix=false&pmix=false&plid=2077&artid=4609334&profid=1767210&friendid=1767210&sseed=0&ptype=3&stime=0&ap=1&rpeat=false]

 

[KaosuHamoni]

Bedouin Soundclash

Spoiler

-ala-snip-

Sounds sorta like a UK Indie version of Fall Out Boy. I like it! The other one, not so much.

OT: I'm gonna go with The Polyphonic Spree, RJD2 and Rodrigo Y Gabriela.

Spoiler: The Polyphonic Spree

Spoiler: RJD2

Rodrigo Y Gabriela played at Latitude and Glasto this year, so more people know about them, but I listened to them when they were small.

Edit: I actually prefer this track of RJD2's. Don't know why I used "Work It Out", even though its awesomesauce too

 

[Xeros]

Turmion Kätilöt.

Demons & Wizards

And these guys. Hansi Kürsch is the vocalist of the year, for all years.

 

[Wadders]

Tie between Bedouin Soundclash and Faunts (though more people seem to know about them than I thought)

This is probably because one of their songs is on the end credits of Mass Effect.

For me,it's Murder By Death. I'm not sure if they're little known or not, but no-one I know has heard of them.

Spoiler

 

[Rhymenoceros]

La Dispute

The music is great and the lyrics are probably the best I've ever heard.
Quite depressing if you listen to loads at once though.

 

[hittite]

Ever heard of a 90s ska/punk/(kinda) hardcore band called Five Iron Frenzy? I don't blame you, they broke up 6 years ago, but man, they were awesome.

 

[Aurora219]

Girls - not bad. A bit quiet for my tastes, but definitely not bad background music.

Small band from around here, called Dirty Magic. Look them up on Last.fm; they're kinda.. alternative metal.

[a href=http://www.last.fm/music/Dirty+Magic/Familiar+Faces]Linky![/a]

 

[Aralous]

Cage the Elephant, they did the opening song for Borderlands: Ain't No Rest for the Wicked, and their other stuff is good too.

 

[fullbleed]

so... Girls have announced a brand new mini album and are giving away a free track just for shits and giggles
http://www.nme.com/news/girls/53552

never heard of Girls? nor have the rest of the world. just thought i would spread the love let me know what you think!

anyway. what is your favourite band that no one else has heard of at the moment? would love to hear what cool bands there are out there.
my faves are:
girls,
death from above 1979
+ Elbow (dont know anyone outside of the uk who knows of them)

I've heard of Death from Above although only really because of the CSS song "Lets Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" and because they were sampled in the Crystal Castles song Untrust Us.

Elbow, know them, don't like them. I was very disapointed that the rest of their music sounds nothing like Grounds for Divorce which is a real shame.

As for me? Heartsrevolution aren't very well known at all, good pop/dance music. Should have their first full length album this year if they can ever be bothered to get up off their arse and stop pissing around trying to make a crystal encrusted icecream van (seriously).

You Love Her Cos She's Dead, so desperately trying to be Crystal Castles cira 2008 but it's still enjoyable enough and full of enough glitchy synth noises that I can dance to it so all is good. No album yet, only EPs.

HEALTH, actually not that obscure. Just not mainstream or very well recognised at least not in the UK. Did the Crimewave track with Crystal Castles. (I love Crystal Castles!)

 

[CopperBoom]

The Weakerthans.
I always reply The Weakerthans.
http://www.theweakerthans.org/

 

[DazBurger]

Volbeat.

Trying to get though in the states atm... No idea how its going.

 

[fullbleed]

Ever heard of a 90s ska/punk/(kinda) hardcore band called Five Iron Frenzy? I don't blame you, they broke up 6 years ago, but man, they were awesome.

Coincidently nothing to do with this. Duloks - Red Wizard Needs Food Badly. The song was written about Gauntlet so no one is ripping anyone off, it's just a strange coincidence.


Not... that great a video... actually.