Best Bands You Never Heard Of

[Fresh Tendrils]

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That 2nd April Smith song was catchy as hell. Very good lyricist.

Her album is really good. Catchy, kind of that retro 40s/50s pop/rockabilly sound to it - really enjoy it. Some of the songs are pretty funny and clever too.

[Bellsprout]

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I think I'm going to buy that April Smith CD.

Been looking for something with a female vocalist to complement She and Him, and the previews for the songs on iTunes all sound catchy as hell.

[PBlast]

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Emery and Minus the bear are some of my favorites. Embedding doesn't work for me on here so i'm just going to post some band names and songs separated by commas

Dispatch (jam band, funk, ska, acoustic sound) - The General, Passerby, Railway
Five Iron Frenzy (Christian ska) - Every New Day
The Flaming Tsunamis (Ska mixed with Screamo) - If You Really Love Me
The Receiving End of Sirens (3 guitarists, 3 lead vocals one of whom is now lead in the Dear Hunter) - the entire Between The Heart and the Synapse album
Mineral (Emo band from the 90's - lots of dynamic changes) - Slower, If I Could
Cap'n Jazz (Emo from 90's - very random) - Little League, Que Suerte!
Glassjaw (Hard to describe, really have their own sound) - Ape Dos Mil, Two Tabs of Mescaline
American Football (One of lead from cap'n jazz's later bands - more slow sound) - Never Meant
Mr. T Experience (Punk) - My Stupid Life, More Than Toast
Mute Math (Art Rock - Must see the music video for typical) - Typical, Reset

Unreal bands! If you like Mineral try finding tunes from a band called Penfold. They've been broken up for a while but still have a few songs you can download, great stuff.

[Stroehms]

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A lot of OSers know Hurt but just in case you missed them:

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The Mars Volta:

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[Spear]

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Wake Up by San Sebastian

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http://www.myspace.com/wearesansebastian

[WeLLWeLL]

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Still Time...a band from SoCal that were the headliners for my buddies tour that he put on. The video was also filmed by one of my best friends and another friend I've known for nearly 20 years. Great live band. I chilled with these guys all through SXSW and they were very cool. I'm in a few of the concert clips as well. hehe
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The Silver Jews. David Berman is amazing.
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah...good band imo, but not the biggest fan of their latest CD.
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My buddy showed me Why? a year or two ago. That CD stayed in my car for a while. I was addicted to this song.
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[WeLLWeLL]

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Oh ya, this song is f'n amazing. Bon Iver is some good ish.
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[rsnomar05]

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GUSTER!!

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[MC Fatigue]

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I guarantee no one has ever heard of Shuvel. Here's one of my favorite songs, and the only one off their album (well 1st album) that I can find on youtube:

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You can listen to their first album on this site: http://www.lala.com/#song/432627069329087902

One of my favorite albums ever.

[MrChainsaw]

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Mineral (Emo band from the 90's - lots of dynamic changes) - Slower, If I Could
Cap'n Jazz (Emo from 90's - very random) - Little League, Que Suerte!
American Football (One of lead from cap'n jazz's later bands - more slow sound) - Never Meant

YES. A few of my favorite artists of all time. Anything Mike Kinsella does is gold.

[clipperfan811]

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There's a band called The New Limb out of Southern California who's starting to make a little noise. I went to high school with most of the band.

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You can hear more of their music on their myspace page

http://www.myspace.com/thenewlimb

[clipperfan811]

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If any of you go to The New Limb's Myspace page check out "ebb and flow"... really cool song.

[DakkoN]

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God Is An Astronaut
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Dredg
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Pinback
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Team Sleep
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[chestnutz6]

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Been a fan of John Butler and Minus the Bear for a while, quite good. Here are some similar bands I like:

Broken Bells - singer of the Shins and the other half of Gnarls Barkley, real mellow tunes
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The Beautiful Girls
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Cut Off Your Hands - featured in FIFA, got some fantastic catchy songs
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Explosions in the Sky - one of my favorite bands, post-rock, no singing, just beautiful music (perfect to fall asleep to), if you've ever watched Friday Night Lights you'll know 'em
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Pepper - another one of my favorites, Hawaiin dudes that are funny as hell, reggae/rock music
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[Beantown]

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Pretty sure Pepper is opening for The OffSpring and 311 here this summer. I'm excited for that show.