What's a band you like, but no one else knows about?

[LoveOfMoney]

For some kind of Indy/Soft-Rock type stuff, check out The James Warner Prophecies on myspace. Saw them at a small festival september last year, they're pretty awesome and, as far as i'm aware, relatively unknown.

If you like math rock, Volta Do Mar are well worth looking up. Found them through last.fm, and can't get enough of their jazzy type guitaring. It's good stuff.

 

[Darkmark44]

No one here really heard of A Dark Halo, as the band itself did not last that long. Its pretty cool though.

 

[skcseth]

I would have said Hollywood Undead like 2 years ago, idk about that now.
I guess I really don't like too many.. "un-famous" bands.

 

[Rand-m]

I'm into Ska

you should check out communityrecords.org, it's a free online ska label

Thanks dude, I like it already

 

[Danman1]

I like the Black Keys alot. Nobody i've ever met knows about them.
EDIT-also Blur just because Song 2 kicks so much ass

 

[CompanionCube]

Remeber the beat boxing flutist that played the Super Mario theme?

He has a band consisting of him, a celloist and bass violin. Doesn't sound like you would expect. There called The Project, and are AWESOME.

 

[Lusperus]

The format: Pop, with electro, rock, basically ev'rything
Sherwood: Pop-ish
The new pornographers: used to get in trouble with my mom when I'd visit their site Nothing actually bad
Limbeck: Country
Po and venom: I like their MGS rap

 

[SprodeMaster]

None of my friends have ever heard of Dealership or Planet X, the former being an Indie Pop band and the latter being Super Jazz Prog that sounds like Dream Theatre and the FFX soundtrack combined.

 

[Glerken]

Tegan and Sara

Does me listening to the song "Creeping Out Sara" count as me knowing of Tegan and Sara?

 

[Branches]

This may not go along, but I find Michael Giacchino to be an amazing composer. I mean, I still listen to my Medal of Honor soundtrack semi-fanatically, and with his score for Star Trek, and even more movies to come, I feel like he's finally coming into his own.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

The Roots. Or Mest.

 

[hannarr]

The Eels, I expected more people that I know to have heard of them, turns out none of them have.

Fresh Feeling FTW!

OT:I would check out Sabrepulse

 

[VitalSigns]

I'm a fan of Steve Vai. :3 Not really sure who else knows about him, but certainly none of my friends or family.

Best guitar Virtuoso In the world!

I like bands That play breakdowns and pig squeal. (at least bands that do this well)

 

[CIA]

I like the Black Keys alot. Nobody i've ever met knows about them.

No fuuuun
my baby
no fun

 

[Bob Saget]

I have not met a single person who's heard of Blaqk Audio, which is one of my favorite bands, despite the fact that they only have one album out currently. If you've ever heard of AFI, then this is them, but they do techno instead.

 

[UpSkirtDistress]

Swedish pop rock group called the sounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN41MDONgOA

 

[Dragonrabbit]

I'm not that in to many unknown bands, but if I had to list any I'd say Bang Camaro, Freezepop, and maybe Streetlight Manifesto.

 

[beat poet]

punk:

Off with their heads
A Wilhelm Scream
No Trigger
Landmines
North Lincoln
Paul Baribeau
The Arrogant Sons of Bitches (RIP but now live on in Bomb the Music Industry!)
As Friends Rust (RIP)
Iron Chic

Indie:

Radius System (RIP)
Annabel
Savium
Sertão Agrário
Sharks Keep Moving (RIP)
Angel Eyes
Shinobu
Metamorfica
Native
Life in a Vacuum (saw them play in a kitchen yesterday, fucking stellar)
My heart to joy
Castevet

Metal/Hardcore

Coalesce
boysetsfire (rip)
Snapcase (rip)
Down To Nothing
Soul Control
Achilles
Between the Buried and Me
Genghis Tron
End of a Year
Shook Ones
Jena Berlin
La Dispute (my favourite active band)
Lords
Light this City
Navio Forge

there's lots more.

 

[superbleeder12]

Where to begin, I listen to a ton of groups that don't get a lot of attention, but should.

The Abbasi Brothers - Mellow post rock with some electronic influences
Aeon Spoke - Side project of Paul Masvidal of Cynic.
Agalloch - Dark Metal from Washington State (if I remember correctly) if you're a fan of opeth you'll definitely love this group
Alcest - French Shoegaze from the musical genius Neige. Souvenirs d'un autre monde is probably one of my favorite albums of all time
The American Dollar - Great post-rock with just enough electronica. Great chillout music.
Amesoeurs - another project of Neige's. More Punk influenced with some Black Metal influence too.
Day Without Dawn - Fantastic blend of metal and catchy riffs and singing. Their LP is way too short, but amazing
Daylight Dies - Great Death/Doom band from America, really clean growls and very depressing Riffs.
The Dear Hunter - Progressive Rock project who just (leaked) their third of six albums. each album is a part of a 6 act play which tells the story of a young man's life from birth to death.
The Depreciation Guild - really catchy shoegaze/chiptune mixup that is really great. Their albums are free for download from their site.
Devil sold his soul - one of the few post-hardcore groups that are actually interesting, worth checking out if you're into that sort of thing.
Do Make Say think - preeminent post rock band from canada. canada churns out some of the best post rock this decade
earshot - great rock band from illinois? the singer sounds a lot like M.J.Keenan from Tool.
Electric Wizard - FUCKING STONER DOOM DUDE
Explosions in the Sky - awesome post rock to fall asleep to. very emotional music.
Giant Squid - awesome sludge band out of somewhere in america. definitely check them out, really great stuff, the singer is amazing
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Wrote the book on Post rock. also from canada
Gojira - awesome death/grove metal band from france. very deep lyrics, from mars to sirius is one of my favorite metal albums of all time. pretty good album art to boot
Gordian Knot - One of the side projects of Sean Malone of Cynic. very good progressive rock stuff with a lot of guest appearances from various other bands.
Have a Nice Life - amazing shoegaze/doom music ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE
Isis - when you think post-metal, you can't help but think of this group.
Katatonia - Death/Doom band that has progressed to playing more depressive Rock. all of it is top notch though. this is one of those bands in which the fans are always ranting and raving that their older stuff is better.
Massive Attack - Trip hop group that has a great discography. this group got me into appreciating electronic music. Do you like the intro theme to House? well this group does it.
Mogwai - another preeminent Post Rock band, but not as atmospheric as GY!BE.
My Bloody Valentine - Greatest Shoegaze/Dreampop group to grace the face of the planet. Get loveless, crank up the volume and enjoy wall of sound.
November's Doom - Great Death/Doom metal band. if you enjoyed Daylight Dies, you'll definitely love these guys.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - just released their ST album. if you enjoy the shoegaze above, then this will not let you down. a bit more pop sounding, but great still.
Pelican - Best post-metal group. period. Isis may be the posterboys, but this is where its at.
A Silver Mt. Zion - great experimental rock group with members of GY!BE. thier first full album is a bit more experimental than 13 blues.
Silversun Pickups - Great shoegaze band. I have not removed their latest album off of repeat since it came out.
The Warlocks - Imagine if Thom Yorke hung out with stoners who worshipped Black Sabbath, and then Thom and those guys formed a band. well this is it.
We made God - Great Icelandic Post Rock/metal group. if you enjoy the Deftones, then this band is really worth checking out.
Wolves in the Throne Room - American Atmospheric Black Metal. the TROO KVLT crowd frowns on this band, but I think this group is one of the best Black Metal groups currently recording/touring.

if you liked that, more to come.