Who Is The Most Obscure Artist You Listen To?

RE: Tonio K. I dunno......he's fairly obscure unless you connect to him via T Bone or Charlie Sexton and in regards to the latter,you would need to make the connection that Steve Krikorian credited as songwriter is....Tonio K!!

 

I really like the Hank Dogs!

 

The Old Soul
Sonic Chicken 4
Stonewall
Fjord Rowboat

 

I have a cd from a woman named Anna Domino, very electronic and 80's. She has a low voice like Tanita Tikarim (sp). I think of it as a more normal version of Annette Peacock.
It's always interesting to listen to.
Someone here told me several years ago that she had to enter a mental facility for a number of years after she made the album.

 

i know them and have their album on In The Red

 

R0-D-Ys
Bone Cellar
Voodoo Gearshift

 

Ran Blake- avant garde piano- not too out there - just enough tangents and angles to keep things fresh . I esp like his takes on Ellington and Monk standards .

Redwalls - power pop group from Chicago with healthy Beatles/Stones/Dylan influences - unfortunately disbanded I think

 

I was going to mention them, but I actually didn't think they were "obscure" enough. Love their first two albums!

 

4 out of 5 Doctors. I don't even know how to describe them- they were from the new wave era, and seemed to be marketed as such, but there was a lot more complexity to their music than that.



Tom Robinson Band and The Records were both mentioned here- both are groups I like that most people in my area wouldn't have a clue about.

 

Ricci Martin ,not Ricky

 

As others have pointed out, "obscure" is a relative term. A few of my faves:

Shakin' Pyramids: Scottish Rockabilly revival trio
Original Mirrors: British pop/dance group from the 80s who released a couple of neat albums
The Silencers: not the Scottish group, but a Pittsburgh band who released one album with the great single "Shiver and Shake"
T. V. Smith: lead singer of the great punk group the Adverts who is still going strong. Seems to have a healthy following in Europe, but I don't think many people know him in the States.
New Bomb Turks: hilarious hardcore band from Columbus, Ohio
Charlie Burton: author of the immortal Elvis tribute "Breathe for me Presley"
The Three Johns: hard rocking trio from the 80's which featured the Mekons' Jon Langford
The B-minors: Youngstown Ohio group from the early 80's that I managed (incompetently) at one point; released one forty five, and I've got some live tapes....
Marti Jones: Akron singer-songwriter married to REM associate Don Dixon

I could go on.....

 

I grew up near Columbus and remember seeing the New Bomb Turks. Also, McGuffey Lane, The Godz, and listening to all the great music on WCOL FM.

 

piero milesi
milton henry
sylvan white
taj mahal travellers
Borut Krzisnik
Ranta Lewis Plank

 

Paw Paw Blowtorch. Early 90s alt rock band from Santa Rosa, California.

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SubAudible Hum
Strid
When

 

Dutch artist Bertolf Lentink is a big favorite of mine but would definitely classify as obscure in North America. Excellent singer and songwriter, and no slouch with a guitar, either.

 

Jim Byrnes, Grant Peebles and lots of Belgian bands you've never heard of.
Like Bony King of Nowhere, for example:

 

On a regular basis probably Lonesome Bob.
I guess to most people artists like Steve Young,Terry Allen and Butch Hancock could qualify as obscure as well.

 

Tomahawk Cruise - great record!

 

i think we are thinking of 2 different bands.

i'm talking about trevor horn and lol creme's band, and their album "made in basing street".

 

Tommy Womack
Todd Snider
The Audreys
Diana Jones
Doom Dogs
Edgar Broughton Band
Treat Her Right
Band of Heathens

 

Forgot about them-they're pretty good, too.

 

Rocket From The Tombs
The Cramps
Pere Ubu
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

 

I have 11 cds by Bevis Frond. Don't know if they're considered obscure enough.

 

Probably the most obscure is a reggae band out of St John, USVI, called Inner Visions. Great band. Been around a long time. I've seen them a bunch of times in St. John and have all 6 of their albums.

Others (considered obscure by most, but maybe not on this site):

Bright Giant
Old Californio
The Muggs
Jackdaw4
Ike Reilly
Three Merry Widows (one from the distant past)
Rich Hopkins