Bands/albums you love that your mates have never heard of

donfers

....but once you loaned them the record they fell in love with

On Fire by Galaxie 500 has worked with every two-bit philistine I've lent it to, I've converted more people than christianity with that one

Flojo

Not sure which genre some of these would fit into but just thought i'd add them into this anyways

Lykke Li
Passion Pit
Phoenix
John Fruscainte
The Knife
Miike Snow
Animal Collective
LCD sound system
The Mouldy Peaches

threein99

Buffalo Tom

maccored

anything devo though admittedly they are more well known in a commercial sense lately.

DerekDGoldfish

A few years ago it would have been Whipping Boy-Heartworm but in Ireland at least most alternative/indie fans have heard this by now.

The Associates- Sulk is an amazing album that a few people ive recomended it to also liked. If they didnt they wouldnt be human.

gavitron22

i was the philistine friend with animal collective! oh, youth :rolleyes:

pappyodaniel

gavitron22 wrote: »

i was the philistine friend with animal collective! oh, youth :rolleyes:

I'll never get it and I never will for the plain reason that there is nothing TO get. Even their so called radio-friendly song 'My Girls' is pretty underwhelming.

ElaElaElano

Cap'njazz, braid, american football, joan of arc, owls, cursive, minus the bear, the appleseed cast, we were promised jetpacks.

My mates tend to listen to indie that isn't indie at all, bit depressing.

Miguel_Sanchez

ElaElaElano wrote: »

Cap'njazz, braid, american football, joan of arc, owls, cursive, minus the bear, the appleseed cast, we were promised jetpacks.

I directed their first video.





(It's not that good! - )

ElaElaElano

No way, that's deadly. Quiet little voices? They're criminally underrated here and in the UK, seem to be getting much more attention stadeside.

gavitron22

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I'll never get it and I never will for the plain reason that there is nothing TO get. Even their so called radio-friendly song 'My Girls' is pretty underwhelming.

:eek: ok yeah that song is, but a lot of their stuff is absolutely serious!

rcaz

Deerhoof. Everyone I've played them to has gone through a process of 'Ugh, turn that off' -> 'Good band, but that singer's a headwrecker' -> 'Deerhoof are savage!'

hon pa

Flojo wrote: »

Not sure which genre some of these would fit into but just thought i'd add them into this anyways

Lykke Li
Passion Pit
Phoenix
John Fruscainte
The Knife
Miike Snow
Animal Collective
LCD sound system
The Mouldy Peaches

I was introduced to both of these by a friend, thank god for that..

Miguel_Sanchez

ElaElaElano wrote: »

No way, that's deadly. Quiet little voices? They're criminally underrated here and in the UK, seem to be getting much more attention stadeside.

Yeah, that's the one. Their record company gave us a budget of exactly zero for it!

They've only played one gig in Ireland as far as I know - HWCH in 2008 I think it was, and that was only as part of the Scottish invasion section.

ElaElaElano

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Their record company gave us a budget of exactly zero for it!

Ironic given the name of the label

Yeah I'm dying to see them come over here, did manage to catch them in Manchester though when I was living there and it was only £4 in, best value for money gig ever.

ps the vid is good, I mean you would've been restricted with no budget but it's nicely done despite that. And it's got nearly half a million views now, you bigtime charlie!

indiewindy

I love you but I've chosen darkness
This will destroy you

Creamy Goodness

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Yeah, that's the one. Their record company gave us a budget of exactly zero for it!

They've only played one gig in Ireland as far as I know - HWCH in 2008 I think it was, and that was only as part of the Scottish invasion section.

let's hope they come back soon, such a great band, good video too considering the budget .

on topic.

biffy clyro - vertigo of bliss
phoenix - wolfgang
adebisi shank - this is the album...
BATS - red in tooth and claw.
crystal castles - self titled.

Miguel_Sanchez

ElaElaElano wrote: »

Ironic given the name of the label

Indeed. But I don't want to bitch too much about the record label. I've nothing but high hopes for the lads - they're a hard working bunch o'Scottish lads - Adam, for a such young guy, is a great lyricist too!

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

BATS - red in tooth and claw.

BATS are a brilliant live band. I've never seen them live and not been impressed.

H8GHOTI

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I'll never get it and I never will for the plain reason that there is nothing TO get. Even their so called radio-friendly song 'My Girls' is pretty underwhelming.

Once you get them, you'll love em!

mosstin

donfers wrote: »

....but once you loaned them the record they fell in love with

On Fire by Galaxie 500 has worked with every two-bit philistine I've lent it to, I've converted more people than christianity with that one

I trust you've delved further into their back catalogue - Today and This Is Our Music are in their own way beautiful albums. Today in particular is sublime given the fact that the band scarcely knew each other or how to play their instruments. Galaxie 500 remain for me the most magical band of the U.S. underground scene and On Fire is my favourite album of the 1980's.

Sergeant

I really like a Canadian band called Black Mountain. Not completely underground, but they seem to operate under the radar for the most part.

speedboatchase

Miike Snow
Phoenix
Genki Rockets

Birneybau

Marquee Moon - Television
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Parallel Lines - Blondie
Primary Colours - The Horrors

Great albums all..

P.S. My mates are pretty sheltered

Xavi6

Two amazing albums that none of my mates know -

SilverScreen

Xavi6 wrote: »

Two amazing albums that none of my mates know -

My sister used to have that album. I can remember it being pretty good, very similar to the likes of Mansun and My Vitriol. Must track it down.

A V A

veto-crushing digits !!!! good album


i have plenty more and will post soon

Ooly

About 5 years ago the Guillemots played Oxegen. One of the highlights of the smaller tents.

I had been a fan of them for a while & persuaded some friends to come see them - none of them were impressed & it's a running joke between them all now!

