What's the best obscure album you know?
10000 last.fm listeners at most.
>Hardmode
1000 or less.
radiohea d
>>51421335
>10,000 listeners
>obscure
lol
2320 listeners
1.175 listeners.
>10,000 listeners
>obscure
>1,000 listeners
>obscure
>>51421381
I was trying to be generous so I'd get more people to respond.
It's not a contest, anon.
>>51421447
you have no idea how wrong you are, buddy
>>51421381
this
I'm not trying to impress anyone, but almost half of what I listen to have less than 10 000 listeners. I don't consider most of that obscure, just unknown.
LKN- post hardcore, Lauren Katherine Newman plays everything.
>1500 listeners, and it's a god-damned shame
http://youtu.be/joIk47Qf3CU
Sonic Youth X10,000
I think this has under 5 listeners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRx34kBQ0Ho
>>51421335
tfw underground as fuck
>don't use last.fm
>don't see the point and I mostly spin vinyl records any way
>lel 10 000 listeners "obscure"
>decide to check my favourite band on last.fm
>search for Thee Creeps
>http://www.last.fm/music/Thee+Creeps
>186 listeners
>nigga-wat.jpg, they aren't obscure at all
>mfw
I'm literally the only person who's listened to it. So, 0.
I'm the only person that's scrobbled this album.
http://www.last.fm/music/Parasense/Apple under 1000 listeners.
original member Zolod died in early 2000s sadly. this album is a re-release of an old album from them, and some of there stuff was available only on cassette too.
oldschool russian psytrance, when psytrance was still innovating and defining itself.
Guy I went to high school with. last.fm says 169 listeners.
>>51421595
>>51421619
these
>>51421490
niiiice cover, I love it
There's like me and 2 other listeners, and it's one of my most favorite albums ever.
>>51421697
post the name nerd
>>51421555
>favorite band is some random bandcampcore
>>51421697
what is it? google just links to a siege in Idaho
>>51421723
>>51421742
Sorry
https://tytvtyt.bandcamp.com/album/vin-a
It's pretty harsh at first, but tracks like Oils and Teem are beautiful.
My music
Posted this earlier in that offensive music thread
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Upperdeckers?ac=the%20upperdeckers
Not even my band, I swear.
5 listeners
http://www.last.fm/music/Atra+Aeterna
>~4000 listeners
I'm his top listener
>>51421741
NMH is on bandcamp, what's your point?
>>51421697
Oh, and also this. Great freak folk, sounds like Sung Tongs but with more complex rhythms.
Al Lover
2,850 listeners
http://obama.bandcamp.com/track/mana
>>51421335
Dead Xylophones. 0 listeners, 0 plays, doesnt show up in last.fm. experimental hip hop, came out this year, Very strong tracks, corny skit-type things is my only gripe. if you want to find it, good luck
>>51421954
Fuck off Roger
>>51421386
fucking weatherbox fucking luv u dawg
A collection of stuff made by a /jp/ troll / /lit/ tripfag. It has 43 listeners.
>>51421870
nmh weren't distributed via bandcamp doofus
>>51421975
Fuck off David
>>51421955
>longseason
>obscure
>>51421998
Fuck off John
>>51421942
the artist is Al Lover and the album is called
Sacred Drugs btw
앤화이트
386 plays
>>51422024
FUCK OFF PAUL SMC HONESTLY
>>51421954
>>51421975
>>51421998
>>51422024
>>51422051
Well that escalated quickly
https://soundsofiii.bandcamp.com/track/mps
>>51421994
They will be
http://www.walkingwallofwords.com/coming-soon.html
One of my favourite albums too
>>51422081
looks like a2b2.org
>>51422114
Nah, Cloudkicker
There are half a dozen noise artists i listen to that have 5-100 plays.
aside from that, a few bands that im not huge into but listen to from time to time that have a couple hundred to a thousand listens.
regular: http://www.last.fm/music/Neuma (3,414)
hardmode: http://www.last.fm/music/Emma+Ate+the+Lion (152)
runnerup: http://www.last.fm/music/Necroblaspheme (1,164)
Each song from this album has about 175 listeners.
http://universebloomington.bandcamp.com/album/passenger
5 star album and 122 listeners
>fag.jpg
>>51421386
I love this album... his audiotree session is perfect
1,521
>>51421870
are they?
oddly, my ex gf's older sister's band: http://www.last.fm/music/Sissy+Bar/Statutory+Grape
maybe doesn't count since their gin & juice cover is has over 9000 youtubes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDq2FGsEGd8
I don't listen to looser music.
