"Uncommon" music you enjoy.

I don't exactly know a word to describe it, so I'll go ahead and say uncommon.


The question is, is there any non-mainstream music that you enjoy? (I.e. anything you don't hear on the radio or TV)

I've been really enjoying steel lap guitar lately (blues), check this out.

So if you will, share with us your "not-so-common" music, and if you could, provide a link ;).

I love ska, which is grossly underrated. One of my faves :)

The Primrose League are an unsigned one man band. I listen to him a fair bit. Here's a song off his first album. Influenced a lot by the Beatles and The Smiths.

Enter Shikari; I never hear them on the radio or anything. Here is their song, Sorry You're Not a Winner. It's trance-thrash or whatever.

Well if you define uncommon music by its absence on the mainstream radio, I wouldn't say I really listen to anything that could be considered "common" :P

If we're talking about music that is sonically uncommon though, that narrows it down a bit. I'm starting to get into Xiu Xiu, and I also like noise-rock bands like Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Swans and Sonic Youth (SY are pretty popular though). St. Vincent's particular brand of pop music is also wonderful, and I'm a sucker for depressing acoustic pop like El Perro Del Mar, Loney Dear or Anna Ternheim.

EDIT: Updated with links! :D

Very little of the music I listen to is on the radio, but I think that says more about the lack of good stations around here than anything else.

i'm not sure how uncommon exactly but dub-step definitely isn't a very common music genre where i live.

breakcore intertwining with powernoise, sporting adash of experimental electronica.

from the slow songs to the fast songs, and anything inbetween; it occupies me.

Right now I'm really into Bumblefoot's solo and older material. Some examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVqSqLyV0Kk (amazing solo, great song overall)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1GlBVIAOH8 (a sort of musical satire, mocking both the blues-obsessed and the notes-per-second whores)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_RMNxAUG0 (tasty fretless guitar, really cool)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEOFMHgkHzI (the token EPIC song)

I suppose most of the metal sub-genres are uncommon. Lately I've been digging Korpiklaani; a folk metal band.

OSTs for video games and anime. That's all I listen to nowadays.hazelnutman

If it´s not too big a bother for you; could you recommend some to me? (:

A lot of my music is on the radio but that's because we have this awesome radio station that plays lots of metal and non-mainstream rock.

I suppose most of the metal sub-genres are uncommon. Lately I've been digging Korpiklaani; a folk metal band.

dracula_16

No name metal band by the name of Axe. They produced my second favorite album of all time (Offering) as well as some other good stuff. I also enjoy Benny Mardones, some may recognize him from his one hit wonder, Into the Night, but his other stuff is really good (but most is pretty easy listening)

I really like Clouddead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT-WKw15j_E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuDHR2OY5h8

Not sure what genre it is exactly, if someone could help cla$$ify it I would appreciate it, as I would like to find more

I love ska, which is grossly underrated. One of my faves :)

cdav89

classical music or music from soundtracks. listening to the avatar soundtrack right now

Most of the stuff I listen to isn't on the mainstream radios or television shows. If anything uncommon for me is the opposite, and if we go down that road than the answer would be the likes of Lady GaGa and Scissor Sisters.

Most of what I listen too would likely be considered uncommon.

I've not seen many instances of people talking about Ravi Shankar or Infected Mushroom.

I think probably most of the music that I listen to is pretty mainstream.

I like most music from the 40's, and some game OST's.

I listen to medieval music..

Yeah, video game and movie OSTs are awesome. I also love ambient, which doesn't get much love.

I've not seen many instances of people talking about Ravi Shankar or Infected Mushroom.

foxhound_fox

I hate ska :evil:

I sometimes listen to arabic music,so that's something out of the ordinary at least it is here :Pmhh91

What do you listen to?

Pretty much most of the bands I listen to...

But some well known bands you might hear on the radio, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc.

Though theres a station on the border that plays underground and well known Metal so thats pretty much the station that I leave it on when going for a cruise. 8)