Saw her do a solo show years ago. She was excellent. Havenāt noticed her touring in recent years but I probably havenāt been paying attention.
Also saw Belly (Tanya Donnellyās band) supporting the Lemonheads. They were OK but suffered from defect of good songs at the stage. Lemonheads were good though.
This was the one I missed: http://engineroomssouthampton.com/event/kristin-hersh-at-engine-rooms-southampton/
Going by the @saintbletch standard, here a few acts that I think more people in the UK should be into.
These ladies are bigger on the other side of the pond than here. I love a three piece and I love this three piece in particular.
I know Iāll get love for this, as Iāve seen people mention them before. Tones of Town album from Field Music is ace.
And finally for now, Engineers. Not sure Iāve heard a song with a better climax.
Field Music are prolific and have a great back catalogueā¦they make a reasonable living from it and always draw a good crowd when they play Southampton. A lot of the lads who sit around us at St Marys are big fans too.
Death Cab For Cutie have found a sort of underground, aficionado fame but I wonder why theyāre not more widely known. Definitely an album band rather than a single band.
I enjoyed those. I also like the fact the they took their name from a very fine song by the Bonzo Dog Band.
Yep, thatās where the name comes from alright.
I guess it would some wonderful quirk of the universe if theyād come up with it completely independently.
Saw the āmuses support REM at Wembley arena back in 1989 on the Green world tourā¦ cracking gig with both bands at their best IMHO.
Are they a band āthat I like and think more people should likeā? i.e. they should be more popular than they are.
Yeah, Iād say so.
Iād say they also fit my own person preference that saw them going in their own direction at a time when the mainstream was going in another.
I really donāt know many of their albums. I picked Dear Catastrophe Waitress, which is wonderful, a little bit of a tribute to geek trials and tribulations and generally a happy time.
I know theyāve got a massive back catalogue. Iām fairly sure that when I dip into it, Iāll enjoy it.
Getting rated kinda ruins artists. Thatās why so many of them have that difficult second album. I was telling my daughter that at one time, U2 were the hottest band in the world. Not a joke. When they released the Joshua Tree they were there. They swiftly disappeared up their own arses after Achtung Baby.
Pulp had released loads of albums prior to Different Class breaking them. Both that, and His n Hers, were classics. Once they got the money, Jarvis felt he couldnāt write about being poor anymore, so the next album was largely about him wanking off for the past three years.
Itās called This Is Hardcore 
Completely agree about U2. I respect the attempts to re-invent themselves but they left me behind. TJT is a very complete album, mind.
Youāll enjoy going back in time with Belle and Sebastian. Theyāre earliest work is better than the later stuff to my ear. Mrs Bletch and I saw them on the Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance tour (2015/16?) and they were just starting to go a bit too āelectronicā for me.
At The Skate Guildhall?
May 5th 2015. 5th time Iāve seen them and probably their best.
Yep that was the one.
I think you being there ruined it.
I was the intoxicated bloke wearing a ridiculous shirt somewhere near the front with the embarrassed woman in tow.
At the back of the standing area. Sober having just driven back from Newcastle. having awkward chat with ex-girlfriend and her new bloke.
I hope she wasnāt there using a ticket you bought her!?!
#awkward
This is a wonderful videoā¦
Dip into anywhere in their back catalogue you wonāt be disappointed.
George Lucas effect. I always explained Muse as what filled the void when Radiohead dropped the guitars.
Listen to their latest How To Solve Our Human Problems - Pts 1 - 3 It received criticism from some hardcore fans but I canāt understand that, for me it lifts the spirits. I heard Stuart Murdoch interviewed on 6 music on itās release and talking about becoming a father for the second time which inspired this song ā¦I love itā¦
Totally agree that their earliest work is their best. For me, If Youāre Feeling Sinister is one of the best albums of all time. Definitely in my top ten. Great songs from start to finish.
Not sure they qualify as underrated, though.