Who's the most underrated artist / band in your opinion?

eroticvultcha

I always thought Mark Lanegan, both as a solo artist and with the Screaming Trees, could have been huge.

ascanbe

eroticvultcha wrote: »

I always thought Mark Lanegan, both as a solo artist and with the Screaming Trees, could have been huge.

He is. He looks at least 6'5" or so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EOi91-Ge6c

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EOi91-Ge6c

shtopthelights

Joan As Police Woman....

http://youtu.be/fQ2Pc-Y9hgE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EOi91-Ge6c

eroticvultcha

Nice one on Joan as Policewoman... she's brilliant!

MrStuffins

Lads and ladies, I put forth to you............

Chad VanGaalen. This chap has an original style and the combination of his voice, singing and lyrics are very haunting at times. If you don't know the guy, i'd strongly suggest checking him out (even these lovely videos).

PS: didn't really wanna post 3 videos, but I didn't wanna leave out "TNMT Mask", one of my favourites by him and very different 2 the other 2 videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lD0u0goJS8

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

ricero

kasabian by a country mile they dont get enough credit even though each album they bring out is so different to the former.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM5YDI7ttME

TwoCanDan

ricero wrote: »

kasabian by a country mile they dont get enough credit even though each album they bring out is so different to the former.

No offence meant, but I don't know how Kasabian can possibly be classed as underrated.
-They've been among the headlining acts at festivals all over Europe and beyond for years.
-Their records chart better than most rock acts,
-They receive plenty of airplay,
-They arent critical darlings, but their records aren't universally panned either.

If you're a huge fan maybe you feel it's an injustice that they haven't reached U2 levels of fame yet. I personally don't like them and so I tend to feel they're overrated if anything. I guess that's the subjective nature of music...

ricero

TwoCanDan wrote: »

No offence meant, but I don't know how Kasabian can possibly be classed as underrated.
-They've been among the headlining acts at festivals all over Europe and beyond for years.
-Their records chart better than most rock acts,
-They receive plenty of airplay,
-They arent critical darlings, but their records aren't universally panned either.

If you're a huge fan maybe you feel it's an injustice that they haven't reached U2 levels of fame yet. I personally don't like them and so I tend to feel they're overrated if anything. I guess that's the subjective nature of music...

what annoys me about kasabian is that people lump them in as a lad rock band and compare them to oasis. just because there freinds with the gallaghers doesn't mean they sound like oasis there completely ****ing different.
Kasabian are possibly the most consistant band in the past decade class after class after class 4 studio albums 4 class albums. This is because they don't change their style of music and stick with it. Kasabian are so under-rated it's not even funny...

jill_valentine

Deja vu...

TwoCanDan

ricero wrote: »

what annoys me about kasabian is that people lump them in as a lad rock band and compare them to oasis. just because there freinds with the gallaghers doesn't mean they sound like oasis there completely ****ing different.
Kasabian are possibly the most consistant band in the past decade class after class after class 4 studio albums 4 class albums. This is because they don't change their style of music and stick with it. Kasabian are so under-rated it's not even funny...

Fair enough man. You still didn't explain how that makes them underrated, but you're entitled to your opinion.
What you're describing sounds more like a case of lazy pigeonholing of their music rather than them being underrated...

smokedeels

TwoCanDan wrote: »

Fair enough man. You still didn't explain how that makes them underrated, but you're entitled to your opinion.
What you're describing sounds more like a case of lazy pigeonholing of their music rather than them being underrated...

tbf, you can call a commercially successful band critically underrated, which I think was his point.

ricero

TwoCanDan wrote: »

Fair enough man. You still didn't explain how that makes them underrated, but you're entitled to your opinion.
What you're describing sounds more like a case of lazy pigeonholing of their music rather than them being underrated...

i just think they should get more recognition critically for there albums. although there last album was a critical success and won a lot of awards for them and kasabian have been classed as one of the best live bands in the world. i dunno its just they get a lot of criticism for being a lad rock band which is complete and utter bullsh!t. i think it just annoys me that these lads havent headlined glasto yet as one of the main headliners and not just as a side - headliner when worse musicians have.

TwoCanDan

smokedeels wrote: »

tbf, you can call a commercially successful band critically underrated, which I think was his point.

I get you, but I was making the point that they don't get that raw a deal from critics either. Mojo, Q, and the culture sections of the papers seem to like them. They only go unappreciated in the more leftfield indie mags/blogs/websites, and for a band that probably isn't gunning for that audience that's probably not a big deal.

