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

  • @krinks73@lemm.ee
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    11 hour ago

    Monster Truck.

    Their album “Furiosity” is an absolute banger and they’re a really great rock band.

    • @krinks73@lemm.ee
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      They have I’ve if my favorite band names of if all time and I love “Death by Rock and Roll”

    • @Notyou@sopuli.xyzOP
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      I didn’t realize it but I heard them before. I listened to a few more songs. Good taste. Her voice is recognizable.

  • Drew
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    Car seat headrest. Their songwriting and music choices blend together into something timeless and un-explainable. They’re my favourite band.

    • Without a doubt my favourite band of all time. They’re 99% of what I listen to. Seriously: if someone reading this is nervous about the future and hasn’t listened to How To Leave Town, you’re missing out.

  • Semisimian
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    11 day ago

    He’s great. I first heard him on a Ninja Tune compilation. I got to see him in a 100 seater doing a poetry night. All snaps!

  • navordar
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    De Staat, it’s a really creative experimental rock band from The Netherlands. Bubble Gum is my favorite, but also check out the Vinticious Versions album which contains their songs in vintage style. They also have a talent for powerful album outros. The Inevitable End and Luther always give me goosebumps

    • @Notyou@sopuli.xyzOP
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      I listened to Kitty Kitty, Witch Doctor, and Input Source Selector. Great music, I will add them to my growing list of new bands to get into.

  • Match!!
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    11 day ago

    Janelle Monae has had some genius and beautiful sci fi going through all their music, as well as supreme bops, yet is absolutely nowhere near the pop queen she should be

  • @TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.ee
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    122 days ago

    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

    • @Notyou@sopuli.xyzOP
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      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.

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        22 days ago

        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.

    • Darren
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      22 days ago

      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.

  • Kalvin Carefour Johnny
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    62 days ago

    Greta Van Fleet is my favorite rock band. It is a modern rock band inspired by rock songs from the past, like those of the 1970s. They create blues rock songs and hard rock songs about resilience in life, as well as a progressive rock song that discusses humanity’s dependence on smartphone technologies. Other similar rock bands include Dirty Honey, with their heavy, relatable song “Won’t Take Me Alive,” which I believe is about difficult situations, and Rival Sons’ “Nobody Wants To Die,” which I interpret as expressing that despite hardship, we don’t want to die but rather seek a solution to resolve the problems more quickly.

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      I’ll have to check them out. I love rock, but I’m not familiar with the modern rock scene.

      Edit: I just watched a few videos. Not really for me, but they have some range. Meeting the Master, Highway Tune, and Heat Above. Highway Tune reminds me of the Doors. It was worth watching the music videos for me.

      • confuser
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        You must check out king gizzard and the lizard wizard, there are honestly rock and roll hall of fame material, they are I think what modern rock and roll has evolved into.

        They have a crazy track record of recording multiple albums per year for like 20 years straight and not a single one of them suck and they continue to get better everytime, idk how they do it but they do it well and i can confidently say this is not an exaggeration of my interest in them.

        They explore a lot of variety of genres but I think people mostly look at them and place them as rock and roll.

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    The Roots in their pre-Jimmy Kimmel Fallon 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.

    e: I stand corrected.

      • eightpix
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        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.

        • eightpix
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          Yeah, I’m still a fan of the group. Not too attached to their host.

  • єχтяανɒgαηт єηzумэ
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    82 days ago

    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!

  • 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.

  • @OnYourLeft@lemmy.world
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    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.

  • @bonn2@lemm.ee
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    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.