What's your obscure musical love of the moment?

[ghostsofgiants]

I've been listening to Portugal. The Man's album "Waiter: 'You vultures!'" and it's kicking my ass.



http://www.myspace.com/portugaltheman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmDFlsXaDe4

Hit me with some good obscure shit.

[idgiehkt]

1. I'm too lazy to look for it.

Current stuff, anyway. That's what you're for...lol :)

I really like that video. It's tres groovy.

[ghostsofgiants]

6. The whole album is great. Probably one of my favourites of the year.

[Montauk6]

2. Blodwyn Pig

This is a really great album if you're into early 70s jazzy prog rock. I'd only come across these guys in the past several months.

[jriles]

3. Musica Obscura

That's pretty obscure. Good album though.
Obscure is relative but some not soooooo popular albums I've added to my collection recently are

Sparklehorse: It's a wonderful life
Pine Box Boys: Arkansas Killing Time
Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane
The National: Alligator
Destroyer: This Night
Built to Spill: Perfect from Now On
16 Horsepower: Folklore

I mean, you could have heard of all of these but maybe not. Good listening.

I've been getting in good hip hop (not much of that anymore) but there's

Clipse: Lord Willin'
Ghostface Killer: Supreme Clientele
Mobb Deep: Murd Muzik
Young Buck: Straight outa cashville

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Supreme Clientele is a killer album

Ghostface is probably my favourite Wu-Tang member. There's plenty of good hip-hop out there, you just need to dig.

I'll check out the rest. I'm familiar with Built To Spill, but the rest are new to me.

(Welcome to DU, by the way.)

[jriles]

8. Thanks

You gotta dig. Yes. You said it more succintly than I. Dig and every once in awhile I diamond comes up.

[Drum]

15. Wow, Sparklehorse...

I had a friend long ago who did roadie stuff for them. He said a band member had "passed out" or something and had lost his nerves in his leg(s) I think. :( Long time ago...not sure if I'm getting the story straight.

[tinfoil tiaras]

4. Well, i'm currently really into

-The Rocket Summer
-Rilo Kiley
-OK Go
-Katy Rose (she's like a better Hilary Duff :D )
-The Strokes (i used to hate them for some reason...)
-Hellogoodbye

[ghostsofgiants]

11. I love The Strokes.

I think they were really underrated as a result of all the buzz they got initially. (If that makes sense, haha.)

A friend of mine has a bit of an obsession with Hellogoodbye, haha.

[asthmaticeog]

7. Current 93, "Thunder Perfect Mind."

Apocalyptic folk = goodtimes. :D

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Apocalyptic folk?

This I have to hear.

[asthmaticeog]

10. I'd upload some to my server for you...

...but my housemate is balls-deep in Warcraft right now and he'd pitch a fit if I hogged the bandwidth.

I'm not even slightly kidding. :cry:

On edit: search Soulseek for Current 93, Death in June, Blood Axis and/or Sol Invictus.

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Haha, that's kinda sad.

Also: Balls-deep is one of the best phrases ever.

[asthmaticeog]

13. One of the best places ever, too.

Can he get a music thread locked as a sex thread? Stay tuned!

Oh, and check the edit on my last post.

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Haha, nah, deleted subthread at best.

And I shall do just that.

[carpetbagger]

14. Os Mutantes. The 1960s come to Brazil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJCR69qM8TM

[BrotherBuzz]

16. A little Jump Blues from Louis Jordan

Caldonia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB-7tE07qms&mode=related&search=

Buzz Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IGtzASUeNE&mode=related&search=

Beware, Brother, beware
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_LYI2_3hhk&mode=related&search=

[deucemagnet]

17. Right now my favorite indy band is the Silversun Pickups.

They kind of remind me of The Pixies and Sonic Youth in some ways. Definitely one of the best indy bands out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YiUXl0TwR8

[ghostsofgiants]

21. I love at 1:40 in that video...

She swings her bass and the keyboardist ducks.

[deucemagnet]

22. You should check out The Thermals, too.

I think both The Thermals and Silversun have better songs than these, but alas, my choice of videos is limited on the internets!

http://localcut.wweek.com/?p=637

On edit: Thanks for turning me on to Portugal. I think that video is even better than the song!

On edit edit: How hot is that uber-cutie bassist for The Thermals?

[ghostsofgiants]

32. I'm really liking those Thermals videos...

And I definitely agree about the bassist, haha.

[RevolutionaryActs]

19. I don't know how obscure they are, but Eskimo Joe

http://www.myspace.com/eskimojoemusic

I'm so obsessed with Black Fingernails Red Wine. :7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgyoZPP167E

[SlavesandBulldozers]

20. Tanya Tagaq Gillis

http://www.myspace.com/tagaq
She's a throat-singer from Nunavut. beautiful.

[Omphaloskepsis]

23. This... I just found this site a few days ago.

http://dogwhatdog.multiply.com/music

We used to watch Artless Motives, The Hoogendoorns, The Rudundants, and Piss Pants all the time. Oh kegs in a basement. Eugene used to have a good scene.. in 93

Artless Motives is my favorite. I used to be the drummers boss at a movie theater. None of these guys would care if you download the mp3's.. I just talked to the drummer for Artless Motives and he doesn't care.

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Nice, I'll definitely check that out.

[Omphaloskepsis]

37. All of those bands include Josh Jones...

It is his website.. Download away.. He doesn't care. I'm slow.

[kwassa]

25. Kassav'

from the French Antilles, in the inventors of a style of music known as zouk. My favorite band for many years.

a medly of some of their hits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvRhZbZ6XmI

Se Dam Bon Jour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8B4_pZMKjY&mode=related&search=

Oh Madiana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGh_k0Y99Oo&mode=related&search=

[sakabatou]

26. Orange Range

[TimeChaser]

33. Yay!

Although right now I'm being a huge dork and listening to Bleach character image songs :D

[sakabatou]

34. I'm going to jump into your boat as well

[sakabatou]

35. Song titles?

[TimeChaser]

36. Try here:

bleachexile.com has all the CDs listed

My favorite's currently Fuyu no Hanabi, which is a duet with Matsumoto and Ichimaru.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Someone say my name...

I'm obscure. I need love. :evilgrin:

[ghostsofgiants]

28. How musical are you?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

29. I've been making a living at it for close to 30 years

and I keep getting hired by the same people. So I can't be too shabby. :D

[ghostsofgiants]

30. Works for me.

Someone love this lady, stat!

[kwassa]

31. Soukous, and a style of dance known as kwassa kwassa

from the Congo

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