@Ricero:

i just think they should get more recognition critically for there albums. although there last album was a critical success and won a lot of awards for them and kasabian have been classed as one of the best live bands in the world. i dunno its just they get a lot of criticism for being a lad rock band which is complete and utter bullsh!t. i think it just annoys me that these lads havent headlined glasto yet as one of the main headliners and not just as a side - headliner when worse musicians have

Again, as you've shown, it's subjective. They win awards and are critically lauded, but you still feel they deserve more recognition because you're a big fan, and that's fine. I wasn't getting at you, I was just arguing a point. There's no right or wrong when it comes to music.
Like what you like, and feck the begrudgers...

grindle

ricero wrote: »

kasabian...they dont get enough credit even though each album they bring out is so different to the former.

ricero wrote: »

This is because they don't change their style of music and stick with it.

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Kasabian are a cheap Primal Scream-meets-The Who knock-off; as for the lad-rock thing, it probably doesn't help that their music is so laddish, or that they came out at the same time as Hard Fi. Although they're in no way as bad as them. Nor Oasis.

ricero

grindle wrote: »

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Kasabian are a cheap Primal Scream-meets-The Who knock-off; as for the lad-rock thing, it probably doesn't help that their music is so laddish, or that they came out at the same time as Hard Fi. Although they're in no way as bad as them. Nor Oasis.

apologies did not mean to say that i think my dyslexia has struck again. dont try compare them to hard fi please there 10 millions times better than them gob****es. also primal scream has influenced them especially on there first album but come on primal scream havent been good since the late 90's. also the who comparison i just do not see it

grindle

ricero wrote: »

apologies did not mean to say that i think my dyslexia has struck again.

And it's that easy... Think I'm gonna have to pick me up one of those disability-things. No bothers laaaaaaaaaaaad!

Back on-topic (are we allowed more goes?), Prefuse 73 always seems to be plugging away, but never reaching the heights he deserves... A victim of his own early promise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmxZzqD6qUk

jodie85

ben howard is extremly talented and hopefully rises a bit now

jakobgallagher

These guys,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NidGf02_p9s

And this bloke,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu8bWwTuaXQ

:cool:

DDDDDeannnnn

Company Flow

Rothko

Elliott Smith
John Frusciante (his solo stuff is far better than RHCP)
Minutemen
Bikini Kill
Husker Du
The La's (most people know the song There She Goes but the whole album is fantastic and one of the best albums of the 90's)

AngryBollix

The redneck manifesto are definitely the most underrated irish band of the last decade.

sheroman01

Am I the only one that thinks Interpol are a ridiculously underrated band?

I never hear them on the radio, never see them on TV, and never hear anyone mention them....yet they feature high up the bill on some festivals, it's weird. But yeah, they're amazing! Their first album, Turn on the Bright Lights, is just simply amazing, one that will stick with you forever, once you get into it.

Miguel_Sanchez

sheroman01 wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks Interpol are a ridiculously underrated band?

I never hear them on the radio, never see them on TV, and never hear anyone mention them.....

I don't know about that. You'd hear them fairly regularly on stations like Phantom.

Wattle

Judee Sill & Nick Drake. Completely ignored in their lifetimes despite producing brilliant work. Both die tragic early deaths and become cult heros years and years later.

jakobgallagher

Oh ye and these lads too.

Technocentral

LCD Soundsystem, so much passion, invention and quirkiness in every track they produced, in a perfect world they would be mainstream pop.

sheroman01

@Jeff_Lebowski, Really? I've only heard 3 of their songs in the past few years, on MTV Rocks and 2fm once. Then again, I wouldn't listen to the radio that often, may tune into Phantom more often! But even in general, I don't hear much about them....ah well, I love still em :pac:

Jim_Kiy

sheroman01 wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks Interpol are a ridiculously underrated band?

I never hear them on the radio, never see them on TV, and never hear anyone mention them....yet they feature high up the bill on some festivals, it's weird. But yeah, they're amazing! Their first album, Turn on the Bright Lights, is just simply amazing, one that will stick with you forever, once you get into it.

Id rate them very highly based on the first two or three albums ..maybe they have more ? Went to see them twice and they where ok but very static and have'nt heard much from them since.

Modest Mouse are another seriously underrated band..I know they've had some mainstream success in recent years but most people outside of alt would not have a clue who your talking about.