Who are your favorite artists you feel deserve more attention?
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checkerouterofthings — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 07:30 AM)
I bought a Dire Straits best of CD a few years ago and was fairly disappointed with pretty much all of the non-radio play songs. Having said that the DS do have an incredible sound and their top few hits are as good as anything out there. Their stuff transcends time and era which is one of the criteria of truly great music. Solid Rock is one of my all-time favorite songs.
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!!!deleted!!! (63548317) — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 07:52 AM)
(Seizes opportunity to post "Industrial Disease". Great just-under-the-radar Dire Straits tune)
To answer your question more directly, time for a revisit of John Fullbright
"Forgotten Flowers"
I sometimes find music so cathartic that it makes me lethargic -
Dark_Firework — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 10:10 AM)
For pop, Carly Rae Jepsen deserves much more attention post-"Call Me Maybe." Her last album and EP are in my top 10 pop albums this decade.
For rock, Tame Impala is incredible and deserves more commercial attention. I can listen to him all day every day. -
KatiesGhost — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 10:55 AM)
Jack Off Jill- I consider this band to be the most underrated band of all time and I consider their "Clear Hearts Grey Flowers" album to be the best album of the year 2000, the best album of the 2000's decade and the best album of the 21st Century.
Nocturne
Human Waste Project- Even though the name of this band is terrible, this band is awesome. It's a shame they only released one album.
Snake River Conspiracy- Another great band who only released one album
The Mis-Teeq- A British R&B girl group from the early 2000's who were England's answer to Destiny's Child.
The 411- Another 2000's British R&B girl group. Not the best group ever, but they have some excellent songs.
Bardot- An Australian girl group in the early 2000's who were like the Australian Spice Girls.
Sinead O'Connor- I don't listen to her much anymore, but she is so much more than just "Nothing Compares 2 U" which isn't even her best song.
Holly Valance- An Australian pop singer in the early 2000's who was like Australia's answer to Britney Spears. She's very hit and miss for me sometimes, but when she hits, she has some of the damn catchiest pop songs ever.
Stabbing Westward- These guys might've been a more commercial, radio friendly Nine Inch Nails, but they made some really catchy and melodic songs. I actually like them better than NIN.
Kittie- A teenage, Canadian all female nu metal band in the early 2000's. Kittie are a band that are hit and miss for me, but, like Holly Valance, when they hit, they're amazing.
Mya- I've just discovered Mya this year. Another hit and miss one for me, but when she hits, she hits. -
xMartyMcFlyx — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 12:48 PM)
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Please check them out, they are a band on an independent record label, they have members from different bands such as NOFX, Lagwagon, Foo Fighters and No Use For A Name. They have put out many albums and toured worldwide but for some reason they don't seem to get the love the deserve. They have been around for a long time. If you enjoy music then I recommend you check them out! -
JamesOttoSweetHeart — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 07:50 PM)
James Otto and my late beautiful precious Billy Joe Royal will always be at the top of my list. Right now James only has one big song to his name, "Just Got Started Lovin' You" that is, when in my opinion everything else that went to radio from him was just as good if not better. As for my late beautiful precious Billy Joe Royal, looking at his history only makes me want to put my fist through a window. To me, his material should have been all over the place and yes more of it was compared to what's been put out there from James, but sadly Billy Joe had one heck of a slump after his Cherry Hill Park album was released in 1969. His next album after that one was not released until 1986. In my opinion, that slump never should've happened, everything that came out his mouth is awesome.
God bless you and his family and James always!!!
Holly
P.S. What made things worse in my opinion were his songs being covered by other singers later on. Billy Joe was the first to sing the following.
"Down In The Boondocks"-Kenny Loggins
"I Knew You When"-both The Osmond Family and Linda Ronstadt
"Yo-Yo"-The Osmond Family
"Hush"-Deep Purple
"I Never Promised You A Rose Garden"-Lynn Anderson
Check out my most favorite singer, James Otto, when you can! I love him SO much!!! (smiles) -
petrolino — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 08:06 PM)
The one super group that needs to expand its fanbase considerably is Royal Trux. As good as Sabbath, nastier than Zeppelin, uglier than Rush far more than just drag-weaving rock n roll experimentalists, this outfit projected as clear a vision as their buddies, the mighty Pavement, or at least they did at their "band" peak. That's my take.
Royal Trux hit it live on the road
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petrolino — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 08:10 PM)
Mark Knopfler's musical score to Uli Edel's 'Last Exit To Brooklyn' - based on my favourite novel by Hubert Selby (who appears in the movie) - is so heart-achingly, ball-breakingly beautiful, I end up thinking nothing is beyond this man. I've reached the point where I feel Mr Knopfler is our (U K) equivalent to Ry Cooder and there is no greater praise to give. He deserves more attention and less derision but it seems the same applies to many artists caught within the mainstream slipstream.
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pacinoyes — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 09:44 AM)
There was no better lyricist in the 90s than Frank Portman ("Dr. Frank") of The Mr. T Experience, but because he played in a genre that isn't given to noticing that ("punk-pop") and he often wrote funny songs that could be perceived on the surface as novelty or jokes people treated him and his band as merely that
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He's a weird kind of uniquely American genius, (still, and as a novelist too) and the 3 best records his band cut in the mid-90s still stand up with the best power-pop (in particular Love Is Dead which is where the song below is taken from). -
csweetleaf2 — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 07:21 PM)
I feel that Starz should've been much bigger than they were, their music was similar to KISS and the first wave of the 1980's hair bands, unfortunately Starz only were able to achieve moderate success in the mid to late 70's
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Grimaldi_J_B — 9 years ago(January 04, 2017 05:44 PM)
I'm at a disadvantage because I do not listen to commercial radio nor do I watch the music oriented music channels on television so these guys could be getting a lot of attention and I wouldn't even be aware of it. The typical FM stations is just so unkind to the ears and when was the last time MTV's programming was centered around music?
The reason why I think they might not be receiving much attention is because no one I know listens to them and only a couple of people I know have heard of them.
They are Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Angels and Kings of Leon.
I heard them quite by chance. I heard Kings of Leon in a movie. That led me to look into them and then I discovered they had released a joint EP with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
I found The Black Angels by asking Google about bands that were similar to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. I don't really find them to be that similar. The Black Angels have a decided 60s psychedelic feel to them while Black Rebel Motorcycle Club definitely has a heavier vibe.
A friend of mine told me that the reason I like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is because they are a dark version of The Beatles. He is probably correct as he is (1) One of the most astute people I know and (2), we've known each other since first grade in school and have been "best friends" since 9th grade. He probably knows me better than anyone in the world.
God knew he was good and God did look the other way that day. -
rmcrae_deluxe — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 08:19 PM)
Samantha James - Someone once described her as "Madonna meets Sade meets Everything But the Girl" and I'd have to agree. Her music is so smooth, positive and uplifting.
Esthero - A Canadian artist who first hit the music scene at the tail end of the trip hop movement, but she can't be pigeon-holed into any one category. She's very versatile and can sing any type of music: R&B, jazz, pop, dance, hip hop, etc.
Gaelle - Another versatile artist who refuses to be confined to any one genre. Listen to her song "Parkway". I'll leave it at that.
Don't
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let nobody tell you you ain't
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Darkness_Fish — 9 years ago(January 06, 2017 08:17 AM)
All in the poppy enough to be "commercially successful or at least critically regarded" bracket:
Paarvoharju
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Movietone
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Radial Spangle
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The Balky Mule
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Reigns
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Rusty chains and armoured pillows stuffed with silver pins