Christovski's thread of bands you don't listen to but should.

[Christovski]

Ok, so this thread I will be updating every day with a new song from a band that is awesome and underrated. 
I'm no hipster (hence I'm sharing this music not bragging about noone ever hearing of it) but I like lots of stuff that people haven't heard of. 

Lets see how long I can go before someone actually likes a song that I post! 

Starting off we have And So I Watch You From Afar (Abbreved to ASIWYFA cause its friggin long)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfRq8KhLM_M" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfRq8KhLM_M</a>

I found out about these guys and their first album here because this someone talking about the album described it like this:
"OH MY GOD WE WON THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE LOTTERY AND WE’RE SPENDING THE LOTTERY MONEY ON A FUCKING ROCKET SHIP AND WE’RE GONNA GO CARVE A HUGE DICK ON THE MOON WITH A GIANT LASER WE PUT ON THE ROCKET SHIP AND ALL OF OUR PETS HAVE BECOME IMMORTAL AND WE JUST MADE OUT WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERSON WE’VE EVER MET AND IT TURNS OUT THEIR MOM IS REALLY REALLY NICE TOO AND THIS COFFEE WE’RE DRINKING IS FUCKING DELICIOUS I THINK IT’S THAT STUFF THAT CIVET CATS POOP OUT AND IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY PARTY AND EVERYONE IS INVITED AND NOBODY WILL EVER BE MEAN TO ANYBODY ELSE EVER AGAIN is pretty much what this album sounds like"

They also get kinda crazy technical metal-ish on some tracks like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgAXpsFyYrM

[Tyber]

DAT hipster. JK, looking forward to seeing what you'll put here!

[Prince LunaShy]

can we has post here?

[Christovski]

I'd prefer if folks don't post their own songs since there are other threads to do that in like the songs you listen to thread, but people can have discussion within this thread

[Christovski]

Today it is Drone/Doom/Psychedelic/Stoner rock band Earth.  Their songs vary from minimalistic drone to grooving psychedelia like this track.

Definitely not everyone's cup of tea.  Definitely your typical Sub-Pop video, but at least they cared enough to promote the bands back then.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=866PRjwLOcE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=866PRjwLOcE</a>

Also, this is one of their rare tracks with lyrics, others are more like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apmIX4piRsQ

[Christovski]

So I forgot the thread yesterday CAUSE I'M A JERK ok more like it didn't show up in my unread/updated topics lists, but anyway today gets TWO UPDATES to make up for it!

Ok so this is WAY more mainstream because it is dubstep, but I really like these guys and they aren't fucking worldwide like Skrillex and shit.

Bassnectar.  Delicious bass nectar.  More musical than some harsher dubstep like Skril, but harsher than the chill stuff. 
For me its the goldilocks of dubstep, not too ridiculous, not too tame, it is JUST RIGHT.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M-jOZRe0-8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M-jOZRe0-8</a>

[Pillz]

So I forgot the thread yesterday CAUSE I'M A JERK ok more like it didn't show up in my unread/updated topics lists, but anyway today gets TWO UPDATES to make up for it!

Ok so this is WAY more mainstream because it is dubstep, but I really like these guys and they aren't fucking worldwide like Skrillex and shit.

Bassnectar.  Delicious bass nectar.  More musical than some harsher dubstep like Skril, but harsher than the chill stuff. 
For me its the goldilocks of dubstep, not too ridiculous, not too tame, it is JUST RIGHT.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M-jOZRe0-8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M-jOZRe0-8</a>

Yeah I got into Bassnectar lately and have a whole Pandora station for them; they're awesome. Teleport Massive is one of my favorites by them right now for some reason, that Time Stretch and anything else they make.

[Christovski]

Ok this next band is currently my favorite right now.  This Will Destroy You (taken from a song title they thought about using, then realized the name is hilariously cheesy, so they named the band) Epic instrumental post-rock to be the soundtrack for the life of an amazing person.

These guys make some really cool music, it generally takes a while to build up from calm and quiet, to HOLY SHIT but man is it good.
This track has a lot of their types of sound mashed together to give a good idea of the stuff they do, for A.D.D. people who dont want to wait to get to the epic part, skip to 2:50ish

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov701xUsQyU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov701xUsQyU</a>
here's a link to the studio version if you want to hear the guitar better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htGmTJNsOr0

The reason they are now my top favorite is that they manned up more than any band I've ever seen.  Their 2nd album had a string section on the recording, and instead of pussying out like most bands and using keyboard or a backing recording of the strings, they played LIVE WITH A STRING ORCHESTRA.  I was at this show having my mind blown, and the guy next to me recorded it thank god here it is:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLVsrGtDfbs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLVsrGtDfbs</a>
Hard to see much since we were so close to the stage, but theres about 10-12 members of the string orchestra, 1 bass, 2 cello, and violas/violins/whatever
Also the second guitarist is lonely over to the right, but he uses an e-bow to sustain his notes and play the guitar like a keyboard almost it is amazing.

I'm sure that because I love it, everyone here's gonna think it sucks but man these guys put on a great fucking show!

