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

eroticvultcha · 21-07-2011 11:51AM

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

ascanbe · 23-07-2011 12:36AM

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.

23-07-2011 01:05AM

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

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

shtopthelights · 23-07-2011 01:08AM

Joan As Police Woman....

http://youtu.be/fQ2Pc-Y9hgE

23-07-2011 01:10AM

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

eroticvultcha · 24-07-2011 05:16PM

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

MrStuffins · 03-08-2011 06:42AM

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 · 03-08-2011 03:02PM

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 · 03-08-2011 03:51PM

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 · 03-08-2011 03:55PM

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 · 03-08-2011 03:59PM

Deja vu...

TwoCanDan · 03-08-2011 04:08PM

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 · 03-08-2011 04:15PM

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 · 03-08-2011 04:17PM

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 · 03-08-2011 04:35PM

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 · 04-08-2011 10:20PM

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.

Proofreading : 1
Ricero : 0

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 · 04-08-2011 10:38PM

grindle wrote: »

Proofreading : 1
Ricero : 0

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 · 04-08-2011 11:01PM

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 · 05-08-2011 08:15AM

ben howard is extremly talented and hopefully rises a bit now

jakobgallagher · 18-04-2012 10:06PM

These guys,

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

And this bloke,

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

:cool:

DDDDDeannnnn · 19-04-2012 05:24PM

Company Flow

Rothko · 19-04-2012 05:31PM

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 · 19-04-2012 09:10PM

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

sheroman01 · 19-04-2012 09:13PM

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 · 20-04-2012 10:13AM

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 · 20-04-2012 02:00PM

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 · 20-04-2012 05:56PM

Oh ye and these lads too.

Technocentral · 20-04-2012 06:43PM

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

sheroman01 · 20-04-2012 08:21PM

@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 · 20-04-2012 08:43PM

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.

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

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