Why I don't know - Superb band all in all!

DerekDGoldfish

Ooly wrote: »

About 5 years ago the Guillemots played Oxegen. One of the highlights of the smaller tents.

I had been a fan of them for a while & persuaded some friends to come see them - none of them were impressed & it's a running joke between them all now!

Why I don't know - Superb band all in all!

I flew over to Manchester to see one of the first Gang of Four gigs after they got back togeter (2nd I think), It was a great gig but for years after my gang of four t-shirt was mocked as a G4 t-shirt.

Gang of four are great though and I have converted some people to thier wonderful ways. The first 3 albums are great but thier debut "Entertainment" is in the top 5 albums released during my favorite era 77-84

pappyodaniel

Asphyxia

Dreamtheatre!!! I was introduced to them by my sister when I was 13 and loved them after it. I have shown a few people there music and just like me have started to get into them. If you don't know them listen to them now!!!

Brendog

Fenech-Soler

Two Door Cinema Club

The Wombats

Foals

squeakyduck

Was introduced to Ratatat about this time last year. They have a lovely sound.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatat

Best songs IMO!! :cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk8qcGOtBFw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zTkrPNNpkc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBedwedu01k&feature=related (LOVE THIS VIDEO! I'd love to dress up as a tiger!!) :rolleyes:

DUBSTEP!!!!
My boyfriend introduced this to me. Not everyone's cup o' tay but it's a bit mad.
Love Rusko!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa5WFgJ3F1w
Chrispy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kv3BkWnhIc (I believe this rivals the original!)
This is just beautiful (Mt Eden) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqN5yWg6ff4
I'm hoping when I finish college I can go to a dubstep night in London! This would make me very happy!

seniorolaighin

the midway state

A V A

squeakyduck wrote: »

Was introduced to Ratatat about this time last year. They have a lovely sound.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatat

Best songs IMO!! :cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk8qcGOtBFw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zTkrPNNpkc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBedwedu01k&feature=related (LOVE THIS VIDEO! I'd love to dress up as a tiger!!) :rolleyes:

DUBSTEP!!!!
My boyfriend introduced this to me. Not everyone's cup o' tay but it's a bit mad.
Love Rusko!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa5WFgJ3F1w
Chrispy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kv3BkWnhIc (I believe this rivals the original!)
This is just beautiful (Mt Eden) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqN5yWg6ff4
I'm hoping when I finish college I can go to a dubstep night in London! This would make me very happy!

you just gave brilliant dubstep chooons :P:P:


nice on e:)

cheers

squeakyduck

I love Dubstep. Caspa (another dubstep DJ) supposedly played in Dublin a few weeks back. :mad::mad::mad: <-- that doesn't even begin to describe how mad I was that I didn't know! :P

Any good Dub youself?

Here's a few more

Caspa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1d--QPWLss

More Mt.Eden, again this is GORGEOUS! : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09N0XkPWZBU

pappyodaniel

yuck, i don't get dubstep.

AnonoBoy

Menomena.

Try telling your friends about them and they always do the Muppet Show song.

WindmillWarrior

Gorkys Zygotic Mynci. Finito now though unfortunately.

Battleflag

This is Alternative & Indie no?

Miguel_Sanchez

exioot wrote: »

This is Alternative & Indie no?

Indeed and it is.

Let's keep these to Alt/Indie bands please.

SilverScreen

None of my friends, or anyone i know really, have heard of the band Catherine Wheel, which is a real shame. This is a really great song from their brilliant 1992 album Ferment, although this is an edited version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtTqR9oZX6Q

And for those of you who like a bit of folk-rock, unlike most of my friends, The Acorn are definitely a band worth checking out. This is from their album Glory Hope Mountain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq11qGqqe44

theUbiq

Can you define alternative\indie please Mr Moderator?

Miguel_Sanchez

theUbiq wrote: »

Can you define alternative\indie please Mr Moderator?

Not dubstep.

sarah+1

Santigold
American Football
Tigers Jaw
Osker
Neutral Milk Hotel
Good Luck
Lemuria


My friends haven't heard of most of what I listen to.

fillmore jive

The Replacements

ElaElaElano

sarah+1 wrote: »

Santigold
American Football
Tigers Jaw
Osker
Neutral Milk Hotel
Good Luck
Lemuria


My friends haven't heard of most of what I listen to.

American Football are incredible, just so annoying that they only released one full length.

Kevin Bacon

Really into a band by the name of belleruche no one i know would have ever heard of them, but being listening to them solid for the past month cant get enough of it to be honest, bit like portishead if they took a bit of liking to soul music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYQzSIqWUH4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEFH-ueNYmI

Could listen to this one all f*cking day.

Amazotheamazing

fillmore jive wrote: »

The Replacements

The greatest band of the 80's, Pixies and R.E.M. be damned.

I'll go with AA Bondy, Okkervil River and the Hold Steady.

ColmDawson

ElaElaElano wrote: »

Cap'njazz, braid, american football, joan of arc, owls

:):)

furiousox

Wilko Johnson (ex Dr Feelgood), best live act on the planet...bar none!
He's got Norman Watt-Roy (best bass player of his generation) on bass.
Guitar plugged directly into amp.
Bass plugged directly into amp.
No plecs, no pedals, no effects.
2 hrs of real r'n'b later, band leaves stage SOAKED in sweat.
Criminal that nobodys heard of him and he plays in pubs and not arenas.
P.S. You can see him on my first youtube link below... and in Belfast on August 27th, cu there!

Andy-Pandy

Nobody i know has ever heard of The Sea And The Cake. Brilliant band. Such groovey, funky, smooth tunes. Have a load of albums, all well worth a listen but some of them outstanding. Any time i've played them to anyone they have asked who it is we are listinging too.