Unique Bands/Music

[CertifiedWaffle]

Sigur Ros is a really cool band, and of course I'm going to mention my favorite, Radiohead.

 

[Aunel]

Serj Tankian. Whether he's singing with SOAD or by himself, I haven't listened to a song by him that I haven't liked.

Elect the Dead was awesome, although the song Money isn't that good, but Honking Antelope is one of the best ever made!

 

[RIOT MAST3R]

Kaiser Chiefs
Lostprophets
Against Me!
The Airborne Toxic Event
Airbourne
Black Tide
Blue October

 

[BubbleGumSnareDrum]

Opeth are the only Swedish progressive jazz/blues/death metal band I know of.

There are a few others, but the good ones sound like Opeth and completely different at the same time.

I love Opeth, and recommend Farmakon and Ikuinen Kaamos to you. The former is more modern prog death sounding and the latter is more prog/black/ambient.

Music that's unique? Here ya go:
Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punk. Like a good Ukranian Vodka that's also on fire.
Kaizers Orchestra - Norwegian Polka/Punk dirges.

If you like Gogol and Kaizer check out the Red Elvises. Rockabilly from Russia.

 

[Incredible Bullshitting Man]

I´ll add Hella to this list of obscure bands, just so that I could feel myself unique. Looked this up when I learned, the guitarist is currently playing drums in The Advantage. The drummer seem quite busy, by the way.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Black Sabbath, Kalmah (not really that unique as they're melodic death metal, but they do it so damn well), Fantomas (lots of Mike Patton stuff here), John Zorn, Aphex Twin. Check all that out for a while.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Reel Big Fish (Ska)

Man, you have awesome taste.

otherwise, nothing is quite like Paul Simon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OafqYNCzq5U

 

[Arrers]

I Know a few bands/musicians with a fairly unique sound, some of which have been already mentioned.

Beck
Belle and Sebastian
Donovan (quirky, folky and phycadelic)
fleet foxes (also folky, but a very different kind of folk)
They Might be Giants

 

[Incredible Bullshitting Man]

Ooh, any of you familiar with Mogwai? Of course you are. Quite an excellent piece of post-rock, I dare say.

 

[kellenheller]

Patton stuff is always good. Might I recommend for all of the mellow-ish music fans out there, give Wolf Parade a listen. As far as unique, I would be a jerk if I didn't recommend my roommates band, Their Teeth Will Be of Lions. They are on myspace and they are having a cd release show in Grand Rapids, MI tomorrow and one in Kalamazoo (their hometown btw) on Saturday. Check em out on myspace if you get a moment.

 

[AgentNein]

Reel Big Fish (Ska)

How dare you sir, they are ska punk and not ska!!!! There is a huge difference between desmond Decker, Skatalites and the Supersonics than that American tripe you just mentioned.

Reel Big Fish is 3rd wave ska. That tends to be synonymous with 'ska punk', but it's still ska.

Yes it's not Desmond Decker, The Skatalites, The Specials, Toots, or any of that. Different eras.

Honestly, I can't stand most 3rd wave ska. I love punk rock, I love 1st wave and two tone ska, but 3rd wave just rubs me the wrong way. But just because I can't dig it doesn't make it 'not ska'.

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And for my money, I'm going with The Clash, Tom Waits and Siouxsie and The Banshees. None of them sounded like anybody else at the time, and Tom Waits in particular still manages to surprise me in like, his 30-40 old year career (pick up his triple album Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards). Crazy old coot. Legends as far as I'm concerned.

 

[rob_d]

Kaizers Orchestra - Norwegian Polka/Punk dirges.

That's certainly a unique band. Never heard anything else like that.

