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Obscure bands

Does anyone know a band called City Boy? (70's/80's)Very obscure and very original. It's beyond Me how such great talent goes so unnoticed! Also please chime in on other obscure talented musicians.

arcam88
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ghosthouse
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A few bands I'd like to see get more recognition...one defunct, two still recording.

No longer active:  The Standard...check out a fine trilogy of albums by them:  Wire Post to Wire; Swimmer; Albatross.

Still active:  Nada Surf...been around a while.  Have been enjoying, The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy; also their, You Know Who You Are.

Also active:  Me Without You.   Try, Pale Horses; Catch For Us the Foxes; or Brother, Sister.  Great album art too.  


loomisjohnson
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marty, love tractor was actually an athens ga band, tho sounding nothing like rem--great stuff nonethteless. your reference triggered recall of some other mostly-forgotten athens bands like pylon and swimming pool qs, who still sound pretty contemporary.
staying south, i'll toss in two alabama (mississipi?) jangly guitar bands of particular merit, the primitons and carnival season; both on spotify and well worth checking out
bondmanp
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Martykl:  I for sure remember the Shirts.  I have a few of their recordings (dubbed from LP to cassette!).  I also think I have the Medium Medium LP with So Hungry, So Angry.  Another band from that era is Bush Tetras, who also were a sort of punk-funk band with female vocalist.  How about Colourbox?  Really great soul/punk/funk/lounge type British band from the early 1980s.  Colourbox's lead singer could have been the inspiration for Amy Weinhouse.


This has turned into a very fun thread.

martykl
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A couple a Southern janglers (both from Chapel Hill, NC I believe) and a first cousin

Arrogance (Don Dixon)

Let's Active (Mitch Easter)

The DBs (probably that area's biggest jangle rock act) were too well known for this thread IMO.  Still love the track "Amplifier", tho.

Color Me Gone (Marti Jones, eventually married Don Dixon), possibly from Akron, Ohio - tho, as Loomis so properly points out, my memories of provenance are not always 100% accurate.  Hey, it's been a while for these bands!




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whart
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Marti Jones "Used Guitars" had some great songs, unfortunately the LP was bright sounding. 

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