Name an artist/group that you are surprised isn't more popular.
Name an artist/group that you are surprised isn't more popular.
I'll start with Saul Williams. I found out about him because he opened for NiN. He was great. I thought he was going to break through when I heard him in a Nike commerical, but nope his social conscious rap didn't catch on.
What people or groups do you think should be more popular? Also name/link some songs.
No man is an island, but I often feel alone, so I find peace through.....ooohhmmmm....
List of demands https://youtu.be/zDMtaIcrfQ0
Black Stacey https://youtu.be/kRsgavuG4sg
Act III Scene 2 https://youtu.be/IMfuQkwlpbk
Om Nia merican https://youtu.be/8gq0m29cADw
Tao Of Now https://youtu.be/DhQQseFcTGE
De Staat, it's a really creative experimental rock band from The Netherlands. Bubble Gum is my favorite, but also check out the Vinticious Versions album which contains their songs in vintage style. They also have a talent for powerful album outros. The Inevitable End and Luther always give me goosebumps
He's great. I first heard him on a Ninja Tune compilation. I got to see him in a 100 seater doing a poetry night. All snaps!
Car seat headrest. Their songwriting and music choices blend together into something timeless and un-explainable. They're my favourite band.
Without a doubt my favourite band of all time. They're 99% of what I listen to. Seriously: if someone reading this is nervous about the future and hasn't listened to How To Leave Town, you're missing out.
The Pretty Reckless. I have become obsessed with Taylor Momsen's voice. There's something about it I feel is like a once in a generation quality.
Janelle Monae has had some genius and beautiful sci fi going through all their music, as well as supreme bops, yet is absolutely nowhere near the pop queen she should be
I love Janelle Monae. Lipstick lover, Make Me Feel, and I Like That are a few of her amazing catalogue.
KC Roberts and Live Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sk75tWiEo8&pp=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSGuf_3tn6I&pp=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEiU7D09uR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11JNkcm3gU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE1_1ZgKLC8&pp=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE-ra_HxD_k&list=OLAK5uy_kT3uOsf0mjaX7-NcpJ_tPtzbwSoVvep-Q&index=2
Greta Van Fleet is my favorite rock band. It is a modern rock band inspired by rock songs from the past, like those of the 1970s. They create blues rock songs and hard rock songs about resilience in life, as well as a progressive rock song that discusses humanity's dependence on smartphone technologies. Other similar rock bands include Dirty Honey, with their heavy, relatable song "Won't Take Me Alive," which I believe is about difficult situations, and Rival Sons' "Nobody Wants To Die," which I interpret as expressing that despite hardship, we don't want to die but rather seek a solution to resolve the problems more quickly.
I'll have to check them out. I love rock, but I'm not familiar with the modern rock scene.
Edit: I just watched a few videos. Not really for me, but they have some range. Meeting the Master, Highway Tune, and Heat Above. Highway Tune reminds me of the Doors. It was worth watching the music videos for me.
You must check out king gizzard and the lizard wizard, they are honestly rock and roll hall of fame material, they are I think what modern rock and roll has evolved into.
They have a crazy track record of recording multiple albums per year for like 20 years straight and not a single one of them suck and they continue to get better everytime, idk how they do it but they do it well and i can confidently say this is not an exaggeration of my interest in them.
They explore a lot of variety of genres but I think people mostly look at them and place them as rock and roll.
Refused, I found out about them cause they were the band who did all the Samurai songs in cyberpunk 2077 and even though they had a bit of a bump they're still really obscure
Now this is a band I should have known about. They remind me of Weezer, if Weezer was more hardcore. The melodic metal songs remind me of Evergreen Terrace. New noise is great. The Shape of Punk to Come was awesome. This is the high energy rock, I need in my life. Thank you.
"Shape of Punk to Come" is chefs kiss been bumping that shit for over 20 years now and it is still great!
Shape of Punk To Come is a straight up masterpiece. Blew my tiny mind in '98, when my world had come to revolve around whatever Epitaph and Fat Wreck were putting out.
I think Refused are one of those bands who don't need to be big. They do their thing, then they disband for a while, work on other projects, then come back together.
The Neighborhood Kids. They're a small-ish rap group whose biggest song has a bit over quarter million streams on Spotify (Biddi Bomb). They're really interesting because they sound and feel like politically active 90s west coast rap. Great beats, great lyrics, and very creative.
A complete 180 from what tops the charts nowadays. Biddi bomb is their biggest song and is rap through and through, while Third World Problems feels RATM. I honestly hope they keep at it because I love what they're doing.
You described The Neighborhood Kids perfectly. I took a quick look into their music and I am enjoying it. Thanks. This is the type of music I need in my life.
The Roots in their pre-Jimmy
KimmelFallon days, and even now, are my favourite musical group. Black Star is another duo I would raise to that level as well.Taking a look at this page, for the Last Poets, who influenced Saul Williams, it's a veritable who's who of artists I love: Wu-Tang, Public Enemy, Brand Nubian, KRS-ONE, Guru, Mos Def & Talib Kweli.
e: I stand corrected.
Fallon, not Kimmel.
I stand corrected.
I knew they were on late night with one of the Jimmies. The band they are is not tied to how they pay the bills. Funny thing is, I can imagine Fallon's face, but not Kimmel's.
