Recommend an obscure album thread...

[Pheas]

Hey,

I'm eager to hear something I haven't heard before (aren't we all). Anyone got any recommendations for some "off the beaten track" artist/album that'd be worth checking out? Something that can be downloaded from itunes or emusic would be a bonus.

Here's my own suggestions if anyone's interested in something different.

Jukeboxer: "In The Foodchain" (Electronica & Folky Aternativish stuff, very pleasant, if you're into Four Tet you'll like).

Besh O Drom: "Gyi" (Hungarian Gypsy Folk, good for ass-shaking)

Is there any way we could have some sort of a "What I'm currently listening to" thread on this forum? There used to be something like this over on the neurotics (Langers) forum.

Pheasant

[Forsberg]

Are you looking for obscure sounding or obscure as in you might not have heard of them?
Anyway check out
The Books - Lost and Safe.

Kinda folky Electronica as well, but nothing like Four Tet really.

[Kmark]

'Lost and Safe' by the Books is deadly alright.

Luna's album 'Bewitched' is a great lost alternative pop album from 1994.

[spango_joe]

CocoRosie - Noah's Ark. Great album, just 2 sisters, kinda beatbox drums with lots of Harp and excellant vocals. Very cool

[Johnnyc]

I got a present of a cd from the states recently by a band called Iron and Wine, kind of folk-rock, I really enjoyed it.

[jimbo junior]

Dunno if you'll have much luck finding it, but theres an album by an american band called "toenut" called 'Two in the Piñata'. Dunno if you'll find it on soulseek, but you can buy it off amazon.com. Best tracks are "inverted flatspin", "giant Steps", "test anxiety", "the song we wrote yesterday" and "the weird world". Really good actually.

[jimbo junior]

Heres the link

http://www.amazon.com/Two-Pi%C3%B1ata-Toenut/dp/B000003Z6J/ref=m_art_li_1/002-0309695-3515228

[Forsberg]

I got a present of a cd from the states recently by a band called Iron and Wine, kind of folk-rock, I really enjoyed it.


Great stuff. Both his albums are fantastic and woth getting

'The Creek Drank the Cradle', and 'Our endless Nmbered days'


I'd also recommend a band called Okkervil River
http://www.myspace.com/okkervilriver

[thefacts]

suicide - zero hour (red star records)

[John H]

Picked this up in plugd, Its really good:

http://www.discogs.com/release/656745

Also maybe not that obscure but solvent is savage, have listened to this album a scary amount of times and im still not sick of it, also available in plugd:
http://www.discogs.com/release/15133

[Pheas]

Thanks, have the Books album alright, fairly dae-cent. I'll check out a few of the others as well.

[midletonman]

Picked this up in plugd, Its really good:

http://www.discogs.com/release/656745

Also maybe not that obscure but solvent is savage, have listened to this album a scary amount of times and im still not sick of it, also available in plugd:
http://www.discogs.com/release/15133

was gonna recommend the idol tryouts. the seconmd cd of mine is almost worn out id say, great stuff.

[vitaminkane]

Neil Young has an album called On The Beach from 1974 that not many people talk about but it's as good as Harvest in my opinion. It just grows and grows on you.

[John H]

was gonna recommend the idol tryouts. the seconmd cd of mine is almost worn out id say, great stuff.

Good shizzle alright, Ghostly stuff in general is swish..

[midletonman]

, Ghostly ..


whoooooOOOooo..........

[John H]

whoooooOOOooo..........

My god u are bored

[midletonman]

i know...refresh refresh refresh

i cant listen to anything here you see, theres the crux of the problem.

[HappyMonday83]

Tubeway Army - Replicas

http://www.gothicrevue.com/Replicas.jpg

By the release of their second album, Replicas, Gary Numan was the undisputed focal point and leader of icy electro-punkers Tubeway Army. And the move proved to be massively successful back home in the U.K., where both the album and the single "Are 'Friends' Electric?" topped the charts. The band had made a conscious effort to streamline the sound heard on their 1978 self-titled debut -- the distorted guitar riffs were played on Moog synthesizers instead, and Numan had perfected his faux-space-age persona. And the paranoia that is very evident in the lyrics and vocals on Numan's next release, The Pleasure Principle, can be detected on Replicas. Another near-perfect album by the band, highlights are many -- "Me! I Disconnect from You," "The Machman," "You Are in My Vision," and one of the most underrated new wave/synth-driven compositions of the whole era, the chilling ballad "Down in the Park." And out of all the Gary Numan/Beggars Banquet reissues, Replicas contains the strongest bonus tracks, such as never heard outtakes from the recording sessions, including "The Crazies," "Only a Downstat," and the B-side to the original "Are 'Friends' Electric?" single, "We Are So Fragile." [Note: In addition to bonus tracks, all of the Gary Numan/Begggars Banquet re-releases contain classic photographs and informative liner notes by Numan biographer Steve Malins.]

