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I'm bored with my current playlists... want to find some new music on all styles. Recommend some bands/artists that are somewhat obscure but really good. Only requirement is that they can't be So obscure I can't find them on Google Music or Spotify. Go!


My recommendation is Ray Lamontagne. He's not a hard rock guy at all, quite the contrary but I've been really into his music lately. Check it out:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_8xgmfUEHg[/video]

and of course I've been on a Royal Thunder kick since I've seen them live a few years ago at this tiny bar in San Diego:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mYZO85V9GY[/video]

[video]https://youtu.be/hosQpK_uzGg[/video]

[video]https://youtu.be/idb-YlShggw[/video]

Ive been digging on big brave for a while now. Theres a band called yowie from st louis im pretty fond of- which is just mindblowing musicianship if not necessarily easy listening. I really also dig a band called broughton's rules.

These guys are making some waves now.... almost a Zep copy but with a slight twist..

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJg4OJxp-co[/video]

Whores

Not that new, 2015, but some Lizzy guys in that format. Thought it was a cool
song and sound.

[video]https://youtu.be/0-qZqAQ836k[/video]

An oldie but a goody... Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band...

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF177Aj59C8[/video]

Solstifir - Ruiner turned me on to them when he used this track as background music to his Iceland trip video.
Their CD has been in my car for 2 years.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRHuvk-fzwo[/video]

How about some Psychobilly?
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rlYPb2plaY[/video]

Not new bands but...

Snarky Puppy (progressive jazz/funk)
Funky Knuckles (progressive funk)

Laura Cox Band (good ol' blues based rock)
Tosh Sultana (busker/folk)

Savoy Brown - street corner talking (british blues rock)

Run a search for "local bands" in any state to fish for more.

Or, some Black Shadows? Check out the names of the band members, during the credits at the beginning.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG3C1dTl6Rc[/video]

Maybe try:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlHaxBJisb0[/video]

And based on the Ray Lamontagne start digging through Jason Isbell's stuff. The whole Southeastern album is phenomenal and not a bad place to start.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdwnGG29Upw[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUzqkV7MQdA[/video]

I've been getting into this trio, the guitarist is extraordinary and the bassist & drummer are no slouches either.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqEPlVEte9s[/video]


Here they are in a live setting. Pretty heavy.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-0TKh6bQCY[/video]

Not new either, but I've been listening to this quite a bit lately.

[video]https://youtu.be/LzaIGyWvomk[/video]

Some of the greasiest, grooviest stoner rock I've come across. Smoke a bowl, turn on the black light, and immerse yourself.

A few relatively new bands that I've been listening to

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-juvI2wWlo&t=137s[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FsC2Rgcc6Y&index=12&list=PLFsaTZqDjgYwRNgFo7JAgi1iMsLOWlIf4[/video]

and when I want to get funky

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le0BLAEO93g[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIYLPP-WXVY[/video]

Jason Isbell is awesome

one more because they are so damn funky

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEOTXRSO0h0[/video]

these guys have been around a while but kind of fly under the radar.

catalog is fairly deep and they show some different styles through their career.

I would describe them as the beach boys meet the beatles while doing some shrooms.

kind of a drop the needle on the album and enjoy the ride - type of sound.

earlier:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkaNT_hvypo[/video]


later:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_opF2Dn6Fk4&list=RD_opF2Dn6Fk4[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoLYhYfcHko[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqw-f74eXk8[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WBYwH1y9kc[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ5e2Xjy93s[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-lhkMHSp4[/video]

Also... hate this if you want... but I love it so much.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht-wkF1TcTM[/video]

Yelawulf too

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95JRk1q8msA[/video]

Venetian Snares...siiiiiccckkk


[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbJ63spk48s[/video]

Amon Tobin. Godlike.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzOgoO2-FLs[/video]

Infant Annihilator: Heaviest band ever.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCeRWaIh5Hw[/video]

Zeta: Killer electrowave.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WauHp-nt5DA[/video]

Sunglasses Kid: HELL YES

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ee-G7h59Q4[/video]

Starsleeper:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNuUEpjv7LA[/video]



OK I'm done.

^
Yelawolf is legit. Bonus points for flying V in the vid \m/
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GhbkrOg9gA[/video]
I'm sure Billy will love it

Been going through these the last few days. A lot of this stuff I already knew. But Boards of Canada, Puta Volcano and ZETA are definitely in rotation now. Thanks!!!!

Still checking out the other videos.

Loop wrote:Zeta: Killer electrowave.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WauHp-nt5DA[/video]

Sunglasses Kid: HELL YES

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ee-G7h59Q4[/video]

Starsleeper:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNuUEpjv7LA[/video]



OK I'm done.

Loved every one of these!

Dont know if youve heard them or not, not brand new, but not big. Stinking Lizaveta. I think they kinda break up the monotony..

https://open.spotify.com/artist/42Qix3WsZ8kwp20Xfv1DGR




Also, I was checking these guys out. Kinda liked their blend..
https://open.spotify.com/artist/523F3iF6XMTovvC9vaPCaI

I've been digging a band called Here Come The Mummies for about seven years, and I plug them whenever I can. They're a funk band from Nashville, whose gimmick is that they're mummies. Allegedly, it has to do with contractual obligations, as they are rumored to be a floating collective of session musicians, with multiple Grammys between them. Tight musicianship, and, if come to the Midwest, phenomenal live show.

Saw these guys last year...
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQPfQvLIseA[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VufilzHKTqk[/video]