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obscure artists who will surely come to be recognised as all-time greats

willma [Edit] [Delete] 159 replies 10:40 December 4th, 2012

I'm gonna have to go for Nina Nastasia. The last time I saw her in a bar in London she played a straight-up devastating version of Untitled and I just thought...what is she doing here? Perhaps I'm being naive, but how the fuck has she not crossed over?

I suppose you could say her voice is too intense for mainstream consumption, but Polly Harvey moves in a similar area and she sold out the Albert Hall in three and a half minutes or something. Is this really so challenging?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeH5WKaR6pA

Anyway, who would you put on the list?

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that band wot Mick Squalor's in

cheers.

SCROTUM | 4 Dec '12, 10:46 | X | ^ This | Reply

oojimaflop this'd this
- Jonny Foreigner?
  
  Los Campesinos?
  Craine?
  
  Yesiamaduck @SCROTUM | 4 Dec '12, 18:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Was going to say Johnny Foreigner
    
    NickDS @Yesiamaduck | 5 Dec '12, 16:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - If LC! never get massive
    
    I will consider my life wasted.
    
    No joke.
    
    ThisTemporaryLife @Yesiamaduck | 19 Mar '13, 10:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I think it's called Cementimental
  
  Comaboy @SCROTUM | 5 Dec '12, 00:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips and Cementimental this'd this
- DINGUS KHAN
  
  there, i said it
  
  Mick_Squalor @SCROTUM | 7 Dec '12, 03:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
Joanna Newsom

pichaelmarker | 4 Dec '12, 10:55 | X | ^ This | Reply

automatik and trickquestion this'd this
- I think she's kind of already on the way to being a living legend
  
  Deservedly so of course.
  
  willma @pichaelmarker | 4 Dec '12, 11:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- tape her mouth shut
  
  please
  
  theintl @pichaelmarker | 19 Mar '13, 05:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
in the age of the internet obscurity is obselete

Body_In_The_Thames | 4 Dec '12, 10:58 | X | ^ This | Reply

TheWza, monoshono, and incandenza_ this'd this
- This almost sounds smart, but what does it mean?
  
  Stuff is no longer more or less well-known than other stuff?
  
  whatisthewhat @Body_In_The_Thames | 4 Dec '12, 16:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  willma and oh_gerardus_MERCATOR this'd this
  - it requires the same effort to go from an empty google field to Michael Jackson's Beat It video
    
    than it does to go to Arab Strap's (Afternoon) Soaps video (to give one example)
    
    That's not to say that they have the same cultural significance as one another or the same popularity but accessing the past in the age of the internet means that something is either there or it isn't - a search engine will never take 3 months to find something and report back that it was an almost impossible task
    
    obscurity is thus obsolete
    
    Body_In_The_Thames @whatisthewhat | 4 Dec '12, 19:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Yeah I suppose I knew what you meant
      
      But I think we’re talking ‘obscure’ in the sense of music that, for one reason or another, is less likely to be searched for in the first place.
      
      whatisthewhat @Body_In_The_Thames | 4 Dec '12, 19:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      andyvine this'd this
    - actually, no
      
      obscurity is more overwhelming than ever before, since any band is competing with all of history's other bands.
      
      incandenza_ @Body_In_The_Thames | 4 Dec '12, 21:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      hibster and thosegoldsounds this'd this
      - haven't they always been?
        
        Body_In_The_Thames @incandenza_ | 4 Dec '12, 22:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Royter-Hatfood this'd this
        
        now so more than ever
        
        didn't you read 'Retromania'?!?!1!!one
        
        because the INTERNET and everything at your fingertips.
        
        incandenza_ @Body_In_The_Thames | 5 Dec '12, 00:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Retromania?
        
        you mean The Long Tail?
        
