Quote Originally Posted by Shiendar
-The Good, the Bad, The Queen
It's known in the UK, (it got a song to #25 there) but not so much in America. It's got the bassist from the Clash of all things.
The fact that Damon Albarn is pretty big over here led to a little buzz for them, but they really aren't big here in America.

Mogwai and the Magnetic Fields are two bands that come to mind. I have been listening to so much classic rock lately, that those are the only two obscure modern bands that I can think of.