#378394 - Tue Aug 07 2007 08:40 PM
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I will go and look it up! Warped Tour is the greatest thing ever, i am so going next year, i will be finished UNI, so i will be there, look out for me people!
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#378395 - Tue Aug 07 2007 08:42 PM
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hahaha...I hope the Vandals are there next year...they were there this year but only until like July 14th or something so I won't get to see them  Anti-Flag is another band I hope is there next year.
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#378396 - Tue Aug 07 2007 08:52 PM
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I dont care who is there, as long as at least some of my favs come back, because i am starting to save now. I am going so i can see my 'obscure' bands at the Warped Tour.
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#378399 - Wed Aug 08 2007 03:48 PM
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My brother asked if you could please give some recomendations for Surf Instrumentals, he is into all of that stuff, he hates my 'emo' music.
Besides the 3 bands I mentioned (Star & Key of the Indian Ocean, Dr. Frankenstein and Robert Johnson & the Punch Drunks), I'd also recommend:
the Surf Coasters- a Japanese band, maybe the best current surf instrumental group
the Surfites, just released their first album this year
Destination: Earth- they're a lot like Man Or Astroman, who were popular during the late '90s. They toss in dialogue from grade-b sci-fi films into their music
Pollo Del Mar, a So-Cal band that is very good at reinventing the traditional surf sound
The Mermen, definitely not traditional by any stretch of the imagination. This is experimental, almost prog-surf. But I love all kinds of surf and these guys are fantastic at these sounds
Fabulous Plank-Tones. Like Dr.Frankenstein, they're from Spain and they can be compared to Pollo Del Mar for a great energy level
The Ghastly Ones take a horror movie theme and mix it up with surf
The Astroglides are an Israeli band. They're first two albums were a mix of surf instrumental and punk vocals. The punk was terrible, really bad, but the surf was absolutely fantastic. They've released all surf albums since- highly recommended.
Double Crown records site sells a lot of great surf cds. I think they offer downloads though I go for the cds. CD Baby also sells surf but beware, they toss in regular rock albums among what they label as surf, so it's best to listen to all the samples before buying. I have picked up a lot of great surf through CD Baby.
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#378400 - Sat Aug 11 2007 05:42 PM
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Not sure how obscure, but The Albion Band was hardly mainstream, and turned out the single best folk rocker who now works solo, Ashley Hutchings. You need a treasure map to find his albums but once you do they mail you whenever he makes a new one, which have been pretty regular. Also Richard Thompson from Fairport Convention who has done the same but is slightly better known by anyone into folk. Ashley does more traditional music mainly based on Morris Dances brought up to date (the date is around 1968), where Richard writes most himself although the end results are quite similar. Mike Oldfield and Steeleye Span popularised folk rock in the early 70s but these other guys never got into the mainstream, unlike Fiddler's Dram's one hit wonder, Bangor. They probably prefer the old fashioned small concerts with long time followers than the big time.
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#378401 - Sat Aug 11 2007 07:06 PM
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I love Black Rebel Motorcycle club, The Album Leaf, Wilco, and Lamb of God.
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#378403 - Sat Aug 11 2007 07:31 PM
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I forgot a couple... The The, Snake River Conspiracy, and God lives under water.
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#378404 - Sat Aug 11 2007 08:42 PM
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Waking Ashland and Meg &Dia
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#378405 - Sun Aug 12 2007 12:52 PM
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Oh, and Imogen Heap, STEMM, ISIS, Sparkle horse, The receiving end of sirens, and The acacia strain. (I listen to alot of music!)
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#378406 - Sun Aug 12 2007 02:24 PM
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I dunno if these are "obscure" but I just recently heard of them.
Death Cab for Cutie The Postal Service Wintersleep Joel Plaskett
Those are my newest favorites
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#378407 - Sun Aug 12 2007 04:08 PM
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Gary- They are obscure, because i have never heard of them. But as someone pointed out, bands over here that are 'obscure' are actually really popular over in the States and places like that.
I love this topic, it gives me some bands to look into.
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#378408 - Sun Aug 12 2007 04:13 PM
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Another band that I think is pretty cool is Motion City Soundtrack. It's been awhile since I've heard them though.
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#378409 - Sun Aug 12 2007 04:13 PM
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Elastica and Primal Scream are good too! I will just come back every once and a while and add more......
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#378411 - Sun Aug 12 2007 08:56 PM
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Ryan Star is AWESOME. He should have won. But he's better off.
My favorite obscure band is Sleater-Kinney (RIP). Maybe not the first riot grrls, but certainly the strongest-sounding. Of Montreal, Glassjaw, Bayside, Wesley Willis, Bad Brains, Against Me! - all are pretty good yet relatively obscure bands.
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#378412 - Sun Aug 12 2007 09:04 PM
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I like switchfoot, they have a few songs i like, i discovered them through wrestling, they did a couple of PPV songs.
I have a few more of my 'obscure' bands here, let me know if yall like them?
Alexisonfire Bright Eyes From First To Last Something Coroprate The Starting Line Story of the Year Thursday Underoath Funeral For A Friend Death Cab for Cutie
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#378414 - Mon Aug 13 2007 03:45 AM
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Death Cab for Cutie and Funeral for a Friend aren't really all that obscure (and I'm not even from the US!)
Switchfoot absolutely rock! I'm not sure whether other people know them, but I absolutely love their stuff.
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#378416 - Mon Aug 13 2007 06:49 PM
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We must be really behind all other countries here in Aus, i mean, all these bands i know and love, are pretty much unheard of over here, yet all these other people from other countries know who they are. It is cool.
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#378417 - Mon Aug 13 2007 10:17 PM
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I guess I would say that Anberlin is my favourite obscure band. I don't consider them obscure, but no one ever seems to know who I'm talking about when I mention them.
The Fully Down as well. They're still pretty unknown outside of Ottawa, even though they've toured the US and played on Warped Tour three years in a row. Check them out on Myspace.
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