        Body_In_The_Thames @incandenza_ | 19 Mar '13, 08:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cardiacs

if there's any bloody justice in the world.

moshymoshy | 4 Dec '12, 11:01 | X | ^ This | Reply

slavestate, Comaboy, GoffBoy, silverfoxqpr, Loui_Tacceh, and Oissin_ this'd this
- they'll always be a cult band
  
  It would be nice if a lot more people could appreciate that kind of music, but not gonna happen.
  
  willma @moshymoshy | 4 Dec '12, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  georgiabeth this'd this
- weeeey
  
  Knew they'd be one of the first five anawers
  
  Loui_Tacceh @moshymoshy | 4 Dec '12, 19:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I would be your man, you would be my girl.
  
  GayGuevara @moshymoshy | 19 Mar '13, 10:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
in relative terms, Low

Jordan_229_2 | 4 Dec '12, 11:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
Vatican Shadow/Prurient

happypenguin | 4 Dec '12, 12:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- you nuts
  
  mug_mug_mug @happypenguin | 4 Dec '12, 15:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Cementimental this'd this
British Sea Power

Quite suprising how few people have heard of them given they've sold out venues like the Roundhouse in the past.

I was aware they existed for about 5 years before I actually saw them live and became a fan.

titan_grip | 4 Dec '12, 12:11 | X | ^ This | Reply

emmettcruddas and JaguarPirate this'd this
- I blame their stupid-ass name
  
  It's why I'd never even bothered to youtube them until I saw the respect they got here.
  
  rainmaker @titan_grip | 4 Dec '12, 17:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I would have agreed with this 8 years ago
  
  so, so sad how bland that band turned out to be :(
  
  calumlynn @titan_grip | 4 Dec '12, 19:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  theguywithnousername, LordLuciusBanter, Royter-Hatfood, and umlaut_ampersand this'd this
Martini Henry Riffles.

nice_cookie | 4 Dec '12, 12:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- They were great when they had a proper drummer rather than a machine.
  
  fellover @nice_cookie | 5 Dec '12, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
mark

kozelek

matthewslaughter | 4 Dec '12, 12:35 | X | ^ This | Reply

josh and crosseyedsniper this'd this
- so very true
  
  spends ten years in RHP playing awesome indie music when indie is in, then another ten years playing awesome acoustic led music when folky stuff comes in. And still he's not that well known!
  
  StormsOnTheMoon @matthewslaughter | 4 Dec '12, 15:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - very
    
    pleased to meet you.
    
    matthewslaughter @StormsOnTheMoon | 4 Dec '12, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
Shield Your Eyes

they're just depressingly awesome, knock out an album a year, no sign of slowing down

alcxxk | 4 Dec '12, 13:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
There's no way Low and British Sea Power are "obscure artists".

And Joanna Newsom is pushing it...

felson | 4 Dec '12, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- everything's relative
  
  joeymahone @felson | 4 Dec '12, 15:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ^This
  
  Newsom filled the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Which doesn't feel very obscure to me.
  
  TheWza @felson | 4 Dec '12, 16:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Severed799 this'd this
- Outside of the insulated world of DiS they are
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @felson | 5 Dec '12, 00:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Royter-Hatfood this'd this
  - That's definitely not true for BSP.
    
    Do You Like Rock Music charted at #10 in the UK and #5 in the US, and they've had numerous Top 40 singles. I'm by no means saying they're massive, but for a while they were pretty well known.
    
    felson @Icarus-Smicarus | 5 Dec '12, 01:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - #5 on the "Heat Seekers" chart
      
      of fast rising but low selling stuff
      
      alcxxk @felson | 5 Dec '12, 11:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I heard low's just like christmas in my local poundland on saturday. They probably crop up in really mainstream magazines like q and uncut, probably make it into a fair few best of lists each year they have an album, and are probably the most well known acti in their sub genre. The average person on the street may not have heard of them but they probably wouldnt have heard of the all time great film makers, painters etc either.
    