;^)
>>51421335
743
>>51424042
keep it tite
131 listeners, local punk scene from buffalo that my dad bought a cd from when he was in grad school. Kick ass stuff. The fems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZtFvIH7Z8k
The Sundowners - Captain Nemo
wicked witch, with 1490 listeners. really cool but strange older lo-fi synth funk, check him out
Ranked in order of listeners:
5.) Susumu Hirasawa - Sim City - 2999
4.) Tor Lundvall - Empty City - 2828
3.) Black Bananas - Rad Times Express IV - 1881
2.) Eliza Rickman - O You Sinners - 1556
Hard Mode Unlocked:
1.) The Arkhams - Road To Arkham - 989
>>51421760
my fucking ears are bleeding
>>51421761
929
>>51421697
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit essem is dope.
i saw that picture posted a bit after the album released, had to image search it which led to reading all about the ruby ridge raid and other ATF related shit. thanks essem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArvQokh_Syc
http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Corrupt+Autopilot
My favorite album from him isn't even registered on last.fm
>>51424096
Was it recorded through a macbook speaker or what ?
Ten tracks from Sierra Leone that an anon posted here once in a thread that only got a few replies.
55 listeners
KIDGOD肥寶 - You Are Transparent - 80 Listeners
>>51421335
>all the similar artists have nothing to do with them, it's just other artists I listen to.
And no, it's not my band. The album doesn't even appear, but I own it
Easy
Homeshake!
>>51424692
and well, if I'm half their audience I guess that explains the similar artists
>>51421641
Nice.
kinda like The Drones
I'm suprised this one is less-than-1000
One of my favourite EPs of all times. Surely worth a listen.
Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FajnyXnqbWs
Net Shaker - I'm So Cold
One of the best albums of 2013. Only 800-then-some scrobbles in total for the entire band.
It's hard to classify this one. It's a bit industrial, wavy, lo-fi,hypnotic pop. although pop might be misleading.
Very well crafted.
random track:
http://netshaker.bandcamp.com/track/kut-city-now
>>51425229
download link? the one in the archive isn't working
>>51421335
the album i'm listening to right now has 7k listeners, favourite under 1000 is Traitors Return to Earth-Smokescreen at 645
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LaF5zUYkVo
Best obscure one? Probably this.
1351 listeners - Russian (or rather Soviet?) post-punk.
Some examples for those interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1KV1cLY0Pg
First three songs are damn cool, so is EYES (it's not the same as the previous link, apparently there's some confusion with the titles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBm2FmghkcM
>implying I can be bothered to check how many last.fm listeners each band I like has
I bed Dovehead, Fox Van Cleef, Big Swamp Gospel, One Big Lie, Kamas and Awake in Sleep don't have many though.
>>51425280
I can upload later in the day.
you could try jdownloader as it has the ability to rip from bandcamp. don't know the bitrate though.
This mastepiece
>824
>inb4 EP actually
>>51425406
forgot pic
>>51425359
Oh, if we're talking ALBUM listeners, then this one is at 662.
Requesting 4 more listeners.
music a friend makes, he's popular on soundcloud, but apparently i'm the only one who's ever scrobbled him
LOVED THESE MOTHERFUCKERS
BEST BAND FROM SHITHOLE SAC, CA (OTHER THAN DEATHGRIPS)
MAYYORS- R.I.P
3,000 LISTENERS.
