Music Bring on your "non-mainstream" favorites!

"Non-mainstream bands? What the **** do you mean, you stupid h-tai pervert?!"

What I mean is, bands that are ****ing brilliant, but people haven't heard of them Kinda like "indiebands", but in a special way. So share the love!

These are my doze of coffee:

Asobi Seksu, Mono, Firefox AK, Broken Social Scene, Laleh, The Departures, Sigur Rós, Anna Ternheim, Death in Vegas, PUSS, Caroline Lufkin.

- Teddz

 

I'll name a few:

- Sigur Rós
- Mogwai
- Del Funk Homosapien
- Immortal Techinque
- MF Doom
- Danger Mouse
- Fat Jon
- Nujabes
- Sam Beard
- Silver Mt Zion
- Shpongle
- Kn'aan
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Explosions in the Sky

 

I don't know many Indie bands, basically all I know are those "tribute to ---" bands. I kinda like "Durden". I know, I'm pathetic.

 

Masterplan and Within Temptation are my top two at the moment. There's always others, but these two r0x0rz my b0x0rz.

~W

 

dimmu borgir - english/german death metal with rythmic riffs and clear vocals ( mostly)

kyprios - MC lead of sweatshop union - one of the best and true hiphop 'groups' out there, 'group' is quoted in that its just him soloing

sweatshop union - the best true hiphop I"ve ever heard, no pop BS infact I beleave they got kicked off much/mtv for being to serious

slayer - best thrash metal band yet

cephalic carnage - pwning grindcore

daylight days - only heard a few songs so far but pwnage metal, slower metal but pwing non the less

27 - female lead slow metal banded, only heard like 3 songs but it's up on my list so far

the dillenger escape plan - over all good metal band

 

Hot hot heat is a Must.
The mars volta made me a happy little prog fan.
Coheed and Cambria are just amazing, and sound alot like Rush.
The arcade fire mixes french and english which works in their case.
Symbol...Oh they're awesome. Loved them in initial D.
Dead poetic, I am impressed.

Yeah, many many more are on my list. Maybe another time. <3

 

I wonder if Sonic Youth would classify under this? So few people really seem to have heard of them. And Calamine is pretty groovy, too.

 

Here are some bands Ive listened to that may fit in this category:

-Alice Nine
-D'espairs Ray
-Arrecife
-Humo
-A.L.I.A.S.
-Serial Asesino
-Novasonic
-Most Precious Blood
-Freya
-Bullet for my Valentine (I think they are starting to get big now)


and I think thats about it.

 

The only non-mainstream band I listen to is, The Mad Capsule Markets, other than that I am a masive Grunge fan and most of that is mainstream-ish

 

I'm not sure what's mainstream and what isn't anymore, due to my lack of radio and TV exposure, and overdoses of my friends' music, which is pretty much emo/screamo of mainstream and not. I'll give it a go anyway.

Hot Hot Heat (because they were mentioned and I was close to choosing one of their songs for Music)
Bleed the Dream
Eisley
Indochine (unless you live in France. Even then, I don't know how mainstream they are)
Zero 7
uhh.. Something Corporate?

I'm at a loss. I give up ;]

 

E Nomine

Imagine Ramstein with an electronica/full orchestral/choir elements. Very dramatic, very solid. Lots of Latin prayers mixed into the vibe to add to the intensity of the music. My ears are very happy.

~W

 

Mmm, Yes. HHH <3.
Lemme see, At the Drive In was pretty good. Sparta too.

Bullet for my Valentine is good.

Sage Francis, white political rapper. XD

Cute is What We Aim for, 'Cause I be emo.

Th Cult, yum.

Metric, is you like dance.

Zeromancer, just because.

Edit: Prize Fighter Inferno..Because I love a band that tells a story.

 

Dimmu Borgir is Norwegian black metal.

 

Legion of Doom.

They're my new fix. They're kinda just experimental, seeing that all they do is take two songs and make a new hybrid. Coheed, senses fail, MCR, Incubus, etc. All bands that have had a song taken and spliced by LoD. ;3 Personally, I love it.