Other bands/music who are unique
Ballet Mechanique - George Antheil
Coil
Merzbow (when he started it)
NON
Lustmord
Casiotune for the painfully alone
Wesley Willis
Rosa Crux
Nurse with wound
Ryoji Ikeda
The album Spiderland by Slint
Stöma
Drexciya
November Növelet / Haus Arafna
Kayo Dot
I second Philip Glass (my favorite so far is dancepieces)
Barnes & Barnes
Boris
DAAU
Igor Wakhevich
The album Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed
Sun Ra
Gaë Bolg and the church of Fand
Sieben (because most of the music including rythm is done on his violin)
Silver Apples
Melt Banana
The Smiths
Whitehouse
Autechre
Richard D James
Happy Mondays
The Birthday Party
Tortoise
Aube
Wolf Eyes
Controlled Bleeding
Xiu Xiu
Joe Hisaishi
Zbigniew Preisner

And basically the whole nurse with wound list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_With_Wound_list

 

[DaemonOfHavok]

Serj Tankian. Whether he's singing with SOAD or by himself, I haven't listened to a song by him that I haven't liked.

Elect the Dead was awesome, although the song Money isn't that good, but Honking Antelope is one of the best ever made!

I found the video for Elect the Dead intriguing. Yes, Honking Antelope was indeed a great song. A bit misanthropic, but great none the less. ^-^

 

[Ignignoct]

I've been getting bored with the music I've been listening to as of late.
What r some of ur favorite unique bands?
Either the band themselves is unique or the music/sound is unique.
I'll start with my most recently listened to unique band....
<img src="http://www.jesolo.it/photo/tool_logo.jpg" alt="tool>

Ten-minute shambling bass-feedback and meaningless lyrics for the win, although Aenema is a very good song.

Also: ITT people post the most obscure band they've heard of in an effort to sound cool.

Don't worry.

A lot of people don't put in the time to understand Jungian psychology or the other extremely esoteric references Maynard puts in his lyrics, lord knows I haven't.

I still listen to Tool, and A Perfect Circle daily, however, and find the lyrics to be just as haunting and awesome as the instrumentals. APC has a much better grip on conveying clear messages, too, although I didn't know until someone told me that "The 13th Step" album was all about addictions, mocking the 12-step recovery program. The fact that he places precise lyrics higher on the priority list than rhyming at all is a bold, refreshing move imo.

MmMmMm...

Y'know, if someone trollbaited a hate-Tool thread, I'd fall for it every time because I've so consistently gone back to them as a baseline for music when I get tired of the new stuff.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Stabbing Westward is fairly unique. At least, I haven't heard anything like them.

 

[jezz8me]

I love unique sounds and always seek them out so here is a list:

Amiina
Art Brut
Beirut
Blues Control
Blue King Brown
Bon Iver
Cake
Camille
The Cat Empire
Christian Marclay
Chibo Matto
Claire Voyant
Crystal Castles
Custom Kings
Dead Can Dance
The Dresden Dolls
E.S Posthumus
Eels
Faith and the Muse
The Flaming Lips
The Good The Bad and The Queem
Gotye
Jamie T
Lightning Bolt
Lior
The Living End
The Mavis's
Miranda Sex Garden
Muse
Prefuse 73
Rufus Wainwright
The Shins
Sunn 0)))
Tom Waits
Yo La Tengo
65Daysofstatic

I didn't include alot of post rock bands because allthough to alot of people being "unique" they are very similar to eachother most of the time.

And sorry if the list is to long.

 

[chaser[phoenix]]

The Reel Big Fish,
Alesana,
A Day to Remember,
Bayside.

I've known the Reel Big Fish for several years now while the rest I've just become acquainted with.
Also, Bayside is awesome. Just throwing that out there again.

 

[Skillswords]

Gorillaz (a beutiful collage of music styles)
Reel big Fish (a rare Ska Band)
Avenged Sevenfold (Heavy Rock

 

[Skillswords]

]The Reel Big Fish,
Alesana,
A Day to Remember,
Bayside.

I've known the Reel Big Fish for several years now while the rest I've just become acquainted with.
Also, Bayside is awesome. Just throwing that out there again.

Same here.
my sister showed me Reel big fish after my trombone concert many moons ago.

 

[Skillswords]

Theres something somewhat too sad about Serj Tenkien, but i also have pretty limited music of him