https://buddy-holliday.bandcamp.com/releases
less than 50 listeners i cbf to look it up
wreck - soul train
wreck - el mundo de los ninos
wreck - house of boris
guzzard - get a witness
guzzard - quick, fast, in a hurry
guzzard - alienation index survey
bastro - diablo guapo
bastro - sing the troubled beast
o-matic - dog years
quitters club - s/t
johnboy- pistolswing
johnboy - claim dedications
table complitation
every tar album
live skull - bringing home the bait
seam - the problem with me
shrimp boat - cavale
sense field - s/t
>>51425502
fuckin Woodhouse needs to get them back together
at least to record more material, cuz ~20 minutes of music isn't enough fomr such a great band
http://www.last.fm/music/Windigo
local band I saw open for austra and really liked
they were selling merch in a club so I bought this CD
Off the top of my head
http://theprinceofspace.bandcamp.com/album/35th
72 listeners.
>>51425636
it was a bummer. the band was just a side project
they all had straight jobs, working for the state.
also sacramento had a good scene (mayyors, death grips, hella, trash talk), but they all left, and don't blame them.
>>51425229
>One of the best albums of 2013
never change /mu/, never change.
>>51425749
sux that by the time DG were touring nationally they were blowing up, I would have loved to see them in a warehouse in Providence
Prayer for Chibi by Suishou No Fune ~2,500 listeners
It's something I've come across a few days ago, so it's the only one i can think of
Is this the new viralling central? :^)
>>51425933
you could look at it like that, or you could just appreciate that we're taking the time to share the music that we enjoy and wish more people would give it a try because it's soooo worth it. Put your fedora back and empty the spaghetti from your pockets.
Deadstar - Congratulations on your happiness EP
not on last.fm
>>51425502
Dude, thanks for this one. Listening (and scrobbling) now and it's fucking insane. LUV IT
>10000
>obscure
No.
>1000
>obscure
No.
>200
Now we're talking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8w21380Jn4
>spooky concept ambient-country
http://lowpony.bandcamp.com/
local dudes. Catchier California X, basically.
Rue de Prague - Helpless Wisdom
great alt rock
really obscure too
>>51421335
music my uncle made
Some dark ambient/noise stuff.
http://www.last.fm/music/Gog/Ironworks
>>51421335
this guy
16 listeners ;-
This prog rock gem has only 383 listens
has anyone heard any Viper albums besides "You'll Cowards"?
inb4
>Viper
>best
>>51422081
oh fuck yeah.. I love 7.. a lot...
>>51421555
You tag wrong your artist name is "THE CREEPS" not "THEE", idiot.
>>51426470
no but i liked you'll cowards, what should i listen to next?
My GOAT has 1.489 listeners.
>>51426498
I have no idea, but it seems like "These Rappers Claim They Hard When Them Fags Never Even Seen The Pen" and "You A Hater Like Them Cowards That Killed 2Pac" are the exact same album.
Neither one came with tags, so I don't know what the tracks are called. But "Track 1", "Track 2", "Track 3" etc. are not Viperesque enough to be the real titles.
this album is on my college radio on rotation, has 92 listeners. so my city is being exposed to ultra underground, 10/10 vapor music
>>51426534
is it true he named himself after the Dota 2 character because it was his favourite?
>701 listeners
>>51426496
>>51426506
>>51426528
seconding these ones
> emily moore: ambient, piano-based sort of sparse neoclassical
> ovens: bay area power pop, pinkerton-weezer-esque. led by tony molina of dissed and dismissed fame.
> scapes: japanese dream pop / shoegaze / slightly electronic
i'm adding it was a dark and stormy night by nicolas collins. proto-glitch based on orchestral samples. really lush and insteresting.
>mfw the last artist i listened to has 36 listeners o n last.fm
being a supreme patrician feels good :D
Around 1600 listeners, i love her voice
probably this
>>51426498
Things Thugs Do is his best. I also have a mega of Plush Player which is his 2nd best imo, if you are interested.
>>51426534
Various Viper albums are just the same album literally slowed down. He is working that DJ Screw vibe. There's a screwed version of You'll Cowards floating around.
>>51426681
>Various Viper albums are just the same as another album in his discog just slowed down
my b
>>51426606
>emily moore
dis her?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7h4gIDC59A&list=UUxfcRrORA_MJzksgn_JBZog
>>51426681
>Various Viper albums are just the same album literally slowed down. He is working that DJ Screw vibe. There's a screwed version of You'll Cowards floating around.