The band they are is 1987 - 2007 for me. The last album of theirs I picked up was Undun in 2011.
Fish in a Birdcage. I suppose I understand why they're not big, but their music is so eclectic, there's a little bit of something for everyone.
The Arcadian Wild feels like the perfect indie folk band.
I heard Drunk on Pride for Fish in a Birdcage. They remind me of that Franz Ferdinand band.
DAK https://youtu.be/Q_igolfkQU0
Bobbing https://youtu.be/V4LLgIgwmTA
Skinshape (maybe sorta well known?) https://youtu.be/ulOgzjdBdzY
A band that is slept on hard and legit my favorite active punk band is Get Dead. Their album Dancing With The Curse is unreal cover to cover. It's just 32 minutes long, but it's a god damn classic! My favorites on it are Stickup and Confrontation. The signer was a hiphop lyricist originally, which you can kind of hear at times, but I'd say he was meant for punk rock!
This group is great. I will add them to my playlist. They remind of Whole Wheat Bread. https://youtu.be/vq_MzFgMwxA
I haven't heard that name is a hot minute, I dug Whole Wheat Bread tough in the early 2000's! But I'm glad you dig Get Dead, they have a handful of solid albums, I also really like Honesty Lives Elsewhere.
Saul Williams is a favorite for me. I think he wrote Black Stacey when he was a teenager. Good stuff!
Pretty sure everyone’s heard of every band I enjoy, but I think Andy Shauf, Damien Jurado (especially Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son), and Doomtree should be more widely enjoyed.
Fish in a Birdcage is one of my alltime favorites. Great for relaxed listening and tends to have really good stories in the songs as well.
Chuck Ragan.
Also BOYSETSFIRE
I thought Chuck Ragan looked too hipster for me to enjoy, but Something May Catch Fire was good.
Now BOYSETSFIRE is my type of jam. I think rock isn't represented as well as it used to be..
I don't know man. When I was younger you couldn't get me to listen to anything other than mainstream rock. But I came off a.stint of playing games like The Flame and The Flood, Hunt: Showdown, and of course Red Dead Redemption 2. And it just.....clocked for me. Now my Spotify can't tell if I love Grunge, Punk, or Folk.
Destiny Potato. Technically impressive, cool songs, catchy motifs, and at the same time they show that it's possible to make fun music. Plus at the time of their first release, it was a refreshingly different kind of djenty progmetal.
They're known as Sordid Pink now, by the way.
I just checked out Destiny Potato. It feels like Sordid Pink is a more metal version or polished version. Either way, I enjoy the sound. Great songs. Thanks.
Omg. I had never heard of Saul Williams. Adding him to my playlists. Thank you for this!
Interpol is one of my favorites. I like to think they took over from Joy Division.
No I in Threesome : https://youtu.be/eAaXS_wioYg
I heard this group before. I couldn't tell you where. Maybe a show or something. I enjoy the relaxed grove.
I would say Dry Cell, who had a fantastic full album and lots of great demo EPs, and by extension their split-off bands, such as Acrylic and Band With No Name.
I looked up Dry Cell, Acrylic, and Band With No Name. I'm thinking I didn't find the same bands that you did. The Dry Cell I found didn't look/sound like the Acrylic band and Band with No Name, that I found. Either way I enjoy music so thanks for the direction.
Here are some top faves of mine:
- Dry Cell - Ordinary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqTjIN93xfg
- Dry Cell - Under the Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xJe3RnjM9A
- Acrylic - Fading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf4xudG8ThA
- Acrylic - Loser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALcAzUEeNSo
- Band With No Name - The Criminal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysaP0Y6K_cY
- Band With No Name - Animallike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNyg0iHz2TQ
Acrylic and BWNN both have the same lead singer (Jeff Gutt) as Dry Cell, but don't have Judd Gruenbaum (bassist/co-singer) in them. You're welcome, I hope you enjoy what you hear!
Saul Williams did break through….. for a poet.
That is true. I don't know any other spoken word poet.
Everything Everything
They've written some of my favourite albums over the past decade or so
At first I was just getting a movie, but I think I found them. Cold Reactor, Violent Sun and No Reptiles, and I Want a Love Like This are pretty good. The last one has a trippy video. Thanks.
You've definitely found them and you've already picked a few of my favourite tracks—I'm happy to have introduced you
Pitchshifter
Listening to Shutdown. I enjoy the melodic metal sound. Genius has more of a hype beat. I will add them to my workout mix.
JMSN.
He started out in the dreamy hazy r&b vibes of early weeknd, and now is more in the soul funk area.
He got a bit of hype on TikTok recently with his song Soft Spot, and him dancing in the music video for it. But dude is SO talented. Makes such good music. And is such a massive vibe.
I still listen to and watch his Blue Album stuff. He made old school homemade 90s R&B videos for all the songs on the album. And it’s SO good.
Soft Spot: https://youtu.be/LKKrnjfH3nQ
Bout it: https://youtu.be/LKKrnjfH3nQ
I love it. I need more music to dance to. Soft Spot had me thinking it was one type of song until he started dancing.
I don't even know what to think anymore, can you show me?