'Underground' bands. : Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:17 am  

So, who do you like that no-one has ever heard of, and that aren't going to be chart bound for a while yet?

A few of mine:

The Talks - ska, very much in a Specials mode
Mannequin - One for Weller fans, slight sixties vibes at times
Corsairs - Rockabilly band doing covers of non-rockabilly stuff, some very odd stuff on their most recent album. Pure niche material, but that doesn't make it bad.
Sophie Porter - Brilliantly talented acoustic punk solo artist, very distinctive voice and a brilliant guitarist.
Jeramiah Ferrari - Sunshine sounding reggae and calypso, but with rock and punk undertones... If there was any justice in the world. Etc.

Re: 'Underground' bands. : Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:37 am  

Skint & Demoralised, great pop songs plus spoken word, quirky but I love em.

Re: 'Underground' bands. : Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:56 am  

The history of apple pie. Stupid name but is a mix between sonic youth and My bloody valentine.
Bit hard to say will stay unknown for a long time as all it needs is a song to end up on an advert or a good appearance on Later or something and woosh well known band

Re: 'Underground' bands. : Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:00 pm  

In that case JF are in with a shout MOT, the're on a current Gola advert. Not Cocacola, granted, but still....

Re: 'Underground' bands. : Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:43 pm  

MOT wrote:

The history of apple pie. Stupid name but is a mix between sonic youth and My bloody valentine.
Bit hard to say will stay unknown for a long time as all it needs is a song to end up on an advert or a good appearance on Later or something and woosh well known band

That's how I found Trailer trash Tracey's , You wish you were red was used in a Renault ad.

Re: 'Underground' bands. : Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:24 pm  

JINJER wrote:

Skint & Demoralised, great pop songs plus spoken word, quirky but I love em.

Agree with this one, love their songs, I wasn't a fan of the new one on first listen but after a few listens I realised how good it was.

I also think other bands from S&D's record label Heist or Hit records like Bad Veins and The Answering Machine, who's albums I bought when they had a 20% off sale. One more, Danny Mahon supported Liam Fray at the Ritz and I thought he was brilliant. I bought a demo CD from him and it's brilliant.

Re: 'Underground' bands. : Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:29 pm  

Washington Irving. Scottish indie-folk-pop with just an EP to their name at present, but after hearing the track Sisi, I was won over and I cannot wait for more releases to see how they progress.

Re: 'Underground' bands. : Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:05 am  

Merry Hell - very good folk band, songs include Drunken Serenade which is on The Tube of You....defo worth a listen

Re: 'Underground' bands. : Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:53 pm  

Hipsters, Hipsters everywhere