    I dont think many of the bands mentioned can really count as obscure as they are well regarded and successful in their area, I think to be really obscure they would have to be realitively unknown even amongst people into that kind of thing
    
    ThingsThatFly @Icarus-Smicarus | 5 Dec '12, 20:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - outside the insulated world of people that like that sort of music
    
    would be more accurate
    thre are lots of people that dont post on dis that are fully aware of all of these bands
    
    hibster @Icarus-Smicarus | 6 Dec '12, 17:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - that was to icarus smicarus
      
      not to thingsthatfly
      i agree with ttf
      
      hibster @hibster | 6 Dec '12, 17:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- they ain't shit outside the UK.
  
  so yeah.
  
  theintl @felson | 5 Dec '12, 09:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Shudder to Think

Very influential band, who barely put a foot wrong. Their sound was ahead of their time.

sartana | 4 Dec '12, 15:59 | X | ^ This | Reply

fellover, funkycow, DaddyorChips, and waterwings this'd this
last night i saw deerhoof again

and i really can't understand why they're not bigger

cat_race | 4 Dec '12, 16:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
- pisspoor name
  
  TheWza @cat_race | 4 Dec '12, 19:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - i always get them confused with deerhunter
    
    andyvine @TheWza | 4 Dec '12, 22:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Antelope and imaperv this'd this
  - the vast majority of band names are shite
    
    cat_race @TheWza | 5 Dec '12, 11:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - New Black Bear F*cker Club & Th' 1967 Little Red Cold Young Crystal Deer Bells
      
      TheWza @cat_race | 5 Dec '12, 15:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - shite
        
        cat_race @TheWza | 5 Dec '12, 16:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- have you heard the singing?
  
  Wonderful band, but can totally see why they haven't broken into the mainstream
  
  Christophales @cat_race | 5 Dec '12, 08:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - it's a fair point i suppose.
    
    but they're like one of the absolute champion bands. it hurts me that people are stupid
    
    cat_race @Christophales | 5 Dec '12, 11:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Assuming we mean obscure in the broad sense:

Then I think the obvious answer is Joanna Newsom.

There are plenty of other talented, under-appreciated people, but I think there is every chance that Ys and Have one on me will be judged up there with Cohen, Dylan, Blue-era Joni Mitchell etc as singular feats of songwriting.

MrBones | 4 Dec '12, 16:07 | X | ^ This | Reply

bokonon and pichaelmarker this'd this
Shack

ThirstyDog | 4 Dec '12, 16:11 | X | ^ This | Reply

Clair_de_Lune and dmnc this'd this
- if they were still making albums like Waterpistol I'd agree
  
  willma @ThirstyDog | 4 Dec '12, 17:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - They've made 4 amazing albums
    
    since Waterpistol.
    
    ThirstyDog @willma | 5 Dec '12, 02:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - they lost me at Here's Tom With The Weather
      
      It was like they deliberately aimed at being the humdrum dadrock band their detractors always thought they were.
      
      willma @ThirstyDog | 5 Dec '12, 13:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Dadrock? I feel for you :(
        
        Here's Tom... is a brilliant album. Its a little more laid back and melodic than their other stuff but has some gorgeous songs on it. Listen to this:
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThEO7V10JbI
        
        Clair_de_Lune @willma | 5 Dec '12, 16:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        how is that a patch on this?
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlNiSAoU-hE
        
        willma @Clair_de_Lune | 5 Dec '12, 17:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        check out our imperious debating skills
        
        willma @willma | 5 Dec '12, 17:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - You're trippin'!
        
        Here's Tom is my favourite Shack album, in fact it's my favourite album by anyone so far this century. Every song a killer. Really can't see how it can be described as dadrock, unless the likes of Love, Burt Bacharach & Nick Drake are dadrock acts.
        
        ThirstyDog @willma | 6 Dec '12, 07:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
I dunno, kids

I think a lot of these acts are gonna stay fairly close to their current levels of success/esteem.

Low? Exactly how big and critically slavered over do you think they're gonna get?

I'm talking about a point in the future where people say "I can't BELIEVE you saw Band X in Venue Y!!!!!" in reference to the current state of play.