[TastesLikeChicken]

Tubeway Army - Replicas
Fabulous album.

[HappyMonday83]

Fabulous album.

Thank god, at last someone with taste.
Although my personal favourite is Telekon, I plan to get a t-shirt printed, once I find someone that will do it.

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o306/HappyMonday83/Role_Modelblack_800x600.jpg

[oootini]

http://www.discogs.com/release/48519
biosphere. unbelievably great ambient schtuff.

that idol tryouts cd is lush alright.
anyone hear the first one?

[rocky black]

James Figurine - Mistakes Mistakes Mistakes Mistakes

http://www.discogs.com/release/731252

Nice kinda synth poppy/housey kinda stuff. John Tejada worked on the album too. I'm still always listening to it

[midletonman]

James Figurine - Mistakes Mistakes Mistakes Mistakes

http://www.discogs.com/release/731252

Nice kinda synth poppy/housey kinda stuff. John Tejada worked on the album too. I'm still always listening to it

has this got anything to do with the band the figurines?ben watt just signed them to his new indie label 'strange feeling recs'. since tejada was involved i thought it could be,

[mango]

Found unsignerd band Calabrese ("The World's GREATEST Horror Rock Band!" ) on myspace a while back, bought the CD straight away.. Nice and punky, touches of the Misfits in there.. check em at:
http://www.myspace.com/calabrese

[RuffCherry]

Black Dog Productions - 'Bytes'

[boots]

klute- casual bodies

[John H]

Black Dog Productions - 'Bytes'

Good stuff alright, only got it off a buddy recently but i like what ive heard of it so far...

[STEVIEG]

N'dambi - Little Lost Girls Blues
Classic soul/jazz/r&b album by one time Erykah Badu backing singer

Jazz Addixx - Oxygen
Overlooked hip-hop very jazz related and soulful

Raphael Saadiq-Instant Vintage
Massive in the States but overlooked here-Modern soul genius

[HappyMonday83]

Pass and move, it's the liverpool groove - Liverpool FC

[midletonman]

Pass and move, it's the liverpool groove - Liverpool FC


how about the liverpool rap. john barnes lyrics are insightful i think.

[HappyMonday83]

how about the liverpool rap. john barnes lyrics are insightful i think.

And lets not forget the rap he did for new order's world in motion.

[midletonman]

And lets not forget the rap he did for new order's world in motion.

i think we can safely say lyrical genius our barnsy.

[STEVIEG]

And lets not forget the rap he did for new order's world in motion.


Bar a certain goal in a friendly against Brazil it was Barnesy best contribution to Engerlund

[John H]

i think we can safely say lyrical genius our barnsy.

He got flow...

[neadine]

busdriver : fear of a black tangent. i'd say prob one of the most inventive rappers around, got a new album out soon too.

bogdan raczynski : 96 drum n bass classixx. dunno if its around for download but he's well worth checking out.

[BaconChiliBurger]

Neil Young has an album called On The Beach from 1974 that not many people talk about but it's as good as Harvest in my opinion. It just grows and grows on you.

I have been expounding the virtues of this album for ages ...

"Aint nothing like a friend who can tell you you're just pissing in the wind ..."

[midletonman]

barnseys been booked to perform with g-swift and justin on the tuesday of the dj comp.

[BaconChiliBurger]

I like "Cannibal OX - The Cold Vein" too. Don't know if it counts as properly obscure though.

[HappyMonday83]

i think we can safely say lyrical genius our barnsy.

Barnsy's rap, pure class. Grand master flash, me arse.

You've got to hold and give
But do it at the right time
You can be slow or fast
But you must get to the line
They'll always hit you and hurt you
Defend and attack
Theres only one way to beat them
Get round the back
Catch me if you can
Cos' I'm the England man
And what you're looking at
Is the master plan
We ain't no hooligans
This ain't a football song
Three lions on my chest
I know we can't go wrong

[midletonman]

Barnsy's rap, pure class. Grand master flash, me arse.

You've got to hold and give
But do it at the right time
You can be slow or fast
But you must get to the line
They'll always hit you and hurt you
Defend and attack
Theres only one way to beat them
Get round the back
Catch me if you can
Cos' I'm the England man
And what you're looking at
Is the master plan
We ain't no hooligans
This ain't a football song
Three lions on my chest
I know we can't go wrong

ha ha!

[Johnnyc]

Great stuff. Both his albums are fantastic and woth getting

'The Creek Drank the Cradle', and 'Our endless Nmbered days'


I'd also recommend a band called Okkervil River
http://www.myspace.com/okkervilriver


The cd I got was a mini album, six songs called WomanKing, although my friend told me she'd burn some more stuff for me, which must be the albums you're talking about.

[STEVIEG]

Barnsy's rap, pure class. Grand master flash, me arse.

