Music which you think is good and you reckon other people might not know about

[Part 2]

Also The Grates who I sterted a thread on but don't seem to be too well known, Australian guitar/drum/keyboard and mad woman singer with too much energy.

I've just been downloading Living Things too. Not sure if I like them although they might grow. A guitar band, I'm sure I heard their new album was produced by Steve Albini but if it is I don't think it's what I'm listening to.

 

[Teepee]

Praful

They have some free downloads up. Nice chilled jazzy stuff.

 

[zenie]

Never the Bride

They rock - Nikki has such an amazing voice. saw em last night.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Never the Bride

They rock - Nikki has such an amazing voice. saw em last night.

Oh my god, they are so shit. Cheap pub rock. Lines like 'she put the sex into Essex'.

Anyway that's my 2p.


I my obscure suggestions are - Punk Bunny, Tying Tiffany (from Italy) and Bob Log III.

 

[zenie]

Oh my god, they are so shit. Cheap pub rock. Lines like 'she put the sex into Essex'.

Anyway that's my 2p.


I my obscure suggestions are - Punk Bunny, Tying Tiffany (from Italy) and Bob Log III.

She's my mate shut up

Music snob

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

She's my mate shut up

Music snob

Well I could say they were 'timless trad pub rock' then if you like.

I'm not a music snob, I just like some stuff and not others.

 

[LesNatrels]

Film School

going by the abscence of their name from this forum.

also

made out of babies

and

the evens

and

Les Natrels

 

[saucisson]

I had shakespeare alabama (in reference to earlier posters huge biog of diesel park west), havent listened to it for years must dig it out and heartening in someways that they are still keeping on keeping on. In a similar more recent vein i like lowgold...'welcome to winners' is an excellent lp, downbeat guitar rock done with sincerity that coldplay could only dream about - as ever they were fucked around by record label..sort of wrong sound at wrong time...they are trying to persevere as well.

Other odd and eclectic list of little things I like that spring to mind, none of them that obscure...Angel City - called 'The Angels in Aus, never broke like AC/DC and they were a bit more new wavey, Natalie Merchants solo lp motherland (lovely and much less twee than some 10,00 maniacs), LKJ (preferably in dub), Chrome, Fountains of Wayne (clever USA nerd poprock), john martyn's early LPs prior to solid air and recently someone introduced me to the postal service who are great (kinda like a US indie pet shop boys?).

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Download some dubstep.

 

[Dj TAB]

Sooooooo much tuneage...

Quote - Johnny Vodka - Husky Rescue, blinding "City Lights" EP, lovely female vocals complete with Vector Lovers remix goodness....for more of the same check out Mr Beasley on Larkin' out recordings.

Quote - Noriise - CHK CHK CHK !!! - an ace album all around, nice and different.

In a similar vein to !!! try Diefenbach, 1st Album called Run, Trip, Fall - floaty instrumental goodness. 2nd Album called Set & Drift, more floaty goodness but now with vocals.

Some really good stuff coming out of Norway and Sweden at the moment Espen Horne being at the forefront producing lovely house with a difference, plus he's done 2 ep's with different female vocalists.

Check out anything on the Dis-jointed label or Tru thoughts at the moment.....

Lastly one of my fave hip-hop acts that never seems to get a mention is Vinyl Dialect, and for when you get home to chill put on Bouzou Bajou "Dust my broom" LP

I'm sure there's masses more but without trawling through record boxes I'm drawing a bit of a blank....

 

[atitlan]

my computer - vulnerabilia. IMO one of the greatest albums ever made. hated it for 3 months then realised how genius it was. every track is interesting, always something different going off. i can't believe this band aren't bigger than they are. imagine freddie mercury joining the pet shop boys with daft punk producing, singing songs about drugs, being in love, and dealing drugs.

Yeah, good album that ...