I totally agree about Joanna being an all-time great but I kind of feel like we're at the point where anybody who isn't a dingbat already knows she is.

willma | 4 Dec '12, 17:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Couldn't agree with the OP more, NN has been consistently great for

over ten years. Sharon Van who?

silverfoxqpr | 4 Dec '12, 17:18 | X | ^ This | Reply

Mnemosene this'd this
- the thing that does my head in is that Nina was playing on the New York scene for years before Dogs
  
  God to have been there!
  
  willma @silverfoxqpr | 5 Dec '12, 13:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips and silverfoxqpr this'd this
Connan Mockasin for me

His debut album will be getting BBC4 esque documentaries as a classic album of it's time.

Anthonyc | 4 Dec '12, 17:22 | X | ^ This | Reply

Antelope this'd this
- yeah was pretty sensational
  
  and not like anything else I've ever heard
  
  although 'dolphin' and 'choade' tower over the rest imo, that's the secrets-of-the-universe shit right there
  
  Loui_Tacceh @Anthonyc | 4 Dec '12, 20:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Maybe The National

Maybe of Montreal, Future of the Left, Smog, the Wrens, Cat Power, Patrick Wolf, Jeff Lewis, Bat for Lashes, Warpaint, Wild Beasts.
Probably none of the above. It’s especially hard to spot a timeless artist as those kind of types are necessarily something other than ‘relevant’. Hence all ^those^ already being fairly established as known entities of cultness/whatever.

whatisthewhat | 4 Dec '12, 17:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The National already are, surely?
  
  Oissin_ @whatisthewhat | 4 Dec '12, 22:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Outside of the insulated world of DiS they aren't
    
    Icarus-Smicarus @Oissin_ | 5 Dec '12, 00:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - The National are huge, especially in the States
      
      Christophales @Icarus-Smicarus | 5 Dec '12, 08:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Not convinced
        
        In Canada they’re less well-known than, say, The xx - let alone R.E.M or the Pixies or something.
        
        whatisthewhat @Christophales | 5 Dec '12, 19:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        the rem
        
        hibster @whatisthewhat | 6 Dec '12, 17:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - They charted in the UK
      
      Top 5
      
      Yesiamaduck @Icarus-Smicarus | 10 Dec '12, 19:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Cat Power definitely
  
  Records like Moon Pix and What Would the Community think have a real timeless quality about them.
  I remember seeing an interview with Matt Berninger where he said Cat Power's probably the most influential artist of his generation.
  
  TJFalvey @whatisthewhat | 19 Mar '13, 00:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
John Frusciante

He's been making pretty interesting stuff for years.

Of course, he is known as a former member of one of the world's biggest bands, with his guitar work heralded therein.

I mean as an artist in his own right.

I've always thought he was too weird for the mainstream but his background has made him to mainstream for others who won't listen because he was in RHCP.

sister-ray | 4 Dec '12, 17:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
Mansun

cherrycola | 4 Dec '12, 18:07 | X | ^ This | Reply

johnwiddop this'd this
- banned
  
  willma @cherrycola | 4 Dec '12, 18:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Und_Gorgeous_Cars this'd this
- agreed except they had a number one album
  
  Loui_Tacceh @cherrycola | 4 Dec '12, 19:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Oops
    
    They aren't well known outside of the UK so perhaps one day they'll be recognized worldwide
    
    cherrycola @Loui_Tacceh | 5 Dec '12, 23:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I've never actually listened to Mansun, or known anyone who listened to them.
      
      ThisTemporaryLife @cherrycola | 19 Mar '13, 10:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
Jay Retard is becoming such a name post death, at least from what I've noticed.

Yesiamaduck | 4 Dec '12, 18:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- A shame no-one replied to this;
  
  Fucking amazing songwriter. Fantastic pop songs about the most morbid and horrible of subjects. He was a genius.
  
  Kallgeese @Yesiamaduck | 19 Mar '13, 06:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dan Bejar

/Destroyer

oceanRain | 4 Dec '12, 18:53 | X | ^ This | Reply

Oissin_ and suedehead this'd this
- correct
  
  suedehead @oceanRain | 5 Dec '12, 22:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- eeewwwwww
  
  urp
  
  theintl @oceanRain | 19 Mar '13, 05:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
maybe Bill Callahan?