You've got to hold and give
But do it at the right time
You can be slow or fast
But you must get to the line


Last bit was dedicated to this

http://i18.tinypic.com/2jeqnh0.jpg

[rocky black]

has this got anything to do with the band the figurines?ben watt just signed them to his new indie label 'strange feeling recs'. since tejada was involved i thought it could be,


i think he's in a band called figurine alright. he's also in the postal service too according to wikipedia.

[HappyMonday83]

Last bit was dedicated to this

http://i18.tinypic.com/2jeqnh0.jpg

Dont do it
freeze
da da da de da da de
rock.
IIIIIIIIII get higher baby
IIIIIIIIII get higher girl
and don't ever come down
FREEBASE

[midletonman]

i think he's in a band called figurine alright. he's also in the postal service too according to wikipedia.

must check it all out.

[rocky black]

jim prolly had it in plugd. that's where i heard it anyway

[midletonman]

jim prolly had it in plugd. that's where i heard it anyway

plugd shall be visited.

although i owe him enough money already....

[Loftydog]

Go girl crazy by the dictators. Probably the main link between the glam rock era of the new york dolls and the more straight forward punk of the ramones. A bunch of bostonian rednecks with nothing on their mind just acting obnoxious and getting drunk.

[Mike C]

Debatable as to obscurity of the band but certainly Brand News Deja Entendu is under rated in my opinion-lyrically alone its a masterpiece

[Claire.h]

I thought my all-time favourite album might be a little obscure, but turns out you can buy it right here on the PROC.

http://peoplesrepublicofcork.buy.ie/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=35&products_id=64

Elephant - In the Moon

[spango_joe]

Debatable as to obscurity of the band but certainly Brand News Deja Entendu is under rated in my opinion-lyrically alone its a masterpiece

Jesus man spot on!! What an album. Possibly the most underrated album ever. Lyrically astounding!

[Flav]

the sea and cake - nassau
archie bronson outfit

anyone like daniel johnson?

[freck]

Thank god, at last someone with taste.
Although my personal favourite is Telekon, I plan to get a t-shirt printed, once I find someone that will do it.

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o306/HappyMonday83/Role_Modelblack_800x600.jpg
Jasus,I havent heard that album in years some excellent tracks on it,I just bought it again here
http://musicmp3.ru/artist_gary-numan__album_telekon.html for half nothing.

Thanks for the flashback:)

[Loftydog]

I thought my all-time favourite album might be a little obscure, but turns out you can buy it right here on the PROC.

http://peoplesrepublicofcork.buy.ie/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=35&products_id=64

Elephant - In the Moon

Yep ive heard of them. supposed to be very good

[Jim Comic]

the sea and cake - nassau
archie bronson outfit

anyone like daniel johnson?

3 very good acts there,

d.j. is insane but writes some fantastic lyrics and melodies

[man100]

Edan - Beauty & the beat
Fabric 12 - The Amalgamation of Soundz
G Love & Special Sauce - Philadelphonic
Grand National - Kicking the National Habit
ModeSelektor - Hello Mom!
Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
Test Icicles - For Screening Purposes Only
Lamb - Fear of Fours
Shapeshifter - Riddim Wise LP
!!! - Louden Up Now (new album out now too!)
Anokha - Soundz of the Asian Underground
Autechre - Anvil Vapre
Dusted - When we were Young
Gotan Project - La Revancha Del Tango
London Elektricity - Pull the Plug
Red Snapper - Making Bones
Rodney Hunter - The Hunter Files
Thievery Corporation - Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi
Salmonella Dub - One Drop East
U.N.K.L.E - Never Never Land
Del the Funky Homosapien - No Need for Alarm
Ladytron - Witching Hour
The Redneck Manifesto - I am Brazil

Oh and check out Paisley Grammar, Unsigned UK band but they are savage... www.myspace.com/paisleygrammar

Im sure thats plenty to keep you going with for a while!!

[mr m]

Tropicana- A brazilian revolution in sound
That Coco Rosie wan is off its head as well.

[Forsberg]

Tropicana- A brazilian revolution in sound
That Coco Rosie wan is off its head as well.

Good calls.

[HappyMonday83]

Jasus,I havent heard that album in years some excellent tracks on it,I just bought it again here
http://musicmp3.ru/artist_gary-numan__album_telekon.html for half nothing.

Thanks for the flashback:)

Tis class alright.

[jim p]

A few recentish ones ive been liking.

Tape - Rideau (Hapna / 2005)
http://www.boomkat.com/media/stock_images/Tape-Rideau.jpg (http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=19491)

Miller & Fiam - Modern Romance (Expanding / 2006)
http://www.boomkat.com/media/stock_images/millerfiam-modrom.jpg (http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=20870)

You Dee - Through The Tulips (Onitor / 2006)
http://www.boomkat.com/media/stock_images/YouDee-Tulips.jpg (http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=17935)

[oootini]

reanimator- "special powers"


pansonic-y old drum machines and tone generators techno recorded live straight to tape- cold warm and crackly in equal measures