I’ll start with Saul Williams. I found out about him because he opened for NiN. He was great. I thought he was going to break through when I heard him in a Nike commerical, but nope his social conscious rap didn’t catch on.
What people or groups do you think should be more popular? Also name/link some songs.
No man is an island, but I often feel alone, so I find peace through…ooohhmmmm…
List of demands https://youtu.be/zDMtaIcrfQ0
Black Stacey https://youtu.be/kRsgavuG4sg
Act III Scene 2 https://youtu.be/IMfuQkwlpbk
Om Nia merican https://youtu.be/8gq0m29cADw
Tao Of Now https://youtu.be/DhQQseFcTGE
The Roots in their pre-Jimmy Kimmel days, and even now, are my favourite musical group. Black Star is another duo I would raise to that level as well.
Taking a look at this page, for the Last Poets, who influenced Saul Williams, it’s a veritable who’s who of artists I love: Wu-Tang, Public Enemy, Brand Nubian, KRS-ONE, Guru, Mos Def & Talib Kweli.
Fallon, not Kimmel.
I stand corrected.
I knew they were on late night with one of the Jimmies. The band they are is not tied to how they pay the bills. Funny thing is, I can imagine Fallon’s face, but not Kimmel’s.
The band they are is 1987 - 2007 for me. The last album of theirs I picked up was Undun in 2011.
I think he’s right, it’s his favorite group!
Yeah, I’m still a fan of the group. Not too attached to their host.
Oh’laville: https://www.youtube.com/@Ohlaville
I would say Dry Cell, who had a fantastic full album and lots of great demo EPs, and by extension their split-off bands, such as Acrylic and Band With No Name.
I looked up Dry Cell, Acrylic, and Band With No Name. I’m thinking I didn’t find the same bands that you did. The Dry Cell I found didn’t look/sound like the Acrylic band and Band with No Name, that I found. Either way I enjoy music so thanks for the direction.
Destiny Potato. Technically impressive, cool songs, catchy motifs, and at the same time they show that it’s possible to make fun music. Plus at the time of their first release, it was a refreshingly different kind of djenty progmetal.
They’re known as Sordid Pink now, by the way.
I just checked out Destiny Potato. It feels like Sordid Pink is a more metal version or polished version. Either way, I enjoy the sound. Great songs. Thanks.
Omg. I had never heard of Saul Williams. Adding him to my playlists. Thank you for this!
Interpol is one of my favorites. I like to think they took over from Joy Division.
No I in Threesome : https://youtu.be/eAaXS_wioYg
Fish in a Birdcage is one of my alltime favorites. Great for relaxed listening and tends to have really good stories in the songs as well.
A band that is slept on hard and legit my favorite active punk band is Get Dead. Their album Dancing With The Curse is unreal cover to cover. It’s just 32 minutes long, but it’s a god damn classic! My favorites on it are Stickup and Confrontation. The signer was a hiphop lyricist originally, which you can kind of hear at times, but I’d say he was meant for punk rock!
This group is great. I will add them to my playlist. They remind of Whole Wheat Bread. https://youtu.be/vq_MzFgMwxA
I haven’t heard that name is a hot minute, I dug Whole Wheat Bread tough in the early 2000’s! But I’m glad you dig Get Dead, they have a handful of solid albums, I also really like Honesty Lives Elsewhere.
Refused, I found out about them cause they were the band who did all the Samurai songs in cyberpunk 2077 and even though they had a bit of a bump they’re still really obscure
I think Refused are one of those bands who don’t need to be big. They do their thing, then they disband for a while, work on other projects, then come back together.
Now this is a band I should have known about. They remind me of Weezer, if Weezer was more hardcore. The melodic metal songs remind me of Evergreen Terrace. New noise is great. The Shape of Punk to Come was awesome. This is the high energy rock, I need in my life. Thank you.
“Shape of Punk to Come” is chefs kiss been bumping that shit for over 20 years now and it is still great!
Shape of Punk To Come is a straight up masterpiece. Blew my tiny mind in '98, when my world had come to revolve around whatever Epitaph and Fat Wreck were putting out.
JMSN.
He started out in the dreamy hazy r&b vibes of early weeknd, and now is more in the soul funk area.
He got a bit of hype on TikTok recently with his song Soft Spot, and him dancing in the music video for it. But dude is SO talented. Makes such good music. And is such a massive vibe.
I still listen to and watch his Blue Album stuff. He made old school homemade 90s R&B videos for all the songs on the album. And it’s SO good.
Soft Spot: https://youtu.be/LKKrnjfH3nQ
Bout it: https://youtu.be/LKKrnjfH3nQ
I love it. I need more music to dance to. Soft Spot had me thinking it was one type of song until he started dancing.
I don’t even know what to think anymore, can you show me?
Saul Williams did break through…… for a poet.
Pitchshifter
Listening to Shutdown. I enjoy the melodic metal sound. Genius has more of a hype beat. I will add them to my workout mix.
Saul Williams is a favorite for me. I think he wrote Black Stacey when he was a teenager. Good stuff!
Pretty sure everyone’s heard of every band I enjoy, but I think Andy Shauf, Damien Jurado (especially Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son), and Doomtree should be more widely enjoyed.
Fish in a Birdcage. I suppose I understand why they’re not big, but their music is so eclectic, there’s a little bit of something for everyone.
The Arcadian Wild feels like the perfect indie folk band.
DAK https://youtu.be/Q_igolfkQU0
Bobbing https://youtu.be/Q_igolfkQU0
Skinshape (maybe sorta well known?) https://youtu.be/ulOgzjdBdzY
Everything Everything
They’ve written some of my favourite albums over the past decade or so
At first I was just getting a movie, but I think I found them. Cold Reactor, Violent Sun and No Reptiles, and I Want a Love Like This are pretty good. The last one has a trippy video. Thanks.
You’ve definitely found them and you’ve already picked a few of my favourite tracks—I’m happy to have introduced you
