Awesome music that no one else seems to know!

There's so much music out there that I just absolutely love, but I never find anyone else who has the slightest notion what I'm talking about! (And when I share, they usually don't really care anyway.) Soooooo....in my musical loneliness, thought I'd start a thread where people like me can tell everyone about all the great singers/groups we love!

Here are my favorites, tthat no one else seems to know:

The Gaslight Anthem
The Horrible Crowes
Fake Problems
William Elliott Whitmore
Larry and His Flask
Old 97's
The Black Keys (yes, more people seem to know them, but nobody I know!)

What about the rest of you?

Jimmie Spheeris. He was a Californian singer/songwriter in the 70s and early 80s. I found a record of his in my dad's collection when I was going through my "record phase" in 2004. He's just...he's amazing. Most beautiful music I've ever heard, and it just breaks my heart that he died so young (motorcycle accident). I've never met anyone IRL other than my dad who knows about him. His music is on iTunes though, I believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpJ3feEbSv4 - "I am the Mercury" (this is honestly my favorite song of ALL time)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y30P9OMZ4HY - "The Nest"

http://youtu.be/jTEASj0I3jw - "Blue Streets"

Empires. They're a Chicago-based band that I was directed to by somebody on a forum somewhere and fell madly in love with. Apparently they have a small following, though I haven't met anyone else (other than the person who recced them to me) who's even heard of them.

Ohhh even when I listen to awesome "popular music", no one still knows what I'm talking about. Blah. :c
But here's a few of my favorite bands that no one really knows about.

The River Empires. They're A M A Z I N G. It's cinematic folk/bluegrass! And their album(s) is based off of a script written by the lead singer, that starts from the epilogue going to the beginning. - http://theriverempires.bandcamp.com/

The Gloomcatcher. Same lead singer as the band above, a bit of a different, more classical sound. - http://thegloomcatcher.bandcamp.com/

Far-Less. They broke up some time ago but they had great lyrics and I loved their guitar solos. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipwI_dfwnw0

Denkare. I assume they're decently popular in Japan, but hardly anyone knows them in America, and they have the stigma of mainly making music for erotic visual novels.

They have several styles, the most famous being a sort of power metal with soft vocals, but they also do softer, slower songs as well. I love the musical backing of all their songs, and I adore the singer's voice.

Here's a great example of their work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTcjSxjpO4U


Also, Machinae Supremacy is a Swedish band that combines metal with chiptunes and lots of videogame references.

Oh, the Irony are awesome. They're just starting out, but I love their song Kingdoms :3

I'm always listening to music that nobody around here knows about.

Nightwish, Ayreon, Epica, Mortal Love, The Birthday Massacre, Arkona, Draconian, Theatre of Tragedy, Leaves' Eyes, After Forever, Therion, Elis, Eluveitie, Kamelot, Lacuna Coil, Opeth, The Gathering, Tristania, Within Temptation... so many.

I've noticed a lot of my friends, internet and local, have no clue who Theory of a Deadman are. It makes me sad, because I'm in love with their music.
Also, Evans Blue seems to be a hidden band that I magically stumbled upon.

I'm sure they have other fans. I mean, if it was just me, then they'd still be in the garage, playing shitty instruments. I just can't seem to find other fans.

RISE AGAINST. When you actually look for fans, you find some, but they're never as obsessed as I am...

Also, this J-rock band called Bump of Chicken. Apparently they're pretty popular over in Japan, but on this side of the world it's like my friend and I are the only two existing fans.

Hmm, Two Steps From Hell
They're freaking EPIC

Totally different end of the spectrum (which means Techno and Trance):

Benya - totally underrated remixer and producer. His music is so beautiful and epic!
Mat Bradshaw - the same. And he never even made a EP or something that I know of :(
Jupiter Ace - so very underrated it's sad. The man is a god. Seriously.
The Shamen - should get their act together and re-band RIGHT NOW!

Tiesto, Armin van Buuren or Deadmau5 are so overrated it's not even funny anymore. They are mediocre at best but they are everywhere and they give us Tranceheads a bad name :(

Or Greek music:

Why has no one outside of Greece or Cyprus ever heard of Sakis Rouvas, Despina Vandi, Anna Vissi or Konstantinous Christoforou or Giorgos Mazonakis? Wonderful music, beautiful language, EPIC!

And the only really underrated Metal group I can think of is Turisas. So much love! Well, and probably Aztra or Toccata Magna. Wondeful stuff, Folk/Pagan Metal of the Inca-variety (not that I'm sure they are Inca; they could also be Aymara or something like that). And Northern Kings! Given that their are the creme de la creme of Finnish Metal musicians and their music is very, very mainstream for Metal (they are only doing covers of pop songs) it's strange that they are so little known.

I could go on like this forever. OK, I admit, my mp3-folders are full of Weird Things.

I would say Homestuck, as it's popular online, but I can't find anybody reading it IRL.
Otherwise some obscure videogame perhaps, like Disgaea, The World Ends With You or so...

BOY (they're Swedish or something, they have an album called Mutual Friends)
Tegan and Sara
Counting Crows
Civil Twilight
Decemberists (Some of their songs aren't so good, but ones like Rox in the Box and Shankill Butchers and okay)

People might know some of them, but not many people I know do

Anna Nalick is well known, but how many people know about her second album? (Broken Dolls and Odds and Ends.)

Apparently she had massive problems getting Broken Doll out, left her label, and salvaged a few of her old songs (Shine, Broken Doll, Walk Away, and I'm not sure what else) There's supposed to be another one soonish.

I'm been listening to a lot of Chris Ayer, his song Warmer is kind of the perfect song for my main character falling in love.

I have two that I really like.
Driftless Pony Club. They're a small Indie-ish band out of Chicago that I found on YouTube. I have never EVER met anyone who has ever heard of them IRL.

Closer Your Eyes. They are kind of bigger, but the only fans I actually know are me, my dad, and one of my friends from school. They're a hardcore band out of my hometown, Abilene, TX. The lead guitarist was actually my guitar teacher for awhile!

I've fallen in love with a ton of unsigned bands lately. There's Like The Stars from Point Pleasant, NJ, and Since Forever from Nashville, TN. They're both more of a pop sound. And for something darker and a little more rock, I love ViFolly from Eaton, OH.

Some of the bands that no one else seems to know about that I like are Trapt, OK Go, Thriving Ivory, Hedley (really popular in Canada but no one in the US ((where I live)) seems to know who they are), and Blue Foundation

Rollerskate Skinny.

Maybe the most amazing sound I've ever heard.

Voodoo Economics

Just click the "download audio" link, and you can download all their music for FREE. ALL OF IT. FREE. FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE SO DOWNLOAD IT NOW OR ELSE
They're really good. Kind of unusual, I guess, but really really really good. I especially recommend Nighttime Sabbaticals.