Jordan_229_2 | 4 Dec '12, 19:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

thephotobooth and Mnemosene this'd this
- yeah definitely
  
  it's bizarre, he should be a cult icon, every record he releases should be an 'event', but his records hardly get any attention, or at least nowhere near what they deserve. I didn't see Apocalypse in any end of year lists last year, despite it being amazing.
  
  I think his last two albums have been the strongest of his career, but they'll never get the acclaim that Smog albums do because they don't have a clear aesthetic in the same way.
  
  calumlynn @Jordan_229_2 | 4 Dec '12, 20:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ikara Colt, on account of being brilliant.

Jonathan Fire*Eater, on account of being a proto-Strokes.

Cay, on account of being the lost band that never really was, and can never reform.

TheWza | 4 Dec '12, 20:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah, I'm gonna stick my neck out and say that Ikara Colt and Jonathan Fire*Eater will NEVER be considered "all-time greats"
  
  Not heard Cay.
  
  willma @TheWza | 5 Dec '12, 13:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - !
    
    Of all the suggestions in the thread you coulda chosen to be so very unequivocal about...
    
    TheWza @willma | 5 Dec '12, 15:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
not sure if any of these will get that kind of recognition

not above the level they reach in their time.

incandenza_ | 4 Dec '12, 21:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Jason Molina

A fantastic body of work. Probably didn't do himself any favours with changing the name of his band as well as collaborations and solo albums. A tragic tale, a masterpiece to his name ('The Magnolia Electric Co.') I've never met anyone who has heard it who doesn't think that albums great, even my AFI/Marilyn Manson fan ex girlfriend from 6 years ago. I'd love him to get better, and have another shot.

johnwiddop | 4 Dec '12, 21:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

oceanRain, petetheweed, DaddyorChips, and Mnemosene this'd this
- i was gonna say molina
  
  his last few albums have been shockers though.
  
  Jordan_229_2 @johnwiddop | 4 Dec '12, 23:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - no way, he was turning out great songs right up to his health crisis
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGqOWRMeWFc
    
    willma @Jordan_229_2 | 5 Dec '12, 13:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    johnwiddop this'd this
    - :D thats my favourite song of his actually
      
      think its the only one bar 'the black ram' thats more than decent from his last five or six.
      
      Jordan_229_2 @willma | 5 Dec '12, 21:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - must I batter you into submission with links??
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhqB_4b7HVQ
        
        willma @Jordan_229_2 | 5 Dec '12, 22:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ..
  
  In light of today's news, I have spent the evening exploring much of Molina's work that I hadn't heard before. If I could 'this' the post again, I would.
  
  petetheweed @johnwiddop | 18 Mar '13, 23:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  johnwiddop and rich-t this'd this
- This is literally the saddest submission I've seen since Cronin revived a Sparklehorse thread after Mark Linkous' death.
  
  ThisTemporaryLife @johnwiddop | 19 Mar '13, 10:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
TV on the Radio

will be/are canonised but not obscure obscure though.

Xiu Xiu? Gang Gang Dance? Burial's there already. Titus Andronicus? Liars? St Vincent?

nyodeneD | 4 Dec '12, 23:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
are GBV obscure?

if so, Pollard.

Mick_Squalor | 5 Dec '12, 00:03 | X | ^ This | Reply

orangejuice this'd this
R.Stevie.Moore

Mick_Squalor | 5 Dec '12, 00:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
Paul Potts

Mick_Squalor | 5 Dec '12, 00:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- *Pol Pot
  
  stalecloud @Mick_Squalor | 5 Dec '12, 21:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Peppermint Apes.

DaddyorChips | 5 Dec '12, 00:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

MarwoodW this'd this
British sea power are anything but bland

but I'd have to say Luke Haines, especially his solo stuff. He'll be well admired after his death.

auteur55 | 5 Dec '12, 03:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
Daniel Johnston

Mick_Squalor | 5 Dec '12, 05:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ^ probably already recognised as great
  
  Mick_Squalor @Mick_Squalor | 5 Dec '12, 05:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  thesewoodenideas this'd this
The Brian Jonestown Massacre

there's a lot going on in those there songs

Mick_Squalor | 5 Dec '12, 05:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cousteau

Simply cannot believe a band with so much class & so many great songs were allowed to remain in obscurity. I hope at some point in the next 50 years they will be rediscovered & people will be baffled that they never played arenas.

