Name an artist/group that you are surprised isn't more popular.

[somgye@dormi.zone]

I would say Dry Cell, who had a fantastic full album and lots of great demo EPs, and by extension their split-off bands, such as Acrylic and Band With No Name.

[zerlyna@lemmy.world]

Omg. I had never heard of Saul Williams. Adding him to my playlists. Thank you for this!

[neidu3@sh.itjust.works]

Destiny Potato.

[bonn2@lemm.ee]

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.

[theweirdestcunt@lemm.ee]

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

[extravagantenzyme@lemm.ee]

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!

[paequ2@lemmy.today]

Oh'laville: https://www.youtube.com/@Ohlaville

[Guest]

Fallon, not Kimmel.

[Guest]

JMSN.

He started out in the dreamy hazy r&b vibes of early weeknd, and now is more in the soul funk area.

He got a bit of hype on TikTok recently with his song Soft Spot, and him dancing in the music video for it. But dude is SO talented. Makes such good music. And is such a massive vibe.

I still listen to and watch his Blue Album stuff. He made old school homemade 90s R&B videos for all the songs on the album. And it’s SO good.

Soft Spot: https://youtu.be/LKKrnjfH3nQ?si=AhBonpFEZ-B5rz0b

Bout it: https://youtu.be/LKKrnjfH3nQ?si=AhBonpFEZ-B5rz0b

[theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

"Shape of Punk to Come" is chefs kiss been bumping that shit for over 20 years now and it is still great!

[9point6@lemmy.world]

Everything Everything

They've written some of my favourite albums over the past decade or so

[Guest]

I think he’s right, it’s his favorite group!

[dancingbear@midwest.social]

Saul Williams did break through….. for a poet.

[djdarren@sopuli.xyz]

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.

[djdarren@sopuli.xyz]

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.

[4am@lemm.ee]

Pitchshifter

[Guest]

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.

[suck_on_my_presence@lemmy.world]

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.

[moonguide@lemmy.ml]

The Neighborhood Kids. They're a small-ish rap group whose biggest song has a bit over quarter million streams on Spotify (Biddi Bomb). They're really interesting because they sound and feel like politically active 90s west coast rap. Great beats, great lyrics, and very creative.

A complete 180 from what tops the charts nowadays. Biddi bomb is their biggest song and is rap through and through, while Third World Problems feels RATM. I honestly hope they keep at it because I love what they're doing.

[eightpix@lemmy.world]

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.