[Closed] Obscure albums you rate highly...

Trembling Bells

Erland and the Carnival

Dead Flamingoes

Guardians of dalliance
by Guardians of dalliance

Anything by Clutch.

What is "obscure"? Stuff that's not played on the radio?
I've heard of Biosphere, so that's not particularly obscure.

Sorry, but its a word that bugs me about music these days!
Go on Bandcamp.com - how many artists have you heard of on there? Are they all "obscure"?
Then you get people calling you pretentious for like 'obscure' music!
I don't even know what it is! ARGH. I've disappeared up my own arse again.
ps. I like the new Octa Push album.

VHS Head - Trademark Ribbons of Gold

Tasters available on youtube. It is one I always mention, but it is just awesome (and a little bit mental).

You know what mainstream is? stuff that isn't that.

I couldn't be arsed to think of a better word than obscure.

How about "little known"?

I'll admit that biosphere isn't exactly obscure.

Edit, double

Dunno if it counts, but Shame by Brad was (is) an amazing album, which does not get much of a mention.

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Ok, it's not the word 'obscure', but the concept. There is SO MUCH music out there, mainstream (I'm guessing radio airplay stuff?) is a such teeny tiny portion of it.
I get the Juno Records weekly mailouts and have only heard of about 10 artists out of all the weekly releases.

Another answer - Paul White - March of the Ants

(you can ignore the ranty bit and just read the answer if you want 🙂 )

See there: Amon Tobin. Is he obscure to you? Cos he's been played on the radio loads! (Great album btw)

The Bands: The eels

Album: Daisies of the Galaxy

Brillaint

Which radio station ? If you mean 6 music, then it's listener figures suggest it's still pretty small when you put it next to, say Radio 2 (not trying to pick a fight there DezB). 🙂

Kind of surprised people have heard of him, although he has got bigger over the past couple of years.

My mum won't have a clue who he is, if we're using that as a sort of sliding scale for obscure.

Exactly!
Radio 1 actually - Mary Anne Hobbs used to play Amon Tobin stuff all the time.

Here's my album selection from 2013:

Wraetlic - Wraetlic
Tyler, the Creator - Wolf
Raffertie - Sleep Of Reason
Greenhouse - Bend But Don't Break
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels
Smash TV - Noise & Girls
**** Buttons - Slow Focus
Moderat - II
Jagwar Ma - Howlin
Disclosure - Settle
Airhead - For Years
Baths - Obsidian
DJ Koze - Amygdala
MonoPoly - Killer B's
Young Galaxy - Ultramarine
Solar Bears - Supermigration
The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow

Obscure to some maintstream to others!

I had amon's first album when it was released . He was fairly obscure then. Excellent choice by the way.

Maybe he's half obscure.

And all your picks of 2013 are obscure to me. Mind you that might be because I'm getting old and don't know what's cool any more. Not that I ever knew what was cool in the first place...

Old AND obscure!

"10 mistakes" by Gruppo Sportivo

It's All Done By Mirrors, by The Astronauts.

Unclassifiable genius, but here goes nothing.....

The wonderful sense of freedom of the free festival movement meets the harsh reality of establishment hatred filtered through paranoia and the easy availability of hard drugs.

Reminds me of dozing in fields to the sound of old diesel engines.

Hope you're ok Mark.

[i]Mind you that might be because I'm getting old and don't know what's cool any more. Not that I ever knew what was cool in the first place...[/i]

I have no idea what's cool either! I listen to what I like. A fair bit I discover through [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/tune-association-threadits-friday-and-im-bored ]this thread[/url]. hint hint.

Yes, 'Shame' was/is excellent.

Also related to Brad, 'Temple of the Dog'

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Can't be bothered listing individual albums so I'll list some of my favourite obscure artists.