ThirstyDog | 5 Dec '12, 05:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Is this the thread we post our soundcloud links to?

thedamnedear | 5 Dec '12, 08:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
I will never be able to fathom why JJ72 didn't become the biggest band in the world

In 20 years I To Sky will be held in the same breath as Kid A

LordLuciusBanter | 5 Dec '12, 09:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- :D
  
  Jordan_229_2 @LordLuciusBanter | 5 Dec '12, 11:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
maybe david thomas broughton

codpieceface | 5 Dec '12, 11:06 | X | ^ This | Reply

alcxxk, Sloame_Ocean, and Mnemosene this'd this
i've g0t an0ther 0ne... Will 0ldham

ISAD al0ne should mean he is ranked as one 0f the m0st incredible s0ng writers ever.

MrBones | 5 Dec '12, 15:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I, sad?
  
  joeymahone @MrBones | 5 Dec '12, 17:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Linguo IS sad
    
    thesewoodenideas @joeymahone | 6 Dec '12, 19:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    watsona7 this'd this
Jens Lekman?

maybe not an All Time Great but his songs are catchy and easy enough to listen to that he should probably be more popular (outside of Sweden) than he is.

j0hn | 5 Dec '12, 16:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I know what you mean
  
  in the future I reckon his songwriting will be seen to be head and shoulders above that of all the other artists who inhabit that 'indietracks' sort of world.
  
  calumlynn @j0hn | 5 Dec '12, 19:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
Always suprised Seafood never not bigger

I mean if Biffy Clyro can get massive they should have been able to. Esp since they were prob more accessable than early Biffy.

NickDS | 5 Dec '12, 16:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tim Ten Yen

Royter-Hatfood | 5 Dec '12, 17:01 | X | ^ This | Reply

Mick_Squalor and waterwings this'd this
trail of the dead

Phil_Insane | 5 Dec '12, 17:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Loose the the pal.
  
  ZooKeepersBoy @Phil_Insane | 5 Dec '12, 18:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I guess if he loosened it it would eventually fall off
    
    might save time to just lose it
    
    stalecloud @ZooKeepersBoy | 5 Dec '12, 20:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    DaddyorChips this'd this
    - Perhaps
      
      he means Trail of Dead sound like a loose The The.
      
      ThirstyDog @stalecloud | 6 Dec '12, 09:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      Raanraals this'd this
I dont think anyone will be recognised as all time greats in the future, so much easier to hear more artists now, and vastly diminished importance and influence of music crticim, or atleast alot more sources so it, loads of acts will be very well regarded in their niches but I don't think there will be acts that make it huge and still have enough critical aclaim to reach all time great status. I reckon the last band that achieved it were radiohead and they are from well before the internet era

ThingsThatFly | 5 Dec '12, 20:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Radiohead

blisters | 5 Dec '12, 21:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- facepalm
  
  thorntonstuart @blisters | 5 Dec '12, 22:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
this lot

http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/04/stream-facts-3-reissue-of-2012-ruff-sqwads-white-label-classics-in-full/

Body_In_The_Thames | 6 Dec '12, 13:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- also
  
  probably a bunch of drum & bass stuff
  aphrodite & moving shadow stuff will be rediscovered by a future generation I'm sure and people will marvel at their skills will a sampler, a pc world desktop & windows '95
  
  Body_In_The_Thames @Body_In_The_Thames | 6 Dec '12, 14:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - *Amiga and Octamed
    
    Cementimental @Body_In_The_Thames | 6 Dec '12, 18:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Body_In_The_Thames this'd this
  - deal with
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkVSe9DubE8
    
    Cementimental @Body_In_The_Thames | 6 Dec '12, 18:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - http://youtu.be/gSj92M0N65M
      
