Obscure artists from your country who rock

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trevster2k

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I have read a few posts discussing how popular certain bands are in the other countries. I would like to hear from other members of artists who are popular in their country but relatively obscure elsewhere. I am always interested in hearing new music.

Canada

I like Matthew Good, Sarah Harmer, Teagan and Sara, and of course, the Tragically Hip. Check em out. Some good stuff here.:rockon:
 
I'll look them up. Sounds cool!

Metal band, bad ass dude!

Hey, this is good shit! Reminds me of the good old days of heavy metal.

Thanks
 
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Agreed, but that music video is absolutely hilarious. Good times. I have no idea if they're actually listenable or not, I just know that song. Fun stuff.
 
canada has some great bands many people don't know about.

tegan and sara are indeed quite good, aren't they? they're really similiar to the BEATLES in a sense...where they write really short and extremely catchy pop songs.

of course, they don't have that "sound" that's need to make it onto the radio. i can't for the life of me understand how not.

other canadian bands i think highly of are already mentioned all of the time...

bss, stars, arcade fire, etc. etc. etc...
 
trevster2k said:
Canada

I like Matthew Good, Sarah Harmer, Teagan and Sara, and of course, the Tragically Hip. Check em out. Some good stuff here.:rockon:

:up: Great picks there trevster2k. I would also add Pilate to that list.
Canada is a hot bed of indie acts right now. Since I live in Canada, it's a little hard to tell who's obscure and who's not. The Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and Stars are pretty popular. There's also The Dears, The Stills, hayden (who's been around for a while now).
AND there are a handful of bands doing the post-punk/dance-rock/whateveryoucallit thing like Hot Hot Heat (another popular one), Controller.Controller, The Organ, and Death From Above 1979.

All said, I think Canada's lookin' pretty damn good when it comes to music!
 
^ Add Magneta Lane to my list of obscure Canadian bands that rock
 
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Thanks Imjhitman for those bands you mentioned. By obscure I mean, popular in one country but pretty much unknown in the mainstream US. They are the big market everyone wants to break into.

I forgot about Hayden, I like his stuff too.

I know there is a thread discussing what everyone listens to at the moment but I am looking for bands which I have never heard of ever. There are so many members here from all around the world, there has to be some great hidden gems.

That band mentioned by u2popmofo, Dream Evil, is retro metal style from Sweden. I love that old stuff ( I used to be a metalhead and a U2 fan too.)

I will check out the bands you mentioned.
 
DrTeeth said:
Bettie Serveert, Johan and The Gathering from the Netherlands. :yes:

Hey! You forgot to mention Urban Dance Squad. :angry:
:shame:
Claw Boys Claw is/was very good too.

And if I can include Dutch-language bands, then Doe Maar, De Dijk, Skik, Tröckener Kecks, Thé Lau and his band The Scene also deserve a mention.
 
Urban Dance Squad rule!:rockon:
Also (totally different though) is the Nits. Great laid-back but very well written music.
 
I just listened to Walking with Maria by the Nits. Very soothing and relaxing sound. I like it. I will have to find more.

The Gathering is good too. I just watched their video Monsters.

You guys have great taste. I knew you would though cause you are U2 fans.:wink:

I gotta go to sleep but I will definitely check out the rest of the bands mentioned here.

Thanks folks.:bow:
 
DrTeeth said:
Bettie Serveert, Johan and The Gathering from the Netherlands. :yes:

Yeah and you also forgot extince :lmao:
or is there some national shame in the spraakwater um...experience?

:D



hmm, australia. we suck at a lot of things, like music and sport. but let's see.

I cannot stress this first one enough. mp3s will be hard to come by because they're signed to EMI who're commie pinko socialists and have copyright protection, but you MUST find The Cat Empire. http://www.thecatempire.com.au/
i think there's sound bytes on the site. if not, google or steal from anyone you can. do it! quick! hurry up...

2 who i always whore out are eskimo joe and killing heidi. killing heidi did the song "I Am" from spiderman. as always, an oldie but goodie is TISM. if the song titles alone dont get you curious then you are probably never going to find true happiness.
 
Eskimo Joe:up:

Killing Heidi :eyebrow: depends on my mood.

The Cat Empire :drool: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: great for jumping around and having fun

and I really like Alex Lloyd:yes:
 
Tania said:
and I really like Alex Lloyd:yes:

Alex Lloyd is fantastic! :up:
Watching Angels Mend (I think that's what it's called - too lazy to go dig it up) is a great CD!
 
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Re: Re: Obscure artists from your country who rock

lmjhitman said:

Death From Above 1979.

:rockon:

from my country... umh, I don't think they are popular, even here... but they rock:

Austin Tv
Sad Breakfast
San Pascualito Rey
Hummersqueal

and Cafe Tacuba, but they yes are popular, they're going to play in Coachella this year, amazing stuff
 
i'm very bad at gauging popularity of certain artists. if you want to know about some bands that i think rock, then follow my posts around a bit. i'm mostly talking about american bands, and the US is where i live...
 
Mute Math from the U.S. (They won't be obscure for long).

So Dr. Teeth, where is the city you're from located? I've got family in the Netherlands (mainly in Friesland/Fryslan) and I travelled around the country years ago. Great place. Nice people.
 
Shit! I keep thinking of more!

Metric :up:

Are they obscure? :shrug: But they're good stuff! :yes:
 
Thanks guys, I have made of list of 41 bands to track down and have a listen.
 
Ok, here's some of Scotland's effort-
Biffy Clyro, The Delgados, Beta Band, Belle and Sebastian, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, Mogwai, Mull Historical Society, Teenage Fanclub and my personal favourites(and not very obscure, infact it's debatable how obscure this list is) Idlewild.
 
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