Paulscoconutass Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 I'm looking to find a heap of new, good, albums from bands that are pretty big or successful overseas (or just in their home nation) but have little, or no fame in the UK / US.Porno Graffitti - Romantist Egoist. Some funky J-rock with loads of cool riffs. Take their name from the Extreme Album Pornograffitti.L'Arc-en-Ciel - Smile / Real. More pretty staple J-rock but very well produced and epic.Oomph! - Delikatessen. Compilation album from a band that sound like, but actually pre-date Rammstein.Any such help would be dandy.Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Regurgitator:MySpace.com - REGURGITATOR - Brisbane... I think? - Ghettotech / Classic Rock / Crunk - www.myspace.com/regurgitators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Oomph! - Delikatessen. Compilation album from a band that sound like, but actually pre-date Rammstein.Oomph are ace, prefer them to Rammstein.I recommend the french bands Dionysis and Nouvelle Vague Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted October 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Oomph are ace, prefer them to Rammstein.Indeed... Come on folks... don't tell me EVERYONE else here only listens to bands that are big in the UK / US? Global Music Markets by album sales:USA: 37-40%Japan: 9-12%UK: 7-9%Germany: 7-8%France: 4.5-5.5% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Noir Desir.louise AttaqueTryoLes Ogres de BarbackLe Peuple de L'herbeMass HysteriaAll French, all huge over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Donots: http://www.myspace.com/donotsDaran: http://www.myspace.com/fandarandeus: MySpace.com - dEUS - Antwerp - Rock / Alternative / Indie - www.myspace.com/deusbeGotan Project: MySpace.com - Gotan Project Official - Paris, FR - Electronica / Latin - www.myspace.com/gotanprojectImmanu El: MySpace.com - IMMANU EL [iTUNES STORE RELEASE] - Gothenburg, SE - Alternative / Indie - www.myspace.com/immanuelbandKisschasy: www.myspace.com/kisschasyPhoenix: www.myspace.com/wearephoenixSerena Maneesh: www.myspace.com/serenamaneeshSomething For Kate: Myspace.comThe Cat Empire: www.myspace.com/thecatempireThe Evpatoria Report: Myspace.comThe Ocean: MySpace.com - THE OCEAN - Berlin, La Chaux-De-Fonts, Warrington - Metal / Progressive / Experimental - www.myspace.com/theoceancollectiveThe Sleepy Jackson: www.myspace.com/thesleepyjacksonLisa Mitchell: www.myspace.com/lisalisamitchellLittle Birdy: Myspace.comSpod: www.myspace.com/spodWill that do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 gotan project, phoenix, cat empire.... good calls!!although nobody seems to know phoenix in France. I keep getting blank faces when I talk to people about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 gotan project, phoenix, cat empire.... good calls!!although nobody seems to know phoenix in France. I keep getting blank faces when I talk to people about them.Yeah, none of the french folks i know who have any interest in that style of music have heard of them either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 I second Nouvelle Vague.I'd also throw in The Grates MySpace.com - The Grates - AU - Indie / Tropical / Showtunes - www.myspace.com/thegratesFair bit of success in their native Australia but not very well known here. Kind of like a chirpier Yeah, Yeah Yeahs. Their debut Gravity 'Wont Get You High' was easily one of the best Indie Pop albums of '06, I'm yet to buy the newest one but what I've heard has been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 I second Nouvelle Vague.I'd also throw in The Grates MySpace.com - The Grates - AU - Indie / Tropical / Showtunes - www.myspace.com/thegratesFair bit of success in their native Australia but not very well known here. Kind of like a chirpier Yeah, Yeah Yeahs. Their debut Gravity 'Wont Get You High' was easily one of the best Indie Pop albums of '06, I'm yet to buy the newest one but what I've heard has been great.Yeah the Grates are pretty good. They do that song about trampoline's don't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Some bands whom I really like and are well known on their own turf and further afield but pretty much unknown here (outside specific small fanbase & knowledgable muso folks) :Eluveitie - SwitzerlandTystnaden - Italy Tyr - Faroe IslandsWolf - SwedenDelain - NetherlandsCloudscape - SwedenExilia - ItalyReanimator - Canada (not the old British thrash band Re-Animator)Gojira - France (though starting to make inroads in the UK and USA)Beautiful Sin - Belgium/NorwayMandragora Scream - ItalyGama Bomb - IrelandAs probably expected they are all various flavours of metal covering folk/goth/thrash/death/operatic styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Out of the ones mentioned... I've seen Donots support Millencolin many years ago, I own 2 Reguritator albums and a "I sucked a lot of cock to get where I am" vinyl