[Christovski]

I am so shocked no one gives fucks about my fav band  NOPE CHUCK TESTA 

Moving on, heres some groove for your day.

Sungrazer.  German heavy psychedelic rock, tuned down to C for maximum crunch.  Fat and distorted while still keeping a nice bluesy groove, vocalists who can actually sing, and to top it off it is only 3 guys: drums, bass&vocal, guitar&vocal, no extra bullshit and these guys kill it. 
The actual lyrics are kinda meh, but you can't really complain as they are Germans speaking english as their second language...

If you're impatient waiting through the buildup and just want to get to the heavy shit, skip ahead to 2:55
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FlzPUAVEr4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FlzPUAVEr4</a>

[JohnCyKlopZ]

Ok, so this thread I will be updating every day with a new song from a band that is awesome and underrated. 
I'm no hipster (hence I'm sharing this music not bragging about noone ever hearing of it) but I like lots of stuff that people haven't heard of. 

Lets see how long I can go before someone actually likes a song that I post! 

Starting off we have And So I Watch You From Afar (Abbreved to ASIWYFA cause its friggin long)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfRq8KhLM_M" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfRq8KhLM_M</a>

I found out about these guys and their first album here because this someone talking about the album described it like this:
"OH MY GOD WE WON THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE LOTTERY AND WE’RE SPENDING THE LOTTERY MONEY ON A FUCKING ROCKET SHIP AND WE’RE GONNA GO CARVE A HUGE DICK ON THE MOON WITH A GIANT LASER WE PUT ON THE ROCKET SHIP AND ALL OF OUR PETS HAVE BECOME IMMORTAL AND WE JUST MADE OUT WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERSON WE’VE EVER MET AND IT TURNS OUT THEIR MOM IS REALLY REALLY NICE TOO AND THIS COFFEE WE’RE DRINKING IS FUCKING DELICIOUS I THINK IT’S THAT STUFF THAT CIVET CATS POOP OUT AND IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY PARTY AND EVERYONE IS INVITED AND NOBODY WILL EVER BE MEAN TO ANYBODY ELSE EVER AGAIN is pretty much what this album sounds like"

They also get kinda crazy technical metal-ish on some tracks like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgAXpsFyYrM

I really like this one

[Christovski]

Their second album is coming out in a couple months, watch for it.  I got a free track for pre-ordering it and it sounds just as awesome.

[Christovski]

Next is one of my favorite underground band from the late 80's early 90's, The Melvins.

Fun fact: Kurt Cobain auditioned to be the drummer for The Melvins in the mid-80's, but got too nervous and completely choked.  (He played drums before taking up guitar)
Imagine how different the musical world would be if they had Kurt Cobain on drums instead of Dale Crover, so that Kurt never started Nirvana with Chris Novoselic!

These guys are kinda grungy with some 70s metal thrown in, really fun 3-piece band who just rock out.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp5r9qwqpPc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp5r9qwqpPc</a>

They also pioneered a genre called "Sludge" which is very distorted and very very slow tempo. 
The fun story is that they started slowing down their songs at live shows wayyyy down to piss off the harcore punk kids who kept yelling at them to play faster.  How slow you ask? 
Check out Hag Me, one of their slowest songs.  Vocals don't even come in until 1:30.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3o5lTQU76E" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3o5lTQU76E</a>

[Christovski]

Somehow CKY managed to avoid actual fame.  It isn't like they tried, their promo videos were the predecessor to what would become Jackass.
I'm sure everyone knows of Bam Margera from Jackass, well his brother, Jess Margera, is the drummer of CKY.

CKY is awesome.  Kind of metal with some synth, but also grungy rock, nothing too fierce and really really hard to describe.

Personally I think the biggest reason CKY stayed small, was due to their sound being so hard to explain, the fan following was surely dedicated as hell, and pretty decent size, but never came close to mainstream.

This track off of I.D.R. was probably the most popular:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhpnSMRLSSs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhpnSMRLSSs</a>

Their live shows were nuts too!  (actual song starts at 1:16)  This one's more metal compared to the first track, but still got that synthy hook in there.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH3aC68QtA8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH3aC68QtA8</a>

Sadly they are broken up right now, hopefully they resolve their differences and rejoin someday!  They went through a lot of bassists, but Deron Chad and Jess were a killer team of guys.

[Christovski]

I was depressed about CKY breaking up so I haven't posted in 2 days but no bonus update today just one those 2 days will remain a memorial to the awesomeness that was CKY.


Blockhead was a hip hop producer who also put out a couple sample/electronic/beat/chill albums that are just amazingly feels.

This song blew my mind when I first heard it and I spend a LONG time trying to find out who the song was by or what it was called but I finally did and its just awesomeness.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvcHGu95XGM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvcHGu95XGM</a>

That one's a bit more energetic, but on average most songs are more chill like this one:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKBR8S7RCwA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKBR8S7RCwA</a>


And if you feel like more samples and hip hop beat check this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo9VCnw35LY

[Splenda]

Metallica.
No further explanation needed.