To dig up an old thread, I have a new favourite *obscure* band.
They are an Adelaide band called Akoustic Odyssey, and I just saw them for the second time at the Fringe.
They are amazing. 2 guitars, a cello, a violin, an oboe, and 2 percussionists. Their music is impossible to give credit to by describing it, but it is just so amazing.

OMG like nobody anywhere around me has heard of Tokio Hotel. I wish they had. I know all of their songs and everything.

80s band 'X'. "Motel Bed in My Room". Brilliant.

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Tokio Hotel are great! Far as I knew, they're pretty big, though. By and large, German rock music is really cool -Rammstein, Tokio Hotel, Element of Crime... I love the fact that it's in a langauge I don't understand. Makes it seem far more romantic!

Ella, is this the band you're talking about?

http://www.myspace.com/akousticodyssey

Really interesting, I like them!

These unruly guys are still my favorite obscure band :

Wicked Tinkers

Taesma, Yeah, that's them.
Their homepage is www.akousticodyssey.com.

They have a great sound, and they're even better live!

They Might Be Giants. They're my favorite band and it just doesn't get any weirder.

House of Freaks, particularly their debut album, "Monkey On A Chain Gang". Great guitar and drums duo. Sad ending for one of the members, though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Freaks

The Rasmus
Innerpartysystem (they’re new, but not that well known yet)
Imogen Heap
Muse
Franz Ferdinand

Most of these bands aren’t very obscure in their own countries, but in the US they’re mostly unheard of.

Mine are all old - from the 80s:

Modern Eon
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell

Lately:

I don't know how obscure they are but Mazzy Star, Wintersleep,, The Nightwatchman.

I also like Muse skyflyerjen.

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Oh yeah! I think Muse is amazing.

The Strawberry Alarm Clock

I remember live concerts 60s 70s ect/last saw the Alarm Clock in 1988 with Moby Grape,and Its a Beautiful Day /how about Terry and the Pirates (a band with Ciopolina from Quicksilver Messenger Service) or Leila and the Snakes w/Jane Donacker and Pearly Gates(who later became Pearl Harbor and the Exlosions)

Ministry

My boyfriend and I were at the Voltaire concert in Salt Lake City Sunday night. Absolutly spectacular. That's the only reason we went to SLC.

The first band that comes to mind for me is The Icarus Account, two brothers who play mostly acoustic music but can play the piano and the mandolin as well. I don't know very many people who have heard of them but they are well worth the listen.