I wish all hip hop artists would do this
19 listeners on last.fm. Found it at a record store for $2.
>>51426704
>>51426681
Hip-hop fans everyone.
to those implying something is not obscure
if we get world population
then get discogs amount of bands
then assume each person listen to at average 100 bands and those listeners are equally listened between bands
you will get 197612 listeners to each band
but last .fm doenst have all humans of the world there, so lets make this math
197612 / ((world population) / 51.1 million)
and you get 1416 listeners to each band
>>51421542
please listen to this album ok
>>51426733
>not liking chopped n screwed
>>51426739
PS: 51.1 million is the last.fm userbase
>>51421335
Do I win if they're not even on there?
>>51426739
>>51426768
this just proves that only 51.1 million people listen to music
>>51426792
kek did you think the band's name was the quiet storm?
last.fm/music/Ocelot
>>51426606
sorry,
>scapes
should be
>left right arms
i got the band and album mixed up
>>51426830
>last.fm/music/Ocelot
lol no, but I didn't see southern rock band at the bottom. I'd call them post rock or instrumental math rock, but they're from atlanta and play instruments, so I guess southern rock band is technically correct.
They're album only has 175 listeners on it though, still a pretty low number.
http://www.last.fm/music/Ocelot/The+Quiet+Storm
How has this got no listeners?
>>51426878
>175
170 my bad
>>51426878
>>51426830
only 4 people have it on discogs
>>51426497
Not, it is "Thee" as in the old from for "you"
>>51426039
I tried to find this a while ago but it was impossible, do you have a DL?
393 listeners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW448Wi1Ou8
>>51427992
Try soulseek.
Amazing singer, good songs.
This album isn't listed on last.fm, but he has <2000 listeners in total
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQOrcfOQA7w
>>51421386
I feel like you posted them in the last "unknown bands" thread. Excellent band.
Naked days - 127 listeners
car seat headrest - 7728 listeners
makeout videotape - 7274
those are the ones i really listen to with <10000
2198 listeners... not super obscure, but Bastro is absolute top tier in their genre so they ought to be much bigger and /mu/ never talks about them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnLml2ZdSXU
Warcheif - For Heavy Damage
2265 listens
http://youtu.be/q2zY40JI2k4
even tho ive been spammin this guys music for over a eyar he still only has 800 listeners ;_;
>>51428268
forgot pic
>>51428246
>Yuji Ohno
My man. Haven't heard him in ages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-e-Tnh8gjE
>>51428186
I probably did, it's a shame most people don't know them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZzwDmIaOI§
1000something listeners. great emo band
peaer.bandcamp.com/album/the-eyes-sink-into-the-skull
great dark, hook-y, math rock band from suny purchase. i played a show w/ this guy and he is going places.
>>51421780
I don't hate this
>>51421555
lel Thee Creeps is your favorite band? Do you go to Rowan?
>>51421781
Fuck dude I love that album, but I've only listened to it on sound cloud.
>>51421386
Anybody have a link for this?
>>51428421
This is actually kinda good
http://www.last.fm/music/Woody+Herman/Giant+Steps
>>51429016
>including Hothead Patrol
>not including Dr. Pavel
Time Machine Modulus' stuff
>10000
>obscure
>1000
>hardmode
http://www.last.fm/music/Until+November.
http://www.last.fm/music/ek+(swe)
http://www.last.fm/music/Tape+Inbetweening
shore, dude
>>51429317
35, 7, and 256 respectively
This shit right here.
>>51421697
way to be man, I'd be one of those other listeners. you hear the new album?
>>51421961
can you upload it somewhere so i can download it?
574 listeners
http://fiendsh.bandcamp.com/album/al-capone-ep
>>51421335
Revise your Maps by Perhaps
>>51421335
My Friends by Paper Lions is such a wonderful album. It really deserves more listens.
http://www.last.fm/music/Paper+Lions/My+Friends
Bodies in the Winter and Ghostwriters are such great songs
>>51429667
i had meant to get back to you after you requested i review your album on jumbly music.
