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name some obscure bands that you like...

Like BobStack I've been listening to a lot of Australian/New Zealand rock lately. Here are a few of my favorites...






 
BobStackFan4Life said:
Have you seen that documentary about them? Pretty entertaining. Anyway, this was a great Mitch Easter produced album. Great Athens, GA band from back in the day.
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Yep, its called Dig, and covers 8 years of friendship and feuding between BJM and Dandy Warhols. Interesting stuff. Won an award at Sundance I believe.
 
Going to see The Deadfields at Fam Dog in the ATL this weekend, they are pretty solid.
 
Kent said:
Get ready for some good music.

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The original drummer for the Wrinkle Neck Mules was one of my good buddies from Wake. I went to see some of their first shows in Richmond, VA.

I was shocked to see at listing for an ATL show for them a few weeks ago. Looks like they have a very different lineup now, except for the singer bro.
 
TheTwinAndreBen said:
The original drummer for the Wrinkle Neck Mules was one of my good buddies from Wake. I went to see some of their first shows in Richmond, VA.

I was shocked to see at listing for an ATL show for them a few weeks ago. Looks like they have a very different lineup now, except for the singer bro.
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WNM are my most listened to band over the past several years. I can't really map it, but their music really moves me. I was told recently that one of the current members lives in Austin and another here in Houston. I thought they were done, but I guess the Geico commerical resurrected them.
 
Lol the tag was there before I made my first post. However, I have enjoyed listening to a lot of these. Here are some of my lesser known favorites of the last few years:

Yellow Ostrich



Scattered Trees



Death Songs

 
Not sure if this counts as "obscure," but I dig Radical Face.

 
Damien Jurado - a singer/songwriter from Seattle. His lyrics are incredible, he's mostly acoustic with occasional acompanyment, but lately he's had a rock tinge. I can't think of a contemporary, but he gets connected to Pedro the Lion a lot because they're both from Seattle. I've listened to his album "The Ghost of David" about a thousand times. That I know of, he's written beautiful songs about: suicide, a serial killer, a woman deserting her family, a psychotic brother.
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I've got 2 more


Idlewild - a rock band from Scotland. They were pretty popular in Europe a couple years ago, but never broke here. Their strong structures and lyrics are reminiscent of R.E.M., but faster with a crunchier guitar sound




Matt Mays & El Torpedo - a rock band from Nova Scotia, basically a Canadian Tom Petty. I first heard them on Late Night with Conan 6 or 7 years ago and they were really popular in Canada at the time, but broke up after two albums.


 
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