Flashback

I'm sure somebody has heard of them - but a band (New England - from Boston) that I liked as a kid was The Neighborhoods.

Trout

Space Cossacks
Servotron
Ghost

Tscott

I actually own all three That Dog albums.


However, I didn't get any of them until I found them cheap at a used CD store years after they were released.


Sorry I got you laid off.

Dalvin

Lemon Sun. I have been a fan of theirs for awhile


http://www.myspace.com/lemonsun


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1gqzeiB5EE

SideShow

OHM- their main thing is that Chris Poland from Megadeth is in it, but they're like a crazy jazz fusion band that is AMAZING live.

No one I know has even heard of Viva Voce (though they're not super underground or anything), and they're one of my favorites. I think I have a weak spot for husband/wife bands. Also Loop!Station is pretty ace, and I love the Milkshakes who didn't really get the shake (ha!) they deserved.

Bobby Bare Jr's band is awesome, they are FANTASTIC live!

Any "old school" Weezer/The Rentals fan worth their salt loves That Dog! C'mon man!

Rocketdog2000

Well, being form New England, I've not only heard of them, but also own a few of their CD's. The did a pretty decent cover of Cheap Trick's "Southern Girls", too.

Rocketdog2000

Funny you should mention Thornley, as one of the original posts here was about Big Wreck. After their demise, that's the band lead singer Ian Thronely formed - although they went a bit of nowhere, too, even though the music was still good.

Jazzbutcher

I know the drummer from Johnny Socko....good band!

I also remember the Neighborhoods from my days in Boston. Speaking of Boston, Big Dipper was a great local band that never really took off nationally (except some college radio play) Chucklehead was great, too.

My favorite band that "nobody" has heard of is The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy Check out the link for some free downloads. Some good ones: Partytime, She's On Drugs, Girlfriend, Big Saturday, Soul Happy Hour

There's also 30 second clips of 30 of their tracks.

Gunshy

I'll put a plug in for a local band with a solid history:

Misty Blues

Lead singer was the lead singer for years with Cole-Connection (who's "Birch Tree Sonnets" is one of my all time favorite independent releases - shame it's out of print). I'm hoping to see Misty next Friday. Here's there site:

http://mistyblues.org/index.html

-Gunshy

zombeaner

Normally I'd hate their kind of ("gothic electric-cello rock") but Rasputina are very good

zombeaner

Awesome band.

kakihara1

if you like Man or Astro-Man then you definitely should be listening to the completely overlooked "Causey Way". They're no longer really doing anything and some of the members have moved on. Most notably Joaquin Pheonix's Sister Rain Pheonix who is now in the Paper Cranes. Anyhow they're kickass so check em out http://www.alternativetentacles.com/bandinfo.php

Zodiac_Speaking

Check out the Sword "Age of Winters". Killer riffs.

I starting to really like, if not love Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. They put on a killer live performance.

nazz

CPR (Crosby,Pevar & Raymond) - David Crosby's band that he formed with his son and guitarist Jeff Pevar has put out some of the best music of Crosby's career and has received very little attention. They have kind of a CSN/Steely Dan vibe.

darkside

Their debut is available on eMusic. An absolutely awesome album and band. Thanks for the great tip.

BTW, someone else mentioned the Sword and I also love that band. Great throwback to the old 80s metal sound.

kakihara1

My pleasure man. Hey sorry I hadn't checked this thread for a bit but I wanted to make sure you liked Causey Way before mentioning the band that Causey is currently fronting. Since you like the Causey Way you'll definitely like Causey in "Pilot Scott Tracy" They have three full length albums to date, awesome stuff.

oppie1

boyhitscar

www.boyhitscar.com

currently my favorite band out there

DaveNinja

I probably posted on this thread like 2 years ago, but anyways here an iTines store link to The Four Eyes: here

DaveNinja

crap, i meant iTunes

slop101

Ocean Colour Scene
These guys have been around for over 15 years, are one of my favorite bands of all time and put on a hell of a live show.
They're kinda melodic like the Beatles, but a lot more rockin' with riff-heavy guitars, though they also have quite a few mellow acoustic numbers.
Check 'em out - they have like 8 albums and about a billion B-sides just as good as any album tracks.


Mute Math
Melodic alternative rock, not unlike Coldplay, only without being as lame and gay as Coldplay.


Drunk Horse
These guys just fuckin' ROCK, plain and simple.

Tracer Bullet

Bearsuit
Final Fantasy

comanche_doyle

back when I was in Boston four or five years ago, I went to the CD release party for a band called Three Day Threshold. They are fan-fucking-tastic. A blend of roots punk country bluegrass southern rock. I still listen to that album all of the time.

A couple of female vocalists that I like but never hear anything about are Heidi Saperstein and Emiliana Torrini. The Devil I Once Knew, and Love in the Time of Science are both great albums.

Giantrobo

Back in the '92 there was an African American Rock band called "Eye & I" with a gorgeous and talented female Lead Singer named Dk Dyson. They did a killer cover of Velvet Underground's "Venus in Furs".

Anyway they only did one album then broke up. I loved them then and I wish they'd get back together.

Yet another obscure band no one's heard of

cfloyd3

Astrobrite (this is some serious fuzz/shoegaze, makes my ears bleed and smile)
Rocketship
Tenniscoats
Lovesliescrushing

Adam Tyner

Sorry for the delayed response, but that's awesome. "Retreat from the Sun" (admittedly not part of your tenure ) ranks in my top 10 favorite albums of all time.