I dug the work, but could only share the capone EP. I had a really horrible year and just started up a new job. i've got the EP on my phone to listen through and review
Michael Guy Bowman - Ithaca
http://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Guy+Bowman/Ithaca
Incredible electronic rock album with influences from all over the board.
such beauty
>>51429866
>Michael Guy Bowman is a musician who contributes to soundtrack to Homestuck
lmao
>>51429947
He's actually great. Not everyone's taste, but I really love Old Buggy Now and Tacit Blue.
>>51429947
whats wrong with homestuck music? some of it was bretty good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiEydzVdnos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8rWfPPrKJ0
>>51429398
Kinda late, but yea. Not as noisy, but tracks like Week 4 are really catchy. Definitely my AOTY.
>>51421335
There's thousands of really popular artists with less than 1,000 listeners.
>>51424403
Damn, I forget which What's in My Bag you got this from.
850 listeners.
Shame people only know them for their Christmas music.
>>51426672
Solid Krautrock.
>>51430067
we call this the sufjan curse
>>51421542
moe and ghosts aint obscure nigger
not to mention they are shitty
This fuckers aren't even on soundcloud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNfw2nLh9Rg
the music i try to scrobble isnt even on lastfm so i stopped using it. pointless site anyway
120 listeners. Curtis Fuller is a hidden gem
>>51430131
>tfw it keeps autocorrecting to a different band
http://www.last.fm/music/The+J+Band/Wayward
3,495
>>51421386
My nigga.
>>51430205
http://www.last.fm/music/Zach+Heckendorf/The+Cool+Down
1,757 listens
and a great fucking album it is
i was surprised by the lack of listeners
actually never mind it's this
>>51425406
absolutely perfect. the best piece of music ever recorded, i think
A lot of danish rap artists are great.
Ham Den Lange is a prime example of quality beats and lyrics.
only 8 scrobbles because i had been too lazy to DL from bandcamp but this shit is fucking awesome somewhat progressive emo. basically it's just twinkly mathy emo that doesn't sound like all that other twinkly mathy emo that sounds the same
>>51421386
yo Weatherbox is really fucking cool
>>51426506
not TOO obscure (tony opened for Joyce Manor and a lot of people were singing along) but this is one of my favorite things ever
so obscure there's not even a full tracklisting :^)
http://www.last.fm/music/Epidemic/Illin+Spree?ac=Illin%20spree
This has <1000 listens
>>51429513
http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/4264611/file.html
found the link, it's pretty good i find
604 Listeners
>51 Listeners
>Obscure
>Alien Kids
>258 listeners
Ayyy
~250 listeners
>Panucci's Pizza
>503 listeners
Local emo/party punk duo. These dudes live about an hour from me and I saw and met both of them over the summer. Really talented musicians and super fun, catchy music that sticks with you plus has a lot of character. And honestly, it was one of the best live performances I've seen. It could have been just because they were loud as fuck in a packed room of 15, but I actually started tripping out stone sober and I got so into it. They recently put out their last album and then split up because they both went off to college. Highly recommend
>Car Seat Headrest
Most of you guys probably know this one but he only has 7,713 listeners.
>Barlow
>5,375 listeners
I found these guys in a bandcamp thread on here actually. It's funny because I don't care for shoegaze normally (Didn't like Loveless) but I absolutely adore their EP "Fell Asleep." Seriously, it should be illegal to make music this catchy. If anyone knows any other music that sounds like this, I'd appreciate a rec.
Looking at how many listeners all of my other artists have makes me feel like my music is way less obscure, which is actually a huge relief.
>>51430818
vol 2 has more listeners though IIRC
About 150 listeners!
When I first started listening to them, there were 3 listeners
I am obscurity king
>>51431354
na i got you beat with 0 listeners
>>51424049
10/10 album, I think they're fairly well-known in Finland though
Pic related is an album I shared on /mu/ years ago and like 300 people DLed it. Still only has like 150 listeners on last.fm though. It's actually one of my favourite albums, there's just something about it.
113 Listeners
How the fuck is 10k listeners obscure.