My current recommendation is 'In Case We Die' by Architecture in Helsinki. They are on the same label as Tilly and the Wall (also recommended), but are a little bit odd ... like Tilly produced by the Beta Band!

 

[saucisson]

Yeah, good album that ...

My current recommendation is 'In Case We Die' by Architecture in Helsinki. They are on the same label as Tilly and the Wall (also recommended), but are a little bit odd ... like Tilly produced by the Beta Band!

my brother bought me that for my birthday and I listened to it once and then put it away filing it as 'does not compute'...will dig it up and reappriase.

 

[inflatable jesus]

I'd like to recommend the national

http://www.americanmary.com/news/
http://www.myspace.com/thenational

Clap Your hands say Yeah

http://clapyourhandssayyeah.com/news.php

and Uncle John and Whitelock

http://www.gfmproductions.com/credits.htm

I don't actually know how well known any of them are in the UK, but there you go.

 

[Teepee]

http://praful.nl

 

[Rock Bottom]

Silver Apples!

I was sitting in a Hollywood bar one night, and this DJ was playing all this stuff which I thought I had exclusive intellictual propriaty over. Suddenly, he mixed in this amazing tune - I could not place either the genre or date, but I knew these guys were ahead of their time - whether it be now or 20 years back.

As it turns out, they are an obscure band from the late 60's.

Check 'em out1

 

[mauvais]

I like folk music
The Demon Barbers , Bellowhead and The Witches of Elswick are all exceedingly good.

I just went to see Bellowhead - not my choice, my parents' - at Morecambe and they were excellent. 11 of them IIRC, and a weird collection of really impressive stuff. It wasn't just the sum either - each and every one of them was obviously really talented. Not sure it'd work recorded, but live, they're a must see.

 

[sonik]

I do have to say though that the One Dove album "Morning Dove White" was one of the most under-appreciated albums of the early 90s. Its gorgeous blending of St Etienne-style pop and Primal Scream/orb/Wetherall ambientness was brilliant.

Couldn't agree more, is an excellent album and there are some good remixes of it out there as well.

Here are a few good things worth checking out.

El Perro Del Mar - Beautiful Swedish singer-songwriter, Kate Bush-meets-Phil Spector debut album through Memphis Industries.

Nathan Fake - Straight out of the Norfolk countryside, 22 year old Nathan Fake is a most unlikely saviour of electronic music.

The Skygreen Leopards - sing-a-long folk-pop recorded on an old reel to reel with 12 strings, banjo, dulcimer, organs, mandolins, reed flute, harmonicas and all manner of other noise making devices and the collective's love of field / location recordings.

Brakes - The entire album is over in 28 minutes with the shortest track just 10 seconds long. it is a satisfying melange of country, soul, noise, wire in 77 and madness recorded in 5 days.

 

[Brockway]

Jacques Brel - a Belgian torch singer. An absolute genius songwriter. Scott Walker covered lots of his songs and translated them into English but they are nowhere near as good as the originals.

Lee Hazelwood with or without Nancy Sinatra.

The Handsome Family.

Johnny Dowd.

 

[pno]

Monolake

Claro Intelecto

Apparat

 

[Orang Utan]

Monolake

Claro Intelecto

Apparat

Good call

 

[Dubversion]

only really got into one Monolake track, Cern. Cos it rocked.

 

[Dubversion]

can i recommend fulsomely and enthusiastically the new Howe Gelb album, Sno Angel Like You. He releases about 3 albums a year (mainly as Giant Sand) and there are qualiity issues - but this is a gem, it's got a gospel choir on it but used in a non-histrionic way. very moving

 

[Orang Utan]

only really got into one Monolake track, Cern. Cos it rocked.

Yeah that's ace!

 

[pno]

only really got into one Monolake track, Cern. Cos it rocked.

both tracks on Monolake - Plumbicon Versions I EP are wicked. I love the sleeparchive remix.

The Monolake - Polygon Cities album has to be my most played (electronic) album currenty.