Bands worth knowing. You know but most in here would never have heard of.

Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Now. A mystery.
In about 1970 (possibly 71), I bought an LP by a group called Noir. As their name suggests, it was formed of black musicians. I must have heard them on John Peel or someone like that, liked what I heard, and went out and bought the album. Think I bought it in Stockport (where I also bought Lindisfarne's first, incidentally), at a little record shop that, as I remember it, was either on or not far from Great Underbank. Some on here may remember it.
It was a very good album, funky and jazzy at the same time. The sleeve was entirely white, and there was virtually no information on it whatsoever. Not where it had been recorded, not the members of the group, just nothing! Oh, there was the name, “Noir” on the cover. In black lettering, of course.
Even I could hear that the record hadn't been completed. It was underproduced, to put it mildly. I remember reading at the time (maybe in Melody Maker which I read religiously for about six years from 68 to 74) that they had split up in the most mysterious circumstances during the recording of it, and none of them had been heard from since. Something to do with a problem with the police, I think.
I've been trying to find out about that group ever since. Get this — there is nothing on Google for them. You've got to be pretty obscure for there to be nothing on you when you have recorded an album and it's been marketed, albeit basically.
They are the Marie Celeste of rock bands of the period. If anybody knows anything whatsoever about this group, or if it rings a bell, please let me know anything you've got. I've been wondering about them for more than fifty years.
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Psychedelic Casual said:
Darker My Love








Los Angeles band. Lasted from about 2005-2010. Their second album “2” is in my Top 10 favourite albums. Their third album “Alive As You Are” is really good n’all.

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This is exactly why I started this thread.
Never heard of them but loving it.
To me, they sound like a heavier version of early Dandy Warhols in the first to songs. Am I wrong? Mixed with something else I can’t put my finger on from the Manchester scene, perhaps. A really good sound.
 
journolud said:
Can't say I'm massively into them but this for me was the best song by anybody anywhere last year

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Great tune. I quite like ‘As I rise’ which also came our last year. He was quite prolific during lockdown. Check our his version of ‘I will always love you’ it’s pretty good. I’m off to Denver in May to see him at the Bluebird. He’s playing two nights and it’s my birthday. I contacted him on Instagram and told him I was coming over and he’s put me n our lass on the list for both nights.
 
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