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What are your favorite songs that you've downloaded without hearing them first? Maybe it was a NWO Song of the Week, or from Torchomatic (RIP) or another similar site. Maybe you heard it discussed favorably here and decided to check it out. Maybe it just looked interesting on the hub. Here are a few of my favorites:

Spoons - Nova Heart
Trees - Delta Sleep
Scars - All About You
Paul Haig - Over You
Game Theory - Chardonnay
Polyrock - Your Dragging Feet & others
Fad Gadget - Ricky's Hand
Tuxedomoon - Incubus (Blue Suit)

Nothing has yet to beat that classic SOTW track "Ashes and Diamonds" by Zaine Griff.

That's tough...in no particular order:

Eskimos & Egypt - Screams & Whispers
Fiat Lux - Photography
Box of Toys - Precious is the Pearl
Polyrock - Chains of Iron
Martin Dupont - Hot Paradox
The Jeremiahs - Never Come Back
Playground Slap -

Rough Trade - All Touch
Fad Gadget songs
Hilary - Kinetic. Thanks everyone, cuz i LOVE this song!
Trees - Delta Sleep
Necropolis of Love - Talk
Alphaville - Sounds Like a Melody

I've never heard of the Polecats before, but Make A Circuit With Me, kept showing up in everyone's Top 100 NW songs. I only DLed a few of their songs, but every one so far I've really liked.

I adore "Nova Heart" by Spoons. It's a beautiful song. Not to mention it had a really neat and atmospheric video to boot.

One of my alltime favorite obscure downloads has to be "Dolce Vita" by Ryan Paris and "Jet Town" by SSQ.

"Dome Of Spheres" by Bone Symphony - which was a song of the week awhile back on NWO. I love this song and can't get enough of it!

Tess[8D]

When scramjet mentioned Torchomatic UK, I had to haul out the CD I made of downloads off of that site. God, I miss it!!! So many great tunes that I would have otherwise missed.

Paul Haig- Only You
Vitamin Z - I Burn for You
Ice Cold in Alice- Tomorro

The first song I ever downloaded was not long after finding this site, "Tell Me Now" by the Rescue (former SOTW). Everytime I hear it I'm reminded of how excited I was to find NWO - - reading about all the bands I'd surprisingly never even heard of.....

Im digging The Trees - Stranger....

I got this song recently...and Im loving it.

Hi All

To name but a few:

Box Of Toys - Precious Is The Pearl
Polyrock - Call Of The Wild
Trees - Midnight In America
Fiat Lux - Splurge
The Big Dish - Everlasting Faith
The Adult Net - Waking Up In The Sun
Jane From Occupied Europe - Parade

I was so excited when I first found this site - all of these groups I had never heard of!

I'm not sure if my choices qualify as obscure, but they were to me:

Hilary - Kinetic
4 Out of 5 Doctors - Anna With Antennae
Comsat Angels - Will You Stay To

I agree with Blir. Zaine Griff's Ashes And Diamonds immediatly became one of my all time favorites!

Dammit, that would account for 99% of my downloads! [:D]

To narrow it down slightly:

The Pinkees - Danger Games
Small Ads - Small Ads
Leisure Process - A Way You´ll Never Be
Clark Datchler - You Fooled me Once Again
Kau Tau - Toys in the Attic

What happened to the Torchomatic site ? Simon said he would keep the forum and site going.