single from them (all bought when I was mega influenced by P.U.S.A) and have seen dEUS play a good 5 or 6 times at festivals and support slots.I'd like to add Kiwi instrumentalists 'Jakob' to the list. Post rock by numbers, but some cracking songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Out of the ones mentioned... I've seen Donots support Millencolin many years ago, I own 2 Reguritator albums and a "I sucked a lot of cock to get where I am" vinyl single from them (all bought when I was mega influenced by P.U.S.A) and have seen dEUS play a good 5 or 6 times at festivals and support slots.I'd like to add Kiwi instrumentalists 'Jakob' to the list. Post rock by numbers, but some cracking songs.Good shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Diorama by Silverchair is the best album I've ever heard. Biggest band in Australia but no one knows them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Diorama by Silverchair is the best album I've ever heard. Biggest band in Australia but no one knows them here.Say what? They were massive over here with Frogstomp and Freak Show. Huge publicity all over MTV and in magazines like Kerrang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stichman Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Damn Seagulls, who were recommended to me by a strange Finnish lad I met on holiday. Good stuff. - MySpace.com - Damn Seagulls - Helsinki - Rock / Soul / Punk - www.myspace.com/damnseagullsAnima Sound System, for all your Hungarian electro needs - MySpace.com - ANIMA SOUND SYSTEM - Budapest - Electro / Dub - www.myspace.com/animasoundsystem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Nagisa ni te (Japan)MySpace.com - Nagisa Ni Te - OSAKA - Psychedelic / Folk / Experimental - www.myspace.com/nagisaniteMagic Carpathians Project (Poland)MySpace.com - Magic Carpathians - Krakw - Psychedelic / Electroacoustic / Experimental - www.myspace.com/carpathiansAvarus (Finland) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easi_peasi Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Alrite folks, first post wahey! but on topic thought...the frames, dublin - MySpace.com - The Frames - Dublin, IE - Alternative / Indie / Rock - www.myspace.com/theframesofficialfight like apes, dublin - MySpace.com - Fight Like Apes - - Indie / Experimental / New Wave - www.myspace.com/fightlikeapesfighting with wire, derry (yeo!) - MySpace.com - Fighting With Wire - Derry, Northern Ireland - Rock / Alternative / Punk - www.myspace.com/fightingwithwiregeneral fiasco, belfast - MySpace.com - General Fiasco - Belfast, UK - Rock / Alternative / Other - www.myspace.com/generalfiascoduke special, belfast - MySpace.com - Duke Special - Belfast, IE - Alternative / Other / Soul - www.myspace.com/dukespecialthen the legend that is Mic Christopher from Ireland too. http://myspace.com/micchristopher1enjoy.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Seen Fighting with Wire the last 3 times they've played Aberdeen. I think they're pretty good; reminds me of what it was like to see the likes of Therapy? ten years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Diorama by Silverchair is the best album I've ever heard. Biggest band in Australia but no one knows them here.And they're shit anyway.I recommend the Starlight Mints first album (Dream that Stuff was Made of), Tripping Daisy - Jesus Hits like the Atom Bomb and "The Dirty South" by Drive-by Truckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Graham Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 The Whitest Boy Alive - DreamsThe Mad Capsule Markets - 010Jens Lekman - Oh You're So Silent Jens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewarden Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Diorama by Silverchair is the best album I've ever heard. Biggest band in Australia but no one knows them here.Dioramas gash!,pretty much everything before is/was amazing.I say was as I havent listened to them in so long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 MySpace.com - Gojira - Bayonne (FR), FR - Metal / Death Metal / Rock - www.myspace.com/gojiraMySpace.com - B o r i s - JP - Rock - www.myspace.com/borisdronevilMySpace.com - El Caco - - Metal / Rock - www.myspace.com/elcaco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm going to see The Necks tommorrow night on the suggestion of a friend. An Australian band apparently. Anyone heard of/seen them? What can I expect? Im at work so can't listen to their stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free tibet Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'm going to see The Necks tommorrow night on the suggestion of a friend. An Australian band apparently. Anyone heard of/seen them? What can I expect? Im at work so can't listen to their stuff.The Necks are amazing, kinda ambient jazz soundscapes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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