Turner
Zoot Woman
Cut Copy
Tobacco
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Com Truise/Sarin Sunday/Airliner
DJ Koze
Virtual Boy
Teebs
Juj
Onra
Bibio
Evenings
Thieves Like Us
Pollyester
Oneohtrix Point Never
Neon Indian
Lone
Keaver & Brause
Kona Triangle
Erlend Oye
FM Belfast
Floating Points
Slugabed
Shlohmo
Baths
Flying Lotus
Dntel
Eleven Tigers
Balam Acab
Actress
Polochord
Joakim
Midnight Juggernauts
Mmoths
Poolside
Machinedrum
Sepalcure
Shed
Ssaliva
Sun Glitters
Tycho
Woolfy
Vondelpark
Work Drugs
We Have Band
Mathew Dear
Shigeto
Dauwd
Aybee
Lusine

Could go on all day so that will do, agree with Octa Push and VHS Head.

I see a couple of Ghostly International artists in there schrick.

I am quite liking Com Truise at the moment.

My favourite label and probably my favourite artist there. 😀

[i]so I'll list some of my favourite obscure artists.[/i]

They're not obscure! 😉

Oh and thanks for reminding me of Lusine, that is my afternoon sorted.

DJ Format: Music for the Mature B-Boy. Nobody I know has it.
The Mermen: Krill Slippin'

Maybe not now Dez but they were when I discovered them before everyone else jumped on the bandwagon. 🙄

I think The Waiting Room is my most listened to album of 2013.

Wet Willie - Left Coast Live
Cowboy - five'll get you ten
Elvin Bishop - Raisin' Hell

[i]I think The Waiting Room is my most listened to album of 2013[/i]

Lusine?

Yup.

Well, if nothing else, I've learnt that The Black Angels have a new album out, obscure or not.

[i]Black Moth Super Rainbow[/i]

Reminds me - that Demon Queen album is imminent..

It's rather good. 😉

Gimme!

Live at the Austin Outhouse by Blaze Foley

Kinoko Teikoku - Eureka. Awesome band/album

Ride the Fader by Chavez is fantastic. Think I've met one other person with a copy.

Gone Glimmering is also great, but marginally weaker.

They 'reformed' a couple of years ago and were rumoured to be in the studio, but nothing's transpired yet...

Ozric Tentacles- Strangeitude.

Granted not [i]that[/i] obscure, but I still think its ace..

First Utterance by Comus

Hot Menu by Sadistic Mika Band

Ozric Tentacles- Strangeitude.

Granted not that obscure, but I still think its ace..

haha I was going to post that! Been listening to it loads recently 🙂

Tradition -' tell your friends about dub'. Class early 80s UK dub.
Redwing - 'redwing' 70s west coast.
The The - 'burning blue soul' precursor to the eponymous 'soul mining'
Smith and mighty 'bass is maternal' - a classic Bristol trip hop/jungle album that defined my youth in that city.
Many more I'm sure! Edit: yes to early ozrics!!

At my signal, unleash... hipsters!

All Pop, No Star by the Slingbacks. [i]Perfect[/i] summery pop punk. Or maybe it's just that Shireen Liane's vowels could give a dead man an erection 😆

The The - 'burning blue soul' precursor to the eponymous 'soul mining'

If it was called "soul mining" (or, indeed, anything other than "The The") then it's not eponymous. Perhaps you meant ubiquitous?

Black Ark in Dub....by erm Black Ark

See also [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/cd-recommendations ]this[/url] thread.

I asked a similar question and got some excellent recommendations

Cheers

Danny B

Sorry, yes; 'the the' would be eponymous I guess! Soul mining - ubiquitous!

See there: Amon Tobin. Is he obscure to you? Cos he's been played on the radio loads

All Pop, No Star by the Slingbacks. Perfect summery pop punk. Or maybe it's just that Shireen Liane's vowels could give a dead man an erection

In Search Of A New Dawn by The Psychological Perspective Of Tangle Edge

I've got this album - obscure enough for you?

according to the essay on the sleeve notes its 'the ideal music for dull parties', before adding 'even stiff dolls will unbend'