      Cementimental @Cementimental | 6 Dec '12, 18:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Well a lot of it depends how long the band goes on for

The quicker decent bands split or die the easier it is to class them as all-time greats.

sharp_yet_blunt | 6 Dec '12, 13:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Twang

The Feeling

ryanwilson | 6 Dec '12, 14:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
If there is to be any justice,

the answer to this thread is Mark Eitzel.

bigmitch | 6 Dec '12, 14:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

chasingabee, DaddyorChips, and Mnemosene this'd this
- Plush
  
  chasingabee @bigmitch | 6 Dec '12, 17:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
Filthy Turd

Cementimental | 6 Dec '12, 18:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
Amanda Palmer

Oissin_ | 6 Dec '12, 19:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- is a twat
  
  Krillwave @Oissin_ | 7 Dec '12, 02:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  calumlynn, thedamnedear, wilbur, and ethricdouble this'd this
  - She probably is.
    
    Doesn't mean she won't also be recognised as being an all-time great.
    
    Oissin_ @Krillwave | 10 Dec '12, 17:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - her terrible music does tho
      
      anal_schwarzenegger @Oissin_ | 11 Dec '12, 15:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Alright, Albini.
    
    DaddyorChips @Krillwave | 10 Dec '12, 18:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    ThisTemporaryLife this'd this
Tracy Is Hot & The Clap

mug_mug_mug | 10 Dec '12, 18:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
FELT

although they get more recognition these days, felt still remain woefully under-appreciated.

theo | 10 Dec '12, 18:49 | X | ^ This | Reply

calumlynn this'd this
Hype Williams

Definitely one of the best contemporary groups around

pad_023 | 10 Dec '12, 18:50 | X | ^ This | Reply

ethricdouble and Fuzzy_Dunlop this'd this
- Inga Copeland
  
  looks like she might concentrate more and more on her solo material, and what she's put out so far is very special. she has this sweet distinctive voice that isn't too divisive and she has bags of attitude. She could go places.
  
  Fuzzy_Dunlop @pad_023 | 19 Mar '13, 09:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
we are the physics

Mick_Squalor | 10 Dec '12, 19:30 | X | ^ This | Reply

TheWza and Huggy_Bear this'd this
Super Furry Animals

lurchy2 | 10 Dec '12, 20:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

valenci this'd this
Thomas Feiner & Anywhen

Huggy_Bear | 11 Dec '12, 12:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Dan Melchoir
  
  grover_elliot @Huggy_Bear | 11 Dec '12, 16:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Galaxie 500

BMS1 | 18 Mar '13, 23:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
Matthew E White

Deerhoof, Jeffrey Lewis, R Stevie Moore

to repeat a few from above

politelydeclined | 19 Mar '13, 00:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Olivia Tremor Control

Codeine, The Mountain Goats, Sleater-Kinney, Titus Andronicus, Bo Ningen

On an already 'bigger' scale, hopefully Guided By Voices and Hot Chip

orangejuice | 19 Mar '13, 00:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I read on here recently that Patrick Stickles still lives with his parents.
  
  Titus Andronicus are one of the best bands I've ever heard, and they put on an unfuckwithable show. It is absolute bullshit that they aren't playing sold-out shows in upper-midsized venues everywhere.
  (I would say "sold-out shows in arenas" but they do not fit there)
  
  ThisTemporaryLife @orangejuice | 19 Mar '13, 10:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  emmettcruddas this'd this
Spencer Krug

Phil Elverum

wilbur | 19 Mar '13, 10:20 | X | ^ This | Reply

ThisTemporaryLife this'd this
It's interesting to think about the likes of The Velvet Underground or maybe Joy Division

in terms of how much of a lasting influence they had compared to their contemporary impact. Trying to pick out modern equivalents is pretty much blind guess work though so I'll shut up.

Royter-Hatfood | 19 Mar '13, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Deerhunter

valenci | 19 Mar '13, 11:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
Very obvious answer: James Blake

Dicodisco | 19 Mar '13, 20:54 | X | ^ This | Reply

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