Anyways I don't remember off the top of my head, but George Costanza's 'Summer of George demo' is the my most played obscure album. I think I got like 200 listens.
>>51431410
And here's a fucking great band, think they had like 1500 listeners. They're from the same town as At the Drive-in and played sort of post-punk bluesy stuff. You'll like them if you like the Wipers.
There are 383 listeners across three different bands of the same name.
if you guys were actually interested in a music scene, it's easy as shit to know 'obscure' bands. Almost all my 7"'s and cassettes come from artists that are less than 200 listens on last.fm
>>51424015
is that the target logo in a different color pallete?
italian 90's hardcore band,449 listeners
Afraid-s/t
>>51428355
It's odd how many propaghandi fans don't know weatherbox and vice versa even though it's the same guy
>>51431563
Seriously, I find a lot bedroom projects on bandcamp threads and smaller subreddits, especially /r/cassetteculture. I wouldn't even consider that a scene, just a few places I find music.
This album is fucking amazing, too. My #2OAT
263 listeners
>tfw you expected it to be even less
so obscure it's not even on last fm and only one track is on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SGeB7ZedaY
>>51432084
It's funny because the album art works as a tfw reaction image
62 listeners
Tiny Rainbows - The Slaughter Rule
> 40 Listeners
>>51431197
I didn't think that they'd officially split up. I thought they were just taking a break until Brock settled in to college.
>>51421386
Wow.
Anyone have a DL link?
Xenharmonic album with under 300 listeners. It's really great.
>>51421942
>http://universebloomington.bandcamp.com/album/passenger
Got a download link?
Remember the music that played on Life with Playstation?
http://www.last.fm/music/Life+With+Playstation
>>51432053
Just beat it
>>51421386
Where can I download this?
>>51421476
Bullshit
>>51433907
Wait, spoke too soon
>>51421335
The very first Sigur Ros CD released in Iceland at one of their first shows. I have one and it *is* real.
>>51433988
forgot to say only 1000 pressings.
469 Listeners
>>51421760
What the actual fuck is this.
>>51434034
I have two LPs of 100 pressings each, and a CD that's never been officially been physically released, only sold at shows, in the words of the guy, "Most of them are sitting in my attic."
All from the same band.
>>51428242
Yep, they are on point. I've recced that album on /mu/ before. In general, the newer waves of math rock get way too much attention, considering how inferior they are to stuff like this.
Maeth-1,809
Not my most obscure artist, but they are pretty cool
http://www.last.fm/music/Jenks+Miller/Approaching+The+Invisible+Mountain
I had to scan this myself; it's not on RYM or anything.
Wife of somebody my father worked with. Very Osamu Sato.
>>51433920
seconded
>>51421386
>vonnegut
>>51421335
That one oceangrunge album.
161 listeners, and it's an actual goat album, it even has a article on wikipedia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3v1rsSUa-4&list=PLi6xv2YuZs-5a1SThc81FWcwl0hm88fpP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3v1rsSUa-4&list=PLi6xv2YuZs-5a1SThc81FWcwl0hm88fpP
161 listeners
pretty good punk/math rock
>>51428074
what the fuck is soulseek
Less than 100 listeners.
>>51437077
what the fuck is google
>>51421335
14 Listeners, what do i win
>1,456 listeners
i'm repping this album until the day i die.
2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms
Ahvak - Ahvak
Bob Drake - The Skull Mailbox
Fire on Fire - The Orchard
Chrome Hoof - Chrome Black Gold
Local band that broke up a few years back. Their only EP isn't listed on bandcamp...the other EP is only available on youtube.
>>51431239
cant find a download to this anywhere, you got one?
>>51437344
this was almost mu-core for a while there, that said one of my GOAT's
>>51437482
Also this, 66 listeners
>>51421555
I hope you are member of the band
>>51430510
this is p good thanks for turning me onto this m80
>>51426696
no idea but if it is she's a qt
>>51430259
whoa that album art is rad, could you upload this please?
>>51438598
just that maurizio bongiovanni dude
>>51421335
The site doesn't even provide correct information on this album.
http://www.last.fm/music/Island/Pictures