Least known but most deserving musical act?

[icemanE]

What band or other musical conglomeration is, in your opinion, the least recognized for its talent and potential? Links to myspace pages and/or youtube videos are appreciated.

At the moment I feel it's Caribou. It's actually a one man operation (his name's Daniel Snaith) but he's got a great live band he takes on tour. It used to be called Manitoba, but Snaith was sued by a pro-wrestler named "Handsome Dick Manitobe" (not making this up) and was forced to find a new name. Apparently, "Caribou" came to him during an acid trip (might have been a mushroom trip, not sure off the top of my head).

Anyways, they have a reasonable following (enough to tour Canada, parts of the US, and even a bit in Europe), but when they were booked and played at UNH, it was a free show and about 40 people showed up, so that should give you an idea of how "popular" the band is.

It's the best live act I've seen in a long time. I was on a buzz for about 3 days after I saw them. Granted, I was a bit "enhanced" during the show, but the fact that the environment, showmanship, and music were good enough to keep me going for DAYS afterwards, I was pretty impressed.

Sadly, the audio/video isn't great on these videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIUsxqSvwvA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7vaZDQa ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kTt81mz ... re=related

Enjoy.

[pickemgenius]

Secret and Whisper- Spider Besider


Secret and Whisper- Attacker


Lower Definition



Arrogant Sons of Bitches -Nowhere

[rorschach]

Man Man - Van Helsing Boombox


Man Man - Top Drawer


Man Man - The Ballad of Butter Beans

[icemanE]

Really liking the sound of Man Man and ASOB, gracias

[Dragon Phoenix]

Kayak.

[BridgesAndBaloons]

Andrew Bird is the most incredible live musician ever. (though well-known). He improvises and changes his songs with every single concert. He plays multiple instruments in his songs, so in the beginning of each song he loops the background stuff.

Each time you hear him, the same songs sound so new.
Here are some songs from Andrew Bird playing with Martin Dosh at Bonaroo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqnPGX3WrCU&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dJcr1brx_Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUjBe21x ... re=related

[Foolster41]

I would say Jonathan Coulton, though he is starting to get pretty famous, at least around the nerd circles. His music is pretty awesome though. I think there was a topic about him here though, so I wouldn't be surprised if most everyone here know who he was allready. (I went to his concert at PAX, it was really great.)

My favorite songs: I'm your moon, RE: Your brains, Chiron Beta Prime, Code Monkey, Future Soon and Creepy Doll.

[Pie_is_good]

The New Pornographers.

Myriad Harbour - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO_VONrCJQE
Challengers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHWWWa8E ... re=related
Letter From an Occupant - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBAUQaj6 ... re=related

The videos are usually p trippy, but the songs are good

[Mastermind of Sin]

False Heroics - Website, Myspace, or Facebook

[ChannelDelibird]

Fiction Plane, Sting's son's band, are awesome. (Fun fact: "Fiction Plane" is an anagram of "Infant Police".)

Myspace

[icemanE]

Yeah, I saw Sting's son's band live - they opened up for Snoop Dogg (Snoop is pretty boring live). You can totally tell it's Sting's kid when you see and hear him, it was cool but they definitely weren't in their element opening up for a rapper.

[ChannelDelibird]

Yeah, that definitely doesn't sound right for them. They're much better heading their own gig, I saw them a couple of months ago and they completely blew me away.

[Fritzler]

The New Pornographers.

Aren't they pretty well known? I mean, I've known of them for quite a while, and I'm really not that underground in music or anything.

Mac Lethal. He is awesome.

[Korts]

Parno Graszt-authentic gypsy music. Great musicians.

http://www.myspace.com/parnograszt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWgfMKAyIZE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJ0QUvPAsw

[Pie_is_good]

The New Pornographers.

Aren't they pretty well known? I mean, I've known of them for quite a while, and I'm really not that underground in music or anything.

Mac Lethal. He is awesome.

maybe, but I was really just trying to make the point that I have better musical tastes than

everyone

.

[Flameaxe]

Stars and The Most Serene Republic. Youtube them yourselves, you lazy bastard.

(I forgot earlier but...My avatar is a Stars reference)

[BlakAdder]

They're pretty well known around the anime crowd, but Maximum the Hormone is good.

[BridgesAndBaloons]

maybe, but I was really just trying to make the point that I have better musical tastes than

everyone

.

The New Pornographers are awesome.
But you just can't act pretentious when you use a band that's extremely well-known. Try again?

[Flameaxe]

maybe, but I was really just trying to make the point that I have better musical tastes than

everyone

.

The New Pornographers are awesome.
But you just can't act pretentious when you use a band that's extremely well-known. Try again?

I also agree, they are awesome.

[Pie_is_good]

maybe, but I was really just trying to make the point that I have better musical tastes than

everyone

.

The New Pornographers are awesome.
But you just can't act pretentious when you use a band that's extremely well-known. Try again?

normally you'd be right, but this is a special case because fuck you.

[ShadowLurker]

Soulja Boy

Crank Dat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpocrqvP2Yg
YAHHH! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfCmYyG-yg4
Soulja Girl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3pj6vkcn-E

[icemanE]

Nice, thanks shadow! durp.

[populartajo]

You should definetely listen to:
The Arcade Fire. My Bloody Valentine. Zeromancer. A Perfect Circle. Orgy. Muse. Placebo. HIM. Porter. Yourcodenameis:milo. The Magic Numbers. Portishead. Bjork. Isis. Denali.
Yes, I like a lot of music.
Stars is cool also. I hadnt listened to them in a long time.

[populartajo]

definitely

[icemanE]

My Bloody Valentine.

You must like Jesus and Mary Chain.