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Undiscovered Genius

  • 29-08-2008 7:27pm
    #1
    imasmeasmecanbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭


    just thot i'd start a new thread and share with u the peoples of teh internets some of the bands that are tickling my fancy at the moment but for some reason still remain largely undiscovered..........

    feel free to add to the list if you want, im always looking for someone new to adore.


    Romantica - Folk-indie with a celtic twist
    Magnetic Fields - NY Electro-funk. think the flaming lips crossed with gary numan..... check out a song called lets pretend were bunny rabbits to get the full effect.
    Devendra Banhart- if u dnt knw himu shud he is the unpronounced leader of the freak-folk movement.
    Joie "Dead Blonde Girlfriend" Blainey - another subscriber to the freak-folk movement.
    Jeffrey Lewis - Comic book artist come acoustic balladeer


    and then in brief........... The Boy Lasat Likely to Succeed, Paddy Goes to Hollyhead, and yeah........ thats all for now


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  • #2
    eire1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 651 ✭✭✭eire1


    An Horse
    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=85326748

    Tegan and Sara
    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=2096711


  • #3
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Blue Aeroplanes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTBBJEKTvD4

    The guitar-playing in the above song is just... a thing of beauty.

    Another "blue" band - the Blue Nile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiQ-a8CkPY


  • #4
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,853 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    imasmeasmecanbe wrote: »
    just thot i'd start a new thread and share with u the peoples of teh internets some of the bands that are tickling my fancy at the moment but for some reason still remain largely undiscovered..........

    feel free to add to the list if you want, im always looking for someone new to adore.


    Romantica - Folk-indie with a celtic twist
    Magnetic Fields - NY Electro-funk. think the flaming lips crossed with gary numan..... check out a song called lets pretend were bunny rabbits to get the full effect.
    Devendra Banhart- if u dnt knw himu shud he is the unpronounced leader of the freak-folk movement.
    Joie "Dead Blonde Girlfriend" Blainey - another subscriber to the freak-folk movement.
    Jeffrey Lewis - Comic book artist come acoustic balladeer


    and then in brief........... The Boy Lasat Likely to Succeed, Paddy Goes to Hollyhead, and yeah........ thats all for now

    The Magnetic Fields and Devendra Banhart are largely undiscovered? :rolleyes:
    Never heard of pitchfork? They've only been championing both since the beginning of time!


  • #5
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    That's still just a niche audience though - they haven't garnered general acclaim.


  • #6
    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,245 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    Lewis and Clarke - I'm surprised that they aren't much bigger.

    This is a wonderful song called 'Before it Breaks You'

    http://odeo.com/episodes/23165511-Lewis-Clarke-Before-It-Breaks-You


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  • #7
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,571 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    That Blue Aeroplanes song is great....


  • #8
    Orizio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    Of Montreal, Low, Spoon, Okkervil River, Sunset Rubdown, Sun Kil Moon, Merz, Sam Roberts, Frightened Rabbit, Bon Iver, The Hold Steady, Laura Marling...

    Well known in some quarters, not house hold names of course. I suppose some - most likely Spoon or Sam Roberts - are one album away from more then indie love ala The National.


  • #9
    Paddy-Megans-Lo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭Paddy-Megans-Lo


    eire1 wrote: »
    An Horse
    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=85326748

    Tegan and Sara
    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=2096711



    Tegan and Sara played the button factory back in February, fantastic gig, regardless of the fact it was on a wednesday night, right in the middle of leaving cert mocks....


  • #10
    Miguel_Sanchez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,417 ✭✭✭Miguel_Sanchez


    Caribou
    http://www.myspace.com/cariboumanitoba

    Why?
    http://www.myspace.com/whyanticon

    Both great bands. Caribou are fantastic live - Why? are supposed to be an excellent live outfit too - I'll find out on November 1st I guess!


  • #11
    anti-venom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 588 ✭✭✭anti-venom


    Totally agree about Caribou. I got their Andorra album a while back and can't stop playing it, lovely stuff. :)

    Here's two more realtively undiscovered bands that have got me all excited lately.......

    www.myspace.com/woodenshjips

    www.myspace.com/grailsongs


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  • #12
    Bubs101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭Bubs101


    Orizio wrote: »
    Of Montreal, Low, Spoon, Okkervil River, Sunset Rubdown, Sun Kil Moon, Merz, Sam Roberts, Frightened Rabbit, Bon Iver, The Hold Steady, Laura Marling...

    Well known in some quarters, not house hold names of course. I suppose some - most likely Spoon or Sam Roberts - are one album away from more then indie love ala The National.

    Yeah, Spoon are a really really good band. Ga Ga Ga is a must buy album


  • #13
    JaneyMc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,420 ✭✭✭JaneyMc


    Matt and Kim
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yg-CgIwaHs

    Yeah Yeah!


  • #14
    Orizio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    Bubs101 wrote: »
    Yeah, Spoon are a really really good band. Ga Ga Ga is a must buy album

    If you like Spoon, then you should check out Sam Roberts and The Hold Steady. Both are 'rockier' then Spoon but have similar pop sensibilities and right incredible songs.

    Them Kids - Sam Roberts


  • #15
    Bubs101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭Bubs101


    I got one of the Hold Steady albums, the Boys and Girls of America I think but I didn't really think too much of it. Chips Ahoy is a great song and they seem like really nice guys on the live set I got but so many of their album songs sound the same. Spoon impressed me with their adventerous nature on Ga Ga Ga and the different styles


  • #16
    Orizio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭Orizio


    Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is basically the perfect indie-pop album, incredibly consistent with more then a couple unforgettable tracks, and as you said very varied. In many ways its Spoon's masterpiece, I doubt they will even come close to matching it nevermind surpass it, and nothing in their back catalogue - even the excellent Girls Can Tell - matches it.

    In many ways, practically any album that is compared to Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga seems a little flimsy and The Hold Steady aren't really in Spoon's league (not sure any are right now, certainly not in Spoon's little niche) but nonetheless their newest album Stay Positive has half a dozen exceptional tracks complete with the emotional lyrics and memorable hooks that Spoon so excel at. Anyway, I'd give Stay Positive a go, tracks like Magazines and Slapped Actress are pretty hard not like imo.


  • #17
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    field music - in context

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g85y825DT3o


    ozma - domino effect

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-_9-4fTdlE


    the rentals - waiting

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umw9bW1YKL8


  • #18
    0ubliette
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭0ubliette


    Failure

    Early Day Miners

    Solar powered people


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